LS#1
Sports
Laurie Scott
1900–1977Canadian ice hockey player
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · South River, Ontario
South River is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Laurie Scott, the Canadian ice hockey player, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Gordon Elsworth Smith and Lorne Howard Maeck. Within 8 km, Sundridge lists the most: 6, with Bill McCreary, Sr. first. Over 26 years of births, the list goes from Laurie Scott (1900) to Lorne Howard Maeck (1926).
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Laurie Scott
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1900
Laurie Scott
Youngest
1926
Lorne Howard Maeck
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in South River
GS#2
Politics & Law
Gordon Elsworth Smith
1918–2005Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
LM#3
Politics & Law
Lorne Howard Maeck
1926–2014Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What South River is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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Questions about famous people from South River
Who is the most famous person from South River?
By our measure the best known is Laurie Scott (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Gordon Elsworth Smith and Lorne Howard Maeck.
What is South River known for?
They make up 67% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from South River?
Laurie Scott, from 1900; the most recent birth on the list is from 1926.
Who counts as from South River?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside South River’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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.
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