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Politics & Law
Robert Wayne Mitchell
1936–2016Canadian politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: John Kaminski · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Preeceville, Saskatchewan
2 famous people were born in Preeceville
Most widely known is Robert Wayne Mitchell, the Canadian politician, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the Canadian politician Ron Harper. Over 12 years of births, the list goes from Robert Wayne Mitchell (1936) to Ron Harper (1948). Regina has the most of any town in Saskatchewan: 456.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Robert Wayne Mitchell
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1936
Robert Wayne Mitchell
Youngest
1948
Ron Harper
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Preeceville
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Questions about famous people from Preeceville
Who is the most famous person from Preeceville?
By our measure the best known is Robert Wayne Mitchell (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Ron Harper.
What is Preeceville known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 22%; here, 100%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Preeceville?
The earliest is Robert Wayne Mitchell, born in 1936, and the latest birth listed is 1948.
Who counts as from Preeceville?
The list takes people born within Preeceville’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, as Wikidata records it and an English or French Wikipedia article confirms. It leaves out residents born elsewhere, adult performers and people chiefly known for crimes.
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.
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