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Arthur Meighen
1874–19609th Prime Minister of Canada
43 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Perth South, Ontario
Perth South counts 5 famous people, first among them Arthur Meighen
With articles in 43 languages, Arthur Meighen is the most widely known. Behind the leader come Mark Bell and Albert James Bradshaw. 3 of them were born between Confederation and 1913, more than in any other period. From John Brown to Mark Bell, the births on the list run from 1849 to 1980.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Arthur Meighen
43 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1849
John Brown
Youngest
1980
Mark Bell
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Perth South
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#3Politics & Law
Albert James Bradshaw
1882–1956Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Perth South’s famous people were born
The 1870s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSports
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Perth South is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.6 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Perth South
Still to come: 2 more, from 1849 to 1876.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Perth South
Who is the most famous person from Perth South?
Arthur Meighen (9th Prime Minister of Canada) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Mark Bell and Albert James Bradshaw.
How many famous people were born in Perth South?
Of the 7 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Perth South known for?
They make up 80% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Perth South?
John Brown (1849). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Perth South?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Perth South’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on 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)
- Arthur Meighen: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Bell: Steve_Bernier,_Dave_Scatchard_and_Mark_Bell.jpg : Elliot from Castro Valley, California, USA derivative work: Geofth, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert James Bradshaw: Unknown author, Public domain, 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).