BP#1
Politics & Law
Brian Peckford
born 1942Canadian politician
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Miguel Tremblay · CC0Famous people · Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador
Whitbourne is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 6 languages make the Canadian politician Brian Peckford the best known. The only other name is the Canadian academic administrator Raymond Gushue. From Raymond Gushue in 1900 to Brian Peckford in 1942, the births cover 42 years. The longest list of any town in Newfoundland and Labrador belongs to St. John's, with 267.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brian Peckford
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1900
Raymond Gushue
Youngest
1942
Brian Peckford
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Whitbourne
RG#2
Science & Medicine
Raymond Gushue
1900–1980Canadian academic administrator
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Whitbourne is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Questions about famous people from Whitbourne
Who is the most famous person from Whitbourne?
By our measure the best known is Brian Peckford (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Raymond Gushue.
What is Whitbourne known for?
50% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Whitbourne?
Raymond Gushue, from 1900; the most recent birth on the list is from 1942.
Who counts as from Whitbourne?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Whitbourne’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.
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