KD#1
Film, TV & Stage
Karyn Dwyer
1975–2018Canadian actress
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
Leaders stand out among the 28 famous people born in Corner Brook
Articles in 11 languages make the Canadian actress Karyn Dwyer the best known. Keith Brown is second and Gudie Hutchings third. 15 of them were born between 1946 and 1969, more than in any other period. Among the 55 towns in Newfoundland and Labrador with famous people on record, the town ranks 2nd.
Born here
28
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Karyn Dwyer
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1901
Charles Ballram
Youngest
1984
Stephanie LeDrew
Most common field
Politics & Law
15 people
What stands out about Corner Brook’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Corner Brook is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Corner Brook’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 6 births.
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Corner Brook
KB#2
#3Politics & Law
Gudie Hutchings
born 1959Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Corner Brook
The rest number 25, with 14 leaders among them.
Cathy Bennett
born 1964Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Corner Brook
Who is the most famous person from Corner Brook?
The top name is Karyn Dwyer (Canadian actress), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Keith Brown and Gudie Hutchings.
How many famous people were born in Corner Brook?
Wikidata has 39 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Corner Brook known for?
They make up 54% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Corner Brook?
Charles Ballram, born in 1901. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Corner Brook?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Corner Brook’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?
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 (8)
- Gudie Hutchings: Dover1958, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry Byrne: Photo : Matt Campbell. Published by: Michael Ignatieff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason King: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Watton: Canadian Film Centre, Sam Santos / George Pimentel Photography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alison Coffin: Pinkpanda08, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathy Bennett: MirandaRights89, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irma Gerd: DVSROSS, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Alcock: Vancouver Film School, 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).