#1Film, TV & Stage
Alexis Smith
1921–1993Canadian-born American actress and singer
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Penticton, British Columbia
Performers stand out among the 38 famous people born in Penticton
Most widely known is Alexis Smith, the Canadian-Born American actress and singer, with articles in 28 languages. Second and third on the list are Tyler Breeze and Gordon Herbert. 15 were born in 1970 or later. From Alexis Smith in 1921 to Jett Klyne in 2009, the births cover 88 years.
Born here
38
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alexis Smith
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1921
Alexis Smith
Youngest
2009
Jett Klyne
Most common field
Sports
20 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Penticton’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 7.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMilitaryMusicPolitics & Law
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Penticton is known for
Penticton has 5.2× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
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 Penticton
#1
#2Sports
Tyler Breeze
born 1988Canadian professional wrestler and actor
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GH#3
Sports
Gordon Herbert
born 1959Canadian-Finnish basketball coach
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Penticton
Here are 35 more, born from 1921 to 2009.
Krystal Garib
born 1984Canadian artist, dancer, singer, actor, producer and arts/wellness coach
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Summerland has the most people on record, 8 of them.
Questions about famous people from Penticton
Who is the most famous person from Penticton?
The top name is Alexis Smith (Canadian-born American actress and singer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Tyler Breeze and Gordon Herbert.
How many famous people were born in Penticton?
Wikidata has 49 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Penticton known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 53%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Penticton?
Alexis Smith, from 1921; the most recent birth on the list is from 2009.
Who counts as from Penticton?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Penticton’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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 (11)
- Alexis Smith: Whitey Schafer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Breeze: Miguel Discart from Bruxelles, Belgique, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Ransom: Wikijunkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Rycroft: Kaiser matias, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Krug: Julio Enriquez from Denver,CO, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Affleck: Kim Wood Phantom2299, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Krystal Garib: Krystal Kiran Garib, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Evans: Richard Smith from Bowen Island, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Cannings: DrOwl19, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel Ivany: Joel Ivany Director, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Bowen: Australian News and Information Bureau, Public domain, 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).