OG#1
Politics & Law
Onésime Gagnon
1888–1961Canadian politician
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec
4 famous people call Saint-Léon-de-Standon their birthplace
Most widely known is Onésime Gagnon, the Canadian politician, with articles in 6 languages. Florian Guay and Linda Goupil follow. The oldest name on the list belongs to Onésime Gagnon, born in 1888, the newest to Linda Goupil, born in 1961. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Onésime Gagnon
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1888
Onésime Gagnon
Youngest
1961
Linda Goupil
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Léon-de-Standon
FG#2
Politics & Law
Florian Guay
born 1941Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LG#3
Politics & Law
Linda Goupil
born 1961Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Léon-de-Standon’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 1 births.
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Saint-Léon-de-Standon is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.4 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Saint-Léon-de-Standon
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Questions about famous people from Saint-Léon-de-Standon
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Léon-de-Standon?
The top name is Onésime Gagnon (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Florian Guay and Linda Goupil.
What is Saint-Léon-de-Standon known for?
They make up 75% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Léon-de-Standon?
Onésime Gagnon, from 1888; the most recent birth on the list is from 1961.
Who counts as from Saint-Léon-de-Standon?
Born inside Saint-Léon-de-Standon’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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (1)
- Marie-Michèle Gagnon: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).