#1Politics & Law
Blaine Higgs
born 1954Canadian politician
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Woodstock, New Brunswick
Of the 27 famous people born in Woodstock, an unusual share are leaders
Blaine Higgs, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are Myles Goodwyn and George Black. Between 1946 and 1969, 10 were born, the most of any period. Births span 1834 to 1975, from Henry A. Connell to Richard Bragdon.
Born here
27
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Blaine Higgs
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1834
Henry A. Connell
Youngest
1975
Richard Bragdon
Most common field
Politics & Law
20 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Woodstock 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.
The best known
Born in Woodstock
Leaders take two of the three places.
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George Black
1873–1965Canadian politician and lawyer
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Woodstock’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 6 births.
Politics & LawMusicNotableWriting & ArtsBusinessSports
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Woodstock
24 more, 18 of them leaders.
George Frederick Clarke
1883–1974New Brunswick author, historian and archaeologist
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Hartland, with 5.
Questions about famous people from Woodstock
Who is the most famous person from Woodstock?
Blaine Higgs (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Myles Goodwyn and George Black.
How many famous people were born in Woodstock?
Wikidata counts 33 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Woodstock known for?
They make up 74% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Woodstock?
Henry A. Connell (1834). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1975.
Who counts as from Woodstock?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Woodstock’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. Woodstock is also the name of another municipality in New Brunswick: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Woodstock”, so the other place can’t be ruled out.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (7)
- Blaine Higgs: New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Myles Goodwyn: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Black: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Kidd Flemming: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Minnie Bell Sharp: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Burrill: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thegrantyouknow/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Munson: Michael Ignatieff, CC BY 2.0, 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).