#1Famous people · Varennes, Quebec
Of the 28 famous people born in Varennes, an unusual share are leaders
The best known is the Canadian saint Marguerite d'Youville, with articles in 15 languages. 17 of them were born before Confederation, the first Marguerite d'Youville in 1701. More than half were born before Confederation, 17 in all. Per head, the list is long: 13 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Quebec has 6.1.
Born here
28
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marguerite d'Youville
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1701
Marguerite d'Youville
Youngest
2001
Noémi Paquin
Most common field
Politics & Law
16 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Varennes is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.6 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Varennes’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1830s, at 3.
Politics & LawSportsNotableFaithMusicBusinessWriting & Arts
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Varennes
#1
#2Sports
Sylvain Grenier
born 1977Canadian professional wrestler
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
M#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Varennes
25 more names, born between 1740 and 2001.
Charles Sanguinet
?–1839NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
Christophe-Ambroise Sanguinet
?–1839NotableWikipedia (French) ↗
François-Maurice Lepailleur
1806–1891Politics & LawWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 8.
SPRepentigny · 10 kmSamuel Piette & 50 more
Boucherville · 9 kmÉtienne Desmarteau & 36 more
Verchères · 12 kmCalixa Lavallée & 24 moreCDCharlemagne · 7 kmCéline Dion & 7 more
Pointe-aux-Trembles · 6 kmJulien Gauthier & 6 more
Rivière-des-Prairies · 10 kmJoseph-François Armand & 1 more
Sainte-Julie · 12 kmCatherine Fournier (Canadian politician) & 1 more
Montréal-Est · 8 kmScott McKay
Boucherville · 9 kmÉtienne Desmarteau & 36 moreVerchères · 12 kmCalixa Lavallée & 24 moreCDCharlemagne · 7 kmCéline Dion & 7 morePointe-aux-Trembles · 6 kmJulien Gauthier & 6 moreRivière-des-Prairies · 10 kmJoseph-François Armand & 1 moreSainte-Julie · 12 kmCatherine Fournier (Canadian politician) & 1 moreMontréal-Est · 8 kmScott McKayQuestions about famous people from Varennes
Who is the most famous person from Varennes?
By our measure the best known is Marguerite d'Youville (Canadian saint); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Sylvain Grenier and Marie-Mai.
How many famous people were born in Varennes?
Wikidata has 37 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Varennes known for?
That is 57% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Varennes?
Marguerite d'Youville, born in 1701. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Varennes?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Varennes’ 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?
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 (21)
- Marguerite d'Youville: James Duncan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvain Grenier: ZekeDane, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Théodore Robitaille: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc-Amable Girard: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aimé Langlois: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-François Bailly de Messein: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Geoffrion: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel Girard: TaraO, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Guibord: Alfred Boisseau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Huet Massue: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Adélard Senécal: William Notman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aignan-Aimé Massue: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Maurice Lepailleur: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Massue: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Desmarteau: Etienne_Desmarteau.jpg : Unknown derivative work: MachoCarioca, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calixa Lavallée: L'Opinion publique Vol. 4, no 11, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Gauthier: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-François Armand: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Fournier (Canadian politician): Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott McKay: Bureau de Scott McKay, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).