AT#1
Politics & Law
Arthur Lisle Thompson
1884–1949Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Parkhill, Ontario
7 famous people from Parkhill, many of them leaders
Most widely known is Arthur Lisle Thompson, the Canadian politician, with articles in 3 languages. More than half were born between Confederation and 1913, 5 in all. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 10.2 for every 10,000 residents. From George P. Smith to Cy Strange, the births on the list run from 1873 to 1915.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Arthur Lisle Thompson
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1873
George P. Smith
Youngest
1915
Cy Strange
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Parkhill is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 3.3 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.
The best known
Born in Parkhill
GE#2
Politics & Law
George Adam Elliott
1875–1944Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Writing & Arts
Norman E. Mack
?–1932American newspaper publisher and political leader
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Parkhill’s famous people were born
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Parkhill
Another 4, the earliest born in 1873.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Forest has the most on record, with 4.
Questions about famous people from Parkhill
Who is the most famous person from Parkhill?
The top name is Arthur Lisle Thompson (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come George Adam Elliott and Norman E. Mack.
How many famous people were born in Parkhill?
Of the 14 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Parkhill known for?
71% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Parkhill?
The earliest is George P. Smith, born in 1873, and the latest birth listed is 1915.
Who counts as from Parkhill?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Parkhill’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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)
- Norman E. Mack: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George P. Smith: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Johnson: TheAHL, CC BY 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).