#1Famous people · Brockville, Ontario
Leaders stand out among the 84 famous people born in Brockville
Articles in 15 languages make the Canadian rower Conlin McCabe the best known. Elizabeth Craig, the Canadian rower, comes second, with Ben Hollingsworth third. 25 of them were born before Confederation, more than in any other period. The list reaches back to Billa Flint, born in 1805, one of 25 born before Confederation.
Born here
84
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Conlin McCabe
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1805
Billa Flint
Youngest
1996
Alaine Chartrand
Most common field
Politics & Law
29 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Brockville is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 2.3 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 Brockville
#1EC#2
BH#3
Film, TV & Stage
Ben Hollingsworth
born 1984Canadian actor
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Brockville’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 9 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMusicMilitaryBusinessNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brockville
The other 81 span the years 1805 to 1996.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Prescott’s, with 11.
Questions about famous people from Brockville
Who is the most famous person from Brockville?
The top name is Conlin McCabe (Canadian rower), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Elizabeth Craig and Ben Hollingsworth.
How many famous people were born in Brockville?
103 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Brockville known for?
35% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brockville?
Billa Flint (1805). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Brockville?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Brockville’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 (34)
- Conlin McCabe: bez_uk, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Hutton: Bure's Triple Deke, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Nedow: Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Buell Richards: Frances Richards (1852-1934) (signed in the painting), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alaine Chartrand: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Norton Richards: Dame E. Rowley collection. Credit: Library and Archives Canada / C-003317, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Phillips: Artin Cavouk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noel Price: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Kerr: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Chapman: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cully Simon: Turofsky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ford Jones: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Wallace: Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Covey: Dalesorensen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billa Flint: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Finlay Fraser: Notman & Fraser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Summers: The original uploader was HesperianBot at English Wikisource ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert McKechnie: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Clark: Legislature of Ontario, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Schofield: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Taylor Fulford: John Alexander Cooper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Mary Ford: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. Smart: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hargrave Schofield: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Scott: NA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trent Corney: Winnipeg Blue Bombers, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter William LaChance: From a book written by the subject of the photo, Walter William LaChance, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Jelly: H. Belden Co. (Publisher - éditeur), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lothrop Starr: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Barr: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Robert Bell: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Boivin: TGC-Topps Gum Cards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Frederick Ferguson: William James Topley, 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).