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Famous people · St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 35 famous people born in St. Stephen
At the top of the list is the Canadian canoeist Stephen Giles, covered in 16 languages. 13 of them were born between Confederation and 1913, more than in any other period. The first birth on record is George Stilman Hill’s, in 1794, and the last Tim Patterson’s, in 2000. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970.
Born here
35
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Stephen Giles
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1794
George Stilman Hill
Youngest
2000
Tim Patterson
Most common field
Politics & Law
16 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What St. Stephen is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is scientists and doctors, at 2.5 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.
The best known
Born in St. Stephen
#2Music
Henry Burr
1882–1941Canadian singer, radio performer and producer
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EK#3
Film, TV & Stage
Eric Keenleyside
born 1957Canadian actor
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When St. Stephen’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 6.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicBusinessFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in St. Stephen
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, only Saint David has someone listed.
Questions about famous people from St. Stephen
Who is the most famous person from St. Stephen?
Stephen Giles (Canadian canoeist) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Henry Burr and Eric Keenleyside.
How many famous people were born in St. Stephen?
Wikidata has 48 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is St. Stephen known for?
Here the share is 46%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from St. Stephen?
The earliest is George Stilman Hill, born in 1794, and the latest birth listed is 2000.
Who counts as from St. Stephen?
The list takes people born within St. Stephen’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (6)
- Henry Burr: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Sweeney: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Frederick Todd: Studio Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margherita Arlina Hamm: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Howard Crocker: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W.C.H. Grimmer: Unknown author, 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).