ML#1
Writing & Arts
Margaret Laurence
1926–1987Canadian novelist and short story writer
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Neepawa, Manitoba
Neepawa counts 13 famous people, first among them Margaret Laurence
Most widely known is Margaret Laurence, the Canadian novelist and short story writer, with articles in 16 languages. The next two names are Shane Hnidy and Eva Clare. The largest group, 4, was born between 1914 and 1945. From Eva Clare in 1884 to Triston Grant in 1984, the births cover 100 years.
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Margaret Laurence
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1884
Eva Clare
Youngest
1984
Triston Grant
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Neepawa
#2Sports
Shane Hnidy
born 1975Canadian ice hockey player
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EC#3
Music
Eva Clare
1884–1961Canadian pianist and music educator
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Neepawa’s famous people were born
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Neepawa is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 5 of them.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
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Questions about famous people from Neepawa
Who is the most famous person from Neepawa?
By our measure the best known is Margaret Laurence (Canadian novelist and short story writer); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Shane Hnidy and Eva Clare.
How many famous people were born in Neepawa?
Of the 15 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Neepawa known for?
38% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Neepawa?
Eva Clare, born in 1884. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Neepawa?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Neepawa’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Shane Hnidy: Dan4th Nicholas from Cambridge, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Triston Grant: Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Mikkelson: New York Islanders / NHL, 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).