#1Politics & Law
Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault
1870–1924Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Paul, Quebec
Saint-Paul’s famous people span 126 years: 4 births from 1805 to 1931
Most widely known is Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault, the Canadian politician, with articles in 5 languages. Close behind are Roch La Salle and Joseph Dufresne. The list’s best known name, Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault, dates from 1870. Leaders make up the largest group, 4 of them.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1805
Joseph Dufresne
Youngest
1931
Frank Zakem
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Paul
#1RS#2
Politics & Law
Roch La Salle
1928–2007Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JD#3
Politics & Law
Joseph Dufresne
1805–1873Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Paul’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1870s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Politics & Law
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Paul
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Joliette’s, with 49.
SMJoliette · 3 kmSébastien Michaud & 48 more
Saint-Jacques · 11 kmBernard Landry & 14 moreMPSainte-Élisabeth · 14 kmMichel Poulette & 7 moreCJSainte-Mélanie · 16 kmCharles Joly & 6 moreAMSaint-Ambroise-de-Kildare · 12 kmAudrey McManiman & 4 moreRGSaint-Liguori · 9 kmRoger Gaudet & 3 more
Saint-Charles-Borromée · 7 kmBianca St-Georges & 1 more
Saint-Jacques · 11 kmBernard Landry & 14 moreMPSainte-Élisabeth · 14 kmMichel Poulette & 7 moreCJSainte-Mélanie · 16 kmCharles Joly & 6 moreAMSaint-Ambroise-de-Kildare · 12 kmAudrey McManiman & 4 moreRGSaint-Liguori · 9 kmRoger Gaudet & 3 moreSaint-Charles-Borromée · 7 kmBianca St-Georges & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Paul
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Paul?
The top name is Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Roch La Salle and Joseph Dufresne.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Paul?
Wikidata counts 6 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Saint-Paul known for?
Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Paul?
Joseph Dufresne (1805). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1931.
Who counts as from Saint-Paul?
The list takes people born within Saint-Paul’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?
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 (3)
- Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Landry: MisterAD1984, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bianca St-Georges: Hameltion, 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).