MS#1
Writing & Arts
Mark Strand
1934–2014Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Summerside, Prince Edward Island
49 famous people were born in Summerside, more of them leaders than in most towns
Best known of all is Mark Strand, written about in 26 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian multi-sport athlete Heather Moyse, third to Gerard Gallant. Between 1946 and 1969, 15 were born, the most of any period. Summerside ranks 2nd of the 30 towns in Prince Edward Island with anyone listed.
Born here
49
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mark Strand
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1871
Alfred Lefurgey
Youngest
2000
Noah Dobson
Most common field
Politics & Law
21 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Summerside is known for
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 Summerside’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 9.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsMusicNotableFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitary
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Summerside
The three are covered in 26, 20 and 15 languages: Mark Strand, Heather Moyse and Gerard Gallant.
#2Sports
Heather Moyse
born 1978Canadian multi-sport athlete
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Gerard Gallant
born 1963Canadian ice hockey player and coach
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Summerside
A further 46 follow, born between 1871 and 2000.
Jim Clark
born 1954Director of Professional Scouting for the Ottawa Senators
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Robert Cyril Claude Brooks
1930–1944Youngest Canadian soldier to die in WWII (b. 1930, d. 1944)
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Kinkora: 13.
GPKinkora · 14 kmGeorge Uglow Pope & 12 moreAJKensington, Part 1 · 11 kmArchibald Johnstone & 3 moreGBMiscouche · 6 kmGilbert Buote & 1 moreGMKensington · 12 kmGeorge McMahon & 1 moreMDMalpeque Bay · 15 kmMichael C. Delaney & 1 moreMGWellington · 18 kmMelvin Gallant & 1 moreHSNew London · 20 kmHugh McKay Sutherland & 1 more
Questions about famous people from Summerside
Who is the most famous person from Summerside?
The top name is Mark Strand (Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Heather Moyse and Gerard Gallant.
How many famous people were born in Summerside?
Wikidata places 74 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Summerside known for?
They make up 43% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Summerside?
Alfred Lefurgey, from 1871; the most recent birth on the list is from 2000.
Who counts as from Summerside?
Born inside Summerside’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
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 (14)
- Heather Moyse: Vincent Lions for Prince Edward Island Potatoes Board; cropped by Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerard Gallant: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Ott: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Noah Dobson: CloutsnChara Sports Cards, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tanya Davis: TanyaD27, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Gallant: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Tuck: Martin Cathrae, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Charles Saunders: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug MacLean: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thane Campbell: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Lefurgey: Montreal Perrault Print. Co, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anita Daher: Mandy Malazdrewich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric McKay: House of Commons of Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry O. Haslam: Unknown author, 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).