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Kayla Moleschi
born 1990Canadian rugby sevens player
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Famous people · Williams Lake, British Columbia
12 famous people were born in Williams Lake, more of them athletes than in most towns
Kayla Moleschi, the Canadian rugby sevens player, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Amy Gough and Ian Billcliff. Since 1970, 8 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is David Zirnhelt, born in 1947, and the youngest Lindsey Burgess, born in 1999.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kayla Moleschi
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1947
David Zirnhelt
Youngest
1999
Lindsey Burgess
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Williams Lake’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Williams Lake’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 3.
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Williams Lake is known for
Williams Lake has 2× the usual share of athletes.
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 Williams Lake
All three are athletes.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Williams Lake
9 more, 6 of them athletes.
Ryan C.N. D'Arcy
born 1972Canadian neuroscientist, innovator and entrepreneur
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Questions about famous people from Williams Lake
Who is the most famous person from Williams Lake?
Kayla Moleschi (Canadian rugby sevens player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Amy Gough and Ian Billcliff.
How many famous people were born in Williams Lake?
Wikidata counts 17 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Williams Lake known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 75%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Williams Lake?
David Zirnhelt, born in 1947. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Williams Lake?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Williams Lake’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 (4)
- Jake Ilnicki: NAPARAZZI, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Zirnhelt: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan C.N. D'Arcy: Steveyanor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phyllis Webstad: GovernmentofBC, CC BY 3.0, 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).