#1Politics & Law
George M. Young
1870–1932American politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Howick, Ontario
6 famous people from Howick, many of them leaders
Articles in 7 languages make the American politician George M. Young the best known. The largest group, 4, was born between Confederation and 1913. 2 of them were born before Confederation, the first Robert John Woods in 1859. For every 10,000 residents the town has 13.3, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
George M. Young
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1859
Robert John Woods
Youngest
1898
Arnold Darroch
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Howick is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 3.8 times the usual share.
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 Howick’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1870s come out on top, with 3 births.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Howick
Leaders take two of the three places.
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Writing & Arts
Frank Armington
1876–1941Canadian artist
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RW#3
Politics & Law
Robert John Woods
1859–1944Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Howick
3 more, from 1862 to 1898.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Wingham has the most people on record, 20 of them.
Questions about famous people from Howick
Who is the most famous person from Howick?
George M. Young (American politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Frank Armington and Robert John Woods.
What is Howick known for?
They make up 83% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Howick?
Robert John Woods, from 1859; the most recent birth on the list is from 1898.
Who counts as from Howick?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Howick’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (6)
- George M. Young: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Clarke Chambers: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Munro: MacDowell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horatio Walker: Melvin Ormond Hammond (1876 - 1934), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude C. Robinson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elias Disney: K10wnsta, 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).