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Kris Russell
born 1987Canadian ice hockey defenceman
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Clearwater County, Alberta
The 5 famous people born in Clearwater County, led by Kris Russell
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey defenceman Kris Russell, with articles in 11 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian ice hockey player Jim Vandermeer, third to Barry Mather. 2 of them were born since 1970. The oldest name on the list belongs to Barry Mather, born in 1909, the newest to Kris Russell, born in 1987.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kris Russell
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1909
Barry Mather
Youngest
1987
Kris Russell
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Clearwater County’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Clearwater County’s famous people were born
Politics & LawSports
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Clearwater County
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2Sports
Jim Vandermeer
born 1980Canadian ice hockey player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Barry Mather
1909–1982Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Clearwater County is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.7 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 Clearwater County
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Rocky Mountain House, at 10.
Questions about famous people from Clearwater County
Who is the most famous person from Clearwater County?
Kris Russell (Canadian ice hockey defenceman) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Jim Vandermeer and Barry Mather.
How many famous people were born in Clearwater County?
Wikidata places 6 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Clearwater County known for?
Here the share is 60%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Clearwater County?
Barry Mather (1909). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Clearwater County?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Clearwater County’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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 (4)
- Kris Russell: Dmbrowne, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Vandermeer: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Mather: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kurt Browning: The original uploader was NightThree at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, 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).