AB#1
Politics & Law
Adélard Bellemare
1871–1933Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Saint-Paulin, Quebec
2 famous people call Saint-Paulin their birthplace
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the Canadian politician Adélard Bellemare is the best known. The list has one more: the Canadian politician Jean Damphousse. Jacques Ferron heads the list in Louiseville, 19 km away, which has 29 names. The oldest name on the list belongs to Adélard Bellemare, born in 1871, the newest to Jean Damphousse, born in 1952.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Adélard Bellemare
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1871
Adélard Bellemare
Youngest
1952
Jean Damphousse
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Paulin
JD#2
Politics & Law
Jean Damphousse
born 1952Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Louiseville · 19 kmJacques Ferron & 28 moreEGSaint-Barnabé · 15 kmEmma Gendron & 3 moreFPSaint-Élie-de-Caxton · 9 kmFred Pellerin & 1 more
Saint-Boniface · 17 kmAline Chrétien & 1 more
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès · 19 kmJosée Bournival & 1 moreJDCharette · 9 kmJean-Paul DiamondJDSaint-Alexis-des-Monts · 11 kmJean-François DamphousseHMSainte-Ursule · 13 kmHormisdas MagnanQuestions about famous people from Saint-Paulin
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Paulin?
Adélard Bellemare (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Jean Damphousse.
What is Saint-Paulin known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Paulin?
Adélard Bellemare (1871). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1952.
Who counts as from Saint-Paulin?
The list takes people born within Saint-Paulin’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?
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)
- Jacques Ferron: Jules Rochon, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aline Chrétien: Jean_and_Aline_Chretien.jpg : Presidential Press and Information Office derivative work: Jbarta, CC BY 3.0, 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).