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Famous people · Sherbrooke, Quebec

240 famous people were born in Sherbrooke, more of them soldiers and sailors than in most towns

Articles in 36 languages make the Canadian singer Garou the best known. Second and third on the list are Northrop Frye and Jean Charest. 86 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Gardner Green Stevens, born in 1814, is the earliest name and Kelly Depeault, born in 2002, the latest.

84Sports48Politics & Law47Writing & Arts23Film, TV & Stage
#1 best knownGarouMusic · born 1972
+236more
Born here
240
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Garou
36 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1814
Gardner Green Stevens
Youngest
2002
Kelly Depeault
Most common field
Sports
84 people

What stands out about Sherbrooke’s famous people

Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 144, the most recent in 2002.
★ What stands out · Through the years

When Sherbrooke’s famous people were born

The 1960s top the chart, with 35 births in the decade.

Before ConfederationConfederation to the Great WarThe world warsPostwar yearsSince 197018001850190019502000GarouDavid Hall
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMusicMilitaryNotableBusinessFaith

Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.

Known for

What Sherbrooke is known for

Compared with the usual town, soldiers and sailors are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.

The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.

The best known

Born in Sherbrooke

Counted by languages, Garou is ahead of Northrop Frye and Jean Charest: 36, 34 and 25.

Garou#1
Music

Garou

born 1972

Canadian singer

36 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Northrop Frye#2
Writing & Arts

Northrop Frye

1912–1991

Canadian literary critic and literary theorist

34 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JC#3
Politics & Law

Jean Charest

born 1958

29th Premier of Quebec

25 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Sherbrooke

237 more; the 197 best known are listed here.

HS

Harry Saltzman

1915–1994

Canadian theatre and film producer

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
David Hall

David Hall

1875–1972

American middle distance runner

SportsWikipedia ↗
David Perron

David Perron

born 1988

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
Sean Patrick Maloney

Sean Patrick Maloney

born 1966

American lawyer and politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
SD

Sylvie Daigle

born 1962

Canadian short-track speed skater and speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
MT

Marion Thénault

born 2000

Canadian freestyle skier

SportsWikipedia ↗
MT

Mathieu Turcotte

born 1977

Canadian short-track speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
Éric Bélanger

Éric Bélanger

born 1977

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
LL

Lloyd Langlois

born 1962

Canadian freestyle skier

SportsWikipedia ↗
Félix Roussel

Félix Roussel

born 2001

Canadian short-track speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
JP

Jordan Pierre-Gilles

born 1998

Canadian short-track speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
Stéphane Robidas

Stéphane Robidas

born 1977

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
William Dandjinou

William Dandjinou

born 2001

Canadian short track speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu

Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu

born 1992

Canadian speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
FC

France Castel

born 1944

Canadian actor, television presenter and radio host

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
MD

Mathieu Dandenault

born 1976

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
AB

Alex Boisvert-Lacroix

born 1987

Canadian speed skater and former short track speed skater

SportsWikipedia ↗
Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé

Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé

born 1995

Canadian soccer player

SportsWikipedia ↗
Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Pierre-Marc Bouchard

born 1984

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
Christian Dubé

Christian Dubé

born 1977

Canadian ice hockey player

SportsWikipedia ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, Compton counts 9 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Louis St. LaurentCompton · 18 kmLouis St. Laurent & 8 moreFBWaterville · 11 kmFrance Bonsant & 3 moreAlvin Head MooreSainte-Catherine-de-Hatley · 18 kmAlvin Head Moore & 1 moreWilliam BallHatley · 8 kmWilliam BallBRAscot Corner · 12 kmBernadette RenaudGPSaint-Denis-de-Brompton · 15 kmGaétan ProulxEdmund William TobinSaint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton · 18 kmEdmund William Tobin

Questions about famous people from Sherbrooke

Who is the most famous person from Sherbrooke?

Garou (Canadian singer) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Northrop Frye and Jean Charest.

How many famous people were born in Sherbrooke?

Wikidata places 339 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.

What is Sherbrooke known for?

That is 35% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sherbrooke?

Gardner Green Stevens, born in 1814. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.

Who counts as from Sherbrooke?

The list takes people born within Sherbrooke’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.

Why is someone missing?

The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.

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 (98)

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).