CC#1
Politics & Law
Charles Wilson Cross
1872–1928Member of the Canadian House of Commons, Attorney-General of Alberta
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: mark.watmough from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Madoc, Ontario
7 famous people were born in Madoc, more of them leaders than in most towns
Charles Wilson Cross leads the list, covered in 5 languages. Between Confederation and 1913, 5 were born, the most of any period. Over 45 years of births, the list goes from Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859) to John Weir Foote (1904). No town in Ontario lists more than Toronto, with 4,724.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles Wilson Cross
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1859
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers
Youngest
1904
John Weir Foote
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Madoc is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.9 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
The best known
Born in Madoc
The three best known are all leaders.
GW#2
Politics & Law
George Stanley White
1897–1977Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EC#3
Politics & Law
Eric William Blake Cross
1904–1965Canadian politician and judge
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Madoc’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 2 births.
Politics & LawScience & Medicine
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Madoc
The other 4 span the years 1859 to 1904.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Madoc
Who is the most famous person from Madoc?
The top name is Charles Wilson Cross (Member of the Canadian House of Commons, Attorney-General of Alberta), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come George Stanley White and Eric William Blake Cross.
How many famous people were born in Madoc?
10 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Madoc known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 86%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Madoc?
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers, from 1859; the most recent birth on the list is from 1904.
Who counts as from Madoc?
The list takes people born within Madoc’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?
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 (1)
- Bert Wemp: Unknown author, 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).