Robert Bartlett, explorer - led a record of over 40 expeditions to the Arctic, carried American Robert Peary on his journey to the North Pole and was involved in several brave, long-distance rescues o
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"...of other stranded explorers." This guy should have a movie made about him for sure. One rescue involved him essentially walking 700 MILES to save a stranded ship's crew!
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Top 10 Famous and Notable People Born in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Cluny MacPherson, physician/inventor - developed the first gas mask used by the British army
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Walter "Bill" Clark, detective/veteran/writer/producer - joined the U.S. army for Vietnam, worked in the New York police dept. and wrote and produced popular drama NYPD Blue
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William Coaker, leader/politician - founder of the Fisherman's Protective Union which was the first organized labour committee that eventually covered numerous branches of the industry
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Natasha Henstridge, actress/model
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Maurice Prendergast, artist - post-impressionist painter who found success in America
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E.J. Pratt, poet - considered one of the best poets in Canada in the first half of the 20th century
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Shannon Tweed, actress/model
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Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris, lawyer/politician - only Newfoundlander to be honoured with British peerage
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Frederick Carter, lawyer/politician - lobbied for confederation
