Born in Halifax
Halifax
Capital and largest city of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Canadian activist (1914-1965), Canadian actor (born 1974), English singer-songwriter): Viola Desmond, Ty Olsson, Ed Sheeran and some more.
Celebrities from HalifaxCelebrities from Halifax
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91 Oliver Smithies
Biochemistry, genetics, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007
*June 23rd, 1925 †January 10th, 2017, Chapel Hill.jpg "Sarah McLachlan")
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62 Tom Emmett
English professional cricketer (1841-1904)
*September 3rd, 1841 †June 29th, 1904, Leicester
78 Edward Belcher
British naval officer, hydrographer and explorer (1799-1877)
*February 27th, 1799 †March 18th, 1877, London
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Charles Brenton Huggins
American physiologist (1901-1997)
*September 22nd, 1901 †January 12th, 1997, Chicago
86 John Alan Robinson
British-American mathematician (1930-2016)
*March 9th, 1930 †August 5th, 2016, Portland 77
Oswald Avery
Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher
*October 21st, 1877 †February 2nd, 1955, Nashville
82 Peter Coade
Canadian meteorologist and television and radio weather presenter
*February 14th, 1942 62
Nancy Garapick
Canadian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, former world record-holder
*September 24th, 1961 66
Steven Croft
Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of Sheffield; British Anglican bishop and mission theologian
*May 29th, 1957
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Donald MacDonald
Canadian social democratic politician and trade unionist (1909-1986)
*September 12th, 1909 †September 25th, 1986, Ottawa 28
William Grant Stairs
Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer
*July 1st, 1863 †June 9th, 1892, Mozambique 72
Frank Worthington
English footballer (born 1948)
*November 23rd, 1948 †March 22nd, 2021, Huddersfield 49
John Sparrow David Thompson
Prime minister of Canada from 1892 to 1894
*November 10th, 1845 †December 12th, 1894, Windsor Castle
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Henry Briggs
British mathematician (*1561 – †1630)
*February 1st, 1561 †January 26th, 1630, Oxford 49
Anne Lister
English landowner and lesbian diarist
*April 3rd, 1791 †September 22nd, 1840, Kutaisi 56
John Fitzwilliam Stairs
Canadian politician (1848-1904)
*January 19th, 1848 †September 26th, 1904, Toronto 82
Barrie Ingham
English actor (1932-2015)
*February 10th, 1932 †January 23rd, 2015, Palm Beach Gardens 89
Hal Foster
Canadian-American illustrator (1892–1982)
*August 16th, 1892 †July 25th, 1982, Winter Park 90
Alice Chetwynd Ley
British novelist and teacher (1913-2004)
*October 12th, 1913 †January 1st, 2004Birthdays of famous people
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