JE#1
Politics & Law
John Campbell Elliott
1872–1941Canadian politician
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Glencoe, Ontario
4 famous people call Glencoe their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian politician John Campbell Elliott, with articles in 6 languages. Behind the leader come Alexander Duncan McRae and Harry Fisher. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 6.2 for every 10,000 residents. Leaders make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Campbell Elliott
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1872
John Campbell Elliott
Youngest
1946
Rose-Marie Ur
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Glencoe
#2Business
Alexander Duncan McRae
1874–1946Canadian industrialist and politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Through the years
When Glencoe’s famous people were born
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Glencoe is known for
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Glencoe
1 more, best known first.
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Questions about famous people from Glencoe
Who is the most famous person from Glencoe?
John Campbell Elliott (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Alexander Duncan McRae and Harry Fisher.
How many famous people were born in Glencoe?
Of the 10 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Glencoe known for?
Here the share is 50%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Glencoe?
The earliest is John Campbell Elliott, born in 1872, and the latest birth listed is 1946.
Who counts as from Glencoe?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Glencoe’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?
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 (2)
- Alexander Duncan McRae: Arthur Roy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Audrey McLaughlin: Frank Saptel, CC BY 2.0, 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).