#1Film, TV & Stage
Lucas Bryant
born 1978Canadian-American actor
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Elmira, Ontario
Of the 26 famous people born in Elmira, an unusual share are leaders
Most widely known is Lucas Bryant, the Canadian-American actor, with articles in 18 languages. The largest group, 7, was born between Confederation and 1913. Over 169 years of births, the list goes from Isaac Erb Bowman (1832) to Cole Schwindt (2001). For every 10,000 residents the town has 8.3, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
26
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Lucas Bryant
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1832
Isaac Erb Bowman
Youngest
2001
Cole Schwindt
Most common field
Politics & Law
11 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Elmira is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.9 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 Elmira
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#2Sports
Tyler Pasher
born 1994Canadian association football player
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DS#3
Through the years
When Elmira’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 3.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineFaithBusiness
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Elmira
A further 23 follow, born between 1832 and 2001.
Daniel H. Kress
1862–1956Canadian physician, anti-smoking activist, Seventh-day Adventist missionary and vegetarian
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
François Charles Archile Jeanneret
1890–1967Chancellor of the University of Toronto
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Waterloo’s, at 40 names.
Questions about famous people from Elmira
Who is the most famous person from Elmira?
The top name is Lucas Bryant (Canadian-American actor), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Tyler Pasher and Dan Snyder.
How many famous people were born in Elmira?
Wikidata places 29 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Elmira known for?
42% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Elmira?
Isaac Erb Bowman, from 1832; the most recent birth on the list is from 2001.
Who counts as from Elmira?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Elmira’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?
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 (13)
- Lucas Bryant: Luck the Lady, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Pasher: Klinsmann2011, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Seiling: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Hahn: Stefanie Kovacevic . Tigersplayer at de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Schwindt: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Daum Euler: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel H. Kress: Anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William George Weichel: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Martin Bowman: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dilman Kinsey Erb: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Erb Bowman: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Conrad Weidenhammer: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Hachborn: Jfvoll, 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).