#1Sports
Brett Howden
born 1998Canadian ice hockey player
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Oakbank, Manitoba
Most of the 9 famous people born in Oakbank came into the world since 1970
Most widely known is Brett Howden, the Canadian ice hockey player, with articles in 11 languages. Behind the leader come Dean Haglund and Drew Bagnall. The oldest name on the list belongs to Albert H. C. Corbett, born in 1887, the newest to Brett Howden, born in 1998. Half or more of the towns in Manitoba have no one on record, but this one has 5.1 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brett Howden
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1887
Albert H. C. Corbett
Youngest
1998
Brett Howden
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Oakbank’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Oakbank’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 3 births.
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#3Sports
Drew Bagnall
born 1983Canadian ice hockey player
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Oakbank is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
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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Towns around it with someone on record: 1.
Questions about famous people from Oakbank
Who is the most famous person from Oakbank?
Brett Howden (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Dean Haglund and Drew Bagnall.
What is Oakbank known for?
They make up 33% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oakbank?
Albert H. C. Corbett, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Oakbank?
Born inside Oakbank’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (7)
- Brett Howden: The Kip, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Haglund: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Bagnall: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Bailey: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rana Bokhari: Canadianpolitics, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Simmons: Samsmachado, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Shinnimin: https://www.flickr.com/photos/theahl/, CC BY 2.0, 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).