#1Film, TV & Stage
Thomas Middleditch
born 1982Canadian actor
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Nelson, British Columbia
The 35 famous people born in Nelson, led by Thomas Middleditch
Most widely known is Thomas Middleditch, the Canadian actor, with articles in 26 languages. 12 of them were born between 1946 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 8 of the names. The earliest on the list is Edward Applewhaite, born in 1898, and the youngest Sarah Mehain, born in 1995.
Born here
35
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thomas Middleditch
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1898
Edward Applewhaite
Youngest
1995
Sarah Mehain
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Nelson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Nelson’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicNotableScience & Medicine
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Nelson
All three are performers.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Sarah Allen
born 1980Canadian actress
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Film, TV & Stage
John Greyson
born 1960Canadian filmmaker
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Nelson is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is musicians, at 1.5 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Nelson
The rest number 32, with 16 athletes among them.
James E. Gill
1901–1980Canadian scientist, teacher, explorer and mine developer
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Elinor Black
1905–1982Canadian obstetrician and gynaecologist and first Canadian woman to become a member of the British Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 1.
Questions about famous people from Nelson
Who is the most famous person from Nelson?
Thomas Middleditch (Canadian actor) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Sarah Allen and John Greyson.
How many famous people were born in Nelson?
Wikidata places 53 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Nelson known for?
Here the share is 46%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Nelson?
Edward Applewhaite, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Nelson?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Nelson’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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 (9)
- Thomas Middleditch: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Allen: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Greyson: TheDuty Myth, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Kinrade: Fabien Perissinotto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Keller: Alex Micheu Photography from VILLACH, Austria, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Velisek: LG전자, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alana DeLong: Grant Neufeld, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rich Coleman: Legislature of British Columbia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- B.Traits: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, 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).