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Politics & Law
James Robinson
1852–1932Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Nelson, New Brunswick
James Robinson, born in 1852, is Nelson’s famous person on record
In 1852, the Canadian politician James Robinson was born. Their birth falls before Confederation. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. Daniel Chaplin heads the list in Southesk, 11 km away, which has 2 names.
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James Robinson
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1852
James Robinson
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Politics & Law
1 person
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Questions about famous people from Nelson
Who is the most famous person from Nelson?
James Robinson (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them.
How many famous people were born in Nelson?
Born in Nelson and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1.
What is Nelson known for?
Of the 1 on the list, 1 are leaders. They make up 100% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who counts as from Nelson?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Nelson’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).