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Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Special Area No. 3, Alberta
6 famous people call Special Area No. 3 their birthplace
The best known is the Canadian amateur golfer Marlene Streit, with articles in 3 languages. Most were born between 1914 and 1945: 4 of them. Vincent C. Rideout (1914) and Debby Carlson (1957) mark the two ends of the list. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marlene Streit
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1914
Vincent C. Rideout
Youngest
1957
Debby Carlson
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Special Area No. 3
Rideout.
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Science & Medicine
Vincent C. Rideout
1914–2003Canadian–American academic
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Special Area No. 3’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsScience & Medicine
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Special Area No. 3 is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.3 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Special Area No. 3
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Special Area No. 3
Who is the most famous person from Special Area No. 3?
The top name is Marlene Streit (Canadian amateur golfer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Norm Burns and Vincent C. Rideout.
How many famous people were born in Special Area No. 3?
Wikidata counts 8 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Special Area No. 3 known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 50%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Special Area No. 3?
Vincent C. Rideout, from 1914; the most recent birth on the list is from 1957.
Who counts as from Special Area No. 3?
The list takes people born within Special Area No. 3’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?
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.
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).