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Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Special Area No. 4, Alberta
Special Area No. 4 counts 2 famous people, first among them Riley Nash
Most widely known is Riley Nash, the Canadian ice hockey player, with articles in 11 languages. The other is Basil Boulton, the Canadian physician. Basil Boulton, born in 1938, is the earliest name and Riley Nash, born in 1989, the latest. In Alberta, 154 towns have someone on the list.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Riley Nash
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1938
Basil Boulton
Youngest
1989
Riley Nash
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Special Area No. 4
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Science & Medicine
Basil Boulton
1938–2008Canadian physician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Special Area No. 4 is known for
Share of Special Area No. 4’s famous people in each field.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Questions about famous people from Special Area No. 4
Who is the most famous person from Special Area No. 4?
By our measure the best known is Riley Nash (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Basil Boulton.
What is Special Area No. 4 known for?
They make up 50% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Special Area No. 4?
Basil Boulton, born in 1938. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Special Area No. 4?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Special Area No. 4’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
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.
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).