RD#1
Science & Medicine
Reginald Aldworth Daly
1871–1957Canadian geologist
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Greater Napanee, Ontario
Leaders stand out among the 17 famous people born in Greater Napanee
Most widely known is Reginald Aldworth Daly, the Canadian geologist, with articles in 19 languages. Behind the leader come Aaron Doornekamp and H. Bedford-Jones. More than half were born before Confederation, 9 in all. 9 of them were born before Confederation, the first Samuel Casey in 1788.
Born here
17
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Reginald Aldworth Daly
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1788
Samuel Casey
Youngest
1985
Aaron Doornekamp
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Greater Napanee is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.1 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Greater Napanee’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1880s, at 3.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitaryNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Greater Napanee
Bedford-Jones (5).
#2Sports
Aaron Doornekamp
born 1985Canadian basketball player
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
HB#3
Writing & Arts
H. Bedford-Jones
1887–1949Canadian-American writer
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Greater Napanee
The rest number 14, with 8 leaders among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Deseronto has the most on record: 7.
Questions about famous people from Greater Napanee
Who is the most famous person from Greater Napanee?
The top name is Reginald Aldworth Daly (Canadian geologist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Aaron Doornekamp and H. Bedford-Jones.
How many famous people were born in Greater Napanee?
24 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Greater Napanee known for?
47% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Greater Napanee?
Samuel Casey (1788). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Greater Napanee?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Greater Napanee’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (5)
- Aaron Doornekamp: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Merrill Egerton: Photographer unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Thomas Grange: Notman & Fraser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aylesworth Bowen Perry: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford Maracle: Misterlobat, 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).