#1Sports
Mathew Barzal
born 1997Canadian ice hockey player
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Coquitlam, British Columbia
36 famous people from Coquitlam, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the Canadian ice hockey player Mathew Barzal, covered in 16 languages. Craig Forrest and Christine Larsen follow. 33 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Born in 1955, Terry McDonald is the first name on record, and Emily Wong, born in 2007, the most recent.
Born here
36
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mathew Barzal
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1955
Terry McDonald
Youngest
2007
Emily Wong
Most common field
Sports
23 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Coquitlam’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 12 births.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageMusic
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Coquitlam is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.7 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Coquitlam
#1CF#2
Sports
Craig Forrest
born 1967Canadian soccer player and commentator
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CL#3
Sports
Christine Larsen
born 1967Canadian synchronized swimmer
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Coquitlam
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Port Coquitlam lists the most people: 10.
Questions about famous people from Coquitlam
Who is the most famous person from Coquitlam?
The top name is Mathew Barzal (Canadian ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Craig Forrest and Christine Larsen.
How many famous people were born in Coquitlam?
Wikidata places 54 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Coquitlam known for?
64% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coquitlam?
Terry McDonald (1955). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2007.
Who counts as from Coquitlam?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Coquitlam’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
Why is someone missing?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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 (10)
- Mathew Barzal: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Matthews: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrett Burnett: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jevon Holland: Athletic Tatts The Book Series, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade MacLeod: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Kindel: Daniel Sanford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaclyn Sawicki: Patrick Cristiano, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Iorio: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeneva Hernandez Gray: Selección Nacional de México, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Johnson: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).