AA#1
Science & Medicine
Alfred Bennison Atherton
1843–1921Canadian physician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Queensbury, New Brunswick
4 famous people call Queensbury their birthplace
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the Canadian physician Alfred Bennison Atherton is the best known. The next two names are William George Clark and James Armstrong. Born in 1830, James Armstrong is the first name on record, and William George Clark, born in 1865, the most recent. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alfred Bennison Atherton
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1830
James Armstrong
Youngest
1865
William George Clark
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Queensbury
Leaders take two of the three places.
WC#2
Politics & Law
William George Clark
1865–1948Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JA#3
Politics & Law
James Armstrong
1830–1893Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Queensbury’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 2.
Politics & LawScience & Medicine
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Queensbury is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.4 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Queensbury
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Queensbury
Who is the most famous person from Queensbury?
Alfred Bennison Atherton (Canadian physician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come William George Clark and James Armstrong.
How many famous people were born in Queensbury?
Of the 6 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Queensbury known for?
75% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Queensbury?
James Armstrong, from 1830; the most recent birth on the list is from 1865.
Who counts as from Queensbury?
Born inside Queensbury’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 (2)
- Frederic McGrand: Government of New Brunswick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Campbell Allen: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), 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).