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Famous people · Kindersley, Saskatchewan

17 famous people were born in Kindersley, more of them athletes than in most towns

The best known is the Canadian ice hockey player Joel Kwiatkowski, with articles in 11 languages. Dave Lewis is second and Curtis Glencross third. From Clara Hume to Derek Dorsett, the births on the list run from 1914 to 1986. 7 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period.

#1 best knownJoel KwiatkowskiSports · born 1977
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Born here
17
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joel Kwiatkowski
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1914
Clara Hume
Youngest
1986
Derek Dorsett
Most common field
Sports
12 people
★ What stands out · Through the years

When Kindersley’s famous people were born

The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 4 births.

Confederation to the Great WarThe world warsPostwar yearsSince 1970190019502000Gordon HahnDave LewisJoel KwiatkowskiCurtis Glencross
SportsPolitics & LawNotableWriting & Arts

Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.

Known for

What Kindersley is known for

Athletes stand out most, at 1.9 times the usual share.

The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.

The best known

Born in Kindersley

All three are athletes.

Joel Kwiatkowski#1
Sports

Joel Kwiatkowski

born 1977

Canadian ice hockey player

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Dave Lewis#2
Sports

Dave Lewis

born 1953

Canadian ice hockey player

10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Curtis Glencross#3
Sports

Curtis Glencross

born 1982

Canadian ice hockey player

9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Kindersley

The rest number 14, with 9 athletes among them.

Derek Dorsett

Derek Dorsett

born 1986

Canadian ice hockey player

Gordon Hahn

Gordon Hahn

1919–2001

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Blake Evans

Blake Evans

born 1980

Canadian ice hockey player

DE

Devin Edgerton

born 1970

Canadian ice hockey player

Dick Meissner

Dick Meissner

1940–2002

Canadian ice hockey player

GP

Greg Paslawski

born 1961

Canadian ice hockey player

Merv Johnson

Merv Johnson

1923–2019

Canadian politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
TS

Troy Schwab

born 1984

Canadian ice hockey forward

AT

Andrew Thomson

born 1967

Canadian politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
GK

George Klippert

1926–1996

Canadian man notably imprisoned for sodomy and gross indecency

JM

Jim Mathieson

born 1970

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

LG

Lorry Gloeckner

born 1956

Professional ice hockey player

CH

Clara Hume

1914–2006

Canadian artist

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗

Questions about famous people from Kindersley

Who is the most famous person from Kindersley?

Joel Kwiatkowski (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Dave Lewis and Curtis Glencross.

What is Kindersley known for?

71% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kindersley?

Clara Hume, from 1914; the most recent birth on the list is from 1986.

Who counts as from Kindersley?

Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Kindersley’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.

Why is someone missing?

Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here 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 (8)

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).