#1Sports
Kent Johnson
born 2002Canadian ice hockey player
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Port Moody, British Columbia
Of the 9 famous people born in Port Moody, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 14 languages make the Canadian ice hockey player Kent Johnson the best known. Second place goes to the Canadian actor Fred Ewanuick, third to Lucas Johansen. Since 1970, 7 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in British Columbia have no one on record, but this one has 2.4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kent Johnson
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1936
Norbert Vesak
Youngest
2002
Jenna Buglioni
Most common field
Sports
6 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Port Moody’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Port Moody is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 3.4 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Port Moody
#1FE#2
#3Sports
Lucas Johansen
born 1997Canadian ice hockey player
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Port Moody
Still to come: 6 more, from 1936 to 2002.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Coquitlam counts 36 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Port Moody
Who is the most famous person from Port Moody?
By our measure the best known is Kent Johnson (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Fred Ewanuick and Lucas Johansen.
What is Port Moody known for?
67% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Port Moody?
The earliest is Norbert Vesak, born in 1936, and the latest birth listed is 2002.
Who counts as from Port Moody?
Born inside Port Moody’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (6)
- Kent Johnson: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Johansen: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Crouse: Joel Dinda from Mulliken, Michigan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corey Mace: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenna Buglioni: jennthulhu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathew Barzal: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).