#1Politics & Law
E. D. Smith
1853–1948Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Industrial, Hamilton
Industrial has just one famous person to its name: E. D. Smith
In 1853, the Canadian politician E. D. Smith was born. That places their birth before Confederation. Their story is told in 4 languages. Just 8 km away, Grimsby’s list holds 19 names, Tonya Verbeek the best known.
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E. D. Smith
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1853
E. D. Smith
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Industrial
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Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 3.
Questions about famous people from Industrial
Who is the most famous person from Industrial?
E. D. Smith (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them.
How many famous people were born in Industrial?
Born in Industrial and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1.
What is Industrial known for?
Mostly leaders: 1 of the 1 people listed. 100% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who counts as from Industrial?
Born inside Industrial’s neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from) 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. Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the other split cities keep a birth recorded only as the city on the city’s own page, while each neighbourhood lists just the births recorded in it.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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)
- E. D. Smith: The Perrault Printing Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tonya Verbeek: Madchester at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethan Page: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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