#1Sports
Justin Azevedo
born 1988Canadian ice hockey player
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · West Lorne, Ontario
Justin Azevedo tops a list of 5 famous people born in West Lorne
At the top of the list is the Canadian ice hockey player Justin Azevedo, covered in 14 languages. Close behind are Archibald J. McLean and Colin MacDougall. As early as 1834, Colin MacDougall was born here, one of 2 born before Confederation. Half or more of the towns in Ontario have no one on record, but this one has 9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Justin Azevedo
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1834
Colin MacDougall
Youngest
1988
Justin Azevedo
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When West Lorne’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in West Lorne
Two of the three are leaders.
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#2Politics & Law
Archibald J. McLean
1860–1933Canadian cattleman and politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Colin MacDougall
1834–1901Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What West Lorne is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.7 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 1.
Questions about famous people from West Lorne
Who is the most famous person from West Lorne?
By our measure the best known is Justin Azevedo (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Archibald J. McLean and Colin MacDougall.
How many famous people were born in West Lorne?
12 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is West Lorne known for?
They make up 60% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from West Lorne?
The earliest is Colin MacDougall, born in 1834, and the latest birth listed is 1988.
Who counts as from West Lorne?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside West Lorne’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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 (4)
- Justin Azevedo: Craig Michaud at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archibald J. McLean: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin MacDougall: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Audrey McLaughlin: Frank Saptel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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