#1Famous people · Lindsay, Ontario
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 73 famous people born in Lindsay
The best known is the Canadian actress Megan Park, with articles in 25 languages. From Denis Buckley to Paige Layle, the births on the list run from 1844 to 2000. 18 were born in 1970 or later. The largest group, 25, was born between Confederation and 1913.
Born here
73
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Megan Park
25 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1844
Denis Buckley
Youngest
2000
Paige Layle
Most common field
Sports
29 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Lindsay is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 2.1 times as common.
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 Lindsay’s famous people were born
The 1920s saw the most births of any decade: 8.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableFaithMilitaryBusinessMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lindsay
Two of the three are scientists and doctors.
#1JM#2
Science & Medicine
J. Carson Mark
1913–1997Canadian-American mathematician
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LU#3
Science & Medicine
Lewis Urry
1927–2004Canadian inventor and chemical engineer
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lindsay
The other 70 span the years 1844 to 2000.
Matthew Rose
born 1981Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
SportsWikipedia ↗
Nancy Sweetnam
born 1973Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championship silver medallist
SportsWikipedia ↗
Albert Edward Matthews
1873–1949Canadian politician; 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Lindsay
Who is the most famous person from Lindsay?
By our measure the best known is Megan Park (Canadian actress); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come J. Carson Mark and Lewis Urry.
How many famous people were born in Lindsay?
Wikidata places 96 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Lindsay known for?
They make up 40% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lindsay?
The earliest is Denis Buckley, born in 1844, and the latest birth listed is 2000.
Who counts as from Lindsay?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Lindsay’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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 (17)
- Megan Park: Larry Richman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick MacLeish: Philadelphia Flyers / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fergus Patrick McEvay: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Primeau: Imperial Oil-Turofsky Collection/Hockey Hall of Fame, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. K. L. Ross: Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Wright: Daieuxetdailleurs, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeleine Sims-Fewer: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy McGimsie: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- K. Ross Stevenson: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Speer: Salt Lake Golden Eagles / WHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Flora Eaton: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Speed Moynes: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Edward Matthews: Alexandra Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duncan MacMillan: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raine Storey: Timmyrevell18, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbert McIntyre: unknown, Connormah, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Regan Grimes: TLF Apparel, CC BY 3.0, 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).