#1Famous people · Ontario
Athletes stand out among the 29 famous people born in Ontario
The best known is the American soccer player Landon Donovan, with articles in 58 languages. 15 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Half or more of the towns in California have no one on record, but this one has 1.6 for every 10,000 residents. Only 83 of the 544 towns in California with anyone on record list more.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Landon Donovan
in 58 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Harold Smith
Youngest
1999
Harold Hanson
Most common field
Sports
20 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Ontario’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ontario’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 8 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotableBusinessFaithMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ontario
Languages with an article: 58 for Landon Donovan, 20 for Jeff Ayres, 18 for Harold Smith.
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What Ontario is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ontario
26 more names, born between 1911 and 1999.
Doug Northway
born 1955American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, former world record-holder
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Jack Toomay
1922–2008American professional basketball player and Air Force major general
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A chosen home
Also called Ontario home
Born elsewhere, Tina Yothers lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Fontana, at 64.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ontario and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (15)
- Landon Donovan: Regular Daddy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Ayres: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Smith: Wide World Photos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince Fielder: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Muñoz: Chitrapa at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Del Crandall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Barajas: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Graber: ACME, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- T Lopez: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Bowles: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Omar Bolden: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Barker: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Lawson: Rikita, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Collison: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Cameron Townsend: Copyright holder is Wycliffe USA, CC0, Wikimedia Commons