#1Politics & Law
Ken McDonald
born 1959Canadian politician and maintenance, repair, and operations
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Famous people · Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador
5 famous people call Conception Bay South their birthplace
Best known of all is Ken McDonald, written about in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Ciaran Hearn and Nick Wall. From Phebe Florence Miller to Ciaran Hearn, the births on the list run from 1889 to 1985. The list comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 residents, below the 6.1 of the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ken McDonald
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1889
Phebe Florence Miller
Youngest
1985
Ciaran Hearn
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Conception Bay South
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2Sports
Ciaran Hearn
born 1985Canadian rugby union and sevens player
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Through the years
When Conception Bay South’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & Arts
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Conception Bay South is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Conception Bay South
2 more, best known first.
Phebe Florence Miller
1889–1979Phebe Florence Miller, poet, nature lover and patron of the arts page
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is St. John's’, at 267 names.
Questions about famous people from Conception Bay South
Who is the most famous person from Conception Bay South?
Ken McDonald (Canadian politician and maintenance, repair, and operations) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Ciaran Hearn and Nick Wall.
How many famous people were born in Conception Bay South?
Wikidata places 7 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Conception Bay South known for?
They make up 40% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Conception Bay South?
Phebe Florence Miller, from 1889; the most recent birth on the list is from 1985.
Who counts as from Conception Bay South?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Conception Bay South’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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)
- Ken McDonald: Dover1958, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ciaran Hearn: Warwick Gastinger, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry French: Sandra Roach, Bay Roberts Cultural Foundation, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Hynes White: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Lee: Saruwine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Corbett: George Pimental, 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).