#1Politics & Law
Edward Schreyer
born 1935Governor General of Canada and Premier of Manitoba
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Famous people · Beausejour, Manitoba
Edward Schreyer tops a list of 5 famous people born in Beausejour
Best known of all is Edward Schreyer, written about in 16 languages. Close behind are Hayley Marie Kohle and Anton Weselak. From John Mouat Turner in 1905 to Hayley Marie Kohle in 1982, the births cover 77 years. For every 10,000 residents the town has 14, while at least half the towns in Manitoba list nobody born there.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Edward Schreyer
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1905
John Mouat Turner
Youngest
1982
Hayley Marie Kohle
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Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Beausejour
Two of the three are leaders.
#1HK#2
Writing & Arts
Hayley Marie Kohle
1982–2008Canadian fashion model
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AW#3
Politics & Law
Anton Weselak
1918–1989Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Beausejour’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
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One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Beausejour is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.7 times.
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Everyone else born in Beausejour
Another 2, the earliest born in 1905.
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Questions about famous people from Beausejour
Who is the most famous person from Beausejour?
By our measure the best known is Edward Schreyer (governor General of Canada and Premier of Manitoba); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Hayley Marie Kohle and Anton Weselak.
What is Beausejour known for?
That is 60% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beausejour?
John Mouat Turner (1905). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Beausejour?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Beausejour’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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 (1)
- Edward Schreyer: House of Commons, Public domain, 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).