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Frank Foyston
1891–1966Canadian ice hockey player
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Springwater, Ontario
Athletes stand out among the 6 famous people born in Springwater
At the top of the list is the Canadian ice hockey player Frank Foyston, covered in 7 languages. Close behind are Cameron Thorn and Corby Adams. Most were born between Confederation and 1913: 4 of them. Births span 1878 to 1990, from Robert Orok to Cameron Thorn.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Frank Foyston
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1878
Robert Orok
Youngest
1990
Cameron Thorn
Most common field
Sports
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Springwater is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.8 times the usual share.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Springwater
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Through the years
When Springwater’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Springwater
Here are 3 more, born from 1878 to 1884.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Barrie: 99.
Questions about famous people from Springwater
Who is the most famous person from Springwater?
By our measure the best known is Frank Foyston (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Cameron Thorn and Corby Adams.
How many famous people were born in Springwater?
Wikidata places 10 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Springwater known for?
67% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Springwater?
The earliest is Robert Orok, born in 1878, and the latest birth listed is 1990.
Who counts as from Springwater?
Born inside Springwater’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
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 (6)
- Frank Foyston: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd Turner: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Orok: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Burke: Patrick Hui from Whistler, BC, Canada., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabella Holmgren: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Brown: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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