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Sports
Jens Meilleur
born 1993Canadian-German professional ice hockey player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Classenc · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Woodlands, Manitoba
Woodlands is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Going by the number of languages that write about them, the Canadian-German professional ice hockey player Jens Meilleur is the best known. The only other name is the Canadian artist Aganetha Dyck. Jens Meilleur, born in 1993, is the youngest, and Aganetha Dyck, born in 1937, the first on record. Across Manitoba, 115 towns list someone born there.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jens Meilleur
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1937
Aganetha Dyck
Youngest
1993
Jens Meilleur
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Woodlands
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Known for
What Woodlands is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Questions about famous people from Woodlands
Who is the most famous person from Woodlands?
By our measure the best known is Jens Meilleur (Canadian-German professional ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Aganetha Dyck.
How many famous people were born in Woodlands?
Of the 3 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Woodlands known for?
50% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Woodlands?
Aganetha Dyck, born in 1937. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Woodlands?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Woodlands’ municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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.
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