WM#1
Military
Willibald Joseph MacDonald
1897–1977Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Souris, Prince Edward Island
Of the 11 famous people born in Souris, an unusual share are leaders
Willibald Joseph MacDonald, the lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward island, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Most were born between 1946 and 1969: 6 of them. The oldest name on the list belongs to Rena Maude McLean, born in 1879, the newest to Allan Campbell, born in 1969. Only 4 of the 30 towns in Prince Edward Island with anyone on record list more.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Willibald Joseph MacDonald
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1879
Rena Maude McLean
Youngest
1969
Allan Campbell
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Souris is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.3 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Souris’s famous people were born
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Souris
The three are covered in 4, 3 and 3 languages: Willibald Joseph MacDonald, Allan Campbell and Eileen Rossiter.
AC#2
Politics & Law
Allan Campbell
born 1969Canadian politician
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ER#3
Politics & Law
Eileen Rossiter
1929–2007Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Souris
Here are 8 more, born from 1879 to 1964.
Allen Roach
born 1953Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Colin LaVie
born 1962Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Souris has the most people on record, 2 of them.
Questions about famous people from Souris
Who is the most famous person from Souris?
Willibald Joseph MacDonald (lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Allan Campbell and Eileen Rossiter.
How many famous people were born in Souris?
Wikidata has 12 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Souris known for?
They make up 73% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Souris?
Rena Maude McLean, born in 1879. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Souris?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Souris’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list. 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?
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.
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).