Howard from the Halifax adverts is one of those bizarre celebrities who could have only come to fame in the early 2000s. A staple of the bank's adverts for nearly a decade, the former cashier ...

Having lived there for more than 75 years, Gus has become a mascot of sorts for the popular museum in central Halifax. He emerged from a golf-ball-sized egg in the southern United States in the 1920s.

Howard from the Halifax adverts rose to fame in the early 2000s. He was a mainstay of the bank's commercials for nearly 10 years, with the former cashier becoming an overnight sensation due to his ...