#1Famous people · Oro-Medonte, Ontario
6 famous people come from Oro-Medonte, Isabella Holmgren the best known
At the top of the list is the Canadian cyclist Isabella Holmgren, covered in 11 languages. Behind the leader come Ava Holmgren and Thomas Edwin Ross. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 2.4 for every 10,000 residents. Between Confederation and 1913, 3 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Isabella Holmgren
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1859
Thomas William O'Brien
Youngest
2005
Ava Holmgren
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Oro-Medonte
Two of the three are athletes.
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Politics & Law
Thomas Edwin Ross
1873–1951Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Oro-Medonte’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 2000s, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Oro-Medonte is known for
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 Oro-Medonte
Here are 3 more, born from 1859 to 1889.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Orillia lists the most people: 40.
Questions about famous people from Oro-Medonte
Who is the most famous person from Oro-Medonte?
The top name is Isabella Holmgren (Canadian cyclist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Ava Holmgren and Thomas Edwin Ross.
How many famous people were born in Oro-Medonte?
12 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Oro-Medonte known for?
That is 33% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oro-Medonte?
The earliest is Thomas William O'Brien, born in 1859, and the latest birth listed is 2005.
Who counts as from Oro-Medonte?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Oro-Medonte’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?
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 (5)
- Isabella Holmgren: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Esther MacGregor: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Lightfoot: Arnielee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Foyston: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Lyman Abbott: Veterans Affairs Canada archives, Public domain, 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).