MG#1
Politics & Law
Marcel Gagnon
1936–2025Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Quebec
Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the Canadian politician Marcel Gagnon the best known. The next two names are Jean-Marie Pellerin and Émile Bonvouloir. The first birth on record is Émile Bonvouloir’s, in 1875, and the last Marcel Gagnon’s, in 1936. Within 16 km, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu lists the most: 101, with Jacques Villeneuve first.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marcel Gagnon
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1875
Émile Bonvouloir
Youngest
1936
Marcel Gagnon
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville
The three best known are all leaders.
JP#2
Politics & Law
Jean-Marie Pellerin
1878–1950Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
ÉB#3
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · 16 kmJacques Villeneuve & 100 more
Farnham · 8 kmYves Rodier & 18 more
Marieville · 15 kmJoseph Hormisdas Rainville & 12 moreAMAnge-Gardien · 12 kmAzilda Marchand & 4 more
Saint-Alexandre · 10 kmAlex Surprenant & 2 more
Mont-Saint-Grégoire · 8 kmAndré Bessette & 1 moreABSainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir · 9 kmAnnette BellavanceLNSaint-Césaire · 11 kmLouis-Paul NeveuQuestions about famous people from Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville
Who is the most famous person from Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville?
The top name is Marcel Gagnon (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Jean-Marie Pellerin and Émile Bonvouloir.
What is Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville known for?
Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville?
Émile Bonvouloir, born in 1875. The youngest on the list was born in 1936.
Who counts as from Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Jacques Villeneuve: Rhonda Liberman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yves Rodier: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Hormisdas Rainville: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Surprenant: Longbomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Bessette: Frère Denis, c.s.c., 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).