Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people from Perth
No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Perth. In New Brunswick, 120 towns have someone on the list. Perth-Andover, 6 km away, has 6 on its list, the best known Denis Côté. The longest list of any town in New Brunswick belongs to Saint John, with 252.
Who’s listed here
Someone is listed here when Wikidata places their birth inside Perth’s municipal boundary and their English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Perth as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Perth
Nearby towns with at least one name on record: 2.
Questions about famous people from Perth
Who counts as from Perth?
Born inside Perth’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.
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).