AR#1
Politics & Law
Alphonse Roy
1897–1967American politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Saint-Simon, Quebec
Saint-Simon is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Alphonse Roy, the American politician, with articles in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are Victor Geoffrion and Flavien Dupont. Just 12 km away, Saint-Hyacinthe’s list holds 124 names, David Savard the best known. Flavien Dupont, born in 1847, is the earliest name and Alphonse Roy, born in 1897, the latest.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alphonse Roy
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1847
Flavien Dupont
Youngest
1897
Alphonse Roy
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Saint-Simon
All three are leaders.
VG#2
Politics & Law
Victor Geoffrion
1851–1923Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FD#3
Politics & Law
Flavien Dupont
1847–1898Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Saint-Simon
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Simon?
Alphonse Roy (American politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Victor Geoffrion and Flavien Dupont.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Simon?
Wikidata has 6 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Saint-Simon known for?
100% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Simon?
Flavien Dupont (1847). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1897.
Who counts as from Saint-Simon?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Saint-Simon’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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)
- David Savard: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Élisabeth Bergeron: Les Soeurs de Saint-Joseph, 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).