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Catharine Pendrel
born 1980Canadian racing cyclist
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Fredericton, New Brunswick
Business people stand out among the 130 famous people born in Fredericton
Articles in 20 languages make the Canadian racing cyclist Catharine Pendrel the best known. Since 1970, 41 were born, the most of any period. Over 311 years of births, the list goes from Joseph Godin (1697) to Tynan Lawrence (2008). Among the 120 towns in New Brunswick with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd.
Born here
130
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Catharine Pendrel
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1697
Joseph Godin
Youngest
2008
Tynan Lawrence
Most common field
Politics & Law
47 people
What stands out about Fredericton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Fredericton is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is business people, at 1.8 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Fredericton’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 13 births.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicBusinessScience & MedicineFaithNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Fredericton
Two of the three are athletes.
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Jake Allen
born 1990Canadian ice hockey goaltender
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Fredericton
127 more, from 1697 to 2008.
Charles Frederick Hartt
1840–1878Canadian-American geologist, paleontologist and naturalist
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Jeremy Dutcher
born 1990Classically-trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, performer and activist
MusicWikipedia ↗
Alexander Gibson
1852–1920Canadian businessman and political figure in New Brunswick
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Wallace Samuel Bird
1917–1971Canadian businessman and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Éric LeBlanc
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
Penny Cousineau-Levine
born 1947Canadian photography theorist, curator, artist and professor
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Donald A. Young
1929–2015BusinessWikipedia ↗
Jim Wilson
1937–2005NotableWikipedia ↗
Joseph Godin
1697–1774NotableWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Fredericton, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Fredericton
Who is the most famous person from Fredericton?
The top name is Catharine Pendrel (Canadian racing cyclist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Anna Silk and Jake Allen.
How many famous people were born in Fredericton?
Of the 179 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Fredericton known for?
36% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fredericton?
Joseph Godin (1697). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2008.
Who counts as from Fredericton?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Fredericton’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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 (41)
- Catharine Pendrel: Sapin88, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Silk: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Allen: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bliss Carman: Photographer unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie O'Ree: Eric Connolly, U.S. House Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Frederick Hartt: Sp90, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Holt: Anntippy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack Phillips: Jrmehle, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Fisher: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Fox: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelsey Tessier: Ophy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Duncan Wilmot: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Stewart: Ida Hinman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew George Blair: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Neilson: mark6mauno, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Havelock McLean: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ali Hassan: RoweCo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Myles: Brock University, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Thomas Taylor: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Fulton McLeod: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Dutcher: Artsandstuff1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Williamson: manningcentre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry McLean: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Hepner: Simon Fraser University - University Communications, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt DeCourcey: Estonian Foreign Ministry, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Goodridge Roberts: Photographer unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Harris Lloyd Roberts: Photographer unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles McKeen: United Farmers Historical Society, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Renaud: Boungawa, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernie Steeves: Newbrunswick1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Medjuck: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. D. H. Baillie: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anissa Gamble: Courtney, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Éric LeBlanc: Tourloudely, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Letourneau: By My Years, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Humphrey Pickard: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer McKenzie: The Dennis Report, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Godin: Knight479, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corey Neilson: Florian Dehn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles G. D. Roberts: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / C-006718, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Campbell Allen: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), Public domain, 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).