MH#1
Sports
Mark Hominick
born 1982Canadian mixed martial artist
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Thamesford, Ontario
12 famous people from Thamesford, many of them leaders
Articles in 8 languages make the Canadian mixed martial artist Mark Hominick the best known. Between Confederation and 1913, 6 were born, the most of any period. 3 of them were born before Confederation, the first Prescott F. Cogswell in 1859. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 12.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mark Hominick
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1859
Prescott F. Cogswell
Youngest
1982
Mark Hominick
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Thamesford is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.7 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 Thamesford
Two of the three are athletes.
MB#2
Sports
Mel Brock
1888–1956Canadian sprinter and middle distance runner
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DS#3
Politics & Law
Donald Sutherland
1863–1949Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Thamesford’s famous people were born
Politics & LawSportsFaithWriting & Arts
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Thamesford
9 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Woodstock, with 52.
Questions about famous people from Thamesford
Who is the most famous person from Thamesford?
The top name is Mark Hominick (Canadian mixed martial artist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Mel Brock and Donald Sutherland.
How many famous people were born in Thamesford?
Wikidata places 19 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Thamesford known for?
58% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Thamesford?
Prescott F. Cogswell, born in 1859. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Thamesford?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Thamesford’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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)
- James K. A. Smith: Rebel Wisdom, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Murray: Arthur Roy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prescott F. Cogswell: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Zegers: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stanley Plaskett: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Boone Jenner: Hugh Lee from Edmonton Alberta, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).