#1Writing & Arts
Charles G. D. Roberts
1860–1943Canadian poet
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Douglas, New Brunswick
2 famous people come from Douglas, Charles G. D. Roberts the best known
The best known is the Canadian poet Charles G. D. Roberts, with articles in 12 languages. The only other name is the Canadian football player Jake Thomas. The first birth on record is Charles G. D. Roberts’, in 1860, and the last Jake Thomas’, in 1990. Fredericton, 14 km off, can claim 130 famous people, the best known Catharine Pendrel.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles G. D. Roberts
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1860
Charles G. D. Roberts
Youngest
1990
Jake Thomas
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Douglas
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What Douglas is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Questions about famous people from Douglas
Who is the most famous person from Douglas?
By our measure the best known is Charles G. D. Roberts (Canadian poet); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Jake Thomas.
What is Douglas known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 12%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Douglas?
Charles G. D. Roberts (1860). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Douglas?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Douglas’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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)
- Charles G. D. Roberts: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / C-006718, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Thomas: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Pendrel: Sapin88, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederic McGrand: Government of New Brunswick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Campbell Allen: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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