JN#1
Sports
Jim Neilson
1940–2020Canadian ice hockey player
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Big River No. 555, Saskatchewan
The 4 famous people born in Big River No. 555, led by Jim Neilson
Most widely known is Jim Neilson, the Canadian ice hockey player, with articles in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are Barry Pederson and Frederick John Thompson. The oldest name on the list belongs to Hubert Macey, born in 1921, the newest to Barry Pederson, born in 1961. The longest list of any town in Saskatchewan belongs to Regina, with 456.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jim Neilson
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1921
Hubert Macey
Youngest
1961
Barry Pederson
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Big River No. 555
BP#2
Sports
Barry Pederson
born 1961Canadian ice hockey player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FT#3
Politics & Law
Frederick John Thompson
1935–2010Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Big River No. 555’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 1.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Big River No. 555 is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2 times the usual share.
For comparison, the usual town: how the people listed across Canadian towns split by field. Tap a field to list its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Big River No. 555
1 more, best known first.
Questions about famous people from Big River No. 555
Who is the most famous person from Big River No. 555?
By our measure the best known is Jim Neilson (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Barry Pederson and Frederick John Thompson.
How many famous people were born in Big River No. 555?
Wikidata places 5 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Big River No. 555 known for?
Here the share is 75%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Big River No. 555?
The earliest is Hubert Macey, born in 1921, and the latest birth listed is 1961.
Who counts as from Big River No. 555?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Big River No. 555’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?
The likeliest reasons: a birthplace recorded only as a province or as Canada, a hamlet or rural area with no page of its own, or an article that gives another place or none. Fixing Wikidata or Wikipedia brings them onto the list at the next refresh, as long as the two then agree.
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).