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Sports
Robert Benson
1894–1965Canadian ice hockey defenceman
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Davidson, Saskatchewan
Davidson counts 7 famous people, first among them Robert Benson
Robert Benson, the Canadian ice hockey defenceman, is the most widely known, written about in 19 languages. Between 1914 and 1945, 3 were born, the most of any period. 2 were born in 1970 or later. Born in 1894, Robert Benson is the first name on record, and Nolan Allan, born in 2003, the most recent.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Robert Benson
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1894
Robert Benson
Youngest
2003
Nolan Allan
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Davidson
BM#2
Sports
Brayden McNabb
born 1991Canadian ice hockey defenceman
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Through the years
When Davidson’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 1 births.
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Known for
What Davidson is known for
Share of Davidson’s famous people in each field.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
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Everyone else born in Davidson
Here are 4 more, born from 1917 to 1936.
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Questions about famous people from Davidson
Who is the most famous person from Davidson?
Robert Benson (Canadian ice hockey defenceman) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Brayden McNabb and Nolan Allan.
How many famous people were born in Davidson?
Wikidata places 8 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Davidson known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 43%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Davidson?
Robert Benson, born in 1894. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Davidson?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Davidson’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), a hospital or district there included, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article agrees. Those who only moved here are not on the list, and neither are adult performers or people famous mainly for crimes.
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.
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).