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Sports
Bob "Butch" Barber
1943–2019Canadian ice hockey defenceman
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Markus Säynevirta · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Fairview, Alberta
3 famous people were born in Fairview
Most widely known is Bob "Butch" Barber, the Canadian ice hockey defenceman, with articles in 2 languages. Close behind are Glen Clegg and Gary Friedel. Births span 1933 to 1943, from Glen Clegg to Bob "Butch" Barber. For every 10,000 residents the town has 10.3, while at least half the towns in Alberta list nobody born there.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bob "Butch" Barber
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1933
Glen Clegg
Youngest
1943
Bob "Butch" Barber
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Fairview
Two of the three are leaders.
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Known for
What Fairview is known for
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Questions about famous people from Fairview
Who is the most famous person from Fairview?
The top name is Bob "Butch" Barber (Canadian ice hockey defenceman), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Glen Clegg and Gary Friedel.
How many famous people were born in Fairview?
Wikidata counts 5 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Fairview known for?
67% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fairview?
Glen Clegg, from 1933; the most recent birth on the list is from 1943.
Who counts as from Fairview?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Fairview’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?
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.
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).