#1Film, TV & Stage
Terrence Malick
born 1943American film director and screenwriter
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Famous people · Ottawa
Writers and artists stand out among the 33 famous people born in Ottawa
Articles in 59 languages make the American film director and screenwriter Terrence Malick the best known. The largest group, 14, was born between 1920 and 1969. The earliest on the list is Arthur L. Wagner, born in 1853, and the youngest Maria Kanellis, born in 1982. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
33
notable people
Best known
Terrence Malick
in 59 Wikipedia languages
First
1853
Arthur L. Wagner
Youngest
1982
Maria Kanellis
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Ottawa’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ottawa is known for
Ottawa has 2.4× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ottawa
Performers take two of the three places.
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#3Sports
Maria Kanellis
born 1982American professional wrestler, manager, actress and singer
28 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Ottawa’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 5 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Ottawa
The rest number 30, with 8 writers and artists among them.
Slip Madigan
1896–1966American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ottawa and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (16)
- Terrence Malick: Michael Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob McGrath: David Fore of Lloyd David Photography, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Kanellis: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Lee: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George R. Lawrence: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Kelly: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Flanagan: manningcentre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julius Hess: Edmunds Studio (no individual credited), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Reed G. Landis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Corcoran: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur L. Wagner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George H. Cameron: Harris and Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Cameron: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Ortiz: Alaska DOT&PF, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Silas Hardy Strawn: Photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Finchem: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons