#1Film, TV & Stage
Erin Karpluk
born 1978Canadian actress
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Famous people · Jasper, Alberta
Of the 6 famous people born in Jasper, an unusual share are athletes
Erin Karpluk, the Canadian actress, is the most widely known, written about in 19 languages. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970. From John Hilworth to Reiner Thoni, the births on the list run from 1957 to 1984. Half or more of the towns in Alberta have no one on record, but this one has 13 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Erin Karpluk
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1957
John Hilworth
Youngest
1984
Reiner Thoni
Most common field
Sports
4 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Jasper’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Jasper is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
The best known
Born in Jasper
Two of the three are performers.
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Sports
Brian Young
born 1958Canadian ice hockey defenseman
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Jasper
Another 3, the earliest born in 1957.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Jasper
Who is the most famous person from Jasper?
By our measure the best known is Erin Karpluk (Canadian actress); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Kirby Morrow and Brian Young.
How many famous people were born in Jasper?
Wikidata has 8 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Jasper known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 67%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Jasper?
John Hilworth, born in 1957. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Jasper?
The list takes people born within Jasper’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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 (2)
- Erin Karpluk: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Herbers: Leech44, 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).