FR#1
Politics & Law
Frederick William Rowe
1912–1994Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador
Lewisporte is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Frederick William Rowe, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The other is Joseph W. Noseworthy, the Canadian politician. The first birth on record is Joseph W. Noseworthy’s, in 1888, and the last Frederick William Rowe’s, in 1912. No town in Newfoundland and Labrador lists more than St. John's, with 267.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Frederick William Rowe
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1888
Joseph W. Noseworthy
Youngest
1912
Frederick William Rowe
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Lewisporte
#2Politics & Law
Joseph W. Noseworthy
1888–1956Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Questions about famous people from Lewisporte
Who is the most famous person from Lewisporte?
The top name is Frederick William Rowe (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Joseph W. Noseworthy.
What is Lewisporte known for?
100% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lewisporte?
Joseph W. Noseworthy, born in 1888. The youngest on the list was born in 1912.
Who counts as from Lewisporte?
Born inside Lewisporte’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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 (1)
- Joseph W. Noseworthy: Arthur Roy, Public domain, 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).