#1Sports
Dany Sabourin
born 1980Canadian ice hockey goaltender
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Val-d'Or, Quebec
Musicians stand out among the 42 famous people born in Val-d'Or
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey goaltender Dany Sabourin, with articles in 10 languages. The Canadian ice hockey player Dan Bouchard ranks second, ahead of Jérémy Lauzon. 18 of them were born between 1946 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 17 of the names.
Born here
42
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dany Sabourin
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1936
Ronald Tétrault
Youngest
1997
Jérémy Lauzon
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Val-d'Or’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Val-d'Or is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.9 times as common.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Val-d'Or’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 9 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Val-d'Or
#1
#2Sports
Dan Bouchard
born 1950Canadian ice hockey player
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Jérémy Lauzon
born 1997Canadian ice hockey player
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Val-d'Or
Another 39, the earliest born in 1936.
Paul Larocque
born 1957Canadian journalist, television presenter and radio host
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Raymond Paquin
1948–2014MusicWikipedia (French) ↗
Jacques Baril
born 1953Quebec personality from the world of the arts
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
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Questions about famous people from Val-d'Or
Who is the most famous person from Val-d'Or?
By our measure the best known is Dany Sabourin (Canadian ice hockey goaltender); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Dan Bouchard and Jérémy Lauzon.
How many famous people were born in Val-d'Or?
Wikidata counts 63 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Val-d'Or known for?
29% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Val-d'Or?
Ronald Tétrault (1936). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Val-d'Or?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Val-d'Or’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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 (14)
- Dany Sabourin: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Bouchard: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérémy Lauzon: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Cornet: Sergei ~ 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boom Desjardins: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dany Bédar: Brotzg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexis Wawanoloath: Erbvdat, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Larocque: TVA Nouvelles, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Paquin: Toupsie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robin L'Houmeau: Robin L'Houmeau., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Serge Bordeleau: Erbvdat, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Lévesque: Peuc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Baril: Cette photo est un selfie pris par l'artiste lui-même, Jacques Baril., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-André Gauthier: Clyde Paquin, 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).