#1Famous people · Swan River, Manitoba
Sven Delblanc tops a list of 10 famous people born in Swan River
Articles in 23 languages make the Swedish writer Sven Delblanc the best known. The next two names are Barry Brust and Michael Ferland. The largest group, 4, was born between 1914 and 1945. From Pierre Falcon to Michael Ferland, the births on the list run from 1793 to 1992.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sven Delblanc
23 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1793
Pierre Falcon
Youngest
1992
Michael Ferland
Most common field
Sports
3 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Swan River’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 2 births.
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Swan River
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Sports
Michael Ferland
born 1992Canadian ice hockey player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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What Swan River is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
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Questions about famous people from Swan River
Who is the most famous person from Swan River?
Sven Delblanc (swedish writer) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Barry Brust and Michael Ferland.
How many famous people were born in Swan River?
Wikidata counts 11 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Swan River known for?
That is 30% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Swan River?
Pierre Falcon, born in 1793. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Swan River?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Swan River’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed.
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 (4)
- Sven Delblanc: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Brust: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Ferland: Resolute, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David MacLennan: Maclennan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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