#1Writing & Arts
Brian Tracy
born 1944American motivational speaker and writer
32 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
No town in Prince Edward Island has more famous people than Charlottetown: 157
At the top of the list is the American motivational speaker and writer Brian Tracy, covered in 32 languages. Leaders are unusually common here: 60, 1.7 times the usual share. For every 10,000 residents there are 32.6 on the list, well above the typical Prince Edward Island town’s 12.4. Robert Hodgson (1798) and Lauren Lenentine (2000) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
157
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brian Tracy
32 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1798
Robert Hodgson
Youngest
2000
Lauren Lenentine
Most common field
Sports
62 people
What stands out about Charlottetown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Charlottetown is known for
Charlottetown has 1.7× the usual share of leaders.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Through the years
When Charlottetown’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 22 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableMusicScience & MedicineMilitaryBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Charlottetown
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Martha MacIsaac
born 1984Canadian actress
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Charlottetown
154 more names, born between 1798 and 2000.
Louis Henry Davies
1845–1924Canadian politician and 6th Chief Justice of Canada
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Mike Duffy
born 1946Canadian senator and former Canadian television journalist
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
David MacDonald
born 1936United Church of Canada minister, Canadian politician and author
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Ryan Anstey
born 1983Soccer, Soccer Canada, Soccer PEI, Soccer Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Ranstey, UNB
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Sarah Newcomb Merrick
1844–1922Canadian-American educator, writer, business woman, physician
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Benjamin Davies
1813–1904Canadian merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Montague Aldous
1850–1946Dominion Topographical Surveyor from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Stephen O'Meara
1854–1918Canadian-born American journalist and political figure
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is West River’s, with 3.
West River · 15 kmWalter Russell Shaw & 2 moreDLNew Glasgow · 19 kmDavid Laird & 2 moreHHStratford · 6 kmHangman Hughes & 1 moreWFNorth Shore · 10 kmWilliam Scott Ferguson & 1 more
North Shore · 13 kmWade MacLauchlan & 1 moreMMCrossroads · 9 kmMary Mellish
East River, Part 1 · 18 kmJohn Alexander MacdonaldQuestions about famous people from Charlottetown
Who is the most famous person from Charlottetown?
The top name is Brian Tracy (American motivational speaker and writer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Martha MacIsaac and Brett Gallant.
How many famous people were born in Charlottetown?
Wikidata counts 187 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Charlottetown known for?
39% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Charlottetown?
The earliest is Robert Hodgson, born in 1798, and the latest birth listed is 2000.
Who counts as from Charlottetown?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Charlottetown’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (55)
- Brian Tracy: Daniel Wikberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha MacIsaac: Brian Solis, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Gallant: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam McQuaid: goaliej54, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alysha Corrigan: Like tears in rain, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy MacMillan: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew MacIntyre: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Flood: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Connaughton: André Zehetbauer from Schwerin, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Palmer: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hamilton Gray: William Notman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Johnston: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Basil King: Eminent Authors Pictures Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Arendz: Robert Thivierge, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Torrens: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve MacKinnon: International Maritime Organization, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Heath Haviland: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amber MacArthur: Amber Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Walker: Pens Through My Lens, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Logan MacMillan: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Thompson: Canada's Theatre Museum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Downe: Djuradj Vujcic, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Ghiz: Justin Schuck, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack MacEwen: Andrew McQuillan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Peters: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob MacMillan: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Murphy: cdnmusicdiva, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Aloysius Riley: Arthur Roy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David MacDonald: Garysealey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Cheverie: Marc Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Thornton Peters: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Godfrey: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lemuel Owen: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. H. Weeks: Betty Lewis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Richard Heartz: Studio Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Peters: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgina Pope: A.G. Pittaway, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert James Palmer: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason MacDonald: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenn McGinn: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Pope: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kinley Dowling: Drummerdowling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Lenentine: Allthegoldmedals, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Falconer: Empire Club of Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Andrew MacGillivary: Department of Defense, photo credited to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Michael Reardon: Anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorie Kane: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert D. Lindsay: Nova Scotia House of Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Prowse: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Montague Aldous: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Francis Little: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen O'Meara: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Russell Shaw: Canada Centennial Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade MacLauchlan: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Alexander Macdonald: Charlottetown Guardian, 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).