#1Politics & Law
Kim Campbell
born 194719th Prime Minister of Canada in 1993
68 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Port Alberni, British Columbia
Of the 26 famous people born in Port Alberni, an unusual share are writers and artists
Best known of all is Kim Campbell, written about in 68 languages. More than half were born between 1946 and 1969, 16 in all. The first birth on record is George Clutesi’s, in 1905, and the last Laurent Brossoit’s, in 1993. Half or more of the towns in British Columbia have no one on record, but this one has 13.2 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
26
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kim Campbell
68 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1905
George Clutesi
Youngest
1993
Laurent Brossoit
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Port Alberni’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Port Alberni’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 8 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicMilitaryNotableFilm, TV & Stage
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Port Alberni
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#3Sports
Laurent Brossoit
born 1993Canadian ice hockey player
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Port Alberni is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 1.6 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Port Alberni
The rest number 23, with 9 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Port Alberni
Who is the most famous person from Port Alberni?
Kim Campbell (19th Prime Minister of Canada in 1993) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Jamie Lowery and Laurent Brossoit.
How many famous people were born in Port Alberni?
Of the 31 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Port Alberni known for?
42% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Port Alberni?
George Clutesi, born in 1905. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Port Alberni?
Born inside Port Alberni’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (7)
- Kim Campbell: Simon Fraser University - University Communications, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurent Brossoit: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Hansen: Urban Mixer (Raj Taneja), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Hansen: Province of British Columbia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Davis Payne: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Van Poederooyen: Florian Stangl, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Shick: Mark Mauno, CC BY 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).