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Photo: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec
2 famous people call Sainte-Madeleine their birthplace
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian painter France Jodoin. The list has one more: the American politician Josephat T. Benoit. From Josephat T. Benoit in 1900 to France Jodoin in 1961, the births cover 61 years. For more famous names, Saint-Hyacinthe is 12 km away: its list has 124, led by David Savard.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
France Jodoin
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1900
Josephat T. Benoit
Youngest
1961
France Jodoin
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Sainte-Madeleine
JB#2
Politics & Law
Josephat T. Benoit
1900–1976American politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Sainte-Madeleine is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Saint-Hyacinthe · 12 kmDavid Savard & 123 more
Mont-Saint-Hilaire · 8 kmLouis Boileau-Domingue & 16 more
Beloeil · 10 kmLouis-Philippe Brodeur & 14 moreJBSaint-Damase · 11 kmJean Baptiste Blanchet & 6 moreDMSaint-Marc-sur-Richelieu · 13 kmDominique Mondelet & 5 moreHDSaint-Charles-sur-Richelieu · 9 kmHermas Deslauriers & 4 more
Saint-Jean-Baptiste · 10 kmÉtienne Blanchard & 4 more
La Présentation · 7 kmÉlisabeth Bergeron & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Sainte-Madeleine
Who is the most famous person from Sainte-Madeleine?
By our measure the best known is France Jodoin (Canadian painter); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Josephat T. Benoit.
What is Sainte-Madeleine known for?
That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sainte-Madeleine?
The earliest is Josephat T. Benoit, born in 1900, and the latest birth listed is 1961.
Who counts as from Sainte-Madeleine?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Sainte-Madeleine’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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)
- David Savard: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Boileau-Domingue: Letartean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Philippe Brodeur: Castonguay, J. Alex (Jules-Alexandre) (1877-1972), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Blanchard: Laprès & Lavergne, Public domain, 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).