WS#1
Politics & Law
William Steeves
1814–1873Canadian politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Hillsborough, New Brunswick
Hillsborough’s famous people span 102 years: 5 births from 1814 to 1916
Articles in 7 languages make the Canadian politician William Steeves the best known. Burpee L. Steeves, the American lieutenant governor of Idaho, comes second, with Conrad J. Osman third. The list reaches back to William Steeves, born in 1814, one of 2 born before Confederation. More are leaders than anything else, 4 in all.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Steeves
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1814
William Steeves
Youngest
1916
Harold A. Terris
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hillsborough’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1810s come out on top, with 1 births.
Politics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hillsborough
Leaders take two of the three places.
BS#2
Military
Burpee L. Steeves
1868–1933American lieutenant governor of Idaho
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CO#3
Politics & Law
Conrad J. Osman
1897–1948Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Hillsborough is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.6 times as common.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Everyone else born in Hillsborough
2 more names, born between 1838 and 1916.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Hillsborough
Who is the most famous person from Hillsborough?
William Steeves (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Burpee L. Steeves and Conrad J. Osman.
What is Hillsborough known for?
That is 80% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hillsborough?
The earliest is William Steeves, born in 1814, and the latest birth listed is 1916.
Who counts as from Hillsborough?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Hillsborough’s 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. Hillsborough is also the name of another municipality in New Brunswick: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Hillsborough”, so the other place can’t be ruled 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 (4)
- 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
- Lewis Smith: unknown, 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).