List of people from Edmonton

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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.

Actors and actresses

Lisa Gilroy (born 1989), comedian and actress
Beverly Adams (born 1945), former actress
Dana Alexander, comedian
Melody Anderson (born 1955), former actress
Tori Anderson (born 1988), actress
Nathaniel Arcand (born 1971), actor
Gary Basaraba (born 1959), actor
Michelle Beaudoin (born 1975), actress
Genevieve Buechner (born 1991), actress
Terry Chen (born 1975), film and television actor
Rae Dawn Chong (born 1961), Canadian-born American actress; daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong (born 1938), comedian, actor and musician
Billy Chow (born 1958), Hong Kong actor and martial artist
Ben Cotton (born 1975), film and television actor
Trevor Devall (born 1972), voice actor, born in Edmonton
Paula Devicq (born 1965), actress
Rosemary Dunsmore (born 1953), TV, film, and theatre actress
Nathan Fillion (born 1971), film and television actor
Dianne Foster (1928–2019), film and television actress
Michael J. Fox (born 1961), film and television actor
Patrick Gilmore (born 1976), film and television actor
Grace Glowicki, actress and filmmaker
Robert Goulet (1933–2007), singer and film actor
Meghan Heffern (born 1983), actress
Jill Hennessy (born 1968), television actress and musician
Jimmy Herman (1940–2013), First Nations actor
Eric Johnson (born 1979), actor
Keltie Knight (born 1982), professional dancer, television presenter and 1/3 of the LadyGang podcast
Theresa Lee (born 1970), Hong Kong actress and Miss Hong Kong runner-up^[1]
Niall Matter (born 1980), actor
Bruce McCulloch (born 1961), actor, writer, comedian, and film director
Kathleen McGee, stand-up comedian
Wendel Meldrum (1959–2021), actress
Leslie Nielsen (1926–2010), film and television actor
Steven Ogg (born 1973), actor
Ron Pederson (born 1978), stage and screen actor
Chelsey Reist (born 1987), actress
Callum Keith Rennie (born 1960), film and television actor
Lisa Ryder (born 1970), actress
Nancy Sivak
Kavan Smith (born 1970), actor
Catherine Mary Stewart (born 1959), film and television actor
Ryan Stock, TV circus stuntman
Kenneth Welsh (1942–2022), film and television actor

Business

Greg Abel (born 1962), CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Jack Agrios (born 1938), lawyer
Bernard Ebbers (1941–2020), WorldCom co-founder^[2]
Paul Graham, vice-president and executive producer of The Sports Network^[3]
Daryl Katz (born 1961), chairman and chief executive officer of the Katz Group; owner of the Edmonton Oilers
Ray Muzyka (born 1969), co-founder, BioWare Corp^[4]
Ricken Patel (born 1977), founding president and executive director of Avaaz
Barb Tarbox (1961–2003), anti-smoking activist^[5]
Allan Wachowich (born 1935), former Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
Max Ward (1921–2020), aviator and founder of Wardair airline^[6]
Greg Zeschuk (born 1969), co-founder of BioWare Corp^[4]

Explorers and pioneers

Punch Dickins (1899–1995), aviator and bush pilot; the Dickinsfield community was named in his honour^[7]

