AH#1
Politics & Law
Adam King Hodgins
1859–1932Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Lucan, Ontario
7 famous people were born in Lucan from 1857 to 1983
Adam King Hodgins, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. As early as 1857, Charles Constantine Hodgins was born here, one of 2 born before Confederation. 3 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Adam King Hodgins
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1857
Charles Constantine Hodgins
Youngest
1983
Mike Pletch
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lucan’s famous people were born
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
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Born in Lucan
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What Lucan is known for
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Around it, Exeter has the most people on record, 18 of them.
Questions about famous people from Lucan
Who is the most famous person from Lucan?
Adam King Hodgins (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Brad Goddard and Dan Pletch.
How many famous people were born in Lucan?
Wikidata places 9 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Lucan known for?
Here the share is 43%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lucan?
Charles Constantine Hodgins, from 1857; the most recent birth on the list is from 1983.
Who counts as from Lucan?
The list takes people born within Lucan’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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 (2)
- Francis A. Walker: McDermid Studio, Edmonton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Brooks: William Notman and Son, 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).