#1Famous people · South Glengarry, Ontario
Leaders stand out among the 13 famous people born in South Glengarry
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player Remi Elie, with articles in 8 languages. Samuel William Jacobs and Alexander Francis Macdonald follow. As early as 1794, Donald Aeneas MacDonell was born here, one of 5 born before Confederation. Before Confederation, 5 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Remi Elie
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1794
Donald Aeneas MacDonell
Youngest
1995
Remi Elie
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What South Glengarry is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.5 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 South Glengarry’s famous people were born
The 1870s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsBusiness
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in South Glengarry
Two of the three are leaders.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Samuel William Jacobs
1871–1938Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Alexander Francis Macdonald
1818–1913Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in South Glengarry
10 more names, born between 1794 and 1984.
Jim McDonell
born 1954Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Cornwall: 69.
Questions about famous people from South Glengarry
Who is the most famous person from South Glengarry?
By our measure the best known is Remi Elie (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Samuel William Jacobs and Alexander Francis Macdonald.
How many famous people were born in South Glengarry?
Wikidata has 31 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is South Glengarry known for?
Here the share is 54%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from South Glengarry?
Donald Aeneas MacDonell, from 1794; the most recent birth on the list is from 1995.
Who counts as from South Glengarry?
The list takes people born within South Glengarry’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (8)
- Remi Elie: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel William Jacobs: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Francis Macdonald: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim McDonell: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ménard: Simon Dumas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Murdoch McPherson: George Widman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John McLeod: Notman & Fraser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duncan McNaughton: BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives from Canada, 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).