#1Famous people · Danforth East York, Toronto
Of the 24 famous people born in Danforth East York, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the Canadian soccer player Jim Brennan, with articles in 17 languages. Since 1970, 13 were born, the most of any period. From George Armstrong to Justin Jackson, the births on the list run from 1870 to 1997. For every 10,000 residents the town has 14.1, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
24
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jim Brennan
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1870
George Armstrong
Youngest
1997
Justin Jackson
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Danforth East York’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Danforth East York’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 8.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessMusicWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Danforth East York is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.8 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 Danforth East York
#1
#2
#3Sports
Russell Martin
born 1983Canadian baseball player
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Danforth East York
A further 21 follow, born between 1870 and 1997.
Whipper Billy Watson
1917–1990Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and trainer
SportsWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Danforth East York
Who is the most famous person from Danforth East York?
Jim Brennan (Canadian soccer player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Cherie Piper and Russell Martin.
How many famous people were born in Danforth East York?
Wikidata has 28 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Danforth East York known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 67%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Danforth East York?
George Armstrong (1870). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Danforth East York?
The list takes people born within Danforth East York’s neighbourhood outline (the census tracts it is drawn from), 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. 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?
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 (10)
- Jim Brennan: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cherie Piper: Krista Windsor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Martin: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nikkita Holder: Trailpilot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Jackson: Alexander Jonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipper Billy Watson: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice . For further explanation, see Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer McKelvie: Vaughn Ridley / Collision via Sportsfile, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theo Zagar: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Shipp: Harold Shipp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Armstrong: Archives of Manitoba, 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).