#1Taylor Milne
born 1981Canadian middle distance runner
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Taylor Milne, the Canadian middle distance runner, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The only other name is the Canadian politician Stan Darling. For more famous names, North Bay is 14 km away: its list has 89, led by Gordon Aitchison. Over 70 years of births, the list goes from Stan Darling (1911) to Taylor Milne (1981).

#1Canadian middle distance runner
Canadian politician
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
By our measure the best known is Taylor Milne (Canadian middle distance runner); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Stan Darling.
Wikidata places 7 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
50% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Stan Darling, from 1911; the most recent birth on the list is from 1981.
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Callander’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.
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