#1Politics & Law
George Burpee Jones
1866–1950Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Kingston, New Brunswick
Kingston is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the Canadian politician George Burpee Jones is the best known. Second and third on the list are J. William Smith and William P. Flewelling. Go 12 km to Rothesay and the list grows to 6, with Gordon Fairweather at the top. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 8.4, close to the 8.7 of the typical New Brunswick town.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
George Burpee Jones
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1814
William P. Flewelling
Youngest
1868
J. William Smith
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Kingston
William Smith in 2 and William P. Flewelling in 1.
#1JS#2
Politics & Law
J. William Smith
1868–1937Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
WF#3
Politics & Law
William P. Flewelling
1814–1875Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Kingston
Who is the most famous person from Kingston?
George Burpee Jones (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come J. William Smith and William P. Flewelling.
What is Kingston known for?
100% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kingston?
The earliest is William P. Flewelling, born in 1814, and the latest birth listed is 1868.
Who counts as from Kingston?
Born inside Kingston’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
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 (2)
- George Burpee Jones: Parliament of Canada, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Peters Humphrey: Edgar P. Smith [1879-1952], 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).