GD#1
Famous people · Espanola, Ontario
6 famous people were born in Espanola, more of them athletes than in most towns
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the Canadian distance runner Greg Duhaime is the best known. Jim Jones is second and Bob Jones third. The largest group, 3, was born between 1946 and 1969. For every 10,000 residents the town has 10.9, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Greg Duhaime
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1916
Leo Lamoureux
Youngest
1977
Kyle Herranen
Most common field
Sports
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Espanola is known for
Espanola has 2.2× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Espanola’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
SportsWriting & Arts
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Espanola
The three best known are all athletes.
JJ#2
Sports
Jim Jones
born 1949Canadian ice hockey defenceman
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
BJ#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Espanola
3 more, from 1916 to 1977.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Espanola
Who is the most famous person from Espanola?
By our measure the best known is Greg Duhaime (Canadian distance runner); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Jim Jones and Bob Jones.
What is Espanola known for?
Here the share is 83%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Espanola?
Leo Lamoureux (1916). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Espanola?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Espanola’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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)
- Leo Lamoureux: Conrad Poirier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Herranen: Heikki02003, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).