#1Sports
Thomas Chabot
born 1997Canadian ice hockey player
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Sainte-Marie, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 26 famous people born in Sainte-Marie
Thomas Chabot, the Canadian ice hockey player, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. The Canadian ethnographer and folklorist Marius Barbeau ranks second, ahead of Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau. From Jean-Thomas Taschereau I to Alex Breton, the births on the list run from 1778 to 1997. The largest group, 8, was born between Confederation and 1913.
Born here
26
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thomas Chabot
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1778
Jean-Thomas Taschereau I
Youngest
1997
Alex Breton
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sainte-Marie is known for
Clergy and people of faith stand out most, at 9.2 times the usual share.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Sainte-Marie
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Marius Barbeau
1883–1969Canadian ethnographer and folklorist
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Faith
Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau
1820–1898Catholic cardinal
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Sainte-Marie’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableSportsFaithFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sainte-Marie
23 more, best known first.
Arthur Fecteau
1910–1987NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
Roméo Vachon
1898–1954NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
Thomas Fecteau
1925–2019NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
Yves Beauchesne
1948–1992Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Isidore, with 6.
ÉGSaint-Isidore · 15 kmÉmilius Goulet & 5 moreCDFrampton · 16 kmClaude Drouin & 5 moreACSaint-Elzéar · 6 kmAlexandre Carrier & 2 morePBSainte-Marguerite · 11 kmPierre-André Boutin & 2 moreAMSainte-Hénédine · 14 kmAlfred Morisset & 2 moreFBSaint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage · 16 kmFrançois Blais & 2 moreYGSaint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage · 17 kmYanni Gourde & 2 moreLCVallée-Jonction · 11 kmLucien Cliche
Questions about famous people from Sainte-Marie
Who is the most famous person from Sainte-Marie?
The top name is Thomas Chabot (Canadian ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Marius Barbeau and Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau.
How many famous people were born in Sainte-Marie?
Of the 42 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Sainte-Marie known for?
35% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sainte-Marie?
Jean-Thomas Taschereau I (1778). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Sainte-Marie?
Born inside Sainte-Marie’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
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 (15)
- Thomas Chabot: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marius Barbeau: Jules Alexandre Castonguay (1877-1972), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nycole Turmel: Martin Bérubé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Elzéar Taschereau: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Ferland: Alex Micheu Photography from VILLACH, Austria, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Lacroix: Arthur Roy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Cyr: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri-Jules Juchereau Duchesnay: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Thomas Taschereau I: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Linière Taschereau: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabien Cloutier: MercureB, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-André Taschereau: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Fecteau: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Fecteau: Jfecteau20, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).