LJ#1
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Hamiota, Manitoba
Hamiota is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Articles in 8 languages make the figure skater Lyndon Johnston the best known. The next two names are Michael Kwiatkowski and Dallas Smith. The largest group, 3, was born between 1946 and 1969. The first birth on record is Dallas Smith’s, in 1941, and the last Michael Kwiatkowski’s, in 1961.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Lyndon Johnston
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1941
Dallas Smith
Youngest
1961
Michael Kwiatkowski
Most common field
Sports
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hamiota’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsFaithWriting & Arts
Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hamiota
Athletes take two of the three places.
MK#2
Faith
Michael Kwiatkowski
born 1961Canadian Greek Catholic archbishop
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DS#3
Sports
Dallas Smith
born 1941Canadian ice hockey defenceman
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Hamiota is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.6 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hamiota
Still to come: 2 more, from 1942 to 1957.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Hamiota
Who is the most famous person from Hamiota?
Lyndon Johnston (figure skater) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Michael Kwiatkowski and Dallas Smith.
How many famous people were born in Hamiota?
Wikidata counts 6 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Hamiota known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 60%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hamiota?
Dallas Smith, from 1941; the most recent birth on the list is from 1961.
Who counts as from Hamiota?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Hamiota’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?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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).