#1Famous people · Duncan, British Columbia
32 famous people were born in Duncan, more of them athletes than in most towns
At the top of the list is the Canadian musician Mac DeMarco, covered in 35 languages. Between 1946 and 1969, 15 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Charles Ferguson Hoey, born in 1914, the newest to Dylan Coghlan, born in 1998. Births since 1970 account for 13 of the names.
Born here
32
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mac DeMarco
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1914
Charles Ferguson Hoey
Youngest
1998
Dylan Coghlan
Most common field
Sports
19 people
What stands out about Duncan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Duncan’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 9 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicNotableWriting & ArtsFaithMilitaryFilm, TV & Stage
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Duncan is known for
Duncan has 1.6× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Duncan
#1MS#2
#3Sports
Matt Ellison
born 1983Canadian ice hockey player
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Duncan
29 more names, born between 1914 and 1998.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, North Cowichan counts 6 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Duncan
Who is the most famous person from Duncan?
By our measure the best known is Mac DeMarco (Canadian musician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Mike Sweeney and Matt Ellison.
How many famous people were born in Duncan?
37 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Duncan known for?
That is 59% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Duncan?
Charles Ferguson Hoey, born in 1914. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Duncan?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Duncan’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (15)
- Mac DeMarco: Paul Carless from St Albans, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Ellison: This photo is a work by Artem Korzhimanov . You can find more of my works in my gallery and in the category Photos by Artem Korzhimanov . Even more of my works can be found in my galleries at Pic, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Courtnall: Horge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Adams: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott McCaig: Steubenville Conferences, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Coghlan: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Dwyer: Kjbavaro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Ferguson Hoey: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moe Sihota: bcndp, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shaye Anderson: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brock Gowanlock: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Steinhauser: Margaret Franz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Oldham Kelsey: The photographer is unknown., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyler Jukes: Natandky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loisette M. Marsh: 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).