Grey County Luminaries
Find out about personalities who have shaped our fair County, or whom you may know, but may not know that they have Grey County connections. Please note: this list is not exhaustive - just a taste! For further details on a figure that interests you, click on the name.
Beckett, Margaret - 1903-1983 - Museum Supporter
Bethune, Henry Norman M.D - 1890-1939 - Battlefield Surgeon
Burns, Tommy b. Noah Brusso - 1881-1955 - Champion Boxer
Clement, Alice McQuay - 1880-1962 - Grey County's First Woman Mayor
Coutts, William E. - 1882-1973 - Social Communications Pioneer
Day, Clarence "Hap" - 1901-1990 - Hockey Player, Coach, General Manager
Doyle, Mary Stephens - 1829-1892 - Temperance Fighter
Doyle, Richard Judson - 1834-1903 - Inventor, Entrepreneur
Harris, Walter E. - 1904-1999 - Federal Politician
Hind, Ella Cora - 1861-1942 - Pioneering Woman Journalist
Jones, Peter Kahkewaqyuonaby - 1802-1856 - Aboriginal Missionary
Keith, Marion - 1876-1961 - Novelist
Kilborn, Retta M.D. - 1864-1942 - Missionary in China
Landen, John J. - 1910-1996 - Artist, Sportsman, Curator
Marsh, Edith L. - 1870-1960 - Naturalist, Writer
McClung, Nellie Mooney - 1880-1951 - Women's Rights Advocate
Muir, John - 1838-1914 - Botanist, Naturalist, Conservationist
Nicoll, Anne - c.1860-1942 - Apple Annie
Ruttle, Elizabeth Wilson - 1888-? - Girl Guide Commissioner
Saunders, Margaret Marshall - 1861-1947 - Writer
Schaefer, Carl - 1903-1995 - Artist
Telford, William Pattison - 1797-1879 - Pioneer Schoolmaster, Craftsman
Also see our Local Heroes monoliths in the Museum & Archives foyer for the life and achievements of Billy Bishop, Harry Lumley, Agnes Macphail, Catharine Sutton Nahneebahweequa and Tom Thomson.
