JS#1
Film, TV & Stage
Jewel Staite
born 1982Canadian actress
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · White Rock, British Columbia
Of the 25 famous people born in White Rock, an unusual share are performers
Articles in 30 languages make the Canadian actress Jewel Staite the best known. More than half were born since 1970, 22 in all. The oldest name on the list belongs to Jeff Bandura, born in 1957, the newest to Kennedi Clements, born in 2007. Half or more of the towns in British Columbia have no one on record, but this one has 10 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
25
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jewel Staite
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1957
Jeff Bandura
Youngest
2007
Kennedi Clements
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about White Rock’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When White Rock’s famous people were born
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What White Rock is known for
White Rock has 1.6× the usual share of performers.
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 White Rock
KC#2
Film, TV & Stage
Kennedi Clements
born 2007Canadian child actress
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RS#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in White Rock
22 more names, born between 1957 and 2003.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from White Rock
Who is the most famous person from White Rock?
Jewel Staite (Canadian actress) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Kennedi Clements and Ryan Sommer.
How many famous people were born in White Rock?
Wikidata has 35 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is White Rock known for?
Here the share is 56%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from White Rock?
The earliest is Jeff Bandura, born in 1957, and the latest birth listed is 2007.
Who counts as from White Rock?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside White Rock’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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (8)
- Andrew Hammond: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Garrison: Let's Go Amerks, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sara Groenewegen: Masterset1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colton Gillies: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colten Teubert: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Ortiz: Ubcwwong, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Anderson: CBC Sports, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Wesley: Vancouver 125 - The City of Vancouver from Vancouver, Canada, 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).