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Famous people · Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Yorkton counts 42 famous people, first among them Jason Parker
Jason Parker, the Canadian speed skater, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. The Canadian curler Joan McCusker ranks second, ahead of Paul Thagard. 16 of them were born between 1946 and 1969, more than in any other period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 23.9, while at least half the towns in Saskatchewan list nobody born there.
Born here
42
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jason Parker
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1904
Evelyn Spice Cherry
Youngest
2001
Kaedan Korczak
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Yorkton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Yorkton’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 10 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicNotable
One dot per person, piled up by decade of birth.
The best known
Born in Yorkton
JM#2
PT#3
Writing & Arts
Paul Thagard
born 1950Canadian philosopher
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Yorkton is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.3 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Yorkton
39 more, from 1904 to 2001.
Roman Kroitor
1926–2012Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Imax Corporation
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Dana Claxton
born 1959Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer and performance artist
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Towns around it with someone on record: 1.
Questions about famous people from Yorkton
Who is the most famous person from Yorkton?
Jason Parker (Canadian speed skater) comes first, by the number of Wikipedia languages that cover them. Next come Joan McCusker and Paul Thagard.
How many famous people were born in Yorkton?
Of the 49 Wikidata puts here, the rest have no English or French article that confirms it.
What is Yorkton known for?
That is 40% of the town’s list, against 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Yorkton?
Evelyn Spice Cherry (1904). At the other end, the youngest was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Yorkton?
The list takes people born within Yorkton’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?
Often Wikidata names only Canada or a province as the birthplace, or a rural area, a hamlet or another town; sometimes the Wikipedia article names somewhere else, or nowhere. A person appears here once both agree, so a correction on either site reaches this page 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 (8)
- Jared Bednar: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kaedan Korczak: The Kip, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Zaba: AUT,_EBEL,EC_VSV_vs._UPC_Vienna_Capitals_(10655597743).jpg : Alex Micheu Photography from VILLACH, Austria derivative work: Xgeorg, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Metro Prystai: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Popein: TGC-Topps Gum Cards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David MacIntyre: David Cooper, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristopher Grunert: Kristopher Grunert, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Laycock: Earl Andrew, 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).