#1Writing & Arts
John Wesley Dafoe
1866–1944Canadian journalist
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Barry's Bay, Ontario
Barry's Bay is the birthplace of 6 famous people
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian journalist John Wesley Dafoe. Second place goes to the Canadian ice hockey player Larry Trader, third to Aloysius Rekowski. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 14.5 for every 10,000 residents. From John Wesley Dafoe to Larry Trader, the births on the list run from 1866 to 1963.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Wesley Dafoe
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1866
John Wesley Dafoe
Youngest
1963
Larry Trader
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Barry's Bay
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Sports
Larry Trader
1963–2024Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Faith
Aloysius Rekowski
1921–2006Canadian Roman Catholic priest and historian
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Barry's Bay’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Barry's Bay is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.3 times as common.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Barry's Bay
3 more names, born between 1880 and 1957.
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Questions about famous people from Barry's Bay
Who is the most famous person from Barry's Bay?
John Wesley Dafoe (Canadian journalist) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Larry Trader and Aloysius Rekowski.
How many famous people were born in Barry's Bay?
Wikidata has 7 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Barry's Bay known for?
That is 50% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Barry's Bay?
The earliest is John Wesley Dafoe, born in 1866, and the latest birth listed is 1963.
Who counts as from Barry's Bay?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Barry's Bay’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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 (2)
- John Wesley Dafoe: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Yakabuski: Ontario Legislature, CC BY 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).