#1Famous people · Campbellford, Ontario
Leaders stand out among the 21 famous people born in Campbellford
At the top of the list is the Canadian diplomat Escott Reid, covered in 5 languages. Gerry Shannon is second and John Raymond Ellis third. 14 of them were born between Confederation and 1913, more than in any other period. The first birth on record is John Henry Douglas’, in 1851, and the last Paul Sloggett’s, in 1950.
Born here
21
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Escott Reid
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1851
John Henry Douglas
Youngest
1950
Paul Sloggett
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Campbellford is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2 times.
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 Campbellford
#1GS#2
Sports
Gerry Shannon
1910–1983Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JE#3
Politics & Law
John Raymond Ellis
1929–1994Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Campbellford’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1900s come out on top, with 4 births.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Campbellford
18 more, from 1851 to 1950.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 3.
Questions about famous people from Campbellford
Who is the most famous person from Campbellford?
The top name is Escott Reid (Canadian diplomat), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Gerry Shannon and John Raymond Ellis.
How many famous people were born in Campbellford?
Wikidata counts 25 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Campbellford known for?
They make up 43% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Campbellford?
The earliest is John Henry Douglas, born in 1851, and the latest birth listed is 1950.
Who counts as from Campbellford?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Campbellford’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?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (6)
- Escott Reid: Renate Patzek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James R. Lowery: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. F. Taylor: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Wilson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Henry Cooney: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfred Curtis: Unknown author, 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).