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Film, TV & Stage
Donavon Stinson
born 1976Canadian actor
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Riverdale, Manitoba
Riverdale is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the Canadian actor Donavon Stinson, with articles in 4 languages. The other is Kent Tate, the Canadian artist. Donavon Stinson was born in 1976. The longest list in Manitoba is Winnipeg’s, with 1,479 names.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Donavon Stinson
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1976
Donavon Stinson
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Riverdale
KT#2
Known for
What Riverdale is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Questions about famous people from Riverdale
Who is the most famous person from Riverdale?
Donavon Stinson (Canadian actor) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Kent Tate.
How many famous people were born in Riverdale?
Wikidata places 3 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Riverdale known for?
Here the share is 50%; across Canadian towns it is 10%.
Who counts as from Riverdale?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Riverdale’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
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).