#1Writing & Arts
Miriam Toews
born 1964Canadian writer known for novels set in the Mennonite community
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Steinbach, Manitoba
Writers and artists stand out among the 22 famous people born in Steinbach
With articles in 16 languages, Miriam Toews is the most widely known. Scott Bairstow, the Canadian actor, comes second, with Ian White third. Half or more of the towns in Manitoba have no one on record, but this one has 10.2 for every 10,000 residents. Only 6 of the 115 towns in Manitoba with anyone on record list more.
Born here
22
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Miriam Toews
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1920
Leonard Barkman
Youngest
1987
Myles Stoesz
Most common field
Sports
10 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Steinbach’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 5.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotable
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Steinbach is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 1.5 times as common.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
The best known
Born in Steinbach
The three are covered in 16, 15 and 10 languages: Miriam Toews, Scott Bairstow and Ian White.
#1SB#2
Film, TV & Stage
Scott Bairstow
born 1970Canadian actor
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Steinbach
Still to come: 19 more, from 1920 to 1987.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Ste. Anne, at 8.
Questions about famous people from Steinbach
Who is the most famous person from Steinbach?
By our measure the best known is Miriam Toews (Canadian writer known for novels set in the Mennonite community); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Scott Bairstow and Ian White.
How many famous people were born in Steinbach?
Wikidata places 27 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Steinbach known for?
That is 45% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Steinbach?
Leonard Barkman, born in 1920. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Steinbach?
The list takes people born within Steinbach’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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 (8)
- Miriam Toews: Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian White: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Hiebert: manningcentre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denni Neufeld: Krazytea, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Penner: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert L. Peters: nrkbeta, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyne Larocque: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Tetrault: Ilamb94, CC BY 3.0, 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).