#1Sports
Frank Synott
1890–1945American ice hockey player
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Miramichi, New Brunswick
Of the 51 famous people born in Miramichi, an unusual share are leaders
The best known is the American ice hockey player Frank Synott, with articles in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are John Ralston and Patrick William Riordan. The first birth on record is Alfred A. Green’s, in 1828, and the last Craig Thorne’s, in 2001. 12 of them were born before Confederation, more than in any other period.
Born here
51
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Frank Synott
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1828
Alfred A. Green
Youngest
2001
Craig Thorne
Most common field
Politics & Law
24 people
What stands out about Miramichi’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Miramichi is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.1 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.
Through the years
When Miramichi’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1840s than in any other decade: 6.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageFaithMilitaryNotableMusic
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Miramichi
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Faith
Patrick William Riordan
1841–1914Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, California
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Miramichi
Another 48, 24 of them leaders.
Kevin Vickers
born 1956Ninth Sergeant-at-Arms of the Canadian House of Commons
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Newcastle, with 18.
Questions about famous people from Miramichi
Who is the most famous person from Miramichi?
The top name is Frank Synott (American ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come John Ralston and Patrick William Riordan.
How many famous people were born in Miramichi?
Wikidata counts 85 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Miramichi known for?
Here the share is 47%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Miramichi?
Alfred A. Green, born in 1828. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Miramichi?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Miramichi’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 (12)
- Frank Synott: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Malone: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyson Dux: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Vickers: United Irish Societies of Montreal, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duane Rousselle: DuaneRousselle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Creighton: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lemuel John Tweedie: Hannay, James, 1842-1910, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Adams: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oswald Smith Crocket: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Conroy: Newbrunswick1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna L. Brown: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Pinder: Krgdd, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).