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Clarence Chant
1865–1956Canadian astronomer and physicist
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Famous people · Hagerman's Corners, Markham
The Canadian astronomer and physicist Clarence Chant is the one famous person from Hagerman's Corners
Clarence Chant, the Canadian astronomer and physicist, was born in 1865. That places their birth before Confederation. Readers can find them written up in 11 languages. The nearest list is in Unionville, 3 km away: 3 names, starting with Bob Beckett.
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Clarence Chant
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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Clarence Chant
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Questions about famous people from Hagerman's Corners
Who is the most famous person from Hagerman's Corners?
The top name is Clarence Chant (Canadian astronomer and physicist), going by Wikipedia coverage.
How many famous people were born in Hagerman's Corners?
Born in Hagerman's Corners and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1. 2 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Hagerman's Corners known for?
The largest group is scientists and doctors, 1 in all out of 1. 100% here, set against 5% for Canadian towns.
Who counts as from Hagerman's Corners?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Hagerman's Corners’ neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list. In a city split into neighbourhoods (Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the others), someone recorded as born only “in the city” stays on the city’s own page; a neighbourhood lists only births recorded in it.
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 (3)
- Clarence Chant: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Craig: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Robert Braden: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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