#1Famous people · Wingham, Ontario
Alice Munro and 19 more famous people were born in Wingham
Alice Munro, the Canadian writer, has articles in 128 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian ice hockey goaltender Justin Peters, third to Rob Schistad. The earliest on the list is George Agnew Reid, born in 1860, and the youngest Justin Peters, born in 1986. 5 of them are writers and artists, 2.1 times the share across Canadian towns.
Born here
20
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alice Munro
128 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1860
George Agnew Reid
Youngest
1986
Justin Peters
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
What stands out about Wingham’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Wingham
#1
#2Sports
Justin Peters
born 1986Canadian ice hockey goaltender
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RS#3
Sports
Rob Schistad
born 1966Norwegian ice hockey player
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Wingham is known for
Wingham has 2.1× the usual share of writers and artists.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Wingham’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 3 births.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsBusinessScience & Medicine
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wingham
Here are 17 more, born from 1860 to 1974.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
born 1971Indigenous writer and musician in what is known as Canada
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Howick’s, at 6 names.
Questions about famous people from Wingham
Who is the most famous person from Wingham?
The top name is Alice Munro (Canadian writer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Justin Peters and Rob Schistad.
How many famous people were born in Wingham?
The list holds 20 born in Wingham, each confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article. Wikidata has 23 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Wingham known for?
They make up 45% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wingham?
George Agnew Reid (1860). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1986.
Who counts as from Wingham?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Wingham’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?
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 (11)
- Alice Munro: MacDowell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Peters: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob McDonald: Thecolour, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Agnew Reid: George Agnew Reid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lisa Thompson: OntarioLegislature, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Weir: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Sloan: Unknown author , Published by Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Johnston: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Murray Elston: Legislative Assembly of Ontario, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Young: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elias Disney: K10wnsta, 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).