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Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · La Ronge, Saskatchewan
4 famous people were born in La Ronge
Danis Goulet, the director, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The next two names are Norman MacAuley and Russell Mirasty. Over 60 years of births, the list goes from Norman MacAuley (1917) to Danis Goulet (1977). Half or more of the towns in Saskatchewan have no one on record, but this one has 15 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Danis Goulet
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1917
Norman MacAuley
Youngest
1977
Danis Goulet
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in La Ronge
NM#2
Politics & Law
Norman MacAuley
1917–2016Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RM#3
Military
Russell Mirasty
Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 2019
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What La Ronge is known for
Film, TV & Stage leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in La Ronge
1 more, best known first.
Questions about famous people from La Ronge
Who is the most famous person from La Ronge?
The top name is Danis Goulet (director), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Norman MacAuley and Russell Mirasty.
How many famous people were born in La Ronge?
Wikidata has 7 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is La Ronge known for?
50% here, set against 10% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Ronge?
Norman MacAuley, born in 1917. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from La Ronge?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside La Ronge’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?
Some have no birthplace below the province on Wikidata, some were born in a hamlet without a page here, and some have an article that names another place or none at all. The page lists only what Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on, and it follows their corrections at each 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).