ÉL#1
Sports
Éric Laplante
born 1979Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Maurice, Quebec
7 famous people from Saint-Maurice, many of them leaders
Articles in 3 languages make the Canadian ice hockey player Éric Laplante the best known. 3 of them were born between 1914 and 1945, more than in any other period. The list comes to 18.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.1 in the typical town in Quebec. The oldest name on the list belongs to Pierre-Calixte Neault, born in 1860, the newest to Éric Laplante, born in 1979.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Éric Laplante
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1860
Pierre-Calixte Neault
Youngest
1979
Éric Laplante
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Maurice is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 3.3 times the usual share.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Saint-Maurice
Leaders take two of the three places.
MV#2
Politics & Law
Michel Veillette
born 1939Canadian politician in Mauricie, Québec
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Joseph-Philias Morin
1899–1945Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Maurice’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 2 births.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & Arts
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Maurice
The other 4 span the years 1860 to 1933.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Trois-Rivières leads the towns around it, with 245 names.
Trois-Rivières · 12 kmJean Béliveau & 244 more
Shawinigan · 19 kmJean Chrétien & 94 more
Bécancour · 18 kmDenis Villeneuve & 30 moreJMChamplain · 12 kmJean Marchand & 10 moreFCSainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan · 16 kmFrançois-Xavier Cloutier & 10 moreMTSaint-Narcisse · 13 kmMarcel Trudel & 3 more
Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel · 11 kmJacques Plante & 1 more
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès · 19 kmJosée Bournival & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Maurice
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Maurice?
Éric Laplante (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Michel Veillette and Joseph-Philias Morin.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Maurice?
Wikidata has 8 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Saint-Maurice known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 71%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Maurice?
Pierre-Calixte Neault, born in 1860. The youngest on the list was born in 1979.
Who counts as from Saint-Maurice?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Saint-Maurice’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (8)
- Joseph-Philias Morin: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Omer Héroux: J. A. Dumas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Calixte Neault: A. J. Côté, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Béliveau: US Embassy Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Chrétien: Michael Ignatieff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Villeneuve: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Plante: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josée Bournival: Bournij4, 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).