Notable Residents
Alliston's most famous citizen was Sir Frederick Banting the co-discoverer of insulin. The town's only high school is named in his honour, Banting Memorial High School. Another famous resident was Theodore Loblaw of the grocery store chain, and author Margaret Atwood lived in the area from 1973-1980.
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“a notable prince that was called King John;
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