SS#1
Sports
Sheldon Souray
born 1976Canadian ice hockey player
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Elk Point, Alberta
6 famous people were born in Elk Point, more of them athletes than in most towns
Articles in 12 languages make the Canadian ice hockey player Sheldon Souray the best known. The next two names are Mark Letestu and Adam Kleeberger. Since 1970, 3 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is Walt Buck, born in 1930, and the youngest Mark Letestu, born in 1985.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sheldon Souray
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1930
Walt Buck
Youngest
1985
Mark Letestu
Most common field
Sports
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Elk Point is known for
Elk Point has 1.8× the usual share of athletes.
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 Elk Point’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Elk Point
The three best known are all athletes.
ML#2
Sports
Mark Letestu
born 1985Canadian ice hockey player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AK#3
Sports
Adam Kleeberger
born 1984Canadian rugby union player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Elk Point
3 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Elk Point
Who is the most famous person from Elk Point?
The top name is Sheldon Souray (Canadian ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Mark Letestu and Adam Kleeberger.
How many famous people were born in Elk Point?
Wikidata places 7 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Elk Point known for?
67% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Elk Point?
The earliest is Walt Buck, born in 1930, and the latest birth listed is 1985.
Who counts as from Elk Point?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Elk Point’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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).