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Albert Henderson
1881–1947Canadian soccer player
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Famous people · Cambridge, Ontario
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 103 famous people born in Cambridge
Albert Henderson, the Canadian soccer player, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. Since 1970, 33 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.2, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 386 towns in Ontario with famous people list more.
Born here
103
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Albert Henderson
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1835
James Young
Youngest
2005
Camilo Vasconcelos
Most common field
Sports
50 people
What stands out about Cambridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cambridge is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is soldiers and sailors, at 2.6 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Cambridge’s famous people were born
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageBusinessMilitaryMusicNotable
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cambridge
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Derrick Campbell
born 1972Short-track speed skater
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Everyone else born in Cambridge
Another 100, the earliest born in 1835.
Andrew Hurd
born 1982Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth games silver medallist
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William Elliott
1872–1944Progressive Party member of the Canadian House of Commons
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Ernest Black Struthers
1886–1977Canadian physician, researcher, educator and medical missionary
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Allan Slaight
1931–2021Canadian rock and roll radio pioneer, media mogul, and philanthropist
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Donalda James Dickie
1883–1972Canadian normal school teacher (1883—1972)
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Ayr, at 7.
Questions about famous people from Cambridge
Who is the most famous person from Cambridge?
Albert Henderson (Canadian soccer player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Derrick Campbell and Robert Lane.
How many famous people were born in Cambridge?
Wikidata counts 141 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Cambridge known for?
49% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cambridge?
James Young, from 1835; the most recent birth on the list is from 2005.
Who counts as from Cambridge?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Cambridge’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 (35)
- Albert Henderson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Lane: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Twaits: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Walker: Jshecket at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Guggisberg: Daniel Guggisberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Gillies: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Brannen: 1500_m_semi_final_Berlin_2009.jpg : André Zehetbauer from Schwerin, Deutschland derivative work: Lepax, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Getliffe: Conrad Poirier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Merkley: Sebastiaan ter Burg from Utrecht, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brooklyn Moors: Bluetourmaline, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camilo Vasconcelos: A Disappearing Act, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Scott Hogg: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Goodyear: Simon Fraser University Public Affairs and Media Relations, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Dotchin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louie DeBrusk: Yeeno, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parnell Gourlay: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Thorman: User Chrisjnelson on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Doherty: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 347aidan: Austin Carrif, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. R. Fitzpatrick: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Himes: The New York Times, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aislinn Clancy: Cross Border Interviews, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Stewart Scott: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Adam Clare: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Lambke: Stevenlambke, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Keen: Jdakeen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella Buchanan: Eyre Powell Press Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgina Fraser Newhall: Caledonian Society of Toronto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Young: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Gordon Mackendrick: William Gordon Mackendrick A.K.A "The Roadbuilder", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bozidar Brazda: Insideclo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Ackie: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Lloyd Janney: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Clifford: Lisa Gansky, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Springer: Notman & Fraser, 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).