JH#1
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Warwick, Quebec
Leaders stand out among the 7 famous people born in Warwick
The best known is the figure skater Jean-François Hebert, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Jean-Guy Paré and Madeleine Plamondon. 2 of them were born since 1970. The earliest on the list is Ovila Bergeron, born in 1903, and the youngest Mathieu Brunelle, born in 1983.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-François Hebert
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1903
Ovila Bergeron
Youngest
1983
Mathieu Brunelle
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Warwick is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.3 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Warwick
JP#2
Politics & Law
Jean-Guy Paré
1947–2020Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MP#3
Politics & Law
Madeleine Plamondon
born 1931Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Warwick’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 3.
Politics & LawSports
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Warwick
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Victoriaville: 59.
Victoriaville · 12 kmGilbert Perreault & 58 more
Danville · 18 kmKate Campbell Hurd-Mead & 11 moreMBSaint-Albert · 9 kmMaurice Baril & 2 moreASTingwick · 9 kmAlbert Sévigny & 1 moreMKingsey Falls · 13 kmMarie-Victorin & 1 more
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska · 9 kmPaul TourignyJLSaint-Valère · 14 kmJean LandryQuestions about famous people from Warwick
Who is the most famous person from Warwick?
Jean-François Hebert (figure skater) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Jean-Guy Paré and Madeleine Plamondon.
How many famous people were born in Warwick?
Wikidata counts 11 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Warwick known for?
That is 71% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Warwick?
Ovila Bergeron, from 1903; the most recent birth on the list is from 1983.
Who counts as from Warwick?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Warwick’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (3)
- Gilbert Perreault: Engines On, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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).