#1Famous people · Kingsclear, New Brunswick
2 famous people were born in Kingsclear
Most widely known is John Campbell Allen, the jurist, with articles in 5 languages. The list has one more: the Canadian politician Samuel Black Hunter. John Campbell Allen (1817) and Samuel Black Hunter (1855) mark the two ends of the list. Of its neighbours, Fredericton, 19 km away, lists the most: 130, Catharine Pendrel first.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Campbell Allen
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1817
John Campbell Allen
Youngest
1855
Samuel Black Hunter
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Kingsclear
#1SH#2
Politics & Law
Samuel Black Hunter
1855–1935Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Kingsclear
Who is the most famous person from Kingsclear?
By our measure the best known is John Campbell Allen (jurist); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Samuel Black Hunter.
How many famous people were born in Kingsclear?
Of the 3 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Kingsclear known for?
Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kingsclear?
John Campbell Allen (1817). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1855.
Who counts as from Kingsclear?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Kingsclear’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.
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)
- John Campbell Allen: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Pendrel: Sapin88, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederic McGrand: Government of New Brunswick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles G. D. Roberts: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / C-006718, 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).