CJ#1
Sports
Charles Joly
born 1995Association football player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec
Of the 7 famous people born in Sainte-Mélanie, an unusual share are leaders
Articles in 5 languages make the association football player Charles Joly the best known. Second and third on the list are Joseph-Mathias Tellier and Édouard Guilbault. Before Confederation, 3 were born, the most of any period. As early as 1834, Édouard Guilbault was born here, one of 3 born before Confederation.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles Joly
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1834
Édouard Guilbault
Youngest
1995
Charles Joly
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sainte-Mélanie is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.6 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Sainte-Mélanie’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsMusicBusiness
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Sainte-Mélanie
Two of the three are leaders.
#2Politics & Law
Joseph-Mathias Tellier
1861–1952Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Édouard Guilbault
1834–1903Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sainte-Mélanie
A further 4 follow, born between 1866 and 1956.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Joliette lists the most people: 49.
SMJoliette · 13 kmSébastien Michaud & 48 moreRDSaint-Félix-de-Valois · 7 kmRéjean Ducharme & 7 moreMPSainte-Élisabeth · 10 kmMichel Poulette & 7 moreAMSaint-Ambroise-de-Kildare · 5 kmAudrey McManiman & 4 more
Saint-Jean-de-Matha · 13 kmMarcel Masse & 3 moreRGSaint-Liguori · 15 kmRoger Gaudet & 3 more
Saint-Paul · 16 kmJoseph Pierre Octave Guilbault & 3 more
Saint-Charles-Borromée · 9 kmBianca St-Georges & 1 more
Saint-Jean-de-Matha · 13 kmMarcel Masse & 3 moreRGSaint-Liguori · 15 kmRoger Gaudet & 3 moreSaint-Paul · 16 kmJoseph Pierre Octave Guilbault & 3 moreSaint-Charles-Borromée · 9 kmBianca St-Georges & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Sainte-Mélanie
Who is the most famous person from Sainte-Mélanie?
The top name is Charles Joly (association football player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Joseph-Mathias Tellier and Édouard Guilbault.
How many famous people were born in Sainte-Mélanie?
Of the 8 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Sainte-Mélanie known for?
Here the share is 57%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sainte-Mélanie?
Édouard Guilbault, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Sainte-Mélanie?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Sainte-Mélanie’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (7)
- Joseph-Mathias Tellier: Studio Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Guilbault: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yves Lambert: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Beaudry: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Masse: Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission ; scan par Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bianca St-Georges: Hameltion, 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).