BS#1
Politics & Law
Benjamin Franklin Smith
1865–1944Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Scott Davis · CC BY 2.5Famous people · Wakefield, New Brunswick
2 famous people were born in Wakefield
Benjamin Franklin Smith, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The list has one more: the wife of Premier of New brunswick Aida McAnn Flemming. Within 12 km, Woodstock lists the most: 27, with Blaine Higgs first. The earliest on the list is Benjamin Franklin Smith, born in 1865, and the youngest Aida McAnn Flemming, born in 1896.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Benjamin Franklin Smith
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1865
Benjamin Franklin Smith
Youngest
1896
Aida McAnn Flemming
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Wakefield
AF#2
Writing & Arts
Aida McAnn Flemming
1896–1994Wife of Premier of New Brunswick
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Wakefield is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Questions about famous people from Wakefield
Who is the most famous person from Wakefield?
Benjamin Franklin Smith (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Aida McAnn Flemming.
What is Wakefield known for?
50% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wakefield?
Benjamin Franklin Smith, from 1865; the most recent birth on the list is from 1896.
Who counts as from Wakefield?
Born inside Wakefield’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?
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 (1)
- Blaine Higgs: New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick, 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).