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Photo: Awmcphee · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
Athletes stand out among the 7 famous people born in Maple Creek
At the top of the list is the Canadian ice hockey player Zack Smith, covered in 9 languages. Barry Dean is second and Elias Romanchych third. 3 of them were born between 1914 and 1945, more than in any other period. The earliest on the list is Roy Manzer, born in 1896, and the youngest Zack Smith, born in 1988.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Zack Smith
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1896
Roy Manzer
Youngest
1988
Zack Smith
Most common field
Sports
4 people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Maple Creek is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.5 times as common.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Maple Creek’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
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Every person is a dot in the column of the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Maple Creek
All three are athletes.
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Sports
Elias Romanchych
born 1951Canadian volleyball player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Everyone else born in Maple Creek
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Questions about famous people from Maple Creek
Who is the most famous person from Maple Creek?
Zack Smith (Canadian ice hockey player) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Barry Dean and Elias Romanchych.
What is Maple Creek known for?
That is 57% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Maple Creek?
Roy Manzer, from 1896; the most recent birth on the list is from 1988.
Who counts as from Maple Creek?
A birth counts when Wikidata puts it inside Maple Creek’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?
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.
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).