MP#1
Politics & Law
Marc Picard
born 1955Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Saint-Raphaël, Quebec
4 famous people call Saint-Raphaël their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the Canadian politician Marc Picard the best known. Behind the leader come Roch Bolduc and Jean-Jules Richard. The biggest group are leaders: 2. The first birth on record is Jean-Jules Richard’s, in 1911, and the last Bruno Rémillard’s, in 1961.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marc Picard
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1911
Jean-Jules Richard
Youngest
1961
Bruno Rémillard
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Raphaël
Two of the three are leaders.
RB#2
Politics & Law
Roch Bolduc
born 1928Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JR#3
Writing & Arts
Jean-Jules Richard
1911–1975Canadian writer
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Raphaël’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 1 births.
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Saint-Raphaël 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-Raphaël
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Saint-Vallier has the most people on record, 10 of them.
JMSaint-Vallier · 11 kmJack Marshall & 9 moreBLSaint-Michel-de-Bellechasse · 15 kmBenoît Lacroix & 8 moreALSaint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans · 17 kmAchille Larue & 8 moreEFSaint-Gervais · 14 kmEdmond Fortier & 7 moreCFSaint-Charles-de-Bellechasse · 15 kmCharles Alphonse Fournier & 7 moreTFSaint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud · 9 kmTélesphore Fournier & 6 moreCRBerthier-sur-Mer · 15 kmCamille Roy & 6 more
Beaumont · 19 kmMarie-Élisabeth Turgeon & 6 more
Beaumont · 19 kmMarie-Élisabeth Turgeon & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Raphaël
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Raphaël?
The top name is Marc Picard (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Roch Bolduc and Jean-Jules Richard.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Raphaël?
8 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Saint-Raphaël known for?
They make up 50% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Raphaël?
Jean-Jules Richard, from 1911; the most recent birth on the list is from 1961.
Who counts as from Saint-Raphaël?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Saint-Raphaël’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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 (1)
- Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon: Unknown author, 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).