#1Music
Bryan Adams
born 1959Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
92 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Kingston, Ontario
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 280 famous people born in Kingston
The best known is the Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Bryan Adams, with articles in 92 languages. The next two names are Robert Mundell and Grant Allen. The largest group, 70, was born between 1946 and 1969. 69 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
280
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bryan Adams
92 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1703
Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne
Youngest
2002
Aaliyah Edwards
Most common field
Sports
109 people
What stands out about Kingston’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Kingston
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Robert Mundell
1932–2021Canadian economist
56 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Writing & Arts
Grant Allen
1848–1899Canada born British science writer, novelist and scientist
27 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Kingston is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 3.1 times the usual share.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Kingston’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 32 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicMilitaryNotableBusinessFaith
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kingston
277 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Bruce McDonald
born 1959Canadian film director, film producer and film editor
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
George MacFarlane
1878–1932Canadian-born American actor of stage and screen
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
John Stoughton Dennis
1820–188519th century Canadian surveyor, militia officer, and civil servant
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Henry Starnes
1816–1896Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1856-1858,1866-1868)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
South Frontenac leads the towns around it, with 9 names.
Questions about famous people from Kingston
Who is the most famous person from Kingston?
The top name is Bryan Adams (Canadian singer-songwriter and musician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Robert Mundell and Grant Allen.
How many famous people were born in Kingston?
Wikidata has 379 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Kingston known for?
39% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kingston?
Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne (1703). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Kingston?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Kingston’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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 (106)
- Bryan Adams: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mundell: Triwbe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Allen: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman L. Bowen: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Sarwer: Aniaj, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Smith: Mathew Cerasoli from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Whitfield: Longbomb, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Dillon: Quebear40, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Gilmour: Newsker93, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tanith Belbin: photo taken by flickr user Dave Hogg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Lux: Franz Johann Morgenbesser from Vienna, Austria, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patricia Rozema: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Cherry: Don_Cherry_and_Tony_Daniels.jpg : Jeremy Gilbert aka Canada Jack derivative work: Connormah, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce McDonald: Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Lalande: This photo is a work by Artem Korzhimanov . You can find more of my works in my gallery and in the category Photos by Artem Korzhimanov . Even more of my works can be found in my galleries at Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Foreman-Mackey: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Philippe Leguellec: Ecthelioniii, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scarlett: Kevin "Silverfire" Chang (for Team Liquid), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Forbes: Elizabeth Forbes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel Vilardi: Jfvoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk Muller: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorne Carr-Harris: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Allen: Benjamin Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay McClement: Herkie from St. Louis, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindsay Agnew: Noah Salzman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bun Cook: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay McKee: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Hayward: LGrossnickle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Erskine: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Harrington: Hugh Lee from Edmonton Alberta, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Cashman: Boston Bruins / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ari Millen: Dominick D, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Wykes: Grzegorz Jereczek from Gdańsk, Poland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Tripp: Presse_Haie, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kip Brennan: Dinur Blum, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul D. N. Hebert: Åge Hojem, NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet/NTNU University Museum, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh John Macdonald: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Vance: Sgt. James K. McCann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Walsh: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Brown: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Maule Machar: Photographer unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Dailey: Philadelphia Flyers / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Meagher: Duke University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George MacFarlane: Unknown (Life time: 1932), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Richardson: Queen's University Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Jane Lamond: James, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Milliken: Chopin_at_the_Embassy_of_Poland_(05).jpg : Bruce MacRae derivative work: Connormah, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scotty Davidson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Pellatt: City of Toronto, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Arniel: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Linseman: Meowwcat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Randall: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lubomyr Luciuk: Luciuk0795, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Arniel: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Cook: Dan Harasymchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Logan: Ann Sanfedele, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Amelia Chown: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chaucer Elliott: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Clifford: Chicago Blackhawks / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Kearns: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis John Bennett Marks Hugo: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Monahan: Somaya Langley from Australia (for now), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hubert Busby, Jr.: Wilson Wong / (Wikipedia Longbomb ), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darlene Lim: The Royal Society of Victoria, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Elhanan Berry: Bettylella, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Airey Kirkpatrick: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Starnes: William Notman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Macdonnell: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Solomon Cartwright: Creator:William Tinsley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lily Alice Lefevre: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Joseph Francis Quinn: John Alexander Cooper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Plumb: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cromwell: Louperivois, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- XLA: Werldwayd, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Christmas: ART CHRISTMAS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Johnson: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryn Williams-Jones: Brynwj, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher McCreery: Joezasada, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cory Greenwood: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Harris Johnson: John R. Berryman, ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Flat Walsh: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Alexander Walkem: Matthews, James Skitt, Major (1878-1970), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herb Clarke: Author not listed, donated to Library and Archives Canada by C.J. Haynes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James T. Sutherland: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessamyn Rodriguez: Evan Sung, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Gerretsen: HelpMovingON, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Beth Rubens: Avco Embassy Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Breaugh: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Francis Fallon: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Strangelove: Dr. Michael Strangelove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Brokenshire: The New York Times, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Paterson: Chicago Blackhawks / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Bagg: Canada Hky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Bickerdike: Wm. Notman & Son, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Barker: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Folger Nickle: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amir Ali: United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher G. Boone: Christopher Boone, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Loxton: Jameslox, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward William Thomson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Dormer: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Fargo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Mowat: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Babcock: Family of John Babcock. Reproduction of image credited to Canadian Press/Larry MacDougal., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gord Downie: Sarah Naegels from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 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).