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Politics & Law
Donald Orchard
born 1946Canadian politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFamous people · Thompson, Manitoba
A single famous person was born in Thompson: Donald Orchard
In 1946, the Canadian politician Donald Orchard was born. Their birth falls between 1946 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Just 20 km away, Morden’s list holds 15 names, Loreena McKennitt the best known.
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Donald Orchard
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Donald Orchard
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Questions about famous people from Thompson
Who is the most famous person from Thompson?
Donald Orchard (Canadian politician) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them.
How many famous people were born in Thompson?
The list holds 1 born in Thompson, each confirmed by an English or French Wikipedia article.
What is Thompson known for?
The largest group is leaders, 1 in all out of 1. Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who counts as from Thompson?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Thompson’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. Thompson is also the name of another municipality in Manitoba: for everyone listed here, Wikipedia gives only “Thompson”, so the other place can’t be ruled out.
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).
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- Loreena McKennitt: Małgorzata Skibińska, CC BY-SA 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).