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Marcel Masse
1936–2014Canadian politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec
4 famous people call Saint-Jean-de-Matha their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian politician Marcel Masse, with articles in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are Caroline Proulx and Gus Dugas. Over 59 years of births, the list goes from Gus Dugas (1907) to Caroline Proulx (1966). Leaders make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marcel Masse
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1907
Gus Dugas
Youngest
1966
Caroline Proulx
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Leaders take two of the three places.
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Caroline Proulx
born 1966Québec politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Through the years
When Saint-Jean-de-Matha’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Saint-Jean-de-Matha is known for
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Saint-Félix-de-Valois has the most people on record, 8 of them.
RDSaint-Félix-de-Valois · 12 kmRéjean Ducharme & 7 more
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon · 14 kmGordon Bertie & 7 moreCJSainte-Mélanie · 13 kmCharles Joly & 6 moreAMSaint-Ambroise-de-Kildare · 18 kmAudrey McManiman & 4 more
Saint-Damien · 11 kmRaymond Gravel & 2 more
Saint-Côme · 18 kmGuy Chevrette & 1 moreCBSainte-Béatrix · 8 kmCéline Boucher
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon · 14 kmGordon Bertie & 7 moreCJSainte-Mélanie · 13 kmCharles Joly & 6 moreAMSaint-Ambroise-de-Kildare · 18 kmAudrey McManiman & 4 moreSaint-Damien · 11 kmRaymond Gravel & 2 moreSaint-Côme · 18 kmGuy Chevrette & 1 moreCBSainte-Béatrix · 8 kmCéline BoucherQuestions about famous people from Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
Marcel Masse (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Caroline Proulx and Gus Dugas.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
Wikidata places 5 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Saint-Jean-de-Matha known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
Gus Dugas, born in 1907. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
Who counts as from Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
The list takes people born within Saint-Jean-de-Matha’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Marcel Masse: Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission ; scan par Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Proulx: TVA Nouvelles, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Bertie: UPI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Gravel: Louperivois, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Chevrette: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).