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Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Wakaw, Saskatchewan
7 famous people from Wakaw, many of them athletes
Most widely known is Linden Vey, the Canadian ice hockey player, with articles in 16 languages. Dave Balon is second and Dave Michayluk third. The earliest on the list is Miro Kwasnica, born in 1935, and the youngest Linden Vey, born in 1991. No town in Saskatchewan lists more than Regina, with 456.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Linden Vey
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1935
Miro Kwasnica
Youngest
1991
Linden Vey
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Wakaw’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Wakaw’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
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Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Wakaw is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.5 times as common.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in Wakaw
DB#2
DM#3
Sports
Dave Michayluk
born 1962Canadian ice hockey player
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wakaw
Another 4, the earliest born in 1935.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Questions about famous people from Wakaw
Who is the most famous person from Wakaw?
By our measure the best known is Linden Vey (Canadian ice hockey player); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Dave Balon and Dave Michayluk.
What is Wakaw known for?
57% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wakaw?
Miro Kwasnica, born in 1935. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Wakaw?
Wikidata has to place the birth inside Wakaw’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), counting its hospitals and districts, and an English or French Wikipedia article has to say the same. Adult performers, people known mostly for crimes and anyone who only lived here stay off the list.
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.
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).