#1Sports
Alex Faulkner
1936–2025Canadian ice hockey player
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Famous people · Bishop's Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador
Bishop's Falls is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Most widely known is Alex Faulkner, the Canadian ice hockey player, with articles in 4 languages. The next two names are Scott Simms and George Faulkner. George Faulkner, born in 1933, is the earliest name and Scott Simms, born in 1969, the latest. The list comes to 15.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.1 in the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alex Faulkner
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1933
George Faulkner
Youngest
1969
Scott Simms
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Bishop's Falls
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#2Politics & Law
Scott Simms
born 1969Canadian politician
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#3Sports
George Faulkner
1933–2025Professional hockey player born 1933
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Bishop's Falls’s famous people were born
The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Politics & LawSports
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Bishop's Falls is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.7 times the usual share.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bishop's Falls
Of the other 2, 2 are leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Grand Falls-Windsor has the longest list next door: 11.
Questions about famous people from Bishop's Falls
Who is the most famous person from Bishop's Falls?
By our measure the best known is Alex Faulkner (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Scott Simms and George Faulkner.
What is Bishop's Falls known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 60%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bishop's Falls?
George Faulkner, born in 1933. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Bishop's Falls?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Bishop's Falls’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Alex Faulkner: Sherwood5030, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Simms: WilliamNorman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Faulkner: Sherwood5030, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).