#1Business
David Thompson
1836–1886Canadian businessman and political figure
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Famous people · Wainfleet, Ontario
5 famous people were born in Wainfleet from 1836 to 1971
The best known is the Canadian businessman and political figure David Thompson, with articles in 4 languages. The Canadian ice hockey player Glen Shirton ranks second, ahead of Tanya Memme. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 6.8 for every 10,000 residents. David Thompson, the best known, was born in 1836.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
David Thompson
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1836
David Thompson
Youngest
1971
Tanya Memme
Most common field
Business
1 person
What stands out about Wainfleet’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Wainfleet’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1830s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
BusinessSportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Wainfleet
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Sports
Glen Shirton
born 1947Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Known for
What Wainfleet is known for
The largest field is Business, with 1 people.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wainfleet
2 more, from 1898 to 1955.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Welland has the most on record, with 63.
Questions about famous people from Wainfleet
Who is the most famous person from Wainfleet?
David Thompson (Canadian businessman and political figure) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Glen Shirton and Tanya Memme.
What is Wainfleet known for?
Here the share is 20%; across Canadian towns it is 2%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wainfleet?
The earliest is David Thompson, born in 1836, and the latest birth listed is 1971.
Who counts as from Wainfleet?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Wainfleet’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 (2)
- David Thompson: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina D'Angelo: BDZ Sports, CC BY-SA 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).