#1Film, TV & Stage
Lindy Booth
born 1979Canadian actress
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Oakville, Ontario
Performers stand out among the 147 famous people born in Oakville
At the top of the list is the Canadian actress Lindy Booth, covered in 26 languages. Close behind are Allie X and Brock Chisholm. More than half were born since 1970, 106 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 386 towns in Ontario with famous people list more.
Born here
147
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Lindy Booth
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1844
John Urquhart
Youngest
2008
Ethan Belchetz
Most common field
Sports
86 people
What stands out about Oakville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Oakville’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 39 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotablePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineBusinessFaith
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Oakville is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
The best known
Born in Oakville
The three are covered in 26, 23 and 23 languages: Lindy Booth, Allie X and Brock Chisholm.
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#3Science & Medicine
Brock Chisholm
1896–1971Canadian psychiatrist and director-general of the World Health Organization
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Oakville
A further 144 follow, born between 1844 and 2008.
Tony Mandarich
born 1966All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman
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Todd Stansbury
born 1961American college football player, linebacker, college athletic director
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Burlington has the most people on record, 108 of them.
Questions about famous people from Oakville
Who is the most famous person from Oakville?
By our measure the best known is Lindy Booth (Canadian actress); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Allie X and Brock Chisholm.
How many famous people were born in Oakville?
Of the 203 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Oakville known for?
That is 59% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oakville?
John Urquhart, from 1844; the most recent birth on the list is from 2008.
Who counts as from Oakville?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Oakville’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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (61)
- Lindy Booth: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allie X: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brock Chisholm: Department of National Defence, Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Val Venis: chalk42002, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Bekker: Thiaguitocpl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeline Schizas: 68Bauser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brianne Jenner: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Jebbison: AFC Bournemouth, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Mason: PicktownGolfer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anjulie: Anjulie_(72710).jpg : Roger Zender derivative work: StAnselm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Bouchard: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Matilda Harper: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Wilson: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Laughton: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Wilson: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brady Heslip: TastyPoutine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marieve Herington: Walt Disney Television, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Leonard: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela Rabe: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cody Goloubef: Lisa Gansky, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Therriault: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Richmond-Peck: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maude Eburne: White., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Mackenzie: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Lewis: Piotr Drabik, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan McGrath: Calle Eklund/ V-wolf, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Crown: CleftClips from Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Appleyard: Me, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Martin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tessa Cieplucha: JayneECB, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Bouchard: Klinsmann2011, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Luff: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandra Post: David E. Lucas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Percy: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Donati: Leech44, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charmaine Borg: Armand Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geri Hall: Ross from hamilton on, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenna Sudds: Munschi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kellan Lain: Leech44, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Foy: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Molly Burke: World Economic Forum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Hisey: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean McMonagle: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Thomas White: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gavin Heffernan: WayneWarner at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel DeBellis: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Vanderjagt: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Dodge: RangerRick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Marc Rousseau: Anna Lee, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Rice: vagueonthehow, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stefan Legein: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Kurtz: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Lorito: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harrison Browne: Bdzsports photos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaiah George: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel A. Sutherland: Scott Mochroi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivia McIsaac: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy McGiffin: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Declan Cross: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Minnie Julia Beatrice Campbell: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Douglas: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 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).