#1Fitzroy, birthplace of the American mayor James C. Willson
James C. Willson, the American mayor, was born in 1833. Their birth falls before Confederation. One language has an article about them so far. Within 18 km, Arnprior lists the most: 9, with Evan Milward first.

Born in Fitzroy
#1Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Fitzroy
Who is the most famous person from Fitzroy?
James C. Willson (American mayor) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them.
How many famous people were born in Fitzroy?
Count on the list: 1, each born in Fitzroy according to Wikidata and an English or French Wikipedia article. Wikidata has 2 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Fitzroy known for?
Mostly leaders: 1 of the 1 people listed. 100% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who counts as from Fitzroy?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Fitzroy’s neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from), 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. When a birth is recorded only as a split city (Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the others), it stays on the city’s page; a neighbourhood lists only births placed in it.
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 (3)
- James C. Willson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Milward: Djuradj Vujcic, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hib Milks: Unknown author, 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).

