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Photo: Raphaël Joanisse-Clément · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Salluit, Quebec
The inuk artist Lucy Qinnuayuak is the one famous person from Salluit
Lucy Qinnuayuak, the inuk artist, was born in 1915. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1945. Articles about them exist in 7 languages. In Quebec, 605 towns have someone on the list.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Lucy Qinnuayuak
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1915
Lucy Qinnuayuak
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Salluit
Questions about famous people from Salluit
Who is the most famous person from Salluit?
Lucy Qinnuayuak (inuk artist) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them.
How many famous people were born in Salluit?
For Salluit the list comes to 1, every birthplace backed by an English or French Wikipedia article. 8 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Salluit known for?
writers and artists lead the list, with 1 of 1. Across Canadian towns the figure is 12%; here, 100%.
Who counts as from Salluit?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Salluit’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?
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.
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).