#1Film, TV & Stage
Kate Corbett
born 1992Canadian actress
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador
3 famous people were born in Holyrood from 1867 to 1992
At the top of the list is the Canadian actress Kate Corbett, covered in 6 languages. The Canadian politician Albert Walsh ranks second, ahead of John Lewis. Conception Bay South, 16 km off, can claim 5 famous people, the best known Ken McDonald. Per head, the list is long: 10.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador has 6.1.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kate Corbett
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1867
John Lewis
Youngest
1992
Kate Corbett
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Holyrood
Counted by languages, Kate Corbett is ahead of Albert Walsh and John Lewis: 6, 5 and 2.
#1AW#2
Politics & Law
Albert Walsh
1900–1958Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JL#3
Politics & Law
John Lewis
1867–1922Newfoundland politician from Canada, born 1867
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Holyrood is known for
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Questions about famous people from Holyrood
Who is the most famous person from Holyrood?
Kate Corbett (Canadian actress) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Albert Walsh and John Lewis.
How many famous people were born in Holyrood?
Wikidata has 4 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Holyrood known for?
They make up 67% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Holyrood?
The earliest is John Lewis, born in 1867, and the latest birth listed is 1992.
Who counts as from Holyrood?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Holyrood’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off 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 (2)
- Kate Corbett: George Pimental, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken McDonald: Dover1958, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).