#1Sports
Aaron Volpatti
born 1985Canadian ice hockey player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Revelstoke, British Columbia
Of the 17 famous people born in Revelstoke, an unusual share are leaders
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player Aaron Volpatti, with articles in 8 languages. The next two names are Andrew Kozek and Bill Bell. Frederick Fraser (1895) and Andrew Kozek (1986) mark the two ends of the list. 6 of them were born between Confederation and 1913, more than in any other period.
Born here
17
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Aaron Volpatti
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1895
Frederick Fraser
Youngest
1986
Andrew Kozek
Most common field
Sports
7 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Revelstoke is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Revelstoke’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Revelstoke
#1
#2Sports
Andrew Kozek
born 1986Canadian ice hockey player
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Everyone else born in Revelstoke
14 more, 7 of them leaders.
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Questions about famous people from Revelstoke
Who is the most famous person from Revelstoke?
The top name is Aaron Volpatti (Canadian ice hockey player), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Andrew Kozek and Bill Bell.
How many famous people were born in Revelstoke?
21 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Revelstoke known for?
That is 41% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Revelstoke?
Frederick Fraser, from 1895; the most recent birth on the list is from 1986.
Who counts as from Revelstoke?
The list takes people born within Revelstoke’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 (6)
- Aaron Volpatti: Vaness G., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Kozek: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabel Coursier: E. Roberts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Nunziata: KINGOFTO, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sid Parker: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Tynwald Kelly: BC NDP History Group, 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).