#1Famous people · Hatley, Quebec
William Ball, born in 1908, is Hatley’s famous person on record
The Canadian skier William Ball was born in 1908. Their birth falls between Confederation and 1913. Readers can find them written up in 6 languages. Garou heads the list in Sherbrooke, 8 km away, which has 240 names.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Ball
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1908
William Ball
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Hatley
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Questions about famous people from Hatley
Who is the most famous person from Hatley?
The top name is William Ball (Canadian skier), going by Wikipedia coverage.
How many famous people were born in Hatley?
Born in Hatley and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1. Wikidata has 2 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Hatley known for?
athletes lead the list, with 1 of 1. 100% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who counts as from Hatley?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Hatley’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
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 (4)
- William Ball: Anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garou: Wojciech Pędzich, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis St. Laurent: George Nakash, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvin Head Moore: Publisher: Montreal, Lovell, 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).