#1Politics & Law
Herbert Stone MacDonald
1842–1921Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Gananoque, Ontario
Of the 7 famous people born in Gananoque, an unusual share are leaders
The best known is the Canadian politician Herbert Stone MacDonald, with articles in 4 languages. The next two names are Bob Dickson and George Webb. The largest group, 3, was born between Confederation and 1913. As early as 1833, Byron Moffatt Britton was born here, one of 2 born before Confederation.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Herbert Stone MacDonald
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1833
Byron Moffatt Britton
Youngest
1987
Brock Matheson
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Gananoque is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.6 times as common.
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 Gananoque
Leaders take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Gananoque’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1840s, at 1.
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One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Gananoque
4 more names, born between 1833 and 1987.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Gananoque
Who is the most famous person from Gananoque?
Herbert Stone MacDonald (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Bob Dickson and George Webb.
What is Gananoque known for?
They make up 57% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gananoque?
Byron Moffatt Britton (1833). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Gananoque?
Born inside Gananoque’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (3)
- Herbert Stone MacDonald: Notman & Fraser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry W. Brown: Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron Moffatt Britton: 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).