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Famous people · Ingersoll, Ontario
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 24 famous people born in Ingersoll
Most widely known is Betty Taylor, the Canadian hurdle racer, with articles in 19 languages. John Cunningham McLennan and Ella Shelton follow. The list reaches back to Alanson Harris, born in 1816, one of 7 born before Confederation. 12 of them were born between Confederation and 1913, more than in any other period.
Born here
24
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Betty Taylor
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1816
Alanson Harris
Youngest
1998
Ella Shelton
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ingersoll is known for
Ingersoll has 3.6× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Ingersoll
#2Science & Medicine
John Cunningham McLennan
1867–1935Canadian physicist
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Ella Shelton
born 1998Canadian ice hockey player
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Ingersoll’s famous people were born
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsBusinessMilitaryFaith
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ingersoll
The rest number 21, with 8 leaders among them.
Meribeth E. Cameron
1905–1997American historian of China, academic and academic administrator
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Robert Stuart
1852–1926Canadian-American businessman, a founder of the Quaker Oats Company
BusinessWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 4.
Questions about famous people from Ingersoll
Who is the most famous person from Ingersoll?
Betty Taylor (Canadian hurdle racer) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come John Cunningham McLennan and Ella Shelton.
How many famous people were born in Ingersoll?
Wikidata counts 35 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Ingersoll known for?
That is 33% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ingersoll?
Alanson Harris, born in 1816. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Ingersoll?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Ingersoll’s 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?
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 (15)
- John Cunningham McLennan: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella Shelton: johnnypuetz Productions, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Maitland: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Lucking: Bench and Bar Publishing Co. (Detroit, MI), publishers., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James McCleary: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Meribeth E. Cameron: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas John Hall: Rhoda1929, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Clark: Sampson, Joseph Ernest (1887-1946), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James White: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Pennefather Rothwell: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Colin Marshall: Hess, A. L., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Stuart: Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Grant: Trace42, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Zegers: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boone Jenner: Hugh Lee from Edmonton Alberta, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).