LN#1
Politics & Law
Lorne Nystrom
born 1946Canadian politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Wynyard, Saskatchewan
3 famous people were born in Wynyard
Lorne Nystrom, the Canadian politician, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The Canadian geologist Raymond Thorsteinsson ranks second, ahead of Richard Zemlak. Births span 1921 to 1963, from Raymond Thorsteinsson to Richard Zemlak. Famous people are on record for 92 of the towns in Saskatchewan.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Lorne Nystrom
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1921
Raymond Thorsteinsson
Youngest
1963
Richard Zemlak
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Wynyard
RT#2
Science & Medicine
Raymond Thorsteinsson
1921–2012Canadian geologist
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RZ#3
Sports
Richard Zemlak
born 1963Canadian ice hockey player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Wynyard is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 1 people.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Questions about famous people from Wynyard
Who is the most famous person from Wynyard?
By our measure the best known is Lorne Nystrom (Canadian politician); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Raymond Thorsteinsson and Richard Zemlak.
How many famous people were born in Wynyard?
Wikidata counts 4 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Wynyard known for?
33% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 22%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Wynyard?
The earliest is Raymond Thorsteinsson, born in 1921, and the latest birth listed is 1963.
Who counts as from Wynyard?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Wynyard’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
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.
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