AA#1
Sports
Andrew Allen
born 1976Canadian ice hockey goaltender
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Vankleek Hill, Ontario
16 famous people were born in Vankleek Hill, more of them leaders than in most towns
Most widely known is Andrew Allen, the Canadian ice hockey goaltender, with articles in 4 languages. Connie Brown is second and James B. Harkin third. Between Confederation and 1913, 7 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1811, Alanson Cooke is the first name on record, and Dominique Thibault, born in 1988, the most recent.
Born here
16
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Andrew Allen
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1811
Alanson Cooke
Youngest
1988
Dominique Thibault
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Vankleek Hill is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Vankleek Hill
Two of the three are athletes.
CB#2
Sports
Connie Brown
1917–1966Canadian ice hockey player
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Writing & Arts
James B. Harkin
1875–1955Canadian environmentalist and journalist
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Vankleek Hill’s famous people were born
The 1890s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Vankleek Hill
Another 13, 8 of them leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Hawkesbury counts 26 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Vankleek Hill
Who is the most famous person from Vankleek Hill?
The top name is Andrew Allen (Canadian ice hockey goaltender), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Connie Brown and James B. Harkin.
How many famous people were born in Vankleek Hill?
21 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Vankleek Hill known for?
They make up 50% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vankleek Hill?
Alanson Cooke, from 1811; the most recent birth on the list is from 1988.
Who counts as from Vankleek Hill?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Vankleek Hill’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), 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.
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 (4)
- James B. Harkin: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorne Proudfoot: United Farmers Historical Society, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hayter Reed: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald McDonald: Unknown author, 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).