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Photo: Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Vermilion River County, Alberta
Vermilion River County has one famous person on record
In 1934, the Canadian politician Tom Lysons was born. That places their birth between 1914 and 1945. Readers can find them written up in one language. 154 of the towns in Alberta list at least one person.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Tom Lysons
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1934
Tom Lysons
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Vermilion River County
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Vermilion has the most on record: 11.
Questions about famous people from Vermilion River County
Who is the most famous person from Vermilion River County?
By our measure the best known is Tom Lysons (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details.
How many famous people were born in Vermilion River County?
Born in Vermilion River County and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1.
What is Vermilion River County known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 22%.
Who counts as from Vermilion River County?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Vermilion River County’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Alison Jackson: Cs-wolves, 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).