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Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Thessalon, Ontario
2 famous people call Thessalon their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player Jack Markle, with articles in 5 languages. The only other name is the Canadian politician John Fullerton. Jack Markle, born in 1907, is the earliest name and John Fullerton, born in 1912, the latest. The longest list of any town in Ontario belongs to Toronto, with 4,724.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jack Markle
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1907
Jack Markle
Youngest
1912
John Fullerton
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Thessalon
JF#2
Politics & Law
John Fullerton
1912–1965Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Thessalon is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Questions about famous people from Thessalon
Who is the most famous person from Thessalon?
Jack Markle (Canadian ice hockey player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come John Fullerton.
How many famous people were born in Thessalon?
3 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Thessalon known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Thessalon?
The earliest is Jack Markle, born in 1907, and the latest birth listed is 1912.
Who counts as from Thessalon?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Thessalon’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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.
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).