#1Sports
René Duprée
born 1983Canadian professional wrestler
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Moncton, New Brunswick
Of the 135 famous people born in Moncton, an unusual share are leaders
René Duprée, the Canadian professional wrestler, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. Second and third on the list are Trudy Mackay and Terry Moore. The largest group, 47, was born between 1946 and 1969. For every 10,000 residents there are 13.2 on the list, well above the typical New Brunswick town’s 8.7.
Born here
135
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
René Duprée
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1818
James Steadman
Youngest
1997
Philippe Myers
Most common field
Sports
46 people
What stands out about Moncton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Moncton’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 25 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageNotableBusinessMilitaryFaith
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Moncton is known for
Moncton has 1.5× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Moncton
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Science & Medicine
Trudy Mackay
born 1952Canadian geneticist
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
TM#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Moncton
A further 132 follow, born between 1818 and 1997.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Dieppe leads the towns around it, with 7 names.
Questions about famous people from Moncton
Who is the most famous person from Moncton?
René Duprée (Canadian professional wrestler) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Trudy Mackay and Terry Moore.
How many famous people were born in Moncton?
Wikidata has 196 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Moncton known for?
34% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Moncton?
James Steadman (1818). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Moncton?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Moncton’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. Moncton is also the name of another municipality in New Brunswick: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Moncton”, so the other place can’t be ruled out.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (43)
- René Duprée: Miguel Discart Photos Vrac 2, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Pickard: ArtBrom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robb Wells: Jason Bain / Copyright: Sun Media, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Doiron: Scott Woods-Fehr from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Myers: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Gamble: TGC-Topps Gum Cards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joël Bourgeois: Gianina Lindsey, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Bowness: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Jardine: Unknown author Self-Scanned, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- France Daigle: Brunorico, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordie Drillon: Hockey publicity photo c 1940 (Life time: pre-1949, copyright expired), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claudette Bradshaw: Neshan H. Naltchayan / Department of Labor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Rand: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford William Robinson: Arthur Roy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Judy Sgro: Michael Ignatieff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymonde April: Fabienne Bilodeau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Murphy: Verne Equinox at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Graham: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cynthia Dunsford: Cynthia Dunsford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joyce Slipp: The Dennis Report, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Irving: Peters117, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Minglewood: Aloha27, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Mitton: 20poppy22, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Pogonat: Mangolina22, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cayouche: Robert Bouchard, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jasper Wood: Jasperwood, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael de Adder: Pierre5018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Bruce Fitch: Verne Equinox, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Goguen: Calvin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandy Ferguson: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Cormier: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Williams-Taylor: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel Robichaud: Eabasque, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Williams: Wildman Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Edgar: Eabasque, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yves Cormier: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie France Noël: ArtActuelNI, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George E. Watson: ACME Newspictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Bossé: Annie France Noël, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William F. Humphrey: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ginette Petitpas Taylor: AllianceON, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Miller: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Smith: unknown, 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).