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Politics & Law
Randolph McKinnon
1917–2006Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Red Deer County, Alberta
3 famous people were born in Red Deer County
Randolph McKinnon, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The Canadian politician David A. Ure ranks second, ahead of Helen Nicol. The oldest name on the list belongs to David A. Ure, born in 1910, the newest to Helen Nicol, born in 1920. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.4, while at least half the towns in Alberta list nobody born there.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Randolph McKinnon
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1910
David A. Ure
Youngest
1920
Helen Nicol
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Red Deer County
Leaders take two of the three places.
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What Red Deer County is known for
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Questions about famous people from Red Deer County
Who is the most famous person from Red Deer County?
Randolph McKinnon (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come David A. Ure and Helen Nicol.
What is Red Deer County known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 67%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Red Deer County?
David A. Ure, from 1910; the most recent birth on the list is from 1920.
Who counts as from Red Deer County?
The list takes people born within Red Deer County’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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- David A. Ure: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Jenkins: Markbellis, 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).