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Mason Marchment
born 1995Canadian ice hockey player
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Uxbridge, Ontario
17 famous people from Uxbridge, many of them leaders
Most widely known is Mason Marchment, the Canadian ice hockey player, with articles in 9 languages. Jim Zoet is second and Chris Begg third. Between Confederation and 1913, 7 were born, the most of any period. Births since 1970 account for 5 of the names.
Born here
17
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mason Marchment
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1836
Stewart Taylor
Youngest
1996
Julia Schell
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
What stands out about Uxbridge’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Uxbridge is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Uxbridge’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1870s, at 3.
Politics & LawSportsNotable
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Uxbridge
JZ#2
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Uxbridge
A further 14 follow, born between 1836 and 1996.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Stouffville has the most on record, with 19.
Questions about famous people from Uxbridge
Who is the most famous person from Uxbridge?
Mason Marchment (Canadian ice hockey player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Jim Zoet and Chris Begg.
How many famous people were born in Uxbridge?
Wikidata has 22 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Uxbridge known for?
Here the share is 47%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Uxbridge?
Stewart Taylor, from 1836; the most recent birth on the list is from 1996.
Who counts as from Uxbridge?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Uxbridge’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (6)
- Chris Breen: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Simpson Sharpe: Bain, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary J. L. Black: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Teddy Oke: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Acton: Connor Mah, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily VanCamp: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, 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).