Musicians

Violet Archer (1913–2000), composer^[8]
Ardn, rapper
Ruth B (born 1995), singer-songwriter
H. Hugh Bancroft (1904–1988), church musician and composer
Tommy Banks (1936–2018), musician^[9]
Moe Berg (born 1959), singer-songwriter
George Blondheim (1956–2020), pianist and composer
Bill Bourne (1954–2022), folk and blues singer-songwriter, three-time Juno Award winner
Harpdog Brown (1962–2022), blues musician
Brox Sisters, singers (Brock sisters)^[10]
Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton; born 1986), rapper^[11]
Beatrice Carmichael (1889–1964), grand dame of the opera^[12]
Ken Chinn (a.k.a. Chi Pig; 1962–2020), lead singer-songwriter and band leader of SNFU
Clinker, sound artist, composer, and visual artist
Stu Davis (1921–2007), singer-songwriter, guitarist, internationally known as "Canada's Cowboy Troubadour"
Mac DeMarco (born 1990), indie rock musician^[13]
Jean Dubé (born 1981), pianist
Trevor Dunn (born 1968), guitarist, member of 1970's group Fifth Avenue Allstars
Tim Feehan (born 1957), artist, singer-songwriter, producer, co-owner of Los Angeles recording studio Backroom, mix master
Malcolm Forsyth (1936–2011), composer^[14]
Jay Fung, Hong Kong Cantopop singer-songwriter
Allan Gilliland (born 1965), composer^[15]
G.NA (Choi Ji-Na; born 1987), Korean singer
Dwayne Goettel (1964–1995), keyboardist for Skinny Puppy^[16]
Adam Gregory (born 1985), singer
Brian Hughes (born 1955), smooth jazz guitarist
JackEL (born 1996), DJ, record producer and songwriter
Cassius Khan, Indian classical tabla player and ghazal singer, recipient of Salute to Excellence Award^[17]
Morgan Lander, singer-songwriter
k.d. lang (born 1961), singer-songwriter^[18]
Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire, singer-songwriter
Jens Lindemann, trumpet soloist
Cameron Melnyk, lead singer of Canadian rock band State of Shock
Big Miller (1922–1992), jazz and blues singer^[19]
Maren Ord, singer-songwriter
P.J. Perry, jazz saxophonist^[20]
Quanteisha, singer
Lester Quitzau, Folk and blues guitarist
Jan Randall, composer
Carmen Rasmusen (born 1985), country music artist
Alyssa Reid, singer-songwriter
Josh Sahunta, pop/R&B singer-songwriter
Sean Nicholas Savage, indie singer-songwriter
Shiloh, singer-songwriter
Jay Sparrow, singer-songwriter
Mark Spicoluk (born 1979), musician
Kreesha Turner, singer-songwriter
Ella May Walker, composer
Tom MacDonald (born 1988), rapper, singer-songwriter ^[21]
Alex Calder (1989–2026), indie musician

National service

Russ Bannock (1919–2020), Canada's second-highest scoring ace of World War II^[22]
Roy Brown, Canadian flying ace in World War I, officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron, though this is now subject to debate^[23]
Edmund De Wind, Irish-Canadian British Army officer in World War I, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Wop May, Canadian flying ace in World War I, the last pilot to be pursued by Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, prior to his death, also a celebrated bush pilot^[24]
Nellie McClung (1873–1951), first woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the CBC (1936); one of The Famous Five^[25]
Emily Murphy (1868–1933), first female magistrate in British Empire and petitioned Supreme Court of Canada to allow women the vote; one of the Famous Five;^[26] has received modern scrutiny for her support for eugenics
Douglas Roche (born 1929), O.C., former M.P., Senator, U.N. Ambassador, nuclear disarmament figure, author, and journalist^[27]
William Smith Ziegler (1911–1999), artillery commander of the 1st Canadian Division in the Second World War

Politicians

Mark Carney (born 1965), 24th Prime Minister of Canada, former Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the G20's Financial Stability Board; former governor of the Bank of Canada
William Humberstone (1836–1922), politician in Alberta, and a municipal councillor in Edmonton
Don Iveson (born 1979), mayor from 2013 to 2021
Marcel Lambert (1919–2000), politician
Stephen Mandel (born 1945), mayor from 2004 to 2013, Alberta minister of health from 2014 to 2015, and leader of the Alberta Party from 2018 to 2019
Sherry McKibben (born 1944), politician
Rachel Notley (born 1964), 17th Premier of Alberta
Michael Phair (born 1950), politician
Richard R. Verma (born 1968), diplomat

Religion

Seraphim Storheim (born 1946), former senior hierarch for the Orthodox Church in America

Scientists

John Acorn, naturalist, lecturer at the University of Alberta, research associate at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, and research associate at the E.H. Strickland Entomology Museum^[28]
Karl Clark (1888–1966), University of Alberta professor and inventor of oil sands extraction technology^[29]
Jillianne Code (born 1976), researcher and learning scientist
Werner Israel (1931–2022), physicist
Raymond Lemieux (1920–2000), organic chemist
Diane Loranger, geologist, paleontologist
Jordan Peterson (born 1962), clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto
Gary Purdy (born 1936), materials scientist and engineer, professor
Gordon Walter Semenoff (born 1953), theoretical physicist
Dr. Lorne Warneke (1942–2020), clinical psychiatrist and gender identity specialist at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital; transgender rights activist^[30]^[31]

