#1Notable
George Cattanach
1878–1954Canadian lacrosse player
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Alexandria, Ontario
16 famous people were born in Alexandria, more of them leaders than in most towns
Most widely known is George Cattanach, the Canadian lacrosse player, with articles in 13 languages. Second and third on the list are Annie MacDonald Langstaff and Charles-Hugues Gauthier. The largest group, 9, was born between Confederation and 1913. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 14.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
16
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
George Cattanach
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1833
Alexander Macdonell
Youngest
1981
Kurt MacSweyn
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Alexandria is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2 times the usual share.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in Alexandria
The three are covered in 13, 4 and 4 languages: George Cattanach, Annie MacDonald Langstaff and Charles-Hugues Gauthier.
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#2Science & Medicine
Annie MacDonald Langstaff
1887–1975Canadian legal scholar, feminist, and aviator
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Faith
Charles-Hugues Gauthier
1843–1922Canadian Catholic archbishop
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Alexandria’s famous people were born
The 1870s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Alexandria
Still to come: 13 more, from 1833 to 1981.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Alexandria
Who is the most famous person from Alexandria?
By our measure the best known is George Cattanach (Canadian lacrosse player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Annie MacDonald Langstaff and Charles-Hugues Gauthier.
How many famous people were born in Alexandria?
Wikidata places 24 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Alexandria known for?
That is 44% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Alexandria?
The earliest is Alexander Macdonell, born in 1833, and the latest birth listed is 1981.
Who counts as from Alexandria?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Alexandria’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 (7)
- George Cattanach: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie MacDonald Langstaff: illegible, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-Hugues Gauthier: Alex B. Castonguay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sibby Nichol: Stuart Thomson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. T. Hay: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John McColl: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Bellefeuille: Prisedeparole, 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).