#1Famous people · Puslinch, Ontario
8 famous people were born in Puslinch, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 7 languages make the Canadian ice hockey player John Cullen the best known. Behind the leader come John Idington and Linda Ann Ward. Before Confederation, 4 were born, the most of any period. The list reaches back to John Idington, born in 1840, one of 4 born before Confederation.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Cullen
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1840
John Idington
Youngest
1987
Nick FitzGibbon
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Puslinch is known for
Puslinch has 2.8× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Puslinch’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1850s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSports
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Puslinch
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2Politics & Law
John Idington
1840–1928Canadian lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LW#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Puslinch
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Guelph’s, at 174 names.
Questions about famous people from Puslinch
Who is the most famous person from Puslinch?
John Cullen (Canadian ice hockey player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come John Idington and Linda Ann Ward.
How many famous people were born in Puslinch?
Wikidata places 10 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Puslinch known for?
They make up 63% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Puslinch?
John Idington (1840). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Puslinch?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Puslinch’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?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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)
- John Cullen: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Idington: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Jamieson: GRIER, Sir Edmund Wyly (1862-1957), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna Strickland: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Henderson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James J. Hill: Editor Mary Griffin Webb and Edna Lenore Webb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Crooks: Notman & Fraser, 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).