JB#1
Politics & Law
James William Bain
1838–1909Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Polycarpe, Quebec
4 famous people were born in Saint-Polycarpe
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian politician James William Bain. Behind the leader come Arthur Guindon and Julien Daoust. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all. Per head, the list is long: 15.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Quebec has 6.1.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
James William Bain
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1832
John Bennett
Youngest
1866
Julien Daoust
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Polycarpe
AG#2
Writing & Arts
Arthur Guindon
1864–1923Canadian painter
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JD#3
Film, TV & Stage
Julien Daoust
1866–1943Canadian actor and playwright
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Polycarpe’s famous people were born
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Known for
What Saint-Polycarpe is known for
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield has the most on record, with 80.
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield · 16 kmJean-Luc Brassard & 79 moreABSaint-Clet · 10 kmAugustin Bourbonnais & 4 moreALSainte-Marthe · 11 kmAlcide Laurin & 4 moreLCLes Coteaux · 9 kmLucie Charlebois & 2 more
Coteau-du-Lac · 11 kmJules Fournier & 2 moreMRSaint-Stanislas-de-Kostka · 19 kmMaxime Raymond & 2 moreJLSaint-Anicet · 19 kmJules Léger & 2 moreJFSaint-Lazare · 17 kmJocelyne FelxQuestions about famous people from Saint-Polycarpe
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Polycarpe?
James William Bain (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Arthur Guindon and Julien Daoust.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Polycarpe?
Wikidata counts 9 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Saint-Polycarpe known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Polycarpe?
The earliest is John Bennett, born in 1832, and the latest birth listed is 1866.
Who counts as from Saint-Polycarpe?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Saint-Polycarpe’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
Why is someone missing?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (2)
- Jean-Luc Brassard: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Fournier: Not mentioned in source, Public domain, 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).