List of people from Edmonton
The City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has been the birthplace or a significant home to numerous famous individuals. Additionally, many Edmontonians have become worthy of note through their various charitable activities, donations and contributions.
National service
- Russ Bannock, Canada's second-highest scoring ace of World War II[1]
- Nellie McClung, first woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the CBC (1936). One of The Famous Five[2]
- Emily Murphy, first female magistrate in British Empire and petitioned Supreme Court of Canada to allow women the vote. One of the The Famous Five[3]
- Douglas Roche, O.C., Former M.P., Senator, U.N. Ambassador, nuclear disarmament figure, author, and journalist[4]
Explorers and pioneers
Business
- Jack Agrios, lawyer
- Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada
- Bernard Ebbers, WorldCom cofounder[7]
- Daryl Katz, chairman and chief executive officer of The Katz Group and owner of the Edmonton Oilers.[8]
- Patrick LaForge, president and CEO of the Edmonton Oilers
- Ray Muzyka, cofounder, BioWare Corp[9]
- Barb Tarbox, Well-known anti-smoking activist[10]
- Allan Wachowich, former Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
- Max Ward, aviator and founder of Wardair air lines[11]
- Greg Zeschuk, cofounder, BioWare Corp[9]
Actors
- Michelle Beaudoin, actress
- Terry Chen, film and television actor[12]
- Tommy Chong, comedian, actor and musician[13]
- Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-born American actress, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong[14]
- Paula Devicq, actress
- Nathan Fillion, film and television actor[15]
- Dianne Foster, film and television actress
- Michael J. Fox, film and television actor[16]
- Patrick Gilmore, film and television actor
- Robert Goulet, singer and film actor[17]
- Meghan Heffern, actress
- Jill Hennessy, television actor[18]
- Jimmy Herman, First Nations actor
- Eric Johnson, actor
- Bruce McCulloch, actor, writer, comedian, and film director[19]
- Leslie Nielsen, film and television actor[20]
- Ron Pederson, stage and screen actor[21]
- Callum Keith Rennie, film and television actor
- Catherine Mary Stewart, film and television actor[22]
- Ryan Stock, T.V. Circus stunt man[23]
- Kenneth Welsh, film and television actor[24]
Musicians
- Violet Archer, composer [25]
- H. Hugh Bancroft, church musician and composer
- Tommy Banks, musician[26]
- Moe Berg, singer/songwriter
- Bill Bourne, folk & blues singer sonwriter, 3 time Juno Award winner
- Beatrice Carmichael, grand dame of the opera[27]
- Ken Chinn, (a.k.a. Chi Pig) lead singer, songwriter and band leader of SNFU
- Trevor Dunn, guitarist, member of 1970's group "Fifth Avenue Allstars"
- Tim Feehan, artist, singer/songwriter, producer, co-owner of Los Angeles recording studio "Backroom", mix master
- Malcolm Forsyth, composer [28]
- Allan Gilliland, composer [29]
- G.NA, (Choi Ji-Na), Korean singer
- Adam Gregory, singer
- Brian Hughes, smooth jazz guitarist
- Matthew Kegler aka Bass Farmers; Producer and DJ
- Cassius Khan, internationally renowned Indian classical tabla player and ghazal singer, recipient of Salute to Excellence Award[30]
- Samantha King, singer/songwriter
- k. d. lang, singer/songwriter [31]
- Jens Lindemann, trumpet soloist
- Big Miller, jazz and blues singer [32]
- Maren Ord, singer, songwriter
- P.J. Perry, jazz saxophonist [33]
- Quanteisha, singer
- Jan Randall, composer
- Shiloh, singer/songwriter
- Jay Sparrow, singer/songwriter
- Kreesha Turner, singer/songwriter
- Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton), a Canadian rapper[34]
- Alfie Zappacosta, singer, songwriter
Politicians
Writers and artists
- Will Beauchamp, filmmaker
- Ted Bishop, author of Riding with Rilke
- Gil Cardinal, filmmaker
- Patrick Cox, famous shoe designer[35]
- Brion Gysin, artist and writer[36]
- Peter Hide, British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977[37]
- Arthur Hiller, Hollywood film director and former president of the Director's Guild of America[38]
- Carl Honoré grew up in Edmonton, journalist and author of In Praise of Slowness[39]
- Mel Hurtig, publisher, author, and politician.[40]
