JC#1
Film, TV & Stage
James Cameron
born 1954Canadian filmmaker and explorer
119 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Kapuskasing, Ontario
Kapuskasing, birthplace of James Cameron and 17 more famous people
James Cameron, the Canadian filmmaker and explorer, has articles in 119 languages. Close behind are Kelly VanderBeek and Gérard-Joseph Deschamps. 8 of them were born between 1946 and 1969, more than in any other period. From Al Picard to Maxime Boudreault, the births on the list run from 1923 to 1991.
Born here
18
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
James Cameron
119 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1923
Al Picard
Youngest
1991
Maxime Boudreault
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Kapuskasing’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Kapuskasing
#2Sports
Kelly VanderBeek
born 1983Canadian alpine skier, television personality, photographer
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GD#3
Faith
Gérard-Joseph Deschamps
1929–2022Canadian Catholic bishop in Papua New Guinea
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Kapuskasing’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawFaithScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kapuskasing is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.5 times the usual share.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kapuskasing
Here are 15 more, born from 1923 to 1991.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Kapuskasing
Who is the most famous person from Kapuskasing?
James Cameron (Canadian filmmaker and explorer) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Kelly VanderBeek and Gérard-Joseph Deschamps.
How many famous people were born in Kapuskasing?
Born in Kapuskasing and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 18. Of the 27 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Kapuskasing known for?
Here the share is 56%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kapuskasing?
The earliest is Al Picard, born in 1923, and the latest birth listed is 1991.
Who counts as from Kapuskasing?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Kapuskasing’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (5)
- Kelly VanderBeek: Christian Jansky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete McLeod: Japanbird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shera Bechard: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk McCaskill: California Angels, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Lefebvre: Kline, 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).