#1Famous people · Brooks, Alberta
Ryan Peake tops a list of 10 famous people born in Brooks
Most widely known is Ryan Peake, the Canadian guitarist, with articles in 17 languages. Close behind are Sherraine Schalm and Richard Summerbell. 4 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The list runs from Lennox Grafton, born in 1919, to Harnarayan Singh, born in 1984.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ryan Peake
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1919
Lennox Grafton
Youngest
1984
Harnarayan Singh
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Brooks’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Brooks’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicScience & Medicine
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Brooks
Ryan Peake, Sherraine Schalm and Richard Summerbell are written about in 17, 13 and 5 languages.
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#2
#3Science & Medicine
Richard Summerbell
born 1956Canadian mycologist
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Brooks is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.4 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Everyone else born in Brooks
7 more, from 1919 to 1984.
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Questions about famous people from Brooks
Who is the most famous person from Brooks?
The top name is Ryan Peake (Canadian guitarist), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Sherraine Schalm and Richard Summerbell.
How many famous people were born in Brooks?
Wikidata places 11 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Brooks known for?
30% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brooks?
Lennox Grafton, from 1919; the most recent birth on the list is from 1984.
Who counts as from Brooks?
Born inside Brooks’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Ryan Peake: Jonnylondon11, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherraine Schalm: Edwin Wisse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Summerbell: Ross Fraser, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shane Joseph: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Morishita: Ribbet32, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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