#1Sports
Patrick Marleau
born 1979Canadian ice hockey player
23 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Patrick Marleau tops a list of 41 famous people born in Swift Current
Articles in 23 languages make the Canadian ice hockey player Patrick Marleau the best known. Colter Wall, the Canadian singer-songwriter, comes second, with Brad Wall third. Since 1970, 17 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1909, Dorothy Walton is the first name on record, and Kole Lind, born in 1998, the most recent.
Born here
41
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick Marleau
23 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1909
Dorothy Walton
Youngest
1998
Kole Lind
Most common field
Sports
23 people
What stands out about Swift Current’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Swift Current’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 10.
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#3Politics & Law
Brad Wall
born 1965Former Canadian politician
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What Swift Current is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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38 more, from 1909 to 1998.
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Questions about famous people from Swift Current
Who is the most famous person from Swift Current?
By our measure the best known is Patrick Marleau (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Colter Wall and Brad Wall.
How many famous people were born in Swift Current?
Wikidata has 47 born here; the ones not shown have no article that agrees, or none at all.
What is Swift Current known for?
Here the share is 56%; across Canadian towns it is 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Swift Current?
Dorothy Walton, from 1909; the most recent birth on the list is from 1998.
Who counts as from Swift Current?
Wikidata’s record must put the birth inside Swift Current’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article must agree. The list leaves out adult performers, people known mainly for crimes and anyone born elsewhere.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (13)
- Patrick Marleau: Ivan Makarov, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colter Wall: Roberta ( photos · photo sets ), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Wall: DanielPaquet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Moen: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boyd Kane: Phillyfan0419, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Toms: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrel Scoville: TheAHL, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorna Crozier: Simon Fraser University - University Communications, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynda Haverstock: Saskboy at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kole Lind: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandin Cote: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reggie Cleveland: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Moen: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).