HH#1
Sports
Hangman Hughes
born 1974Canadian professional wrestler
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Stratford, Prince Edward Island
2 famous people call Stratford their birthplace
Most widely known is Hangman Hughes, the Canadian professional wrestler, with an article in one language. The only other name is the Canadian ice hockey player Sarah Steele. Charlottetown, 6 km away, has 157 on its list, the best known Brian Tracy. The longest list in Prince Edward Island is Charlottetown’s, with 157 names.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Hangman Hughes
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1974
Hangman Hughes
Youngest
1995
Sarah Steele
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Stratford
SS#2
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Charlottetown · 6 kmBrian Tracy & 156 more
Vernon River · 16 kmFrancis Kelley & 3 more
West River · 15 kmWalter Russell Shaw & 2 moreWFNorth Shore · 13 kmWilliam Scott Ferguson & 1 more
North Shore · 16 kmWade MacLauchlan & 1 moreMMCrossroads · 6 kmMary Mellish
East River, Part 1 · 17 kmJohn Alexander MacdonaldQuestions about famous people from Stratford
Who is the most famous person from Stratford?
By our measure the best known is Hangman Hughes (Canadian professional wrestler); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Sarah Steele.
What is Stratford known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stratford?
Hangman Hughes, born in 1974. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Stratford?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Stratford’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (5)
- Brian Tracy: Daniel Wikberg, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Kelley: Bain News Service, publisher, 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
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