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 ...

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 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 ...