- Zillur Rahman John, Bangladeshi Canadian, internationally renowned mime and pantomime artist, director, teacher, researcher and author of several mime and pantomime books[41]
- W. P. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe which became the film Field of Dreams and tournament Scrabble player[42]
- Myrna Kostash, writer of eight books including "All of Baba's Children" [43]
- Stewart Lemoine, playwright[44]
- Marshall McLuhan, recipient of numerous awards and appointments, pioneer of media theory[45]
- Richard Newman, writer, broadcaster, and reality TV star, best known for participating in the seventh series of the British version of Big Brother
- T. W. Peacocke, television and film director
- Robert Young Pelton, author[46]
Sportsmen and women
- Gary Beck, two time world champion drag racer and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame[47]
- Chris Benoit, professional wrestler[48]
- Blair Betts, ice hockey player[49]
- David Bissett, Olympic bobsledder
- Jay Bouwmeester, ice hockey player[50]
- Johnny Bucyk, ice hockey player [51]
- Gilbert Brulé, ice hockey player[52]
- Jason Chimera, ice hockey player[53]
- Erik Christensen, ice hockey player[54]
- Meghan Collison, fashion model
- Mac Colville early star in the NHL[55]
- Neil Colville, early star in the NHL[56]
- Mike Commodore, ice hockey player[57]
- Mike Comrie, ice hockey player[58]
- Michelle Conn, field hockey player [59]
- Randy Ferbey, multiple Canadian and World Men's Curling Champion[60]
- Andrew Ference, ice hockey player[61]
- David Ford, kayaker
- Grant Fuhr, ice hockey player born in Spruce Grove, Alberta, which is an Edmonton suburb[62]
- Forrest Gainer, rugby union player
- Su-Ling Goh, TV personality
- Jessica Gregg, short track speed skater
- Randy Gregg, ice hockey player[63]
- Jennifer Heil, freestyle skier born in Spruce Grove, Alberta[64]
- Kelly Hrudey, ice hockey player[65]
- Jarome Iginla, ice hockey player[66]
- Brad Isbister, ice hockey player[67]
- Cathy King, curler, from St Albert[68]
- Daymond Langkow, ice hockey player [69]
- Bryan Little, ice hockey player[70]
- Rochelle Loewen, model who appeared briefly with the WWE [71]
- Pierre Lueders, bobsledder
- Joffrey Lupul, ice hockey player[72]
- Jason MacDonald, UFC fighter[73]
- Richard Matvichuk, ice hockey player[74]
- Mark Messier, ice hockey player [75]
- Derek Morris, ice hockey player[76]
- Scott Nichol, ice hockey player[77]
- Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player[78]
- Ben Ondrus, ice hockey player[79]
- Kelly Perlette, light middle-weight boxing gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games[80]
- Matt Pettinger, ice hockey player[81]
- Dion Phaneuf, ice hockey player[82]
- Rod Phillips, radio broadcaster for 630 CHED
- Annamay Pierse, swimmer born in Toronto and raised in Edmonton
- Fernando Pisani, ice hockey player[83]
- Justin Pogge, AHL hockey player[84]
- John "Red" Pollard, jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit[85]
- Doug Pruden, multiple world records in push ups[86]
- Steve Regier, ice hockey player[87]
- Steven Reinprecht, ice hockey player[88]
- Jason Strudwick, ice hockey player[89]
- Darryl Sydor, ice hockey player[90]
- Adam Trupish, boxer[91]
- Cam Ward, ice hockey player[92]
- Ray Whitney, ice hockey player[93]
Scientists
See also
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- ^ HockeyDB. "Gilbert Brulé". http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=72051. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Jason Chimera". http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=29188. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Erik Christensen". http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=50627. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Mac Colville". http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1055. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Neil Colville". http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1056. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Mike Commodore". http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=33952. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Mike Comrie". http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=44991. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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