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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: Skater Clear ×
Patrick Chan
Born 1990
Barbara Ann Scott
1928 - 2012
Kristina Groves
Born 1976
Paul Poirier
Born 1991
Ivanie Blondin
Born 1990
Vincent De Haître
Born 1994
Nam Nguyen
Born 1998
Paul Bonifacio Parkinson
Born 1991
Isabelle Weidemann
Born 1995
Valérie Marcoux
Born 1980
Melville Rogers
1899 - 1973
Mandy Valentine
Born 1990
Nicolas Bean
Born 1987
Norman M. Scott
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Chauncey Bangs
1901 - 1942
Neil Paterson (figure skater)
Born 1964
Janet Morrissey
Born 1959
Siobhan Karam
Born 1986
Joshua McGrath
Born 1985