#1Famous people · Bolton, Ontario
Most of the 27 famous people born in Bolton came into the world since 1970
Articles in 21 languages make the Canadian singer Skye Sweetnam the best known. Births span 1857 to 2003, from John Alexander Catherwood to Shailyn Pierre-Dixon. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 3 for every 10,000 residents. Only 64 of the 386 towns in Ontario with anyone on record list more.
Born here
27
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Skye Sweetnam
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1857
John Alexander Catherwood
Youngest
2003
Shailyn Pierre-Dixon
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Bolton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bolton’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 7.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitaryFaith
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Bolton
Two of the three are athletes.
#1
#2Sports
Andrew Mangiapane
born 1996Canadian ice hockey player
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Josh Alexander
born 1987Canadian professional wrestler
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Bolton is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bolton
24 more, best known first.
William James Wanless
1865–1933Surgeon and Presbyterian missionary, noted for his medical mission In Miraj, India
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Bolton
Who is the most famous person from Bolton?
By our measure the best known is Skye Sweetnam (Canadian singer); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Andrew Mangiapane and Josh Alexander.
How many famous people were born in Bolton?
Wikidata has 47 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Bolton known for?
They make up 56% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bolton?
John Alexander Catherwood, born in 1857. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Bolton?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Bolton’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 (16)
- Skye Sweetnam: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Mangiapane: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Alexander: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Raddysh: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shailyn Pierre-Dixon: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Yorke: Matthew Seely, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William James Wanless: Geo (George) W. Wanless, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Diane Deans: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram E. McCallum: Alexandra Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristin Della Rovere: Alex Sirac, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Murray: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Crawford: m_kania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Vint: Bdzsports photos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Calvert: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zoe Boyd: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Organik: MrShamrock, 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).