#1Politics & Law
John Edward Martin
1859–1929Canadian lawyer and judge
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Shefford, Quebec
Shefford is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian lawyer and judge John Edward Martin. The only other name is the ordained minister Susan Norris Fitkin. From John Edward Martin to Susan Norris Fitkin, the births on the list run from 1859 to 1870. Granby, 10 km away, has 69 on its list, the best known Palmer Cox.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Edward Martin
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1859
John Edward Martin
Youngest
1870
Susan Norris Fitkin
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Shefford
#1SF#2
Politics & Law
Susan Norris Fitkin
1870–1951Ordained minister
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Granby · 10 kmPalmer Cox & 68 moreMPCowansville · 20 kmMax Parrot & 19 more
Waterloo · 8 kmClaude Fournier & 11 more
Lac-Brome · 16 kmLyne Bessette & 7 more
Roxton Pond · 12 kmAndrew Ranger & 4 moreFLBromont · 7 kmFrançois Lapierre & 3 moreARSaint-Joachim-de-Shefford · 12 kmArmand RussellHCSaint-Alphonse-de-Granby · 13 kmHector ChoquetteQuestions about famous people from Shefford
Who is the most famous person from Shefford?
John Edward Martin (Canadian lawyer and judge) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Susan Norris Fitkin.
How many famous people were born in Shefford?
Wikidata has 3 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Shefford known for?
Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shefford?
John Edward Martin, born in 1859. The youngest on the list was born in 1870.
Who counts as from Shefford?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Shefford’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?
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 (5)
- John Edward Martin: Aegidius Fauteux, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Palmer Cox: Nahl Brothers, Artists, San Francisco, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Fournier: Buzzsleeper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lyne Bessette: © James F. Perry, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Ranger: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).