OD#1
Politics & Law
Olive Diefenbaker
1902–1976Wife of prime minister
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Roland, Manitoba
2 famous people were born in Roland
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the wife of prime minister Olive Diefenbaker is the best known. The other is Myrna Phillips, the Canadian politician. The neighbour with the longest list is Carman, 16 km away: 8, led by Jack Carson. Born in 1902, Olive Diefenbaker is the first name on record, and Myrna Phillips, born in 1942, the most recent.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Olive Diefenbaker
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1902
Olive Diefenbaker
Youngest
1942
Myrna Phillips
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Roland
MP#2
Politics & Law
Myrna Phillips
born 1942Canadian politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Count of the towns around it with a famous name listed: 1.
Questions about famous people from Roland
Who is the most famous person from Roland?
Olive Diefenbaker (wife of prime minister) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Myrna Phillips.
How many famous people were born in Roland?
3 are placed here on Wikidata; the rest have no article to confirm it.
What is Roland known for?
That is 100% of the town’s list, against 22% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Roland?
The earliest is Olive Diefenbaker, born in 1902, and the latest birth listed is 1942.
Who counts as from Roland?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Roland’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?
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 (1)
- Jack Carson: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, 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).