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Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Blackburn Hamlet, Ottawa
A single famous person was born in Blackburn Hamlet: Hec Kilrea
The Canadian ice hockey player Hec Kilrea was born in 1907. That places their birth between Confederation and 1913. Their story is told in 5 languages. For more famous names, Orleans Village - Chateauneuf is 5 km away: its list has 15, led by Cody Ceci.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Hec Kilrea
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1907
Hec Kilrea
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Blackburn Hamlet
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Questions about famous people from Blackburn Hamlet
Who is the most famous person from Blackburn Hamlet?
The top name is Hec Kilrea (Canadian ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage.
How many famous people were born in Blackburn Hamlet?
Born in Blackburn Hamlet and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1.
What is Blackburn Hamlet known for?
The largest group is athletes, 1 in all out of 1. 100% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who counts as from Blackburn Hamlet?
Born inside Blackburn Hamlet’s neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded. A neighbourhood page lists only births recorded in that neighbourhood; someone recorded as born just “in Toronto”, “in Montréal” or another split city stays on the city’s page.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (2)
- Cody Ceci: Lisa Gansky, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant Clitsome: Lisa Gansky, 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).