#1Science & Medicine
Frances Gertrude McGill
1877–1959Canadian forensic pathologist
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Famous people · Minnedosa, Manitoba
Frances Gertrude McGill tops a list of 13 famous people born in Minnedosa
The best known, counted by the languages that write about them, is the Canadian forensic pathologist Frances Gertrude McGill. The Canadian artistic gymnast Isabela Onyshko ranks second, ahead of Izzy Asper. Between Confederation and 1913, 6 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 45.5, while at least half the towns in Manitoba list nobody born there.
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Frances Gertrude McGill
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1877
Frances Gertrude McGill
Youngest
1998
Isabela Onyshko
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Minnedosa
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#2Writing & Arts
Isabela Onyshko
born 1998Canadian artistic gymnast
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Through the years
When Minnedosa’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
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One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Minnedosa is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.4 times as common.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Everyone else born in Minnedosa
10 more, from 1882 to 1975.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Oakview’s, with 6.
Questions about famous people from Minnedosa
Who is the most famous person from Minnedosa?
By our measure the best known is Frances Gertrude McGill (Canadian forensic pathologist); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Isabela Onyshko and Izzy Asper.
How many famous people were born in Minnedosa?
Wikidata has 16 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Minnedosa known for?
38% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Minnedosa?
Frances Gertrude McGill (1877). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Minnedosa?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Minnedosa’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.
Why is someone missing?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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 (3)
- Frances Gertrude McGill: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabela Onyshko: Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Blatchford: Steffens-Colmer, Vancouver, 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).