CG#1
Politics & Law
Clarence Gosse
1912–1996Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
2 famous people were born in Spaniard's Bay
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian politician Clarence Gosse. The only other name is the Canadian politician and magistrate Claude Sheppard. Nearby, Carbonear, 14 km away, lists 17, led by Daniel Cleary. Clarence Gosse (1912) and Claude Sheppard (1916) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Clarence Gosse
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1912
Clarence Gosse
Youngest
1916
Claude Sheppard
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Spaniard's Bay
CS#2
Politics & Law
Claude Sheppard
1916–2001Canadian politician and magistrate
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Spaniard's Bay
Who is the most famous person from Spaniard's Bay?
The top name is Clarence Gosse (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Claude Sheppard.
What is Spaniard's Bay known for?
100% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Spaniard's Bay?
Clarence Gosse (1912). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1916.
Who counts as from Spaniard's Bay?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Spaniard's Bay’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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)
- Daniel Cleary: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Korab: Bjarte Hetland, CC BY 2.5, 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).