MF#1
Politics & Law
Martin Fisher
1881–1941Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Laurent Bélanger · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Hemmingford, Quebec
6 famous people were born in Hemmingford, more of them leaders than in most towns
Martin Fisher, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Freya Ravensbergen and Julius Scriver. Most were born before Confederation: 3 of them. The list reaches back to Julius Scriver, born in 1826, one of 3 born before Confederation.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Martin Fisher
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1826
Julius Scriver
Youngest
1909
Henry Alister Darby Somerville
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Hemmingford is known for
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Through the years
When Hemmingford’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1850s, with 2 births.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageBusiness
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Hemmingford
Leaders take two of the three places.
FR#2
JS#3
Politics & Law
Julius Scriver
1826–1907Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hemmingford
3 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Hemmingford, with how many people each has.
CTSaint-Michel · 19 kmCharles Trudeau & 5 more
Saint-Chrysostome · 11 kmDonald Elmer Black & 3 moreCHSaint-Édouard · 18 kmClaude Hamelin & 3 moreFMLacolle · 19 kmFrancis Morice & 3 moreACSainte-Clotilde · 8 kmAndré ChenailTDSaint-Patrice-de-Sherrington · 13 kmThomas Osborne DavisLCSaint-Cyprien-de-Napierville · 18 kmLouis Cyr
Saint-Chrysostome · 11 kmDonald Elmer Black & 3 moreCHSaint-Édouard · 18 kmClaude Hamelin & 3 moreFMLacolle · 19 kmFrancis Morice & 3 moreACSainte-Clotilde · 8 kmAndré ChenailTDSaint-Patrice-de-Sherrington · 13 kmThomas Osborne DavisLCSaint-Cyprien-de-Napierville · 18 kmLouis CyrQuestions about famous people from Hemmingford
Who is the most famous person from Hemmingford?
Martin Fisher (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Freya Ravensbergen and Julius Scriver.
How many famous people were born in Hemmingford?
7 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Hemmingford known for?
Here the share is 67%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hemmingford?
Julius Scriver (1826). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1909.
Who counts as from Hemmingford?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Hemmingford’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?
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 (1)
- 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).