WF#1
Writing & Arts
William Scott Ferguson
1875–1954Canadian-American historian
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · North Shore, Prince Edward Island
2 famous people call North Shore their birthplace
Most widely known is William Scott Ferguson, the Canadian-American historian, with articles in 6 languages. The only other name is the Canadian politician John Alexander Mathieson. Charlottetown, 10 km away, has 157 on its list, the best known Brian Tracy. The oldest name on the list belongs to John Alexander Mathieson, born in 1863, the newest to William Scott Ferguson, born in 1875.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Scott Ferguson
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1863
John Alexander Mathieson
Youngest
1875
William Scott Ferguson
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in North Shore
JM#2
Politics & Law
John Alexander Mathieson
1863–1947Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What North Shore is known for
Share of North Shore’s famous people in each field.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Questions about famous people from North Shore
Who is the most famous person from North Shore?
By our measure the best known is William Scott Ferguson (Canadian-American historian); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come John Alexander Mathieson.
What is North Shore known for?
50% here, set against 12% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from North Shore?
John Alexander Mathieson, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1875.
Who counts as from North Shore?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside North Shore’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. North Shore is also the name of another municipality on Prince Edward Island: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “North Shore”, so the other place can’t be ruled out.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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)
- Brian Tracy: Daniel Wikberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Kelley: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade MacLauchlan: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Alexander Macdonald: Charlottetown Guardian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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