BS#1
Sports
Bill McCreary, Sr.
1934–2019Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Sundridge, Ontario
From 1887 to 1992, Sundridge was the birthplace of 6 famous people
Most widely known is Bill McCreary, Sr., the Canadian ice hockey player, with articles in 3 languages. The next two names are Mary Susanne Edgar and William Sharpe. Between Confederation and 1913, 3 were born, the most of any period. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bill McCreary, Sr.
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1887
William Sharpe
Youngest
1992
Sydney Kidd
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Sundridge
ME#2
Writing & Arts
Mary Susanne Edgar
1889–1973Canadian author
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
WS#3
Politics & Law
William Sharpe
1887–1964Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Sundridge’s famous people were born
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sundridge is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.3 times the usual share.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sundridge
3 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Sundridge
Who is the most famous person from Sundridge?
The top name is Bill McCreary, Sr. (Canadian ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Mary Susanne Edgar and William Sharpe.
How many famous people were born in Sundridge?
7 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Sundridge known for?
They make up 50% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sundridge?
The earliest is William Sharpe, born in 1887, and the latest birth listed is 1992.
Who counts as from Sundridge?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Sundridge’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
Why is someone missing?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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.
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).