CM#1
Science & Medicine
Colin Munro MacLeod
1909–1972Czech-American biologist
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Inverness County, Subdivision C, Nova Scotia
Colin Munro MacLeod tops a list of 9 famous people born in Inverness County, Subdivision C
Articles in 16 languages make the Czech-American biologist Colin Munro MacLeod the best known. Andrew MacDonald is second and Ashley MacIsaac third. The first birth on record is John Beaton’s, in 1875, and the last Colten Ellis’, in 2000. 3 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Colin Munro MacLeod
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1875
John Beaton
Youngest
2000
Colten Ellis
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Inverness County, Subdivision C’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 1.
Politics & LawSportsMusicScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Inverness County, Subdivision C
#2Sports
Andrew MacDonald
born 1986Canadian ice hockey player
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Known for
What Inverness County, Subdivision C is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.5 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Inverness County, Subdivision C
6 more names, born between 1875 and 2000.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Port Hawkesbury leads the towns around it, with 4 names.
Questions about famous people from Inverness County, Subdivision C
Who is the most famous person from Inverness County, Subdivision C?
Colin Munro MacLeod (czech-American biologist) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Andrew MacDonald and Ashley MacIsaac.
How many famous people were born in Inverness County, Subdivision C?
Wikidata counts 13 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Inverness County, Subdivision C known for?
33% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Inverness County, Subdivision C?
The earliest is John Beaton, born in 1875, and the latest birth listed is 2000.
Who counts as from Inverness County, Subdivision C?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Inverness County, Subdivision C’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 (5)
- Andrew MacDonald: Mike Durkin from Forest Hills, NY, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley MacIsaac: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natalie MacMaster: ( Kirk Stauffer ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Beaton: Alaska Miners Association, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Johnson: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).