DB#1
Science & Medicine
Denis Brière
1946–2022Canadian forester
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Benoit Rochon · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Sainte-Martine, Quebec
9 famous people were born in Sainte-Martine from 1835 to 1985
The best known is the Canadian forester Denis Brière, with articles in 3 languages. 2 of them were born before Confederation, the first Louis-Trefflé Dorais in 1835. Only 134 of the 605 towns in Quebec with anyone on record list more. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Denis Brière
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1835
Louis-Trefflé Dorais
Youngest
1985
Olivier Primeau
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sainte-Martine’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 1 births.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineSportsBusiness
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Sainte-Martine
JD#2
Politics & Law
Joseph Dubuc
1840–1914Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LL#3
Politics & Law
Louis Laberge
1924–2002Canadian trade unionist
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Sainte-Martine is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sainte-Martine
6 more names, born between 1835 and 1985.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 8.
Châteauguay · 12 kmVanessa Gilles & 24 moreDJKahnawake · 16 kmDevery Jacobs & 18 moreRJBeauharnois · 9 kmRhené Jaque & 15 more
Saint-Rémi · 13 kmJohn Garand & 10 moreGSSaint-Isidore · 9 kmGeorges St-Pierre & 6 moreIWTrès-Saint-Sacrement · 8 kmIan Watson & 3 morePGMercier · 8 kmPaul-Étienne Grandbois & 2 moreNPSaint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois · 10 kmNick St. PierreQuestions about famous people from Sainte-Martine
Who is the most famous person from Sainte-Martine?
The top name is Denis Brière (Canadian forester), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Joseph Dubuc and Louis Laberge.
How many famous people were born in Sainte-Martine?
Wikidata places 11 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Sainte-Martine known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 33%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sainte-Martine?
Louis-Trefflé Dorais, born in 1835. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Sainte-Martine?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Sainte-Martine’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?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (2)
- Vanessa Gilles: Taylor Vincent, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Garand: NPS Photo, 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).