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Business
Thomas Cleeve
1844–1908Businessman and High Sheriff of Limerick City
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Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Cleveland, Quebec
A single famous person was born in Cleveland: Thomas Cleeve
In 1844, the businessman and High Sheriff of Limerick city Thomas Cleeve was born. Their birth falls before Confederation. Readers can find them written up in one language. The nearest list is in Val-des-Sources, 18 km away: 16 names, starting with Julie Lemieux.
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Thomas Cleeve
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1844
Thomas Cleeve
Most common field
Business
1 person
The best known
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Famous people from the towns next door
JLVal-des-Sources · 18 kmJulie Lemieux & 15 more
Danville · 16 kmKate Campbell Hurd-Mead & 11 moreAPWindsor · 15 kmAnnie Perreault & 9 more
Richmond · 3 kmSylvain Lefebvre & 6 moreIBMelbourne · 5 kmIsabelle Brasseur & 3 moreFMDurham-Sud · 16 kmFrancis McCrea & 2 moreMHSaint-Félix-de-Kingsey · 14 kmMaria Louisa Trenholm Hidden & 1 moreHDL'Avenir · 18 kmHenry Thomas Duffy & 1 more
Danville · 16 kmKate Campbell Hurd-Mead & 11 moreAPWindsor · 15 kmAnnie Perreault & 9 moreRichmond · 3 kmSylvain Lefebvre & 6 moreIBMelbourne · 5 kmIsabelle Brasseur & 3 moreFMDurham-Sud · 16 kmFrancis McCrea & 2 moreMHSaint-Félix-de-Kingsey · 14 kmMaria Louisa Trenholm Hidden & 1 moreHDL'Avenir · 18 kmHenry Thomas Duffy & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Cleveland
Who is the most famous person from Cleveland?
Thomas Cleeve (businessman and High Sheriff of Limerick City) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them.
How many famous people were born in Cleveland?
Born in Cleveland and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1.
What is Cleveland known for?
business people lead the list, with 1 of 1. Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 2%.
Who counts as from Cleveland?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Cleveland’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?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvain Lefebvre: Håkan Dahlström, CC BY 2.0, 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).