JR#1
Famous people · St. Marys, Ontario
Of the 25 famous people born in St. Marys, an unusual share are leaders
Most widely known is John Rumble, the Canadian equestrian, with articles in 9 languages. More than half were born between Confederation and 1913, 13 in all. Gilbert Howard McIntyre, born in 1852, is the earliest name and Brooke Overholt, born in 2000, the latest. Only 72 of the 386 towns in Ontario with anyone on record list more.
Born here
25
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Rumble
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1852
Gilbert Howard McIntyre
Youngest
2000
Brooke Overholt
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What St. Marys is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 2.6 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in St. Marys
KM#2
Writing & Arts
Kent Monkman
born 1965Canadian artist of Cree and Anglo-Irish ancestry
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Tracy Brookshaw
born 1975Canadian professional wrestler
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When St. Marys’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1870s than in any other decade: 4.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in St. Marys
22 more, from 1852 to 2000.
Margaret E. McCully
Canadian phycologist, microbiologist and plant biologist
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 3.
Questions about famous people from St. Marys
Who is the most famous person from St. Marys?
By our measure the best known is John Rumble (Canadian equestrian); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Kent Monkman and Tracy Brookshaw.
How many famous people were born in St. Marys?
Wikidata places 31 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is St. Marys known for?
Here the share is 36%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from St. Marys?
Gilbert Howard McIntyre, born in 1852. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from St. Marys?
The list takes people born within St. Marys’ 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?
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 (10)
- Tracy Brookshaw: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riley Hern: Sweet Caporal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Rice: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James H. Sinclair: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Muldoon: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nora Clench: Morgan, Henry J. (Henry James), 1842-1913, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rapley Holmes: Taylor Holmes Productions / Metro Pictures Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Howard McIntyre: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Manuel: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Meighen: 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).