#1Science & Medicine
Harry R. Wellman
1899–1997American academic
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Cardston County, Alberta
3 famous people call Cardston County their birthplace
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the American academic Harry R. Wellman. Alvin Bullock and Alissa St. Laurent follow. Born in 1899, Harry R. Wellman is the first name on record, and Alissa St. Laurent, born in 1984, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.1, while at least half the towns in Alberta list nobody born there.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Harry R. Wellman
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1899
Harry R. Wellman
Youngest
1984
Alissa St. Laurent
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known
Born in Cardston County
Harry R.
#1AB#2
Politics & Law
Alvin Bullock
1906–1993Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AL#3
Notable
Alissa St. Laurent
born 1984Canadian athletics competitor
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Cardston County is known for
The field with the most names is Science & Medicine: 1.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Cardston’s, with 17.
Questions about famous people from Cardston County
Who is the most famous person from Cardston County?
The top name is Harry R. Wellman (American academic), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Alvin Bullock and Alissa St. Laurent.
What is Cardston County known for?
33% here, set against 5% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cardston County?
Harry R. Wellman, from 1899; the most recent birth on the list is from 1984.
Who counts as from Cardston County?
Born inside Cardston County’s 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?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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 (2)
- Harry R. Wellman: Credited to TIOSO, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fay Wray: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).