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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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- Field: Curler Clear ×
Dawn McEwen
Born 1980
Rachel Homan
Born 1989
Emma Miskew
Born 1989
Lisa Weagle
Born 1985
Lynn Kreviazuk
Born 1991
Jenn Hanna
Born 1980
Stephanie Hanna
Born 1982
Howard Steward
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Chris Gardner (curler)
Born 1985
Karen Sagle
Born 1986
Mark Homan
Born 1979
James Grattan (curler)
Born 1974
Mathew Camm
Born 1990
Andrea Sinclair
Born 1993
Nancy McConnery
Born 1963
Chantal Osborne
Born 1966