#1Science & Medicine
Frances Oldham Kelsey
1914–2015Canadian-American physician and pharmacologist
36 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Cobble Hill, British Columbia
Frances Oldham Kelsey tops a list of 2 famous people born in Cobble Hill
Most widely known is Frances Oldham Kelsey, the Canadian-American physician and pharmacologist, with articles in 36 languages. The other is Kristopher McDaniel, the Canadian rower. Born in 1914, Frances Oldham Kelsey is the first name on record, and Kristopher McDaniel, born in 1982, the most recent. Nearby, Duncan, 13 km away, lists 32, led by Mac DeMarco.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Frances Oldham Kelsey
36 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1914
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Youngest
1982
Kristopher McDaniel
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known
Born in Cobble Hill
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Known for
What Cobble Hill is known for
The field with the most names is Science & Medicine: 1.
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Questions about famous people from Cobble Hill
Who is the most famous person from Cobble Hill?
The top name is Frances Oldham Kelsey (Canadian-American physician and pharmacologist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Kristopher McDaniel.
What is Cobble Hill known for?
50% here, set against 5% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cobble Hill?
Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Cobble Hill?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Cobble Hill’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?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (4)
- Frances Oldham Kelsey: The photographer is unknown., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mac DeMarco: Paul Carless from St Albans, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick deWitt: librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loisette M. Marsh: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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