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Famous people · Beechborough-Greenbrook, Toronto

Most of the 13 famous people born in Beechborough-Greenbrook came into the world between Confederation and 1913

The best known is the Canadian politician George William Allan, with articles in 8 languages. Close behind are Frieda Fraser and Glen Sharpley. The list runs from James Edward Small, born in 1798, to Peter Flache, born in 1982. For every 10,000 residents the town has 20.3, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.

#1 best knownGeorge William AllanPolitics & Law · 1822–1901
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Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
George William Allan
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1798
James Edward Small
Youngest
1982
Peter Flache
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known

Born in Beechborough-Greenbrook

George William Allan#1
Politics & Law

George William Allan

1822–1901

Canadian politician

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Frieda Fraser#2
Science & Medicine

Frieda Fraser

1899–1994

Canadian physician

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Glen Sharpley#3
Sports

Glen Sharpley

born 1956

Canadian ice hockey player

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Beechborough-Greenbrook’s famous people were born

The 1890s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.

Before ConfederationConfederation to the Great WarThe world warsPostwar yearsSince 197018001850190019502000Kay PetreAndrew VernerFrieda FraserGlen SharpleyGeorge William Allan
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotableWriting & Arts

Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.

Known for

What Beechborough-Greenbrook is known for

Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.4 times as common.

For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Beechborough-Greenbrook

The other 10 span the years 1798 to 1982.

AV

Andrew Verner

born 1972

Canadian ice hockey player

EW

Edith Williams

1899–1979

Canadian veterinarian

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Gladys Boyd

Gladys Boyd

1893–1970

Canadian paediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto

Peter Flache

Peter Flache

born 1982

Canadian ice hockey player

Gordon Forster

Gordon Forster

1884–1964

Canadian politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
JS

James Edward Small

1798–1869

Canadian politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
DL

Dawn Langstroth

born 1979

Canadian artist

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
JB

James Clelland Britton

1903–1984

Canadian diplomat

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Nearby, Mount Dennis has the most on record: one.

Questions about famous people from Beechborough-Greenbrook

Who is the most famous person from Beechborough-Greenbrook?

The top name is George William Allan (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Frieda Fraser and Glen Sharpley.

How many famous people were born in Beechborough-Greenbrook?

Of the 22 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.

What is Beechborough-Greenbrook known for?

38% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beechborough-Greenbrook?

James Edward Small, from 1798; the most recent birth on the list is from 1982.

Who counts as from Beechborough-Greenbrook?

What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Beechborough-Greenbrook’s neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from), 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. In a city split into neighbourhoods (Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa and the others), someone recorded as born only “in the city” stays on the city’s own page; a neighbourhood lists only births recorded in it.

Why is someone missing?

Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (8)

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).