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Photo: Haydn Blackey · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Pouch Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
The 2 famous people born in Pouch Cove, led by Jonny Harris
Most widely known is Jonny Harris, the Canadian actor, with articles in 11 languages. The only other name is the Canadian musician Patrick Moran. Flatrock, 6 km away, has 3 on its list, the best known Herbert Pottle. The list’s best known name, Jonny Harris, dates from 1975.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jonny Harris
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1975
Jonny Harris
Youngest
1975
Patrick Moran
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Pouch Cove
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Known for
What Pouch Cove is known for
Share of Pouch Cove’s famous people in each field.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Pouch Cove
Who is the most famous person from Pouch Cove?
Jonny Harris (Canadian actor) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Patrick Moran.
What is Pouch Cove known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 10%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pouch Cove?
Jonny Harris, from 1975; the most recent birth on the list is from 1975.
Who counts as from Pouch Cove?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Pouch Cove’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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.
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).