HM#1
Writing & Arts
Hormisdas Magnan
1861–1935Canadian journalist
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Sainte-Ursule, Quebec
Sainte-Ursule has just one famous person to its name: Hormisdas Magnan
Hormisdas Magnan, the Canadian journalist, was born in 1861. Their birth falls before Confederation. Readers can find them written up in one language. The neighbour with the longest list is Louiseville, 11 km away: 29, led by Jacques Ferron.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Hormisdas Magnan
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1861
Hormisdas Magnan
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Sainte-Ursule
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Louiseville · 11 kmJacques Ferron & 28 more
Yamachiche · 18 kmAram J. Pothier & 18 moreAGSaint-Barthélemy · 13 kmAnna-Marie Globenski & 9 moreAGMaskinongé · 10 kmAntonin Galipeault & 7 moreEGSaint-Barnabé · 19 kmEmma Gendron & 3 moreABSaint-Paulin · 13 kmAdélard Bellemare & 1 moreJDSaint-Alexis-des-Monts · 19 kmJean-François DamphousseQuestions about famous people from Sainte-Ursule
Who is the most famous person from Sainte-Ursule?
Hormisdas Magnan (Canadian journalist) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them.
How many famous people were born in Sainte-Ursule?
Born in Sainte-Ursule and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1. Wikidata has 4 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Sainte-Ursule known for?
The largest group is writers and artists, 1 in all out of 1. 100% here, set against 12% for Canadian towns.
Who counts as from Sainte-Ursule?
Born inside Sainte-Ursule’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?
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)
- Jacques Ferron: Jules Rochon, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aram J. Pothier: Creator:William Cushing Loring 1879-1959, 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).