#1Famous people · Kamloops, British Columbia
71 famous people come from Kamloops, Dylan Armstrong the best known
Articles in 25 languages make the Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong the best known. The largest group, 32, was born since 1970. From Norman William Whittaker to Logan Stankoven, the births on the list run from 1893 to 2003. 38 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
71
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dylan Armstrong
25 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1893
Norman William Whittaker
Youngest
2003
Logan Stankoven
Most common field
Sports
38 people
What stands out about Kamloops’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kamloops’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 16 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StageMilitaryNotableBusiness
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kamloops
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Gabrielle Rose
born 1954Canadian actress
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Mark Recchi
born 1968Canadian ice hockey player
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Kamloops is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is soldiers and sailors, at 2.8 times.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kamloops
68 more, from 1893 to 2003.
Stuart Douglas Smith
born 1946Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Questions about famous people from Kamloops
Who is the most famous person from Kamloops?
The top name is Dylan Armstrong (Canadian shot putter), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Gabrielle Rose and Mark Recchi.
How many famous people were born in Kamloops?
Wikidata counts 100 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Kamloops known for?
54% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kamloops?
Norman William Whittaker, from 1893; the most recent birth on the list is from 2003.
Who counts as from Kamloops?
Born inside Kamloops’ 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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (25)
- Dylan Armstrong: Dirk from San Diego, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabrielle Rose: Jason Hargrove, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Recchi: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darcy Robinson: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Logan Stankoven: Kaiser matias, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marisa Dick: Miriam Jeske, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nadine Caron: University of the Fraser Valley, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Ayres: vagueonthehow, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Davie Fulton: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Chamberlin: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Hicketts: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitch Berger: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Ross: Jos @ FPS-Groningen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Hay: Hugh Lee from Edmonton Alberta, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Cotter: TracyFleuryFan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Ouellette: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ajay Baines: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Marshall: Goalloverhere, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendon Nash: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blair Riley: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Fortin: Herb Neufeld, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Hudson Dowding: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Hardcastle Corsbie: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Shoyama: Whitehallplc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Masuak: Pkross ( Uploads ), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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