BT#1
Politics & Law
Beaton Tulk
1944–2019Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Division No. 8, Subdivision L, Newfoundland and Labrador
2 famous people were born in Division No. 8, Subdivision L
At the top of the list is the Canadian politician Beaton Tulk, covered in 4 languages. The other is Gary L. Saunders, the Canadian writer and artist. Gary L. Saunders (1935) and Beaton Tulk (1944) mark the two ends of the list. No town in Newfoundland and Labrador lists more than St. John's, with 267.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Beaton Tulk
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1935
Gary L. Saunders
Youngest
1944
Beaton Tulk
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Division No. 8, Subdivision L
GS#2
Writing & Arts
Gary L. Saunders
born 1935Canadian writer and artist
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Division No. 8, Subdivision L is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Questions about famous people from Division No. 8, Subdivision L
Who is the most famous person from Division No. 8, Subdivision L?
Beaton Tulk (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Gary L. Saunders.
How many famous people were born in Division No. 8, Subdivision L?
Wikidata counts 3 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Division No. 8, Subdivision L known for?
50% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Division No. 8, Subdivision L?
The earliest is Gary L. Saunders, born in 1935, and the latest birth listed is 1944.
Who counts as from Division No. 8, Subdivision L?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Division No. 8, Subdivision L’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.
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.
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