RF#1
Film, TV & Stage
Reginald Fessenden
1866–1932Canadian radio pioneer
33 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Jacques Dupont · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Bolton-Est, Quebec
The 2 famous people born in Bolton-Est, led by Reginald Fessenden
The best known is the Canadian radio pioneer Reginald Fessenden, with articles in 33 languages. The list has one more: the Canadian painter Nina May Owens. Nina May Owens, born in 1869, is the youngest, and Reginald Fessenden, born in 1866, the first on record. Just 16 km away, Magog’s list holds 14 names, Miha Fontaine the best known.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Reginald Fessenden
33 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1866
Reginald Fessenden
Youngest
1869
Nina May Owens
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Bolton-Est
NO#2
Writing & Arts
Nina May Owens
1869–1959Canadian painter
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Bolton-Est is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Questions about famous people from Bolton-Est
Who is the most famous person from Bolton-Est?
Reginald Fessenden (Canadian radio pioneer) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Nina May Owens.
What is Bolton-Est known for?
50% here, set against 10% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bolton-Est?
The earliest is Reginald Fessenden, born in 1866, and the latest birth listed is 1869.
Who counts as from Bolton-Est?
Born inside Bolton-Est’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?
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 (1)
- Lyne Bessette: © James F. Perry, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).