#1Writing & Arts
Gratien Gélinas
1909–1999Playwright working in Quebec
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Tite, Quebec
12 famous people were born in Saint-Tite, more of them leaders than in most towns
At the top of the list is the playwright working in Quebec Gratien Gélinas, covered in 8 languages. Albert Sanschagrin, the Canadian Roman Catholic bishop, comes second, with Denis Vaugeois third. Born in 1893, Josaphat Groleau is the first name on record, and Julie Boulet, born in 1959, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 605 towns in Quebec with famous people list more.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gratien Gélinas
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1893
Josaphat Groleau
Youngest
1959
Julie Boulet
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Tite is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.7 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
The best known
Born in Saint-Tite
#1AS#2
Faith
Albert Sanschagrin
1911–2009Canadian Roman Catholic bishop
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Writing & Arts
Denis Vaugeois
born 1935Quebec publisher, author, historian, and politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Saint-Tite’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFaithScience & Medicine
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Tite
9 more names, born between 1893 and 1959.
Josaphat Groleau
1893–1993Business person and mayor of the village municipality
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Blanche Pronovost
1908–1994Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Sainte-Thècle, at 6.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Tite
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Tite?
By our measure the best known is Gratien Gélinas (playwright working in Quebec); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Albert Sanschagrin and Denis Vaugeois.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Tite?
Wikidata counts 17 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Saint-Tite known for?
58% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Tite?
Josaphat Groleau (1893). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1959.
Who counts as from Saint-Tite?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Saint-Tite’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?
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 (5)
- Gratien Gélinas: Paul, Henri, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Vaugeois: Gilles Herman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Boulet: Montrealais, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvan Lamonde: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Boulet: TVA Nouvelles, CC BY 3.0, 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).