#1Sports
Connor McDavid
born 1997Canadian ice hockey player
32 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Richmond Hill, Ontario
Performers stand out among the 63 famous people born in Richmond Hill
Connor McDavid, the Canadian ice hockey player, is the most widely known, written about in 32 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian-American actress Italia Ricci, third to Kathleen Wynne. Most were born since 1970: 46 of them. From James MacCallum to Cloey Uddenberg, the births on the list run from 1860 to 2002.
Born here
63
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Connor McDavid
32 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1860
James MacCallum
Youngest
2002
Cloey Uddenberg
Most common field
Sports
41 people
What stands out about Richmond Hill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Richmond Hill’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 15.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusicNotableWriting & ArtsFaith
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Richmond Hill is known for
Richmond Hill has 1.8× the usual share of performers.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Richmond Hill
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Italia Ricci
born 1986Canadian-American actress
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KW#3
Politics & Law
Kathleen Wynne
born 195325th premier of Ontario
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Richmond Hill
Another 60, the earliest born in 1860.
Steve Sexton
born 1953Canadian composer, arranger, musical director, producer, and keyboardist
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Questions about famous people from Richmond Hill
Who is the most famous person from Richmond Hill?
Connor McDavid (Canadian ice hockey player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Italia Ricci and Kathleen Wynne.
How many famous people were born in Richmond Hill?
Wikidata places 88 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Richmond Hill known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 65%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Richmond Hill?
James MacCallum, from 1860; the most recent birth on the list is from 2002.
Who counts as from Richmond Hill?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Richmond Hill’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?
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 (27)
- Connor McDavid: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Italia Ricci: Heroes & Villains, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Binnington: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Cammalleri: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cassie Campbell: Michael Dorosh at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. H. Thomson: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Catenacci: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Richardson: Alan Langford, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stefan Della Rovere: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theo Peckham: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Joslin: Dan4th Nicholas from Cambridge, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John McFarland: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Gilkes: Jen_ross83, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Lomberg: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simply Nailogical: TraceAdam, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Ricci: John Jacques, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luciano Borsato: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Orr: Chrisjnelson on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Kosmachuk: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ariana Arseneault: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan D'Aversa: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Gorodnitsky: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Palleschi: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Huff: NicHuff, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Gysbers: m_kania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merlyn Phillips: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Pendrith: FanDuel, CC BY 3.0, 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).