#1Writing & Arts
Horatio Walker
1858–1938Canadian painter
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Listowel, Ontario
Of the 19 famous people born in Listowel, an unusual share are writers and artists
Most widely known is Horatio Walker, the Canadian painter, with articles in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Jack Walter and George Hay. 6 of them were born between 1946 and 1969, more than in any other period. The first birth on record is Horatio Walker’s, in 1858, and the last Roland McKeown’s, in 1996.
Born here
19
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Horatio Walker
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1858
Horatio Walker
Youngest
1996
Roland McKeown
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Listowel’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Listowel’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1890s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMilitaryFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Listowel is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 1.8 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Born in Listowel
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Everyone else born in Listowel
Another 16, the earliest born in 1864.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 1.
Questions about famous people from Listowel
Who is the most famous person from Listowel?
Horatio Walker (Canadian painter) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Jack Walter and George Hay.
How many famous people were born in Listowel?
Wikidata counts 27 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Listowel known for?
47% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Listowel?
The earliest is Horatio Walker, born in 1858, and the latest birth listed is 1996.
Who counts as from Listowel?
Born inside Listowel’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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)
- Horatio Walker: Melvin Ormond Hammond (1876 - 1934), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hay: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland McKeown: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pegi Nicol MacLeod: Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Young: Harris & Ewing, 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).