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Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Prairie View, Manitoba
7 famous people were born in Prairie View, more of them athletes than in most towns
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the Canadian ice hockey player Pat Falloon is the best known. Second and third on the list are Ron Low and Bill Derlago. Since 1970, 3 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1913, William Delday is the first name on record, and Rick Berry, born in 1978, the most recent.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pat Falloon
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1913
William Delday
Youngest
1978
Rick Berry
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Prairie View’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Prairie View’s famous people were born
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
Known for
What Prairie View is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.9 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.
The best known
Born in Prairie View
RL#2
Sports
Ron Low
born 1950Canadian ice hockey player and coach
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
BD#3
Sports
Bill Derlago
born 1958Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Prairie View
4 more, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Prairie View
Who is the most famous person from Prairie View?
Pat Falloon (Canadian ice hockey player) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Ron Low and Bill Derlago.
How many famous people were born in Prairie View?
Wikidata places 12 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Prairie View known for?
They make up 71% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Prairie View?
William Delday, from 1913; the most recent birth on the list is from 1978.
Who counts as from Prairie View?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Prairie View’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?
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.
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).