RM#1
Film, TV & Stage
Rick May
1940–2020American voice and theatre actor
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Bassano, Alberta
Of the 8 famous people born in Bassano, an unusual share are leaders
The best known is the American voice and theatre actor Rick May, with articles in 9 languages. Jim Henshaw, the Canadian actor, comes second, with Jason Hale third. The oldest name on the list belongs to Lewis Clark, born in 1923, the newest to Jason Hale, born in 1969. No town in Alberta lists more than Edmonton, with 1,033.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Rick May
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1923
Lewis Clark
Youngest
1969
Jason Hale
Most common field
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4 people
What stands out about Bassano’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bassano is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.3 times the usual share.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Bassano’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
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Everyone else born in Bassano
5 more names, born between 1923 and 1958.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Bassano
Who is the most famous person from Bassano?
Rick May (American voice and theatre actor) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Jim Henshaw and Jason Hale.
How many famous people were born in Bassano?
Wikidata has 10 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Bassano known for?
They make up 50% here, compared with 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bassano?
Lewis Clark, born in 1923. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Bassano?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Bassano’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).