AS#1
Sports
André Signoretti
born 1979Canadian ice hockey player
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Manotick, Ottawa
4 famous people were born in Manotick from 1853 to 1995
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian ice hockey player André Signoretti. Close behind are Will Petschenig and Eddie Lowrey. The list’s best known name, André Signoretti, dates from 1979. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.6, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
André Signoretti
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1853
Thomas Payment
Youngest
1995
Will Petschenig
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Manotick
The three best known are all athletes.
WP#2
Sports
Will Petschenig
born 1995Swiss ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EL#3
Sports
Eddie Lowrey
1891–1973Canadian ice hockey player and coach
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Manotick’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1970s, with 1 births.
SportsPolitics & Law
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Manotick is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2 times the usual share.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Manotick
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Osgoode - Vernon’s, at 7 names.
Questions about famous people from Manotick
Who is the most famous person from Manotick?
The top name is André Signoretti (Canadian ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Will Petschenig and Eddie Lowrey.
How many famous people were born in Manotick?
Wikidata places 6 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Manotick known for?
Here the share is 75%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Manotick?
Thomas Payment (1853). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Manotick?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Manotick’s neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere. In a city split into neighbourhoods (Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the others), someone recorded as born only “in the city” stays on the city’s own page; a neighbourhood lists only births recorded in it.
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 (4)
- Thomas Payment: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Allen Carson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Danby: U.S. Department of Energy from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reg Mackey: 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).