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Famous people · La Crète, Alberta
4 famous people call La Crète their birthplace
Articles in 8 languages make the Canadian writer Will Ferguson the best known. Second place goes to the Canadian ice hockey player Dan Hodgson, third to Gloria Chomiak Atamanenko. Half or more of the towns in Alberta have no one on record, but this one has 2.8 for every 10,000 residents. From Gloria Chomiak Atamanenko in 1932 to Dan Hodgson in 1965, the births cover 33 years.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Will Ferguson
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1932
Gloria Chomiak Atamanenko
Youngest
1965
Dan Hodgson
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in La Crète
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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#3Writing & Arts
Gloria Chomiak Atamanenko
1932–2017American social worker
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When La Crète’s famous people were born
Most were born between 1946 and 1969 (3); the busiest decade is the 1960s (3).
Writing & ArtsSports
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What La Crète is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 2.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in La Crète
1 more, best known first.
Questions about famous people from La Crète
Who is the most famous person from La Crète?
The top name is Will Ferguson (Canadian writer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Dan Hodgson and Gloria Chomiak Atamanenko.
How many famous people were born in La Crète?
Wikidata has 6 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is La Crète known for?
They make up 50% here, compared with 12% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Crète?
Gloria Chomiak Atamanenko, born in 1932. The youngest on the list was born in 1965.
Who counts as from La Crète?
Born inside La Crète’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?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (1)
- Gloria Chomiak Atamanenko: No photographer credited, 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).