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Photo: Jasonbook99 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Gillam, Manitoba
Colin Ratushniak is the only name on the Gillam list
Colin Ratushniak, the Canadian ice skater, was born in 1985. Their name appears in articles in 3 languages. No town in Manitoba lists more than Winnipeg, with 1,479. Famous people are on record for 115 of the towns in Manitoba.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Colin Ratushniak
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1985
Colin Ratushniak
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Gillam
Questions about famous people from Gillam
Who is the most famous person from Gillam?
Colin Ratushniak (Canadian ice skater) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them.
How many famous people were born in Gillam?
Born in Gillam and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1.
What is Gillam known for?
Mostly athletes: 1 of the 1 people listed. Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 100%.
Who counts as from Gillam?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Gillam’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?
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.
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).