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Famous people · Pelham, Ontario
7 famous people were born in Pelham from 1835 to 1983
Most widely known is Amy Lalonde, the Canadian actress, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Chris Van Zeyl and Frank Smith. The largest group, 4, was born since 1970. As early as 1835, Henry Ryan Haney was born here, one of 2 born before Confederation.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Amy Lalonde
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1835
Henry Ryan Haney
Youngest
1983
Chris Van Zeyl
Most common field
Sports
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Pelham’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 3.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Pelham
#2Sports
Chris Van Zeyl
born 1983Canadian football player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FS#3
Sports
Frank Smith
1857–1928Baseball catcher in the United States born in 1857
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Pelham is known for
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pelham
4 more, from 1835 to 1977.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, St. Catharines lists the most people: 202.
St. Catharines · 16 kmLinda Evangelista & 201 moreWGNiagara Falls · 17 kmWilliam Giauque & 108 more
Welland · 7 kmSabrina D'Angelo & 62 moreMCPort Colborne · 17 kmMatt Craven & 26 moreRGThorold · 10 kmRichard John Grecco & 17 more
Beamsville · 17 kmNina Arsenault & 14 more
Wainfleet · 15 kmDavid Thompson & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Pelham
Who is the most famous person from Pelham?
Amy Lalonde (Canadian actress) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Chris Van Zeyl and Frank Smith.
How many famous people were born in Pelham?
8 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Pelham known for?
Here the share is 43%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pelham?
Henry Ryan Haney (1835). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1983.
Who counts as from Pelham?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Pelham’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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 (7)
- Chris Van Zeyl: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ryan Haney: Notman & Fraser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Accursi: Rochester_Knighthawks_-_2012_-_Mike_Accursi_at_city_ceremony.JPG : LtPowers derivative work: LtPowers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Evangelista: jusez from Hong Kong, China, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina D'Angelo: BDZ Sports, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nina Arsenault: Nancy Paiva from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Thompson: William James Topley, 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).