GM#1
Politics & Law
Gordon McOmber
1919–2018American politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Magrath, Alberta
Magrath is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Gordon McOmber, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are Mark W. Ellingson and Michael Grüninger. The oldest name on the list belongs to Mark W. Ellingson, born in 1904, the newest to Michael Grüninger, born in 1966. For more famous names, Raymond is 16 km away: its list has 11, led by Phil Tollestrup.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gordon McOmber
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1904
Mark W. Ellingson
Youngest
1966
Michael Grüninger
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Magrath
#2Notable
Mark W. Ellingson
1904–19935th president of the Rochester Institute of Technology
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Science & Medicine
Michael Grüninger
born 1966Canadian computer scientist
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Magrath is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Questions about famous people from Magrath
Who is the most famous person from Magrath?
Gordon McOmber (American politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Mark W. Ellingson and Michael Grüninger.
How many famous people were born in Magrath?
Wikidata counts 5 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Magrath known for?
Here the share is 33%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Magrath?
Mark W. Ellingson, born in 1904. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
Who counts as from Magrath?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Magrath’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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)
- Mark W. Ellingson: Rochester Institute of Technology, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Grüninger: Gary Berg-Cross, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).