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Politics & Law
Arthur Maxwell House
1926–2013Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Glovertown, Newfoundland and Labrador
A single famous person was born in Glovertown: Arthur Maxwell House
The Canadian politician Arthur Maxwell House was born in 1926. That places their birth between 1914 and 1945. Their name appears in articles in 4 languages. Go 15 km to Gambo and the list grows to 5, with Joey Smallwood at the top.
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Arthur Maxwell House
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Arthur Maxwell House
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Questions about famous people from Glovertown
Who is the most famous person from Glovertown?
Arthur Maxwell House (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them.
How many famous people were born in Glovertown?
Count on the list: 1, each born in Glovertown according to Wikidata and an English or French Wikipedia article.
What is Glovertown known for?
Of the 1 on the list, 1 are leaders. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who counts as from Glovertown?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Glovertown’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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).