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.
Contents
National service[edit]
- 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]
- William Smith Ziegler, artillery commander of the 1st Canadian Division in the Second World War
Explorers and pioneers[edit]
- Punch Dickins, aviator and bush pilot; the Dickinsfield community was named in his honour[5]
- Wop May, pioneering aviator and bush pilot[6]
Business[edit]
- Jack Agrios, lawyer
- Can Man Dan, anti-poverty activist and philanthropist
- Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the G20's Financial Stability Board; formerly governor of the Bank of Canada
- Bernard Ebbers, WorldCom co-founder[7]
- Daryl Katz, chairman and chief executive officer of the Katz Group and owner of the Edmonton Oilers
- Ray Muzyka, co-founder, BioWare Corp[8]
- Barb Tarbox, anti-smoking activist[9]
- Allan Wachowich, former Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
- Max Ward, aviator and founder of Wardair air lines[10]
- Greg Zeschuk, co-founder, BioWare Corp[8]
Actors[edit]
- Michelle Beaudoin, actress
- Terry Chen, film and television actor[11]
- Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-born American actress, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong[12]
- Tommy Chong, comedian, actor and musician[13]
- Meghan Collison, fashion model
- Paula Devicq, actress
- Nathan Fillion, film and television actor[14]
- Dianne Foster, film and television actress
- Michael J. Fox, film and television actor[15]
- Patrick Gilmore, film and television actor
- Su-Ling Goh, TV personality
- Robert Goulet, singer and film actor[16]
- Meghan Heffern, actress
- Jill Hennessy, television actor[17]
- Jimmy Herman, First Nations actor
- Eric Johnson, actor
- Rochelle Loewen, model who appeared briefly with the WWE [18]
- 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, TV circus stuntman[23]
- Ron Wear, actor and television host
- Kenneth Welsh, film and television actor[24]
Musicians[edit]
- Violet Archer, composer [25]
- H. Hugh Bancroft, church musician and composer
- Tommy Banks, musician[26]
- Moe Berg, singer/songwriter
- Bill Bourne, folk and blues singer songwriter, three-time Juno Award winner
- Brox Sisters, singers (Brock sisters)[27]
- Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton), rapper[28]
- Beatrice Carmichael, grand dame of the opera[29]
- Ken Chinn (a.k.a. Chi Pig), lead singer, songwriter and band leader of SNFU
- Mac DeMarco, indie rock musician[30]
- 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 [31]
- Allan Gilliland, composer [32]
- G.NA (Choi Ji-Na), Korean singer
- Adam Gregory, singer
- Hey Romeo, country singer/songwriter
- Brian Hughes, smooth jazz guitarist
- Cassius Khan, Indian classical tabla player and ghazal singer, recipient of Salute to Excellence Award[33]
- Samantha King, singer/songwriter
- Morgan Lander, singer/songwriter
- k.d. lang, singer/songwriter [34]
- Jens Lindemann, trumpet soloist
- Big Miller, jazz and blues singer [35]
- Maren Ord, singer, songwriter
- P.J. Perry, jazz saxophonist [36]
- Quanteisha, singer
- Purity Ring, electronic duo
- Jan Randall, composer
- Alyssa Reid, singer/songwriter
- Shiloh, singer/songwriter
- Jay Sparrow, singer/songwriter
- Stereos, pop rock band
- Kreesha Turner, singer/songwriter
- Alfie Zappacosta, singer, songwriter
Politicians[edit]
- William Humberstone, politician in Alberta, and a municipal councillor in Edmonton
Writers and artists[edit]
- Will Beauchamp, filmmaker
- Ted Bishop, author of Riding with Rilke
- Andrew Brook, philosopher, author of Kant and the Mind[37]
- Gil Cardinal, filmmaker
- Patrick Cox, shoe designer[38]
- Brion Gysin, artist and writer[39]
- Peter Hide, British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977[40]
- Arthur Hiller, Hollywood film director and former president of the Director's Guild of America[41]