Sports personalities

Bobsledding

David Bissett (born 1979), Olympic bobsledder
Jennifer Ciochetti (born 1984), bobsledder
Pierre Lueders (born 1970), bobsledder
Jesse Lumsden (born 1982), bobsledder and football player
Neville Wright (born 1980), bobsledder

Boxing

Al Ford (born 1950), professional boxer and CBF Lightweight Champion
Ryan Ford (born 1982), professional boxer and retired mixed martial arts fighter^[32]
Kelly Perlette, light middle-weight boxing gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games^[33]
Adam Trupish (born 1979), boxer

Curling

Jessica Amundson (born 1984), curler
Joanne Courtney (born 1989), curler
Randy Ferbey (born 1959), multiple Canadian and World Men's Curling Champion^[34]
Heather Kalenchuk (born 1984), curler
Cathy King (born 1959), curler, from St Albert^[35]
Jamie King (born 1973), curler
Renée Sonnenberg (born 1971), curler

Ice hockey

Dave Babych (born 1961), ice hockey defenceman
Wayne Babych (born 1958), ice hockey player
Shawn Belle (born 1985), ice hockey defenceman^[36]
Brian Benning (born 1966), ice hockey defenceman
Jim Benning (born 1963), ice hockey defenceman and executive
Matt Benning (born 1994), ice hockey defenceman
Blair Betts (born 1980), ice hockey player^[37]
Tom Bladon (born 1952), ice hockey defenceman
Roger Bourbonnais (born 1942), ice hockey player
Jay Bouwmeester (born 1983), ice hockey defenceman^[38]
Johnny Boychuk (born 1984), ice hockey defenceman
Gilbert Brulé (born 1987), ice hockey player^[39]
Johnny Bucyk (born 1935), ice hockey player^[40]
Jason Chimera (born 1979), ice hockey player^[41]
Erik Christensen (born 1983), ice hockey player^[42]
Mac Colville (1916–2003), early star in the NHL^[43]
Neil Colville (1914–1987), early star in the NHL^[44]
Marcel Comeau (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey coach and NHL executive^[45]
Mike Commodore (born 1978), ice hockey player^[46]
Eric Comrie (born 1995), ice hockey goaltender^[47]
Mike Comrie (born 1980), ice hockey player^[48]
Kirby Dach (born 2001), ice hockey player
Jake DeBrusk (born 1996), ice hockey player
Gerald Diduck (born 1965), ice hockey defenceman
Tyler Ennis (born 1989), ice hockey player
Andrew Ference (born 1979), ice hockey defenceman^[49]
Vernon Fiddler (born 1980), ice hockey player
Mark Fistric (born 1986), ice hockey defenceman^[50]
Matt Frattin (born 1988), ice hockey right winger
Brendan Gallagher (born 1992), ice hockey player^[51]
Donald Gauf (1927–2014), ice hockey player
Randy Gregg (born 1956), ice hockey defenceman^[52]
Noah Gregor (born 1998), ice hockey player
Dylan Guenther (born 2003), ice hockey player
W. G. Hardy (1895–1979), President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association^[53]^[54]
Greg Hawgood (born 1968), ice hockey defenceman
Ken Hitchcock (born 1951), ice hockey coach and scout^[55]
Kelly Hrudey (born 1961), ice hockey player^[56]
Jarome Iginla (born 1977), ice hockey player^[57]
Brad Isbister (born 1977), ice hockey player^[58]
Ken Johannson (1930–2018), Canadian-born American ice hockey player, coach and executive^[59]^[60]
Eddie Joyal (born 1940), ice hockey player
Dustin Kohn (born 1987), ice hockey player
John Kordic (1965–1992), ice hockey player
Daymond Langkow (born 1976), ice hockey player^[61]
Bryan Little (born 1987), ice hockey player^[62]
Jamie Lundmark (born 1981), ice hockey forward
Joffrey Lupul (born 1983), ice hockey player^[63]
Bruce MacGregor (born 1941), NHL player and management
Richard Matvichuk (born 1973), ice hockey player^[64]
Ken McAuley (1921–1992), goaltender for the NHL New York Rangers; husband of Mildred Warwick McAuley
Mark Messier (born 1961), ice hockey player^[65]
Derek Morris (born 1978), ice hockey player^[66]
Scott Nichol (born 1974), ice hockey player^[67]
Scott Niedermayer (born 1973), ice hockey defenceman^[68]
Ben Ondrus (born 1982), ice hockey player^[69]
Greg Parks (1967–2015), ice hockey player
Eric Paterson (1929–2014), ice hockey player
Alex Petrovic (born 1992), ice hockey defenceman^[70]
Matt Pettinger (born 1980), ice hockey player^[71]
Dion Phaneuf (born 1985), ice hockey defenceman^[72]
Fernando Pisani (born 1976), ice hockey player^[73]
Justin Pogge (born 1986), AHL hockey player^[74]
Art Potter (1909–1998), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association^[75]
Mark Pysyk (born 1992), ice hockey player^[76]
Steve Regier (born 1984), ice hockey player^[77]
Steven Reinprecht (born 1976), ice hockey player^[78]
Phil Russell (born 1952), ice hockey defenceman
David Schlemko (born 1987), ice hockey player
John Scott (born 1982), ice hockey player
Danielle Serdachny (born 2001) – ice hockey player
Stuart Skinner (born 1998), ice hockey goaltender^[79]
Colin Smith (born 1993), ice hockey player
Harold Snepsts (born 1954), ice hockey defenceman
Jared Spurgeon (born 1989), ice hockey player^[80]
Jason Strudwick (born 1975), ice hockey defenceman^[81]
Brian Sutherby (born 1982), ice hockey centre
Darryl Sydor (born 1972), ice hockey player^[82]
Shannon Szabados (born 1986), ice hockey goaltender and two-time Olympic Women's gold medal winner^[83]
Garry Valk (born 1967), ice hockey player and broadcaster
Cam Ward (born 1984), ice hockey goaltender^[84]
Darcy Werenka (born 1973), Canadian-Austrian ice hockey defenceman
Ray Whitney (born 1972), ice hockey player^[85]
Zarley Zalapski (1968–2017), ice hockey defenceman

