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Famous people · Westlock, Alberta
Of the 10 famous people born in Westlock, an unusual share are leaders
Most widely known is Sohen Biln, the Canadian rower, with articles in 11 languages. More than half were born between 1946 and 1969, 6 in all. Dale C. Thomson (1923) and Brent Regner (1989) mark the two ends of the list. 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sohen Biln
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1923
Dale C. Thomson
Youngest
1989
Brent Regner
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Westlock’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Westlock’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & Law
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Westlock is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.8 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in Westlock
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Brent Regner
born 1989Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Westlock
7 more, from 1923 to 1984.
No one matches both filters.
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Questions about famous people from Westlock
Who is the most famous person from Westlock?
By our measure the best known is Sohen Biln (Canadian rower); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Brent Regner and Greg Polis.
What is Westlock known for?
They make up 60% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Westlock?
Dale C. Thomson, born in 1923. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Westlock?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Westlock’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?
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Brent Regner: Leech44, CC BY 3.0, 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).