#1Writing & Arts
Sid Meier
born 1954Canadian-American game programmer and designer
46 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Sarnia, Ontario
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 139 famous people born in Sarnia
The best known is the Canadian-American game programmer and designer Sid Meier, with articles in 46 languages. The largest group, 60, was born between 1946 and 1969. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 17.3 for every 10,000 residents. Only 17 of the 386 towns in Ontario with anyone on record list more.
Born here
139
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sid Meier
46 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1849
Thomas George Johnston
Youngest
1997
Justin Fazio
Most common field
Sports
74 people
What stands out about Sarnia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sarnia is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is soldiers and sailors, at 3.3 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Sarnia’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 32 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryScience & MedicineMusicNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sarnia
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Science & Medicine
Chris Hadfield
born 1959Canadian astronaut
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Sarnia
Here are 136 more, born from 1849 to 1997.
Jessica Platt
born 1989Professional hockey player and an advocate for transgender rights
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William Campbell
born 1929Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons
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Helen Marshall (writer)
born 1983Canadian academic and author, in UK from 2014
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 3.
Questions about famous people from Sarnia
Who is the most famous person from Sarnia?
Sid Meier (Canadian-American game programmer and designer) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Chris Hadfield and Derek Drouin.
How many famous people were born in Sarnia?
Of the 170 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Sarnia known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 53%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sarnia?
The earliest is Thomas George Johnston, born in 1849, and the latest birth listed is 1997.
Who counts as from Sarnia?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Sarnia’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (56)
- Sid Meier: Guerric, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie Prevost: Elmer Fryer (1898-1944), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Clark: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lance Storm: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Mathison: Graytess, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dino Ciccarelli: John Croft, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Weir: Richard Wayne Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Madden: ABC Television Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. Murray Schafer: Eli n at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Ryan: See Li from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Marinaro: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Verbeek: Leech44, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Stapleton: Alexey Druzhinin / Government.ru, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Molitor: D. Warnbolt at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Jeffrey: Keith & Alyssa from Rochester, NY, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emm Gryner: spaceamoeba, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shawn Burr: Detroit Red Wings / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cam Abbott: Mikael Hervestad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Ward: Chicago Black Hawks / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Kerwin: National Film Board of Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Merrick: St. Louis Blues, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Armstrong: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dale Clarke: JimmyK, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Fraser: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Platt: Courtney, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary McGeachy: Ronny Jaques, for MacLean's Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Wells: manningcentre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Thomson: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex De Carolis: Cold, Indrid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Abbott, Jr.: Dragon Genoa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian West: LolitaRaj, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheryl Gallant: Cheryl Gallant, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Taylor: Alberta_Party_-_Sue_Huff_and_Dave_Taylor.jpg : Dave Cournoyer derivative work: Connormah, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donovan Woods: Anne Delong, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Hill: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Fazio: Mathis Benguigui, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robbie Moore: Unidentified (Ensian published by University of Michigan), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney Gilmour: RoweCo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- G. Scott Paterson: Barbarast521, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanne Abbott: Dragon Genoa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry Fraser: Dan4th Nicholas from Cambridge, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd St. Amand: Radey Barrack, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Scurfield: Mscurf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robyn Doolittle: HiMY SYeD, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas George Johnston: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Francis: Eimaj Retnuh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Fraser: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian McKegney: Chicago Blackhawks / HNL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurence B. Mussio: Ruchirjoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pearl Dykstra: European Commission. General reuse authorised according to https://ec.europa.eu/info/legal-notice_en#copyright-notice, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Vryling Lesueur: Law Society of Upper Canada Archives from Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roberta MacAdams: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Fogarty: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Steele: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Ceresia: Exbdop, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Maynard: Chris Gainor, 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).