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Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Kent, New Brunswick
2 famous people call Kent their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian banker Cedric Ritchie, with an article in one language. The other is Katherine Ryan, the Canadian restaurateur and frontierswoman. From Katherine Ryan to Cedric Ritchie, the births on the list run from 1869 to 1927. Just 9 km away, Wicklow’s list holds 9 names, Charlotte MacLeod the best known.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Cedric Ritchie
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1869
Katherine Ryan
Youngest
1927
Cedric Ritchie
Most common field
Business
2 people
The best known
Born in Kent
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Business
Katherine Ryan
1869–1932Canadian restaurateur and frontierswoman
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Kent
Who is the most famous person from Kent?
Cedric Ritchie (Canadian banker) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Katherine Ryan.
What is Kent known for?
100% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 2%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kent?
Katherine Ryan, born in 1869. The youngest on the list was born in 1927.
Who counts as from Kent?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Kent’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.
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).