BL#1
Politics & Law
Bonar Law
1858–1923Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923
67 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Rexton, New Brunswick
7 famous people were born in Rexton, more of them leaders than in most towns
With articles in 67 languages, Bonar Law is the most widely known. Second and third on the list are Shawn Graham and Angela Vautour. 2 of them were born before Confederation, the first Bonar Law in 1858. The largest group, 3, was born between 1946 and 1969.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bonar Law
67 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1858
Bonar Law
Youngest
1968
Shawn Graham
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Rexton is known for
Rexton has 3.9× the usual share of leaders.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
The best known
Born in Rexton
All three are leaders.
SG#2
Politics & Law
Shawn Graham
born 1968Premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AV#3
Politics & Law
Angela Vautour
born 1960Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Rexton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1850s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rexton
The other 4 span the years 1859 to 1953.
Allen Elward
1892–1982American football player and coach, basketball coach, athletics administrator
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Rexton, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Rexton
Who is the most famous person from Rexton?
Bonar Law (prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Shawn Graham and Angela Vautour.
How many famous people were born in Rexton?
Wikidata places 8 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Rexton known for?
They make up 86% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rexton?
The earliest is Bonar Law, born in 1858, and the latest birth listed is 1968.
Who counts as from Rexton?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Rexton’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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).