JH#1
Film, TV & Stage
Joel Thomas Hynes
born 1976Canadian actor and writer
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Division No. 1, Subdivision U, Newfoundland and Labrador
4 famous people call Division No. 1, Subdivision U their birthplace
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian actor and writer Joel Thomas Hynes. The Canadian politician Charlie Power ranks second, ahead of Loyola Sullivan. The first birth on record is Charlie Power’s, in 1948, and the last Keith Hutchings’, in 2000. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joel Thomas Hynes
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1948
Charlie Power
Youngest
2000
Keith Hutchings
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Division No. 1, Subdivision U
Two of the three are leaders.
CP#2
Politics & Law
Charlie Power
born 1948Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LS#3
Politics & Law
Loyola Sullivan
born 1949Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 2 births.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Division No. 1, Subdivision U is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3.4 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Division No. 1, Subdivision U
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Division No. 1, Subdivision U
Who is the most famous person from Division No. 1, Subdivision U?
The top name is Joel Thomas Hynes (Canadian actor and writer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Charlie Power and Loyola Sullivan.
How many famous people were born in Division No. 1, Subdivision U?
Wikidata has 6 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Division No. 1, Subdivision U known for?
Here the share is 75%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Division No. 1, Subdivision U?
Charlie Power, from 1948; the most recent birth on the list is from 2000.
Who counts as from Division No. 1, Subdivision U?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s 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?
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.
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).