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Claude C. Robinson
1881–1976Canadian ice hockey and sports executive
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Palmerston, Ontario
10 famous people were born in Palmerston, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 3 languages make the Canadian ice hockey and sports executive Claude C. Robinson the best known. Close behind are Marvin Howe and Mike Schmidt. Between Confederation and 1913, 5 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 10, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude C. Robinson
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1881
Claude C. Robinson
Youngest
1961
Mike Schmidt
Most common field
Sports
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Palmerston is known for
Palmerston has 1.8× the usual share of leaders.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Palmerston
Two of the three are athletes.
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Politics & Law
Marvin Howe
1906–1996Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MS#3
Through the years
When Palmerston’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1880s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawNotable
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Palmerston
Of the other 7, 3 are leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Howick leads the towns around it, with 6 names.
Questions about famous people from Palmerston
Who is the most famous person from Palmerston?
By our measure the best known is Claude C. Robinson (Canadian ice hockey and sports executive); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Marvin Howe and Mike Schmidt.
How many famous people were born in Palmerston?
Of the 12 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Palmerston known for?
Here the share is 50%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Palmerston?
Claude C. Robinson, from 1881; the most recent birth on the list is from 1961.
Who counts as from Palmerston?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Palmerston’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 (2)
- Claude C. Robinson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Young: Harris & Ewing, 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).