Guelph
Guelph ranks 1,512th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Camden Town, Plainfield, New Jersey, and Varaždin. Memorable people born in Guelph include Donna Strickland, Neve Campbell, and David Card. Guelph has been the birth place of many politicians, and physicists. Guelph is located in Canada.
Guelph is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as The Royal City, it is roughly 22 km (14 mi) east of Kitchener and 70 km (43 mi) west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wellington County Road 124. It is the seat of Wellington County, but is politically independent of it. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1872 and 1989, Guelph was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Donna Strickland, Neve Campbell, and David Card.
People Born in Guelph
Go to all RankingsDonna Strickland
PHYSICIST
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1
Neve Campbell
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 2
David Card
ECONOMIST
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 3
John McCrae
PAINTER
1872 - 1918
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 4
Thomas Christopher Collins
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 5
Shannon Crawford
ATHLETE
1963 - Present
HPI: 33.34
Rank: 6
Victor Davis
POLITICIAN
1964 - 1989
HPI: 31.52
Rank: 7
Robert Wickens
RACING DRIVER
1989 - Present
HPI: 23.81
Rank: 8
Logan Couture
HOCKEY PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 20.14
Rank: 9
George Bovell
POLITICIAN
1983 - Present
HPI: 19.93
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Born in Guelph
Go to all RankingsShannon Crawford
ATHLETE
1963 - Present
HPI: 33.34
Rank: 6
Victor Davis
POLITICIAN
1964 - 1989
HPI: 31.52
Rank: 7
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Guelph were politicians (2), physicists (1), actors (1), economists (1), and painters (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Guelph, including Victor Davis, and George Bovell. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Guelph, including Victor Davis, and George Bovell.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Guelph since 1700.