List of notable Calgarians
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The following is a list of notable Calgarians:
- Earle Birney - poet
- Alfred Ernest Cross - part of the Big Four that started the Calgary Stampede
- John Glenn - Calgary's earliest recorded European Settler
- Alvin Law - motivational speaker
- Sam Livingston - Irish-born early settler in Calgary
- James Lougheed head of military hospitals during World War I
- James Farquharson MacLeod, former Northwest Territory Supreme Court judge
- Nellie McClung - writer and activist
- William Pearce - developer
- Peter Anthony Prince - Lumber Baron/Anti-environmentalist
- Ron Southern - founder of Spruce Meadows
- Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
- George F.G. Stanley - designer of the Canadian flag
- Ken Taylor - Canadian ambassador to Iran. Helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iranian hostage crisis
- Robert Thirsk - astronaut
- James Gosling - creator of the Java programming language
- Todd McFarlane - creator of the Spawn series of comics
- John Ware - pioneer rancher
- Jonny Wu - Geologist
- David Albahari - Serbian born author
- David Nguyen - Senorstopologist
[edit] Politicians
- Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada
- William Aberhart - former Premier of Alberta
- Richard Bennett - former Prime Minister of Canada
- Thomas Henry Blow - doctor and member of Alberta's Legislative Assembly
- Monte Solberg - Conservative politician
- Ralph Klein - former Mayor of Calgary and Premier of Alberta
- Peter Lougheed - former CFL player and Premier of Alberta
- Ernest Manning - former Premier of Alberta
- Normie Kwong - former CFL player and current Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta
[edit] Athletes
- Stu Hart - professional wrestler, promoter and trainer
- Trevor Boys, NASCAR driver
- Owen Hargreaves - professional soccer player
- Bret Hart - professional wrestler
- Owen Hart - professional wrestler
- Teddy Hart - professional wrestler
- Dany Heatley - professional ice hockey player
- Curtis Myden - Olympic bronze medalist swimming
- Chris Reitsma - professional baseball player
- Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
- Jason Smith - professional ice hockey player
- Mark Tewksbury - Olympic gold medalist swimming
- Mike Vernon - professional National Hockey League player
- Bad News Allen - professional wrestler aka Allen Coage
- Lance Storm - professional wrestler
- Don Cairns - professional National Hockey League player
- Nolan Baumgartner - professional ice hockey player
- Sheena Lawrick - Olympic softball player
- Peter Lougheed - former CFL player and Premier of Alberta.
- Mark Rypien - Super Bowl XXVI MVP
- Jamie Salé - Olympic gold medallist skater
- Jim Neidhart - professional wrestler
- T.J. Wilson - professional wrestler
- Harry Smith (wrestler) - professional wrestler
[edit] Entertainers
- Jann Arden - Singer
- Paul Brandt - Country music singer
- Todd McFarlane - creator of the Spawn series of comics
- Melissa O'Neil - 2005 Canadian Idol winner
- Elisha Cuthbert - actress (Although she moved to Montreal at a very young age, and remained there until she moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17)
- David Winning - director
- Paul Gross - actor
- Leslie Feist - singer-songwriter
- Steve Strachan - actor
- Roy Jenson - Actor
- Tegan and Sara - Musicians
- Rebecca Northan - actor
- Albert Howell - actor
- Ed Luistro - actor
- Peter Oldring - actor
- Pat Kelly - actor
- Derek Flores - actor
- Terra Hazelton - singer
- Tommy Chong - actor
- Heather Marks - supermodel
[edit] External link
- Famous Calgarians from the Past, a Calgary elementary school project
