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Jesse Divnich
born 1950Former vice president of EEDAR
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · LaSalle, Ontario
7 famous people were born in LaSalle, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Jesse Divnich, the former vice president of EEDAR, with articles in 4 languages. Second place goes to the Canadian ice hockey defenceman Scott Hillman, third to Derek Wilkinson. 3 were born in 1970 or later. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.9, while at least half the towns in Ontario list nobody born there.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jesse Divnich
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1930
Paul Lucier
Youngest
1993
Cynthia Loewen
Most common field
Sports
4 people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When LaSalle’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 2.
SportsBusinessPolitics & LawNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
Known for
What LaSalle is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.5 times.
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 LaSalle
Counted by languages, Jesse Divnich is ahead of Scott Hillman and Derek Wilkinson: 4, 4 and 3.
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Sports
Scott Hillman
born 1974Canadian ice hockey defenceman
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Sports
Derek Wilkinson
born 1974Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in LaSalle
Here are 4 more, born from 1930 to 1993.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from LaSalle
Who is the most famous person from LaSalle?
By our measure the best known is Jesse Divnich (former vice president of EEDAR); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Scott Hillman and Derek Wilkinson.
How many famous people were born in LaSalle?
Wikidata has 9 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is LaSalle known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 57%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from LaSalle?
Paul Lucier (1930). At the other end, the youngest was born in 1993.
Who counts as from LaSalle?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside LaSalle’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
Why is someone missing?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (3)
- Jesse Divnich: AussieDev, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Reaume: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- McKee Rankin: C. A. Myers, Public domain, 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).