#1Film, TV & Stage
Tom Green
born 1971Canadian actor and comedian
32 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Pembroke, Ontario
Of the 55 famous people born in Pembroke, an unusual share are leaders
Tom Green, the Canadian actor and comedian, is the most widely known, written about in 32 languages. The list runs from Peter White, born in 1838, to Madeleine Kelly, born in 1995. For every 10,000 residents the town has 35.5, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there. Between Confederation and 1913, 20 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
55
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Tom Green
32 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1838
Peter White
Youngest
1995
Madeleine Kelly
Most common field
Sports
26 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Pembroke is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.6 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 Pembroke
Counted by languages, Tom Green is ahead of Dave Trottier and Richard John Neuhaus: 32, 16 and 15.
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#2Sports
Dave Trottier
1906–1956Canadian ice hockey player
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RN#3
Writing & Arts
Richard John Neuhaus
1936–2009Canadian-American Christian writer
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Pembroke’s famous people were born
The 1890s top the chart, with 9 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicFilm, TV & StageMilitaryBusiness
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Pembroke
The rest number 52, with 25 athletes among them.
Maurice Hamilton
1923–1976Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament, 1958-1975
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Petawawa has the most on record, with 3.
Questions about famous people from Pembroke
Who is the most famous person from Pembroke?
By our measure the best known is Tom Green (Canadian actor and comedian); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Dave Trottier and Richard John Neuhaus.
How many famous people were born in Pembroke?
Wikidata places 64 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Pembroke known for?
That is 47% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pembroke?
Peter White, from 1838; the most recent birth on the list is from 1995.
Who counts as from Pembroke?
The list takes people born within Pembroke’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known 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 (20)
- Tom Green: Kristen Wong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Trottier: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Nighbor: The original uploader was Scorpion0422 at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Cameron: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert James Manion: Photographe : J. J. Hisgrove, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Hudson: Yousuf Karsh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Trapp: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter White: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Holt: Chicago Blackhawks / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Breault: Lowdown, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald Verner White: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Togni: Kayakate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Alexander Dunlap: Unkwon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Reise: Ontario Hockey Association, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan O'Connor: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Johnston: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheryl McFarlane: Air4ce ( Uploads ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Wilson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Arunah Dunlop: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Peca: 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).