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Politics & Law
Rob Merrifield
born 1953Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Mayerthorpe, Alberta
One famous person was born in Mayerthorpe
In 1953, the Canadian politician Rob Merrifield was born. That places their birth between 1946 and 1969. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. The longest list of any town in Alberta belongs to Edmonton, with 1,033.
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Rob Merrifield
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1953
Rob Merrifield
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Politics & Law
1 person
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Born in Mayerthorpe
Questions about famous people from Mayerthorpe
Who is the most famous person from Mayerthorpe?
Rob Merrifield (Canadian politician) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them.
How many famous people were born in Mayerthorpe?
For Mayerthorpe the list comes to 1, every birthplace backed by an English or French Wikipedia article.
What is Mayerthorpe known for?
Of the 1 on the list, 1 are leaders. Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who counts as from Mayerthorpe?
The list takes people born within Mayerthorpe’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?
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.
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).