#1Famous people · Midland, Ontario
Writers and artists stand out among the 27 famous people born in Midland
Herb Drury, the American ice hockey player, is the most widely known, written about in 19 languages. Second and third on the list are Russ Howard and Shayne Corson. Between 1946 and 1969, 10 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1891, Howard Dea is the first name on record, and Carly Howard, born in 1993, the most recent.
Born here
27
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Herb Drury
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1891
Howard Dea
Youngest
1993
Carly Howard
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Midland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Midland is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 1.9 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Midland’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 7 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Midland
The three are covered in 19, 14 and 12 languages: Herb Drury, Russ Howard and Shayne Corson.
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Everyone else born in Midland
Another 24, the earliest born in 1891.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Penetanguishene counts 20 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Midland
Who is the most famous person from Midland?
By our measure the best known is Herb Drury (American ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Russ Howard and Shayne Corson.
How many famous people were born in Midland?
30 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Midland known for?
56% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Midland?
Howard Dea, born in 1891. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Midland?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Midland’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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 (11)
- Herb Drury: Tri-State News Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shayne Corson: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Muckler: Looks like "Zehl" Studio on Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Ohio. Was taken by a Cleveland photo studio and not Baltimore Sun ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Onley: LGOntario, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Howard: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Dixon: Connormah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Chambers: Taiwan Presidential Office, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Dea: McDermid Studio, Edmonton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James LaBrie: Dario De Marco, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Anthony Kelly: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Damien Robitaille: Pierre5018, CC BY 4.0, 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).