DB#1
Writing & Arts
Dominic Bellavance
born 1982Canadian author
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Quebec
Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is the birthplace of 6 famous people
At the top of the list is the Canadian author Dominic Bellavance, covered in 5 languages. 2 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. The first birth on record is Prosper-Edmond Lessard’s, in 1873, and the last Emmy Fecteau’s, in 1999.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dominic Bellavance
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1873
Prosper-Edmond Lessard
Youngest
1999
Emmy Fecteau
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
FT#2
Faith
François Thibodeau
1939–2023Canadian Catholic bishop
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
SN#3
Through the years
When Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne’s famous people were born
SportsWriting & ArtsFaithMusicPolitics & Law
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne is known for
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
Another 3, the earliest born in 1873.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 8.
Beauceville · 17 kmMarie-Philip Poulin & 13 more
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce · 16 kmJunior Lessard & 7 moreCDFrampton · 20 kmClaude Drouin & 5 more
Lac-Etchemin · 13 kmMarie-Michèle Gagnon & 4 moreOGSaint-Léon-de-Standon · 14 kmOnésime Gagnon & 3 moreDLSaint-Benjamin · 11 kmDaniel Lessard & 2 moreFRSaint-Prosper · 19 kmFabien Roy & 2 moreAANotre-Dame-des-Pins · 18 kmAntony AuclairQuestions about famous people from Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne?
The top name is Dominic Bellavance (Canadian author), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come François Thibodeau and Simon Nolet.
What is Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne known for?
They make up 33% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne?
Prosper-Edmond Lessard (1873). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne?
Born inside Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne’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?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (3)
- Marie-Philip Poulin: Rh723, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Junior Lessard: Saruwine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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).