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Science & Medicine
Kirk Wipper
1923–2011Canadian academic
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Rob Swystun from Winnipeg, Canada · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Grahamdale, Manitoba
Kirk Wipper is the only name on the Grahamdale list
The Canadian academic Kirk Wipper was born in 1923. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1945. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. The longest list of any town in Manitoba belongs to Winnipeg, with 1,479.
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Kirk Wipper
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1923
Kirk Wipper
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Science & Medicine
1 person
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Born in Grahamdale
Questions about famous people from Grahamdale
Who is the most famous person from Grahamdale?
By our measure the best known is Kirk Wipper (Canadian academic); the spotlight above gives the details.
How many famous people were born in Grahamdale?
Born in Grahamdale and confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article: 1. Wikidata counts 2 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Grahamdale known for?
scientists and doctors lead the list, with 1 of 1. Here the share is 100%; across Canadian towns it is 5%.
Who counts as from Grahamdale?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Grahamdale’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.
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