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Lesley McKenzie
born 1980Canadian rugby union player
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Fort Nelson, British Columbia
3 famous people were born in Fort Nelson
At the top of the list is the Canadian rugby union player Lesley McKenzie, covered in 6 languages. Glen Goodall is second and Bob Bedier third. Births span 1959 to 1980, from Bob Bedier to Lesley McKenzie. For every 10,000 residents the town has 7.2, while at least half the towns in British Columbia list nobody born there.
Born here
3
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Best known
Lesley McKenzie
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1959
Bob Bedier
Youngest
1980
Lesley McKenzie
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Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Fort Nelson
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Glen Goodall
born 1970Canadian ice hockey player
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Fort Nelson
Who is the most famous person from Fort Nelson?
Lesley McKenzie (Canadian rugby union player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Glen Goodall and Bob Bedier.
What is Fort Nelson known for?
100% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fort Nelson?
Bob Bedier, from 1959; the most recent birth on the list is from 1980.
Who counts as from Fort Nelson?
Born inside Fort Nelson’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
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)
- Lesley McKenzie: Ubcwwong, 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).