#1Politics & Law
Andrew Williams
1828–1907American politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ormstown, Quebec
6 famous people from Ormstown, many of them leaders
At the top of the list is the American politician Andrew Williams, covered in 7 languages. 2 of them were born before Confederation, the first Andrew Williams in 1828. For every 10,000 residents there are 14.1 on the list, well above the typical Quebec town’s 6.1. The longest list of any town in Quebec belongs to Montréal, with 5,278.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Andrew Williams
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1828
Andrew Williams
Youngest
1994
Sarah Lefort
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ormstown is known for
Ormstown has 3× the usual share of leaders.
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 Ormstown’s famous people were born
The 1820s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ormstown
The three best known are all leaders.
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Merrill Edwin Barrington
1920–1965Canadian politician
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David William Strachan
1877–1958Canadian politician
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Ormstown
Still to come: 3 more, from 1854 to 1994.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Salaberry-de-Valleyfield’s, at 80 names.
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield · 19 kmJean-Luc Brassard & 79 more
Huntingdon · 14 kmJames Robb & 7 moreWHHinchinbrooke · 14 kmWilliam Hales Hingston & 3 moreIWTrès-Saint-Sacrement · 15 kmIan Watson & 3 more
Saint-Chrysostome · 19 kmDonald Elmer Black & 3 moreMRSaint-Stanislas-de-Kostka · 13 kmMaxime Raymond & 2 moreABFranklin · 9 kmAndrew Broder & 1 moreDOGodmanchester · 16 kmDennis James O'Connor & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Ormstown
Who is the most famous person from Ormstown?
By our measure the best known is Andrew Williams (American politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Merrill Edwin Barrington and David William Strachan.
How many famous people were born in Ormstown?
Wikidata counts 8 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Ormstown known for?
They make up 67% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ormstown?
The earliest is Andrew Williams, born in 1828, and the latest birth listed is 1994.
Who counts as from Ormstown?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Ormstown’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?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (6)
- Andrew Williams: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Lefort: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. R. McMartin: State of California, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Brassard: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Robb: Photograph from the collection of William James Topley, 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).