ED#1
Politics & Law
Eugène Alphonse Dyer
1838–1911Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Miro Denck · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Sutton, Quebec
3 famous people were born in Sutton
Most widely known is Eugène Alphonse Dyer, the Canadian politician, with articles in 5 languages. Close behind are Dennis Draper and Royce Coleman Dyer. Within 16 km, Cowansville lists the most: 20, with Max Parrot first. Births span 1838 to 1889, from Eugène Alphonse Dyer to Royce Coleman Dyer.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Eugène Alphonse Dyer
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1838
Eugène Alphonse Dyer
Youngest
1889
Royce Coleman Dyer
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Sutton
Two of the three are leaders.
DD#2
Politics & Law
Dennis Draper
1873–1951Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RD#3
Known for
What Sutton is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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Questions about famous people from Sutton
Who is the most famous person from Sutton?
By our measure the best known is Eugène Alphonse Dyer (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Dennis Draper and Royce Coleman Dyer.
What is Sutton known for?
Here the share is 67%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sutton?
The earliest is Eugène Alphonse Dyer, born in 1838, and the latest birth listed is 1889.
Who counts as from Sutton?
The list takes people born within Sutton’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known 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 (2)
- Lyne Bessette: © James F. Perry, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Barnard Baker: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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