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Ottawa ranks 375th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Leicester, Fez, Morocco, and Würzburg. Memorable people born in Ottawa include Justin Trudeau, Margaret Atwood, and Dan Aykroyd. Memorable people who died in Ottawa include Gerhard Herzberg, Lester B. Pearson, and Wilfrid Laurier. Ottawa has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many politicians and chemists. Ottawa is located in Canada.

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). As of 2021, Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1908 and 1992, Ottawa was the birth place of 31 globally memorable people, including Justin Trudeau, Margaret Atwood, and Dan Aykroyd. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Ottawa including Gerhard Herzberg, Lester B. Pearson, and Wilfrid Laurier.

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Most individuals born in present day Ottawa were actors (11), politicians (4), writers (3), skaters (3), and singers (2),  while most who died were politicians (6), chemists (1), military personnels (1), noblemen (1), and mathematicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Ottawa, including Dan Aykroyd, Tom Cavanagh, and Gordon Thomson. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Ottawa, including Dan Aykroyd, Tom Cavanagh, and Lorne Greene.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Ottawa since 1700.