New Westminster
New Westminster ranks 1,234th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Torgau, Campo Grande, and Tokyo Imperial Palace. Memorable people born in New Westminster include Raymond Burr, Robert Langlands, and Devin Townsend. Memorable people who died in New Westminster include Terry Fox. New Westminster has been the birth place of many actors and mathematicians and the death place of many athletes. New Westminster is located in Canada.
New Westminster is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia in 1858 and continued in that role until the Mainland and Island colonies were merged in 1866. It was the British Columbia Mainland's largest city from that year until it was passed in population by Vancouver during the first decade of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1917 and 2001, New Westminster was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Raymond Burr, Robert Langlands, and Devin Townsend. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in New Westminster including Terry Fox.
People Born in New Westminster
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Raymond Burr
1917 - 1993
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 1
Robert Langlands
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 2
Devin Townsend
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 3
Nicholas Lea
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 4
Patrick Gallagher
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 5
Brendan Fehr
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.47
Rank: 6
Kristin Lehman
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 7
Robert Thirsk
1953 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 8
Aaron Douglas
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.69
Rank: 9
Alexz Johnson
1986 - Present
HPI: 29.54
Rank: 10
Megan Charpentier
2001 - Present
HPI: 23.40
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in New Westminster
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Most individuals born in present day New Westminster were actors (8), mathematicians (1), musicians (1), and astronauts (1), while most who died were athletes (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in New Westminster, including Nicholas Lea, Patrick Gallagher, and Brendan Fehr. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day New Westminster, including Raymond Burr, Nicholas Lea, and Patrick Gallagher.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in New Westminster since 1700.
