DD#1
Sports
Douglas Dodson
1921–1982American horse trainer and jockey
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Westlock County, Alberta
4 famous people were born in Westlock County
Articles in 3 languages make the American horse trainer and jockey Douglas Dodson the best known. The next two names are Yvon Bilodeau and Bob Bilodeau. Births span 1916 to 1953, from Jean Ivan Gouin to Bob Bilodeau. For every 10,000 residents the town has 5.3, while at least half the towns in Alberta list nobody born there.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Douglas Dodson
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1916
Jean Ivan Gouin
Youngest
1953
Bob Bilodeau
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Westlock County
YB#2
Sports
Yvon Bilodeau
born 1951Canadian ice hockey defenceman
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
BB#3
Sports
Bob Bilodeau
born 1953Canadian ice hockey defenceman
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Westlock County’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Westlock County is known for
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Westlock County
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Westlock lists the most people: 10.
Questions about famous people from Westlock County
Who is the most famous person from Westlock County?
Douglas Dodson (American horse trainer and jockey) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Yvon Bilodeau and Bob Bilodeau.
How many famous people were born in Westlock County?
Wikidata places 6 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Westlock County known for?
75% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Westlock County?
Jean Ivan Gouin, from 1916; the most recent birth on the list is from 1953.
Who counts as from Westlock County?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Westlock County’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).