#1Writing & Arts
Patricia Churchland
born 1943Canadian philosopher
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Oliver, British Columbia
Patricia Churchland tops a list of 10 famous people born in Oliver
Articles in 30 languages make the Canadian philosopher Patricia Churchland the best known. Half or more of the towns in British Columbia have no one on record, but this one has 19 for every 10,000 residents. 3 of them were born since 1970. Ron McBryde, born in 1941, is the earliest name and Corban Knight, born in 1990, the latest.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patricia Churchland
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1941
Ron McBryde
Youngest
1990
Corban Knight
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Oliver’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Oliver’s famous people were born
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Oliver
#1
#2Sports
Corban Knight
born 1990Canadian ice hockey player
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LB#3
Known for
What Oliver is known for
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 Oliver
7 more, 2 of them athletes.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Osoyoos, at 4.
Questions about famous people from Oliver
Who is the most famous person from Oliver?
The top name is Patricia Churchland (Canadian philosopher), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Corban Knight and Laslo Babits.
How many famous people were born in Oliver?
Wikidata places 11 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Oliver known for?
Here the share is 30%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oliver?
The earliest is Ron McBryde, born in 1941, and the latest birth listed is 1990.
Who counts as from Oliver?
The list takes people born within Oliver’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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 (5)
- Patricia Churchland: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corban Knight: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Turner: Dragon-knight23, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Shannon: CBC Sports, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Kobasew: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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