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Famous people · Birch Hills, Saskatchewan
Birch Hills counts 2 famous people, first among them Tommy Thomson
At the top of the list is the Canadian athlete Tommy Thomson, covered in 24 languages. Marshall Johnston is the only other name on the list. From Tommy Thomson to Marshall Johnston, the births on the list run from 1895 to 1941. The longest list in Saskatchewan is Regina’s, with 456 names.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Tommy Thomson
24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1895
Tommy Thomson
Youngest
1941
Marshall Johnston
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Birch Hills
MJ#2
Sports
Marshall Johnston
born 1941Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Questions about famous people from Birch Hills
Who is the most famous person from Birch Hills?
The top name is Tommy Thomson (Canadian athlete), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Marshall Johnston.
What is Birch Hills known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Birch Hills?
Tommy Thomson, born in 1895. The youngest on the list was born in 1941.
Who counts as from Birch Hills?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Birch Hills’ 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?
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).