LP#1
Music
Luc Plamondon
born 1942French-Canadian lyricist, music executive
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Raymond, Quebec
18 famous people were born in Saint-Raymond, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
Best known of all is Luc Plamondon, written about in 15 languages. The Canadian Roman Catholic priest and theologian Alexandre Vachon ranks second, ahead of Louis Plamondon. Between 1914 and 1945, 6 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is Louis Jobin, born in 1845, and the youngest Karl Hardy, born in 1991.
Born here
18
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Luc Plamondon
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1845
Louis Jobin
Youngest
1991
Karl Hardy
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Raymond is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 2.3 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Saint-Raymond
#2Faith
Alexandre Vachon
1885–1953Canadian Roman Catholic priest and theologian
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LP#3
Politics & Law
Louis Plamondon
born 1943Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Raymond’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 4.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsMusicFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Raymond
15 more, from 1845 to 1991.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Saint-Basile has the longest list next door: 6.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Raymond
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Raymond?
The top name is Luc Plamondon (french-Canadian lyricist, music executive), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Alexandre Vachon and Louis Plamondon.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Raymond?
Wikidata places 24 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Saint-Raymond known for?
Here the share is 39%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Raymond?
The earliest is Louis Jobin, born in 1845, and the latest birth listed is 1991.
Who counts as from Saint-Raymond?
The list takes people born within Saint-Raymond’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?
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 (7)
- Alexandre Vachon: Not mentioned in the source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gatien Moisan: Gatien Moisan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Jobin: MCC/CMC, Frank Oliver Call, PR2002-82, CD2002-165, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Fournier: TaraO, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Normand Génois: Simon Dumas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pépé et sa Guitare: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katerine Savard: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, 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).