#1Notable
Poundmaker
1842–1886Canadian indigenous leader
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Famous people · Battleford, Saskatchewan
The 3 famous people born in Battleford, led by Poundmaker
At the top of the list is the Canadian indigenous leader Poundmaker, covered in 17 languages. The next two names are Colby Cave and Hazel Hastings. For every 10,000 residents the town has 6.4, while at least half the towns in Saskatchewan list nobody born there. Born in 1842, Poundmaker is the first name on record, and Colby Cave, born in 1994, the most recent.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Poundmaker
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1842
Poundmaker
Youngest
1994
Colby Cave
The best known
Born in Battleford
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Science & Medicine
Hazel Hastings
1897–1993[née Daunais] (1897–1993), teacher and Roman Catholic laywoman
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Known for
What Battleford is known for
Share of Battleford’s famous people in each field.
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Questions about famous people from Battleford
Who is the most famous person from Battleford?
By our measure the best known is Poundmaker (Canadian indigenous leader); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Colby Cave and Hazel Hastings.
How many famous people were born in Battleford?
Wikidata places 5 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Battleford?
Poundmaker, from 1842; the most recent birth on the list is from 1994.
Who counts as from Battleford?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Battleford’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 (3)
- Poundmaker: Prof. Buell, O.B., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colby Cave: Jessica, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alistair MacLeod: Graham Iddon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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