WO#1
Science & Medicine
William Osler
1849–1919Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital
48 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Bowmanville, Ontario
Of the 51 famous people born in Bowmanville, an unusual share are scientists and doctors
William Osler is the best known, with articles in 48 languages. Second and third on the list are Anne Ottenbrite and Bryan Bickell. The list reaches back to Elizabeth Lucas, born in 1835, one of 13 born before Confederation. Since 1970, 17 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
51
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Osler
48 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1835
Elizabeth Lucas
Youngest
2000
Brooke McQuigge
Most common field
Sports
22 people
What stands out about Bowmanville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bowmanville is known for
Scientists and doctors stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Bowmanville
Athletes take two of the three places.
AO#2
Sports
Anne Ottenbrite
born 1966Canadian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Bryan Bickell
born 1986Canadian ice hockey player
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Bowmanville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 8 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageFaithMusicNotable
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bowmanville
48 more, from 1835 to 2000.
Sam Hughes
?–1921Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence during World War I
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
John Everett Robbins
1903–1995Canadian educator, encyclopedia editor and diplomat
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 2.
Questions about famous people from Bowmanville
Who is the most famous person from Bowmanville?
William Osler (Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Anne Ottenbrite and Bryan Bickell.
How many famous people were born in Bowmanville?
67 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Bowmanville known for?
They make up 43% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bowmanville?
Elizabeth Lucas, from 1835; the most recent birth on the list is from 2000.
Who counts as from Bowmanville?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Bowmanville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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 (23)
- Bryan Bickell: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Keenan: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Brent: Brown Bros., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Nemisz: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Hughes: St. Louis Blues, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Hughes: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitchell Heard: Milkaselnuss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Wellington Bowen: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helena Coleman: Photographer unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John James: Arthur Roy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricky Foley: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kennedy Marchment: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillian Massey Treble: Photograph by Park Brothers, Toronto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noah Jensen: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brooke McQuigge: johnmac612, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garnet Rickard: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Bonnetta: Fox Bet Live, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Lucas: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel McQuigge: DMighton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn: Notman & Fraser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William F. Eddy: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A. J. Cook: Nigel Horsley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierce Lepage: filip bossuyt, CC BY 2.5, 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).