AB#1
Politics & Law
Andrew Broder
1845–1918Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Yannick Malouin · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Franklin, Quebec
2 famous people were born in Franklin
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian politician Andrew Broder. The only other name is the Canadian politician George Kennedy. Ormstown, 9 km off, can claim 6 famous people, the best known Andrew Williams. The first birth on record is Andrew Broder’s, in 1845, and the last George Kennedy’s, in 1927.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Andrew Broder
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1845
Andrew Broder
Youngest
1927
George Kennedy
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Franklin
GK#2
Politics & Law
George Kennedy
1927–2003Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Questions about famous people from Franklin
Who is the most famous person from Franklin?
Andrew Broder (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come George Kennedy.
How many famous people were born in Franklin?
Wikidata counts 3 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Franklin known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Franklin?
Andrew Broder (1845). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1927.
Who counts as from Franklin?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Franklin’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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 (2)
- Andrew Williams: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Elmer Black: House of Commons, 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).