JN#1
Sports
Jim Nahrgang
born 1951Canadian ice hockey defenceman
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Perth East, Ontario
7 famous people call Perth East their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey defenceman Jim Nahrgang, with articles in 3 languages. Before Confederation, 3 were born, the most of any period. As early as 1847, Jacob Kaufman was born here, one of 3 born before Confederation. For every 10,000 residents the town has 5.2, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jim Nahrgang
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1847
Jacob Kaufman
Youngest
1972
Scott Steckly
Most common field
Sports
2 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Perth East’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1860s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Perth East
Two of the three are athletes.
#2Politics & Law
John Fraser
1866–1960British Columbia politician, born 1866
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Scott Steckly
born 1972Canadian stock car racing driver
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Perth East 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 Perth East
A further 4 follow, born between 1847 and 1901.
James Alexander Cowan
1901–1978Canadian writer and public relations consultant
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Stratford counts 81 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Perth East
Who is the most famous person from Perth East?
The top name is Jim Nahrgang (Canadian ice hockey defenceman), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come John Fraser and Scott Steckly.
How many famous people were born in Perth East?
Wikidata places 8 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Perth East known for?
29% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Perth East?
Jacob Kaufman, from 1847; the most recent birth on the list is from 1972.
Who counts as from Perth East?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Perth East’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?
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)
- John Fraser: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Steckly: Veilleux79, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Alexander Cowan: Renzoy16, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Manuel: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 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).