Skating

Jamie Gregg (born 1985), long track speed skater
Jessica Gregg (born 1988), short track speed skater^[86]
Josie Morrison (born 1994), speed skater
Natasha Purich (born 1995), pair skater

Skiing

Stanley Hayer (born 1973), Canadian freestyle skier of Czech descent
Jennifer Heil (born 1983), freestyle skier born in Spruce Grove, Alberta
Dusty Korek (born 1995), Canadian ski jumper of Polish descent
Ed Podivinsky (born 1970), Canadian Alpine skier of Czech descent
Stefan Read (born 1987), ski jumper

Soccer

Asmir Begović (born 1987), goalkeeper who represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team^[87]
Alphonso Davies (born 2000), captain of the Canadian national soccer team
Chuck Dubuque (1932–2020), HB soccer player
Daniel Fernandes (born 1983), Portuguese Canadian professional soccer player
Lars Hirschfeld (born 1978), soccer goalkeeper
Stephanie Labbé (born 1986), soccer goalkeeper for the Canadian Women's National Team, Olympic gold medalist
Erin McLeod (born 1983), soccer goalkeeper, Olympic bronze medalist
Tosaint Ricketts (born 1987), soccer player

Wrestling

Chris Benoit (1967–2007), professional wrestler^[88]
Gene Kiniski (1928–2010), professional wrestler

