#1Famous people · Olds, Alberta
Athletes stand out among the 10 famous people born in Olds
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the Canadian wrestler Danielle Lappage is the best known. Between 1946 and 1969, 5 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is Bob Leonard, born in 1941, and the youngest Danielle Lappage, born in 1990. 4 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Danielle Lappage
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1941
Bob Leonard
Youngest
1990
Danielle Lappage
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Olds’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Olds’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Olds is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in Olds
Two of the three are athletes.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Blake Richards
born 1974Canadian politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Jay Rosehill
born 1985Canadian ice hockey player
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Olds
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Didsbury counts 11 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Olds
Who is the most famous person from Olds?
The top name is Danielle Lappage (Canadian wrestler), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Blake Richards and Jay Rosehill.
How many famous people were born in Olds?
12 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Olds known for?
60% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Olds?
Bob Leonard (1941). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Olds?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Olds’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
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 (4)
- Danielle Lappage: In-Ting Ho (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Richards: Robert Thivierge (Thivierr), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Rosehill: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Barnett: Jjbarne1, 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).