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Famous people · Beaverton, Ontario
Leaders stand out among the 11 famous people born in Beaverton
At the top of the list is the Canadian ice hockey player Basil McRae, covered in 8 languages. 5 of them were born between Confederation and 1913, more than in any other period. The list reaches back to Adam Edward Vrooman, born in 1847, one of 4 born before Confederation. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Basil McRae
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1847
Adam Edward Vrooman
Youngest
1965
Chris McRae
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Beaverton is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 17.9 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Through the years
When Beaverton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1890s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawMilitarySportsScience & MedicineWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Beaverton
WG#2
Military
William John Gillespie
1897–1967Canadian flying ace
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CM#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Beaverton
Of the other 8, 4 are leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Beaverton
Who is the most famous person from Beaverton?
Basil McRae (Canadian ice hockey player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come William John Gillespie and Chris McRae.
How many famous people were born in Beaverton?
Wikidata has 13 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Beaverton known for?
36% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beaverton?
The earliest is Adam Edward Vrooman, born in 1847, and the latest birth listed is 1965.
Who counts as from Beaverton?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Beaverton’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (3)
- Maude C. Davison: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph St. John: FORSTER, John Wycliffe Lowes (J.W.L), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Parrish: 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).