JS#1
Politics & Law
James Robert Stratton
1857–1916Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Millbrook, Ontario
3 famous people were born in Millbrook
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian politician James Robert Stratton. Second and third on the list are Sam Hunter and James Breakey. Within 16 km, Peterborough lists the most: 159, with Manly P. Hall first. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.6, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
James Robert Stratton
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1857
James Robert Stratton
Youngest
1865
James Breakey
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Millbrook
Two of the three are leaders.
SH#2
Writing & Arts
Sam Hunter
1858–1939Canadian cartoonist and writer
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
James Breakey
1865–1952Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Millbrook is known for
Share of Millbrook’s famous people in each field.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Millbrook
Who is the most famous person from Millbrook?
By our measure the best known is James Robert Stratton (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Sam Hunter and James Breakey.
How many famous people were born in Millbrook?
Wikidata counts 8 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Millbrook known for?
They make up 67% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Millbrook?
James Robert Stratton (1857). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1865.
Who counts as from Millbrook?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Millbrook’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), 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.
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 (3)
- James Breakey: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Manly P. Hall: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William J. White: unknown; image from ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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