AS#1
Politics & Law
Albert Sévigny
1881–1961Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Tingwick, Quebec
2 famous people were born in Tingwick
Albert Sévigny, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. One more name completes the list: Edmond Patrick Talbot. From Albert Sévigny to Edmond Patrick Talbot, the births on the list run from 1881 to 1884. For more famous names, Val-des-Sources is 11 km away: its list has 16, led by Julie Lemieux.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Albert Sévigny
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1881
Albert Sévigny
Youngest
1884
Edmond Patrick Talbot
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Tingwick
ET#2
Politics & Law
Edmond Patrick Talbot
1884–1951Politician in Massachusetts, US
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
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JLVal-des-Sources · 11 kmJulie Lemieux & 15 more
Danville · 10 kmKate Campbell Hurd-Mead & 11 moreJHWarwick · 9 kmJean-François Hebert & 6 moreMBSaint-Albert · 17 kmMaurice Baril & 2 moreAGWotton · 17 kmAlbert Goudreau & 2 moreMKingsey Falls · 8 kmMarie-Victorin & 1 more
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska · 16 kmPaul Tourigny
Danville · 10 kmKate Campbell Hurd-Mead & 11 moreJHWarwick · 9 kmJean-François Hebert & 6 moreMBSaint-Albert · 17 kmMaurice Baril & 2 moreAGWotton · 17 kmAlbert Goudreau & 2 moreMKingsey Falls · 8 kmMarie-Victorin & 1 moreSaint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska · 16 kmPaul TourignyQuestions about famous people from Tingwick
Who is the most famous person from Tingwick?
The top name is Albert Sévigny (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Edmond Patrick Talbot.
How many famous people were born in Tingwick?
Wikidata places 3 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Tingwick known for?
That is 100% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tingwick?
Albert Sévigny, born in 1881. The youngest on the list was born in 1884.
Who counts as from Tingwick?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Tingwick’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Tourigny: Unknown author, 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).