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Toronto (can)

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Toronto ranks 29th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Munich, Washington, D.C., and Mumbai. Memorable people born in Toronto include Frank Gehry, Christopher Plummer, and David Cronenberg. Memorable people who died in Toronto include Lucy Maud Montgomery, Marshall McLuhan, and Emma Goldman. Toronto has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many athletes, and actors. Toronto is located in Canada.

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture and is one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2006, Toronto was the birth place of 290 globally memorable people, including Frank Gehry, Christopher Plummer, and David Cronenberg. Additionaly, 89 globally memorable people have passed away in Toronto including Lucy Maud Montgomery, Marshall McLuhan, and Emma Goldman.

People Born in Toronto

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Toronto were actors (94), athletes (42), basketball players (14), soccer players (14), and singers (12),  while most who died were athletes (14), actors (11), politicians (9), writers (8), and musicians (5).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Toronto, including Christopher Plummer, John Candy, and Mike Myers. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Toronto, including Christopher Plummer, Mary Pickford, and John Candy.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Toronto since 1700.