#1Politics & Law
Charles Vance Millar
1854–1926Canadian lawyer and financier
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Aylmer, Ontario
2 famous people were born in Aylmer from 1854 to 1989
The best known is the Canadian lawyer and financier Charles Vance Millar, with articles in 11 languages. The only other name is the curler Craig Van Ymeren. For more famous names, St. Thomas is 15 km away: its list has 61, led by Helen Shaver. Charles Vance Millar, the best known, was born in 1854.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles Vance Millar
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1854
Charles Vance Millar
Youngest
1989
Craig Van Ymeren
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Aylmer
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Known for
What Aylmer is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 4.
Questions about famous people from Aylmer
Who is the most famous person from Aylmer?
The top name is Charles Vance Millar (Canadian lawyer and financier), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Craig Van Ymeren.
How many famous people were born in Aylmer?
Wikidata places 8 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Aylmer known for?
50% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Aylmer?
Charles Vance Millar (1854). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Aylmer?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Aylmer’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?
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 (3)
- Charles Vance Millar: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Shaver: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Dignam: W. Briggs, 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).