TS#1
Writing & Arts
Thomas Walter Scott
1867–1938Premier of Saskatchewan
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Middlesex Centre, Ontario
6 famous people from Middlesex Centre, many of them leaders
The best known is the premier of Saskatchewan Thomas Walter Scott, with articles in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are Newton Rowell and Archie Latimer Hodgins. Between Confederation and 1913, 4 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 2.8 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thomas Walter Scott
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1867
Thomas Walter Scott
Youngest
1947
Bev Shipley
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Middlesex Centre is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3 times as common.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Middlesex Centre
NR#2
Politics & Law
Newton Rowell
1867–1941Canadian politician, religious leader, Supreme Court judge
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AH#3
Politics & Law
Archie Latimer Hodgins
1876–1966Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Middlesex Centre’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
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Everyone else born in Middlesex Centre
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, only Byron has someone listed.
Questions about famous people from Middlesex Centre
Who is the most famous person from Middlesex Centre?
Thomas Walter Scott (premier of Saskatchewan) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Newton Rowell and Archie Latimer Hodgins.
How many famous people were born in Middlesex Centre?
Wikidata counts 15 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Middlesex Centre known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 67%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Middlesex Centre?
Thomas Walter Scott, born in 1867. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
Who counts as from Middlesex Centre?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Middlesex Centre’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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.
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).