TB#1
Science & Medicine
Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton
1900–1993Canadian classical scholar
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Melancthon, Ontario
The 4 famous people born in Melancthon, led by Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton
Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, the Canadian classical scholar, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are John Henderson Lamont and Ellwood Madill. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them. For every 10,000 residents the town has 11.2, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1865
John Henderson Lamont
Youngest
1915
Ellwood Madill
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Melancthon
#2Politics & Law
John Henderson Lamont
1865–1936Canadian politician and Supreme Court Justice
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EM#3
Politics & Law
Ellwood Madill
1915–1999Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Melancthon’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Politics & LawScience & Medicine
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Melancthon is known for
Melancthon has 3.4× the usual share of leaders.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Melancthon
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Melancthon
Who is the most famous person from Melancthon?
The top name is Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton (Canadian classical scholar), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come John Henderson Lamont and Ellwood Madill.
What is Melancthon known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 75%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Melancthon?
John Henderson Lamont, from 1865; the most recent birth on the list is from 1915.
Who counts as from Melancthon?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Melancthon’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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)
- John Henderson Lamont: Joseph-Alexandre Castonguay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Macphail: Yousuf Karsh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Downey: Dan4th Nicholas, CC BY 2.0, 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).