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Photo: BaShildy . · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Igloolik, Nunavut
8 famous people from Igloolik, many of them leaders
Articles in 7 languages make the inuk artist Natar Ungalaaq the best known. Most were born between 1946 and 1969: 5 of them. From Paul Quassa to Nyla Innuksuk, the births on the list run from 1952 to 1986. 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Natar Ungalaaq
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1952
Paul Quassa
Youngest
1986
Nyla Innuksuk
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Igloolik’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What Igloolik is known for
Igloolik has 2.8× the usual share of leaders.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in Igloolik
LI#2
Politics & Law
Lori Idlout
born 1984Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
NI#3
Film, TV & Stage
Nyla Innuksuk
born 1986Inuit film director
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Igloolik
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Igloolik
Who is the most famous person from Igloolik?
Natar Ungalaaq (inuk artist) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Lori Idlout and Nyla Innuksuk.
How many famous people were born in Igloolik?
Wikidata places 14 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Igloolik known for?
63% here, set against 22% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Igloolik?
Paul Quassa (1952). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1986.
Who counts as from Igloolik?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Igloolik’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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.
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).