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Famous people · Lacombe County, Alberta
2 famous people were born in Lacombe County
At the top of the list is the Canadian politician Ray Thomas, covered in 3 languages. The other is Morris Flewwelling, the Canadian politician. Births span 1917 to 1941, from Ray Thomas to Morris Flewwelling. Edmonton’s 1,033 names make the longest list in Alberta.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ray Thomas
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1917
Ray Thomas
Youngest
1941
Morris Flewwelling
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Lacombe County
#2Politics & Law
Morris Flewwelling
born 1941Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Lacombe counts 21 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Lacombe County
Who is the most famous person from Lacombe County?
The top name is Ray Thomas (Canadian politician), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Morris Flewwelling.
What is Lacombe County known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lacombe County?
Ray Thomas (1917). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1941.
Who counts as from Lacombe County?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Lacombe County’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (2)
- Morris Flewwelling: Ambassador_Jacobson,_Red_Deer_County_Mayor_Earl_Kinsella_(left)_and_Red_Deer_City_Mayor_Morris_Flewwelling_(right).jpg : US Mission Canada derivative work: Athenchen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland Michener: Uncropped version from the St. Thomas Times-Journal (via Elgin County Archives ), CC BY 2.0, 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).