#1Sports
Bobby Raymond
born 1985Canadian ice hockey defenceman
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Huron-Kinloss, Ontario
3 famous people were born in Huron-Kinloss from 1862 to 1985
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey defenceman Bobby Raymond, with articles in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are George Chin and Kenneth W. MacKenzie. Kincardine, 19 km away, has 20 on its list, the best known Jessica Stam. The list’s best known name, Bobby Raymond, dates from 1985.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bobby Raymond
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1862
Kenneth W. MacKenzie
Youngest
1985
Bobby Raymond
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Huron-Kinloss
Bobby Raymond, George Chin and Kenneth W. MacKenzie are written about in 6, 1 and 1 languages.
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#3Politics & Law
Kenneth W. MacKenzie
1862–1929Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Huron-Kinloss is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 1.
Questions about famous people from Huron-Kinloss
Who is the most famous person from Huron-Kinloss?
The top name is Bobby Raymond (Canadian ice hockey defenceman), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come George Chin and Kenneth W. MacKenzie.
How many famous people were born in Huron-Kinloss?
Wikidata places 11 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Huron-Kinloss known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 67%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Huron-Kinloss?
Kenneth W. MacKenzie (1862). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Huron-Kinloss?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Huron-Kinloss’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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 (2)
- Bobby Raymond: Benjamin Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth W. MacKenzie: Unknown author, 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).