#1Travis Hamonic
born 1990Canadian ice hockey player
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At the top of the list is the Canadian ice hockey player Travis Hamonic, covered in 13 languages. The other is Daniel Joseph Marion, the Canadian politician. A short trip away, Mitchell (18 km) counts 3 famous people, Irene Salemka among them. The oldest name on the list belongs to Daniel Joseph Marion, born in 1945, the newest to Travis Hamonic, born in 1990.

#1Canadian ice hockey player
Canadian politician
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Travis Hamonic (Canadian ice hockey player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Daniel Joseph Marion.
That is 50% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Daniel Joseph Marion, from 1945; the most recent birth on the list is from 1990.
The list takes people born within De Salaberry’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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