From 1845 to 1976, Bedford was the birthplace of 8 famous people

By our measure the best known is Cecil Hart (Canadian ice hockey coach); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come William Warren Lynch and Marcellus Gilmore Edson.

Of the 13 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.

38% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.

William Warren Lynch (1845). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1976.

Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Bedford’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.

Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up at the next refresh.