#1Film, TV & Stage
Katie Douglas
born 1998Canadian actress
39 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Burlington, Ontario
108 famous people were born in Burlington, more of them athletes than in most towns
Katie Douglas, the Canadian actress, is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. Close behind are Torri Higginson and Nick Bateman. The largest group, 73, was born since 1970. The list runs from Red Long, born in 1876, to Tyler Crawford, born in 2004.
Born here
108
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Katie Douglas
39 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1876
Red Long
Youngest
2004
Tyler Crawford
Most common field
Sports
67 people
What stands out about Burlington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Burlington’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 25.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicNotablePolitics & LawMilitary
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Burlington is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is soldiers and sailors, at 1.8 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.
The best known
Born in Burlington
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Torri Higginson
born 1969Canadian actress
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Film, TV & Stage
Nick Bateman
born 1986Canadian actor and model
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Burlington
The other 105 span the years 1876 to 2004.
Scott Dickens
born 1984Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games gold medallist
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Jillian Barberie
born 1966Canadian-born American television hostess, sportscaster, radio personality and actress
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Waterdown’s, at 9 names.
Questions about famous people from Burlington
Who is the most famous person from Burlington?
Katie Douglas (Canadian actress) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Torri Higginson and Nick Bateman.
How many famous people were born in Burlington?
164 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Burlington known for?
62% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Burlington?
Red Long, born in 1876. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Burlington?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Burlington’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (41)
- Katie Douglas: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Torri Higginson: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Oldershaw: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Anderson: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mfiondu Kabengele: SneakinDeacon from New River Valley, Va, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie Booth: Wilson Dias/ABr, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Myles Erlick: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Lockington: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Karina Gould: Laurelrusswurm, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Wright: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Maltais: Collision Conf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory Conacher: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Jooris: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Blackwood: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Dickens: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Wiseman: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Shugg: PH Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Crawford: John Jacques, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Caissie: Minda Haas Kuhlmann, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Hutchings: https://www.flickr.com/people/anders-h-foto/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine MacLellan: Brenda Lee, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jace Kotsopoulos: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Meshack Lufile: Staceyleawood, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Dorsey: Lyn Fairly Media, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Triantafillou: wanderin' wolfgang, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Adams: World Poker Tour, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Gabriel: Sergei Scurfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrienne Wu: Vxzczzxcza11, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ashley Johnston: ohanryan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darius Ciraco: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Greco: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hughes Cleaver: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendall Cooper: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry LaiFatt: Ali de Bold, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Orr: Ave Maria Mõistlik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Schutte: Michael Söckneck, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Frost: MikeVitale, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Green: Evan Pritchard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Bomben: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carter Verhaeghe: Arc1294, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Jones: Hill & Adamson, 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).