#1Film, TV & Stage
Percy Hynes White
born 2001Canadian actor
29 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Of the 267 famous people born in St. John's, an unusual share are business people
Articles in 29 languages make the Canadian actor Percy Hynes White the best known. Second and third on the list are Shannon Tweed and Brad Gushue. St. John's’ list is the longest of any town in Newfoundland and Labrador. 70 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period.
Born here
267
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Percy Hynes White
29 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1740
William Denning
Youngest
2003
Abby Newhook
Most common field
Politics & Law
87 people
What stands out about St. John's’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What St. John's is known for
Set against the usual town, business people come out 2.3 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When St. John's’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 30.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicBusinessMilitaryScience & MedicineFaithNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in St. John's
Performers take two of the three places.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Shannon Tweed
born 1957Canadian actress and model
25 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in St. John's
264 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Bruce Aylward
born 2000Canadian physician, epidemiologist, Senior Advisor to the Director-General, WHO
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Marit Stiles
born 1969Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP), Ontario MPP for Davenport
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Stephen Dunn
born 1989Canadian director, screenwriter producer and web series creator
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Gwynne Dyer
born 1943British-Canadian military historian, author, professor, journalist, broadcaster, and retired naval officer
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
Janet Morison Miller
1891–1946Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Mary Lou Farrell
1942–2011Canadian actress, singer and beauty pageant winner
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
George Edward MacKenzie Skues
born 1858British lawyer, author and fly fisherman
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Mount Pearl has the most on record: 5.
Questions about famous people from St. John's
Who is the most famous person from St. John's?
Percy Hynes White (Canadian actor) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Shannon Tweed and Brad Gushue.
How many famous people were born in St. John's?
Of the 358 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is St. John's known for?
33% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from St. John's?
William Denning (1740). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2003.
Who counts as from St. John's?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside St. John's’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on 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 (76)
- Percy Hynes White: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shannon Tweed: Glenn Francis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Gushue: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Watson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark O'Brien: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Prendergast: Gertrude Käsebier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl English: Wuzzy69, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Archibald: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Teddy Purcell: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Aylward: Salesforce.org, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Crosbie: His_Honour,_John_C._Crosbie..jpg : N. Ayad, Cupids Celebrations derivative work: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Walsh: Neelix at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Mercer: Simon Fraser University Public Affairs and Media Relations, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Pratt: Eiratydfel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Downey: Thecrew2008 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Greening: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Williams: Andrew Spearin for The Sheaf & Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Brian: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Furey: Presidencia de la República Mexicana, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marit Stiles: LGOntario, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ambrose Shea: User Magnus Manske on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Furey: Joshua Qualls (Massachusetts Governor's Press Office), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Gordon Bradley: National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada / C-031327, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Rowe: GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seamus O'Regan: Ambassador_Jacobson_and_CTV_Canada_AM's_Seamus_O'Regan.jpg : US Mission Canada derivative work: Athenchen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Dunn: hinnk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amelia Curran: Newfoundlandguy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyprian Bridge: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Joseph Greene: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Jamieson: Jjmoxy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug O'Brien: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed White: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Carter: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Bambrick: GurlTalk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Harris: Matt Jiggins, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Slaney: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathy Jones: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hpatey/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwynne Dyer: Der Rabe Ralf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Druken: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Canning: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Andrews: Georges Alexander, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Casey: Chelsey Rogerson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas J. Clunie: Oscar T. Shuck (Ed.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Johnston: Dan Harasymchuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alastair Mars: Roper F G (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Hallett: Queenoffolk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Prendergast: Leó Kóber, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Bishop: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James L. Gallogly: Staff photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Skinner: Not identified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Denning: John Vanderlyn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Croskerry: JamesHoyt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris: Bain News Service (publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Morris: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gurratan Singh: OFL Communications Department, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Dinn: Winnifred2011, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Shea: Bassano, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Duley: Anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Osborne: JReynolds00, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach O'Brien: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zebulon Aiton Lash: The Civilian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abby Newhook: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Cole: Howard Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Fewer: Wiily1231, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Pomeroy: Ajbaptiste, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis O'Keefe: US Mission Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar L. McCoubrey: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George John Bond: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry J. B. Woods: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Foster: Andrewwinter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Salter Earle: Unknown (Richard Hibbs is the publisher and editor), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard Stick: Photographer unknown or not stated in source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maggie Connors: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pasha Malla: Pasha_Malla_and_Zoe_Whittall.jpg : Damien D. derivative work: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Lee: Saruwine, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).