#1Sports
Junior Lessard
born 1980Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 8 famous people born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Most widely known is Junior Lessard, the Canadian ice hockey player, with articles in 5 languages. 3 of them were born between 1914 and 1945, more than in any other period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Joseph Poirier, born in 1839, the newest to Raphaël Lessard, born in 2001. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Junior Lessard
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1839
Joseph Poirier
Youngest
2001
Raphaël Lessard
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.8 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
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Politics & Law
David Cliche
1952–2020Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RC#3
Politics & Law
Robert Cliche
1921–1978Canadian politician
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Everyone else born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
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Famous people from the towns next door
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Who is the most famous person from Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
Junior Lessard (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come David Cliche and Robert Cliche.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
Wikidata places 12 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce known for?
63% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
The earliest is Joseph Poirier, born in 1839, and the latest birth listed is 2001.
Who counts as from Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce?
Born inside Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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)
- Junior Lessard: Saruwine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Gagné: Meggy007, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raphaël Lessard: Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Chabot: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Philip Poulin: Rh723, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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