#1Famous people · Dauphin, Manitoba
From 1894 to 1994, Dauphin was the birthplace of 26 famous people
The best known is the athletics competitor Jimmy Ball, with articles in 18 languages. 12 of them were born between 1914 and 1945, more than in any other period. Jimmy Ball was born in 1903. Only 5 of the 115 towns in Manitoba with anyone on record list more.
Born here
26
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jimmy Ball
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1894
William George Barker
Youngest
1994
Ryan Pulock
Most common field
Sports
13 people
The best known
Born in Dauphin
#1
#2Sports
Ryan Pulock
born 1994Canadian ice hockey defenceman
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Military
William George Barker
1894–1930Canadian First World War fighter ace
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Dauphin’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 8 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryNotableScience & MedicineMusicBusiness
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Dauphin is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.3 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dauphin
23 more, from 1895 to 1992.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 1.
Questions about famous people from Dauphin
Who is the most famous person from Dauphin?
Jimmy Ball (athletics competitor) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Ryan Pulock and William George Barker.
How many famous people were born in Dauphin?
Wikidata places 34 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Dauphin known for?
50% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dauphin?
William George Barker, born in 1894. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Dauphin?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Dauphin’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list. Dauphin is also the name of another municipality in Manitoba: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Dauphin”, so the other place can’t be ruled out.
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 (5)
- Jimmy Ball: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Pulock: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William George Barker: not identified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brigette Lacquette: Courtney, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Kozak: Unknown author, 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).