#1Famous people · Sussex, New Brunswick
17 famous people from Sussex, many of them leaders
Christian Meier, the road bicycle racer, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Between 1946 and 1969, 9 were born, the most of any period. From Richard Chapman Weldon to Christian Meier, the births on the list run from 1849 to 1985. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
17
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Christian Meier
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1849
Richard Chapman Weldon
Youngest
1985
Christian Meier
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
What stands out about Sussex’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sussex is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Sussex’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 6.
Politics & LawSportsMusicScience & Medicine
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Sussex
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2Sports
Melanie Robillard
born 1982Canadian and German female curler
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
William Pugsley
1850–1925Canadian politician
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sussex
14 more, from 1849 to 1981.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Sussex, at 2.
Questions about famous people from Sussex
Who is the most famous person from Sussex?
Christian Meier (road bicycle racer) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Melanie Robillard and William Pugsley.
How many famous people were born in Sussex?
Wikidata has 18 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Sussex known for?
53% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sussex?
Richard Chapman Weldon, born in 1849. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Sussex?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Sussex’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list. Sussex is also the name of another municipality in New Brunswick: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Sussex”, so the other place can’t be ruled out.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (8)
- Christian Meier: Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie Robillard: Brian Holsclaw, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Pugsley: Photographer: Erb, Isaac & Son., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Chapman Weldon: Edmund Wyly Grier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Flemming: Newbrunswick1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Crossman: Newbrunswick1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank McKenna: Petty Officer 1st Class Shane Wallenda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Augustus Stockton: Montreal Perrault Print. Co, 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).