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Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Trochu, Alberta
Trochu is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 9 languages make the Canadian ice hockey player Al Purvis the best known. The only other name is the Canadian ice hockey player Kevin Haller. The first birth on record is Al Purvis’, in 1929, and the last Kevin Haller’s, in 1970. Go 14 km to Three Hills and the list grows to 7, with Willie de Wit at the top.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Al Purvis
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1929
Al Purvis
Youngest
1970
Kevin Haller
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Trochu
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Sports
Kevin Haller
born 1970Canadian ice hockey player
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Trochu
Who is the most famous person from Trochu?
Al Purvis (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Kevin Haller.
How many famous people were born in Trochu?
Wikidata has 3 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Trochu known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Trochu?
Al Purvis, from 1929; the most recent birth on the list is from 1970.
Who counts as from Trochu?
The list takes people born within Trochu’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).