GF#1
Politics & Law
Gilbert Finn
1920–2015Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Inkerman, New Brunswick
Inkerman’s famous people span 119 years: 5 births from 1844 to 1963
The best known is the Canadian politician Gilbert Finn, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Roger Duguay and Valentin Landry. The largest group, 3, was born between 1914 and 1945. Gilbert Finn was born in 1920.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gilbert Finn
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1844
Valentin Landry
Youngest
1963
Roger Duguay
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Inkerman
RD#2
Politics & Law
Roger Duguay
born 1963Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
VL#3
Writing & Arts
Valentin Landry
1844–1919Canadian journalist
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Inkerman’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Inkerman is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3.6 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Inkerman
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Inkerman
Who is the most famous person from Inkerman?
Gilbert Finn (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Roger Duguay and Valentin Landry.
How many famous people were born in Inkerman?
Wikidata places 6 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Inkerman known for?
80% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Inkerman?
Valentin Landry (1844). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Inkerman?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Inkerman’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (2)
- Herménégilde Chiasson: Rachelle Bergeron, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luc Bourdon: Robert Ciavarro, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).