JC#1
Politics & Law
James Bertram Cunningham
1872–1941Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Angus, Ontario
4 famous people were born in Angus
The best known is the Canadian politician James Bertram Cunningham, with articles in 3 languages. Theodore Loblaw, the Canadian businessman, comes second, with Leonard Jennett Simpson third. Births span 1872 to 1911, from James Bertram Cunningham to Walter Ball. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.5, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
James Bertram Cunningham
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1872
James Bertram Cunningham
Youngest
1911
Walter Ball
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Angus
The three are covered in 3, 3 and 1 languages: James Bertram Cunningham, Theodore Loblaw and Leonard Jennett Simpson.
TL#2
#3Politics & Law
Leonard Jennett Simpson
1882–1940Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Angus’s famous people were born
Politics & LawBusinessWriting & Arts
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Angus is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Angus
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Angus
Who is the most famous person from Angus?
By our measure the best known is James Bertram Cunningham (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Theodore Loblaw and Leonard Jennett Simpson.
How many famous people were born in Angus?
Wikidata places 5 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Angus known for?
50% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Angus?
James Bertram Cunningham (1872). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1911.
Who counts as from Angus?
Born inside Angus’ 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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (4)
- Leonard Jennett Simpson: L. Lyonde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Burke: Patrick Hui from Whistler, BC, Canada., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Foyston: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Wright: 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).