Other sports

Marco Arop (born 1998), track and field
Ewan Beaton (born 1969), judoka
Gary Beck (born 1941), two-time world champion drag racer and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame^[89]
Art Boileau (born 1957), Olympic marathon runner
Robin Clegg (born 1977), biathlete
Michelle Conn (born 1963), field hockey player
John Ducey (1908–1983), baseball executive and umpire^[90]
Robert Easton (born 1960/1961), Paralympian, wheelchair athlete, won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics
David Ford (born 1967), kayaker
Forrest Gainer (born 1979), rugby union player
Blythe Hartley (born 1982), diver
Chuba Hubbard (born 1999), NFL running back^[91]
Mary Imrie (1918–1988), architect
Ed Kucy (born 1971), CFL player^[92]
Lawrence Lemieux, sailor, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the Star class and at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Finn class^[93]
Jason MacDonald (born 1975), UFC fighter^[94]
Rod Phillips (born 1941), radio broadcaster for 630 CHED
Annamay Pierse (born 1983), swimmer born in Toronto and raised in Edmonton
John "Red" Pollard (1909–1981), jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit^[95]
Doug Pruden, multiple world records in push ups^[96]
Mike Robertson (born 1985), snowboarder
Alison Sydor (born 1966), cross country mountain cyclist
Lwal Uguak (born 2000), CFL defensive end
Delwin Vriend (born 1966), teacher and activist
Jean Wallbridge (1912–1979), architect
Mildred Warwick (1922–2006), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player; wife of Ken McAuley

Writers and artists

Robert T. Anderson, poet
Makram Ayache, playwright
Will Beauchamp, filmmaker
Ted Bishop, author of Riding with Rilke
Andrew Brook (born 1943), philosopher, author of Kant and the Mind^[97]
Can Man Dan (Dan Lee Johnstone) (born in Edmonton in 1987), anti-poverty and social activist, philanthropist, and author^[98]
Gil Cardinal (1950–2015), filmmaker
Judith Clute (born in Edmonton in 1942), painter, graphic designer, print-maker, and illustrator^[99]
Patrick Cox (born 1963), shoe designer^[100]
James DeFelice, playwright and screenwriter
Gordon R. Dickson (1923–2001), science fiction writer
Brion Gysin (1916–1986), artist and writer^[101]
W. G. Hardy (1895–1979), professor, writer, ice hockey administrator, Member of the Order of Canada^[53]^[54]
Peter Hide (born 1944), British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977^[102]
Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), Hollywood film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America
Carl Honoré (born 1967), grew up in Edmonton; journalist and author of In Praise of Slowness^[103]
Mel Hurtig (1932–2016), publisher, author, and politician^[104]
Drew Karpyshyn (born 1971), video game scenario writer, scriptwriter, and novelist
Conor Kerr (born 1988), author of Avenue of Champions
W. P. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe which became the film Field of Dreams; tournament Scrabble player^[105]
Samuel Edward Konkin III, founder of the libertarian social philosophy agorism
Myrna Kostash, writer of eight books including All of Baba's Children^[106]
Stewart Lemoine, playwright^[107]
Austin Mardon (born 1962), author, community leader and advocate for the disabled
Ryan McCourt, visual artist
Marshall McLuhan, recipient of numerous awards and appointments, pioneer of media theory^[108]
Conor McNally, documentary filmmaker
Iman Mersal, poet
Richard Newman, writer, broadcaster, and reality TV star, best known for participating in the seventh series of the British version of Big Brother
Wendy Orr (born 1968), Canadian-born Australian writer
Kelly Oxford, writer, New York Times bestselling author of Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar
T. W. Peacocke, television and film director
Jean Paré (1927–2022), author and publisher of the Company's Coming cookbook series
Robert Young Pelton, author^[109]
Tom Radford, documentary filmmaker
Phyllis Seckler (1917–2004), ninth degree (IX°) member of the "Sovereign Sanctuary of the Gnosis" of Ordo Templi Orientis
Brent Shaw (born 1947), historian
Robert W. Smith, historian
Gail Sidonie Sobat, poet, novelist, educator, founder/director of “Youthwrite” and “Spoken Word Youth Choir”
Ella May Walker, artist and writer

Others

Kerry Pawluski, medical doctor and pilot
Krew, group of YouTuber siblings consisting of ItsFunneh, GoldenGlare, DraconiteDragon, LunarEclipse, and PaintingRainbows
Gene Principe, sports newscast, sports field reporter
Steve Wallis, "Camping With Steve" YouTuber

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