# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilles-vigneault
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:35:17.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilles-vigneault"
name: "Gilles Vigneault"
slug: "gilles-vigneault"
description: "Gilles Vigneault is a Canadian poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: \"Mon pays\" and \"Gens du pays\", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres."
tagline: "Canadian poet and singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gilles_Vigneault_Chantauvent_Natashquan_1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-10-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.25
  momentum:             16.19138391155166
  historical:           12.74468933333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0897056/"
    handle:    "nm0897056"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4UKAN8YgrM7EZkAW4NbH9F"
    handle:    "4UKAN8YgrM7EZkAW4NbH9F"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://gillesvigneault.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Gilles Vigneault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيل فينيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "جيليس ڤيجنياولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BE"
    title: "Жил Виньо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Vigneault"
    title: "Gilles Vigneault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Vigneault"
    title: "Gilles Vigneault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Vigneault"
    title: "Gilles Vigneault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Vigneault"
    title: "Gilles Vigneault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Vigneault"
    title: "Gilles Vigneault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Vigneault"
    title: "Gilles Vigneault"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BE%2C_%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Виньо, Жиль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%B9%D0%BE"
    title: "Жиль Віньйо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gilles_Vigneault"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/afcc2c8b-d5c9-44d9-b2ae-4cc8cfc9a19c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1522692"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1746314"
    title: "Gilles Vigneault"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump