#1Politics & Law
Lewis Smith
1880–1950Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Coverdale, New Brunswick
3 famous people call Coverdale their birthplace
At the top of the list is the Canadian politician Lewis Smith, covered in 2 languages. The Canadian politician Percy Mitton ranks second, ahead of Sanford S. Ryan. Moncton, 13 km off, can claim 135 famous people, the best known René Duprée. The list comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in New Brunswick, at 8.7.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Lewis Smith
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1855
Sanford S. Ryan
Youngest
1911
Percy Mitton
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Coverdale
The three best known are all leaders.
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Politics & Law
Sanford S. Ryan
1855–1933Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Coverdale
Who is the most famous person from Coverdale?
By our measure the best known is Lewis Smith (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Percy Mitton and Sanford S. Ryan.
What is Coverdale known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coverdale?
The earliest is Sanford S. Ryan, born in 1855, and the latest birth listed is 1911.
Who counts as from Coverdale?
The list takes people born within Coverdale’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Lewis Smith: unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Duprée: Miguel Discart Photos Vrac 2, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roméo LeBlanc: United Press International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ginette Petitpas Taylor: AllianceON, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Miller: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).