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Robert Wells
1933–2020Canadian politician
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6 famous people from New-Wes-Valley, many of them leaders
Articles in 4 languages make the Canadian politician Robert Wells the best known. The first birth on record is Samuel J. Hefferton’s, in 1896, and the last Vaughn Granter’s, in 1965. The largest group, 3, was born between Confederation and 1913. Only 11 of the 55 towns in Newfoundland and Labrador with anyone on record list more.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Robert Wells
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1896
Samuel J. Hefferton
Youngest
1965
Vaughn Granter
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5 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What New-Wes-Valley is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.8 times.
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 New-Wes-Valley
Leaders take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When New-Wes-Valley’s famous people were born
The 1890s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in New-Wes-Valley
Still to come: 3 more, from 1896 to 1965.
Vaughn Granter
born 1965Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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Questions about famous people from New-Wes-Valley
Who is the most famous person from New-Wes-Valley?
Robert Wells (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come David Blackwood and Lester Burry.
How many famous people were born in New-Wes-Valley?
Wikidata places 7 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is New-Wes-Valley known for?
Here the share is 83%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from New-Wes-Valley?
The earliest is Samuel J. Hefferton, born in 1896, and the latest birth listed is 1965.
Who counts as from New-Wes-Valley?
The list takes people born within New-Wes-Valley’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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).