#1Famous people · Drayton, Ontario
5 famous people were born in Drayton
Roger Martin, the Canadian businessman, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Bruce Howard and Addie Aylestock. Born in 1888, Ross Atkinson McEwing is the first name on record, and Roger Martin, born in 1956, the most recent. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Roger Martin
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1888
Ross Atkinson McEwing
Youngest
1956
Roger Martin
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Drayton
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1BH#2
Politics & Law
Bruce Howard
1922–2002Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AA#3
Politics & Law
Addie Aylestock
1909–1998Canadian minister
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Drayton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Politics & LawBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Drayton is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.7 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Drayton
Still to come: 2 more, from 1888 to 1939.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Mount Forest has the most on record, with 16.
Questions about famous people from Drayton
Who is the most famous person from Drayton?
Roger Martin (Canadian businessman) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Bruce Howard and Addie Aylestock.
How many famous people were born in Drayton?
Wikidata places 8 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Drayton known for?
Here the share is 60%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Drayton?
The earliest is Ross Atkinson McEwing, born in 1888, and the latest birth listed is 1956.
Who counts as from Drayton?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Drayton’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (2)
- Roger Martin: World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Smith: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).