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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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Alanis Morissette
Born 1974
Bruce Cockburn
Born 1945
Kathleen Edwards
Born 1978
Dave Brockie
1963 - 2014
Sue Foley
Born 1968
Keshia Chanté
Born 1988
Éva Gauthier
1885 - 1958
Brad Sucks
Born 1976
Kristina Maria
Born 1989
Wallis Giunta
Born 1985
Wayne Rostad
Born 1947
Sierra Noble
Born 1990
Kyrie Kristmanson
Born 1989
Kira Isabella
Born 1992
Daniel Okulitch
Born 1976
Valdy
Born 1945
Abbas Hasan
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Sneezy Waters
Born 1945
Terry Carisse
1942 - 2005
Les Emmerson
Born 1944
Dave Dunlop
Born 1965
Catherine McClenahan
Born 1959
Edwin Orion Brownell
Born 1964
Wade Morissette
Born 1974
Nicolas Dromard
Born 1980
Amy Lockwood
Born 1987
Jonathan Estabrooks
Born 1983
Andrew Cassara
Born 1995