#1Sports
Bob Pulford
1936–2026Canadian ice hockey player/coach/executive
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Bradford, Ontario
12 famous people from Bradford, many of them leaders
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player/coach/executive Bob Pulford, with articles in 11 languages. Behind the leader come William Mulock and Brandon Mashinter. The list reaches back to Britton Bath Osler, born in 1839, one of 3 born before Confederation. Since 1970, 4 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bob Pulford
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1839
Britton Bath Osler
Youngest
1993
Justin Howell
Most common field
Sports
6 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bradford is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.9 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bradford
#1
#2Politics & Law
William Mulock
1843–1944Canadian politician, judge, academic administrator
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Brandon Mashinter
born 1988Canadian ice hockey player
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Bradford’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bradford
Still to come: 9 more, from 1839 to 1993.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 5.
Questions about famous people from Bradford
Who is the most famous person from Bradford?
Bob Pulford (Canadian ice hockey player/coach/executive) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come William Mulock and Brandon Mashinter.
How many famous people were born in Bradford?
17 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Bradford known for?
That is 50% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bradford?
Britton Bath Osler, born in 1839. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Bradford?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Bradford’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?
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 (12)
- Bob Pulford: Ralston-Purina Company, maker of Chex cereals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Mulock: Unknown, irrelevant due to age, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Mashinter: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colm Vance: John Jacques, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Britton Bath Osler: Adam, G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer), 1839-1912, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Kilkenny: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Dugald McNiven: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Howell: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Carrey: SHOWTIME, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Nembhard: Steve Cheng, Bruin Report Online, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Pietrangelo: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Banting: Arthur Goss, 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).