45.4232° N, 75.6926° W
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 2000s Clear ×
Jonathan David (soccer)
Born 2000
Chloe O'Malley
Born 2001
Serron Noel
Born 2000
Cynthia Menard
Born 2000
Monti Mohsen
Born 2000