BH#1
Sports
Brooke Henderson
born 1997Canadian professional golfer
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Smiths Falls, Ontario
Smiths Falls’ famous people span 154 years: 18 births from 1843 to 1997
The best known is the Canadian professional golfer Brooke Henderson, with articles in 8 languages. The Canadian ice hockey player Don McKenney ranks second, ahead of Terry Carkner. Brooke Henderson, the best known, was born in 1997. 3 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
18
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brooke Henderson
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1843
Francis Theodore Frost
Youngest
1997
Bailey Andison
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Smiths Falls
All three are athletes.
#2Sports
Don McKenney
1934–2022Canadian ice hockey player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
TC#3
Sports
Terry Carkner
born 1966Canadian ice hockey player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Smiths Falls’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessMilitary
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Smiths Falls is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.3 times the usual share.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Smiths Falls
15 more names, born between 1843 and 1997.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Smiths Falls
Who is the most famous person from Smiths Falls?
Brooke Henderson (Canadian professional golfer) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Don McKenney and Terry Carkner.
How many famous people were born in Smiths Falls?
Of the 26 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Smiths Falls known for?
Here the share is 50%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Smiths Falls?
Francis Theodore Frost, from 1843; the most recent birth on the list is from 1997.
Who counts as from Smiths Falls?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Smiths Falls’ 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?
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 (5)
- Don McKenney: TCG Topps Gum Cards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Theodore Frost: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. A. Gilroy: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Smith: Horge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Campbell: Unknown author, 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).