PB#1
Politics & Law
Pierre-André Boutin
1934–2021Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Sainte-Marguerite, Quebec
Sainte-Marguerite is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Pierre-André Boutin, the Canadian politician, with articles in 4 languages. Jean-Claude Gagnon is second and Jean-Octave Dussault third. Nearby, Sainte-Marie, 11 km away, lists 26, led by Thomas Chabot. From Jean-Octave Dussault in 1883 to Jean-Claude Gagnon in 1942, the births cover 59 years.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pierre-André Boutin
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1883
Jean-Octave Dussault
Youngest
1942
Jean-Claude Gagnon
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Sainte-Marguerite
Leaders take two of the three places.
JG#2
Science & Medicine
Jean-Claude Gagnon
1942–2007Professor at Laval University
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
JD#3
Known for
What Sainte-Marguerite is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Sainte-Marie · 11 kmThomas Chabot & 25 moreVBSainte-Claire · 10 kmVictor Bouchard & 7 moreJBSaint-Anselme · 14 kmJean-Pierre Blais & 7 moreCDFrampton · 9 kmClaude Drouin & 5 moreÉGSaint-Isidore · 15 kmÉmilius Goulet & 5 moreAMSainte-Hénédine · 7 kmAlfred Morisset & 2 moreMCSaint-Malachie · 12 kmMiville Couture & 2 moreACSaint-Elzéar · 17 kmAlexandre Carrier & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Sainte-Marguerite
Who is the most famous person from Sainte-Marguerite?
Pierre-André Boutin (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Jean-Claude Gagnon and Jean-Octave Dussault.
What is Sainte-Marguerite known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 67%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sainte-Marguerite?
Jean-Octave Dussault, born in 1883. The youngest on the list was born in 1942.
Who counts as from Sainte-Marguerite?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Sainte-Marguerite’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?
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 (1)
- Thomas Chabot: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).