#1Science & Medicine
Norman Bethune
1890–1939Canadian physician, medical innovator and humanitarian
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Gravenhurst, Ontario
The 3 famous people born in Gravenhurst, led by Norman Bethune
Best known of all is Norman Bethune, written about in 30 languages. Mickey McGuire and Steve Barnes follow. The neighbour with the longest list is Bracebridge, 16 km away: 23, led by Mary Harron. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.1, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Norman Bethune
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1890
Norman Bethune
Youngest
1970
Steve Barnes
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Gravenhurst
#1
#2Sports
Mickey McGuire
1898–1968Canadian ice hockey player
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
SB#3
Sports
Steve Barnes
born 1970Canadian ice hockey defenceman
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Gravenhurst is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 1.
Questions about famous people from Gravenhurst
Who is the most famous person from Gravenhurst?
By our measure the best known is Norman Bethune (Canadian physician, medical innovator and humanitarian); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Mickey McGuire and Steve Barnes.
How many famous people were born in Gravenhurst?
5 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Gravenhurst known for?
That is 67% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gravenhurst?
Norman Bethune (1890). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1970.
Who counts as from Gravenhurst?
The list takes people born within Gravenhurst’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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)
- Norman Bethune: Credit: Library and Archives Canada/PA-160708 Copyright: Expired, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mickey McGuire: WayneRay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Harron: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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