#1Sports
Corey Neilson
born 1976British-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Oromocto, New Brunswick
Leaders stand out among the 6 famous people born in Oromocto
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the British-Canadian ice hockey player and coach Corey Neilson. John Douglas Hazen, the Canadian politician, comes second, with Jenica Atwin third. 3 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. From John Douglas Hazen to Jenica Atwin, the births on the list run from 1860 to 1987.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Corey Neilson
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1860
John Douglas Hazen
Youngest
1987
Jenica Atwin
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Oromocto is known for
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 Oromocto’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Politics & LawSports
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Oromocto
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2Politics & Law
John Douglas Hazen
1860–1937Canadian politician
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Jenica Atwin
born 1987Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Oromocto
3 more, from 1917 to 1982.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 5.
Questions about famous people from Oromocto
Who is the most famous person from Oromocto?
Corey Neilson (British-Canadian ice hockey player and coach) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come John Douglas Hazen and Jenica Atwin.
How many famous people were born in Oromocto?
Wikidata places 7 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Oromocto known for?
67% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oromocto?
John Douglas Hazen, from 1860; the most recent birth on the list is from 1987.
Who counts as from Oromocto?
Born inside Oromocto’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?
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 (5)
- Corey Neilson: Florian Dehn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Douglas Hazen: Hannay, James, 1842-1910, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenica Atwin: The Dennis Report, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine Pendrel: Sapin88, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Burpee: William James Topley, 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).