PP#1
Writing & Arts
Paul-Hubert Poirier
1948–2024Canadian historian
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: busand2003 · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Saint-Siméon, Quebec
2 famous people were born in Saint-Siméon
At the top of the list is the Canadian historian Paul-Hubert Poirier, covered in one language. The other is Roméo Arbour, the Canadian writer. Anik Jean heads the list in Bonaventure, 8 km away, which has 13 names. The list runs from Roméo Arbour, born in 1919, to Paul-Hubert Poirier, born in 1948.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Paul-Hubert Poirier
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1919
Roméo Arbour
Youngest
1948
Paul-Hubert Poirier
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Siméon
RA#2
Writing & Arts
Roméo Arbour
1919–2005Canadian writer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 3.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Siméon
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Siméon?
By our measure the best known is Paul-Hubert Poirier (Canadian historian); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Roméo Arbour.
What is Saint-Siméon known for?
That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Siméon?
The earliest is Roméo Arbour, born in 1919, and the latest birth listed is 1948.
Who counts as from Saint-Siméon?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Saint-Siméon’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere. Saint-Siméon is also the name of another municipality in Quebec: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Saint-Siméon”, so the other place can’t be ruled out.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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.
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).