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Famous people · Rosetown, Saskatchewan
Rosetown counts 13 famous people, first among them Rob Friend
Articles in 24 languages make the Canadian footballer Rob Friend the best known. The association football player Amy Vermeulen ranks second, ahead of Lloyd Arntzen. Half or more of the towns in Saskatchewan have no one on record, but this one has 50 for every 10,000 residents. Roy Ells, born in 1914, is the earliest name and Amy Vermeulen, born in 1983, the latest.
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Rob Friend
24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1914
Roy Ells
Youngest
1983
Amy Vermeulen
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Rosetown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Rosetown’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rosetown
AV#2
Sports
Amy Vermeulen
born 1983Association football player
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Known for
What Rosetown is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rosetown
Of the other 10, 5 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Rosetown
Who is the most famous person from Rosetown?
The top name is Rob Friend (Canadian footballer), going by Wikipedia coverage. Next come Amy Vermeulen and Lloyd Arntzen.
How many famous people were born in Rosetown?
Wikidata places 14 here in all; the others lack an article that agrees.
What is Rosetown known for?
54% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rosetown?
The earliest is Roy Ells, born in 1914, and the latest birth listed is 1983.
Who counts as from Rosetown?
Born inside Rosetown’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) on Wikidata’s record, with an English or French Wikipedia article to back it up: that is the test, hospitals and districts within the outline included. Someone who just lived here does not pass it, and adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are excluded.
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 (2)
- Eldon Woolliams: Creator:J. Mackie, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Porteous: Canada's Theatre Museum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).