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Derek Mayer
born 1967Canadian ice hockey defenceman
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Rossland, British Columbia
14 famous people were born in Rossland, more of them leaders than in most towns
At the top of the list is the Canadian ice hockey defenceman Derek Mayer, covered in 12 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian ice hockey goaltender Seth Martin, third to Donald Stevens. The largest group, 6, was born between 1946 and 1969. The list runs from Phyllis Ross, born in 1903, to Cassidy Caron, born in 1992.
Born here
14
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Derek Mayer
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1903
Phyllis Ross
Youngest
1992
Cassidy Caron
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Rossland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Rossland is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.6 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Through the years
When Rossland’s famous people were born
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One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Rossland
#2Sports
Seth Martin
1933–2014Canadian ice hockey goaltender
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Everyone else born in Rossland
Here are 11 more, born from 1903 to 1992.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Trail, with 67.
Questions about famous people from Rossland
Who is the most famous person from Rossland?
Derek Mayer (Canadian ice hockey defenceman) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Seth Martin and Donald Stevens.
How many famous people were born in Rossland?
Of the 19 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Rossland known for?
Here the share is 57%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rossland?
Phyllis Ross (1903). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Rossland?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Rossland’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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)
- Seth Martin: Basch, Fritz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Zanussi: Boston Bruins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joy Langan: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Conroy: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Nimsick: 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).