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Famous people · Thorhild County, Alberta
Thorhild County is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the Canadian Catholic priest Jeronim Chimy is the best known. The next two names are Joe Yamauchi and Al Zariwny. Between 1914 and 1945, 4 were born, the most of any period. From Jeronim Chimy to Doug Manchak, the births on the list run from 1919 to 1952.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jeronim Chimy
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1919
Jeronim Chimy
Youngest
1952
Doug Manchak
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Thorhild County
JY#2
Sports
Joe Yamauchi
1933–2021Canadian gridiron football player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Through the years
When Thorhild County’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 2.
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Known for
What Thorhild County is known for
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Everyone else born in Thorhild County
Here are 2 more, born from 1940 to 1952.
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Questions about famous people from Thorhild County
Who is the most famous person from Thorhild County?
Jeronim Chimy (Canadian Catholic priest) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Joe Yamauchi and Al Zariwny.
What is Thorhild County known for?
They make up 40% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Thorhild County?
The earliest is Jeronim Chimy, born in 1919, and the latest birth listed is 1952.
Who counts as from Thorhild County?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Thorhild County’s 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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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).