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OTTAWA
Most Famous People Born in Ottawa, Canada
- Notable people
- 1,174
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1951
- Most distinctive
- Curler 23.1×
Less a national capital than the place Canada uses to manufacture winter athletes — the Curler bench runs at better than twenty-three times the global baseline, which is extreme even by Canadian standards, and the broom-and-blade pipeline goes deeper than the Parliament Hill day jobs. A disproportionate Skater count and a catch-all Sport bump fill in everything the Rideau Canal has frozen into Olympians over the decades.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Ottawa during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Ottawa Is Known For
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Hockey is Ottawa's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (248).
Ottawa over-indexes on curler — 23.1× the global rate.
Ottawa under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Ottawa's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
John Tuzo Wilson
1908 - 1993
Paul Martin Sr.
1903 - 1992
King Clancy
1903 - 1986
Frank Boucher
1901 - 1977
Aurèle Joliat
1901 - 1986
Ebbie Goodfellow
1906 - 1985
Alec Connell
1902 - 1958
E. P. Taylor
1901 - 1989
Jack Cameron (ice hockey)
1900 - 1981
Thomas Moone
1908 - 1986
Wally Kilrea
1909 - 1992
Allan Shields
1907 - 1975
Harold Darragh
1902 - 1993
Rennison Manners
1904 - 1944
Hec Kilrea
1907 - 1969
Bill Beveridge
1909 - 1995
Ralph St. Germain
1904 - 1974
Fred Lowrey
1902 - 1968
Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer)
1909 - 1991
Bill Touhey
1906 - 1999
Harry Connor
1904 - 1947
Robert Boucher
1904 - 1931
Diana Kingsmill Wright
1908 - 1982
Harold Starr
1906 - 1981
Gerry Lowrey
1906 - 1979
John Joseph Connolly
1906 - 1982
Athol Meech
1907 - 1981
George Pepper (artist)
1903 - 1962
Stan McCabe (ice hockey)
1908 - 1958
Stewart Evans (ice hockey)
1908 - 1996
Marcelle Barthe
1904 - 1964
Chauncey Bangs
1901 - 1942
John Emilius Fauquier
1909 - 1981
Thomas G. Fuller
1909 - 1994
Yip Radley
1908 - 1963
Betty Davison
1909 - 2000
Rolly Huard
1902 - 1979
Sam Berger
1900 - 1992
Gene Chouinard
1902 - 1957
Elise Aylen Scott
1904 - 1972
Harvey Rockburn
1908 - 1977
Horace Racine
1905 - 1986
Hub Wilson
1909 - 1999
Leonard Grosvenor
1905 - 1981
Irwin Haskett
1903 - 1994
Allister Johnston
1908 - 2005
Bonner Larose
1901 - 1961
Jean-Thomas Richard
1907 - 1991
Jack McGill (ice hockey, born 1909)
1909 - 1988
Louis Audette
1907 - 1995
Evelyn Pepper
1905 - 1998
David Douglas
1907 - 1977
Merritt Putman
1900 - 1995
Howard Bagguley
Born 1909
Bing Coughlin
1905 - 2000
Aurèle Chartrand
1903 - 1975
Ralph Cowan (politician)
1902 - 1990