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Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Souris, Prince Edward Island
Souris is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Earl Ross, the Canadian racing driver, with articles in 6 languages. The only other name is the Canadian politician Thomas Joseph Kickham. Born in 1901, Thomas Joseph Kickham is the first name on record, and Earl Ross, born in 1941, the most recent. In all of Prince Edward Island, the famous people on record come from 30 towns.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Earl Ross
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1901
Thomas Joseph Kickham
Youngest
1941
Earl Ross
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Souris
TK#2
Politics & Law
Thomas Joseph Kickham
1901–1974Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Souris is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Souris’, at 11 names.
Questions about famous people from Souris
Who is the most famous person from Souris?
By our measure the best known is Earl Ross (Canadian racing driver); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Thomas Joseph Kickham.
How many famous people were born in Souris?
Wikidata counts 3 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Souris known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Souris?
Thomas Joseph Kickham, from 1901; the most recent birth on the list is from 1941.
Who counts as from Souris?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Souris’ 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. Souris is also the name of another municipality on Prince Edward Island: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Souris”, so the other place can’t be ruled 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.
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).