#1Film, TV & Stage
Sara Canning
born 1987Canadian actress
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
Of the 13 famous people born in Gander, an unusual share are leaders
At the top of the list is the Canadian actress Sara Canning, covered in 35 languages. Marion Pardy, born in 1942, is the earliest name and Dan Crummell, born in 2000, the latest. The list is still growing: 6 were born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 55 towns in Newfoundland and Labrador with famous people list more.
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sara Canning
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1942
Marion Pardy
Youngest
2000
Dan Crummell
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
What stands out about Gander’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Gander’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 3.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageSportsMusicNotableFaith
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Gander is known for
Gander has 1.8× the usual share of leaders.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
The best known
Born in Gander
Two of the three are performers.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Brad Peyton
born 1978Canadian director and writer
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DB#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Gander
The other 10 span the years 1942 to 2000.
Dan Crummell
born 2000Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Gander
Who is the most famous person from Gander?
By our measure the best known is Sara Canning (Canadian actress); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Brad Peyton and Don Bartlett.
How many famous people were born in Gander?
Wikidata places 15 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Gander known for?
38% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gander?
Marion Pardy (1942). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Gander?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Gander’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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Sara Canning: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Peyton: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Matthews: Michael Matthews, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Cleary: Matt Jiggins, CC BY-SA 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).