#1Science & Medicine
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead
1867–1941American gynecologist
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Danville, Quebec
Of the 12 famous people born in Danville, an unusual share are leaders
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the American gynecologist Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead is the best known. Second and third on the list are Galen Clark and Daniel Johnson. 5 of them were born before Confederation, the first Galen Clark in 1814. The largest group, 5, was born before Confederation.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1814
Galen Clark
Youngest
1978
Karine Vallières
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Danville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Danville’s famous people were born
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Danville
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead, Galen Clark and Daniel Johnson are written about in 12, 11 and 9 languages.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Galen Clark
1814–1910Canadian-born American conservationist, writer and botanist
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Daniel Johnson
1915–1968Premier of Quebec
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Danville
9 more, from 1842 to 1978.
R.A.E. Greenshields
1861–1942Canadian jurist and academic, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec, Dean of Law at McGill University, and Chancellor of Bishop's University
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Val-des-Sources has the most on record, with 16.
JLVal-des-Sources · 5 kmJulie Lemieux & 15 moreJHWarwick · 18 kmJean-François Hebert & 6 more
Richmond · 18 kmSylvain Lefebvre & 6 moreAGWotton · 14 kmAlbert Goudreau & 2 moreMKingsey Falls · 10 kmMarie-Victorin & 1 moreASTingwick · 10 kmAlbert Sévigny & 1 moreMHSaint-Félix-de-Kingsey · 17 kmMaria Louisa Trenholm Hidden & 1 moreTCCleveland · 16 kmThomas Cleeve
Richmond · 18 kmSylvain Lefebvre & 6 moreAGWotton · 14 kmAlbert Goudreau & 2 moreMKingsey Falls · 10 kmMarie-Victorin & 1 moreASTingwick · 10 kmAlbert Sévigny & 1 moreMHSaint-Félix-de-Kingsey · 17 kmMaria Louisa Trenholm Hidden & 1 moreTCCleveland · 16 kmThomas CleeveQuestions about famous people from Danville
Who is the most famous person from Danville?
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead (American gynecologist) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Galen Clark and Daniel Johnson.
How many famous people were born in Danville?
20 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Danville known for?
That is 67% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Danville?
Galen Clark, born in 1814. The youngest on the list was born in 1978.
Who counts as from Danville?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Danville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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 (10)
- Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Galen Clark: "Taber" , but possibly Carleton Watkins ., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Johnson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarence Chester Cleveland: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George William Hill: Not documented in the source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Edward Gilman: Montminy & Cie., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R.A.E. Greenshields: Jules-Isaïe Benoît, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émilien Lafrance: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Frederick Stockwell: 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).