- Carl Honoré, grew up in Edmonton; journalist and author of In Praise of Slowness[42]
- Mel Hurtig, publisher, author, and politician[43]
- Zillur Rahman John, Bangladeshi Canadian; mime and pantomime artist, director, teacher, researcher and author of several mime and pantomime books
- W. P. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe which became the film Field of Dreams; tournament Scrabble player[44]
- Myrna Kostash, writer of eight books including All of Baba's Children[45]
- Stewart Lemoine, playwright[46]
- Marshall McLuhan, recipient of numerous awards and appointments, pioneer of media theory[47]
- Richard Newman, writer, broadcaster, and reality TV star, best known for participating in the seventh series of the British version of Big Brother
- Kelly Oxford, writer, New York Times bestselling author of Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar
- T. W. Peacocke, television and film director
- Robert Young Pelton, author[48]
Sports personalities[edit]
- Gary Beck, two time world champion drag racer and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame[49]
- Chris Benoit, professional wrestler[50]
- Blair Betts, ice hockey player[51]
- David Bissett, Olympic bobsledder
- Arthur Boileau, Olympic marathon runner
- Jay Bouwmeester, ice hockey player[52]
- Gilbert Brulé, ice hockey player[53]
- Johnny Bucyk, ice hockey player [54]
- Jason Chimera, ice hockey player[55]
- Erik Christensen, ice hockey player[56]
- Mac Colville, early star in the NHL[57]
- Neil Colville, early star in the NHL[58]
- Mike Commodore, ice hockey player[59]
- Mike Comrie, ice hockey player[60]
- Michelle Conn, field hockey player
- Randy Ferbey, multiple Canadian and World Men's Curling Champion[61]
- Andrew Ference, ice hockey player[62]
- David Ford, kayaker
- Grant Fuhr, ice hockey player born in Spruce Grove, Alberta, an Edmonton suburb[63]
- Forrest Gainer, rugby union player
- Brendan Gallagher, ice hockey player[64]
- Jessica Gregg, short track speed skater
- Randy Gregg, ice hockey player[65]
- Jennifer Heil, freestyle skier born in Spruce Grove, Alberta
- Kelly Hrudey, ice hockey player[66]
- Jarome Iginla, ice hockey player[67]
- Brad Isbister, ice hockey player[68]
- Cathy King, curler, from St Albert[69]
- Ed Kucy, CFL player[70]
- Daymond Langkow, ice hockey player [71]
- Bryan Little, ice hockey player[72]
- Pierre Lueders, bobsledder
- Joffrey Lupul, ice hockey player[73]
- Jason MacDonald, UFC fighter[74]
- Richard Matvichuk, ice hockey player[75]
- Ken McAuley, goaltender for the NHL New York Rangers; husband of Mildred arwick McAuley
- Mildred Warwick McAuley, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player; wife of Ken McAuley
- Mark Messier, ice hockey player [76]
- Derek Morris, ice hockey player[77]
- Scott Nichol, ice hockey player[78]
- Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player[79]
- Ben Ondrus, ice hockey player[80]
- Kelly Perlette, light middle-weight boxing gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games[81]
- Matt Pettinger, ice hockey player[82]
- Dion Phaneuf, ice hockey player[83]
- Rod Phillips, radio broadcaster for 630 CHED
- Annamay Pierse, swimmer born in Toronto and raised in Edmonton
- Fernando Pisani, ice hockey player[84]
- Justin Pogge, AHL hockey player[85]
- John "Red" Pollard, jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit[86]
- Doug Pruden, multiple world records in push ups[87]
- Mark Pysyk, ice hockey player for the Edmonton Oil Kings[88]
- Steve Regier, ice hockey player[89]
- Steven Reinprecht, ice hockey player[90]
- Kelly Rissling (born 1960), ice hockey player[91]
- Jason Strudwick, ice hockey player[92]
- Darryl Sydor, ice hockey player[93]
- Adam Trupish, boxer
- Cam Ward, ice hockey player[94]
- Ray Whitney, ice hockey player[95]
Scientists[edit]
- 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[96]
- Karl Clark, U of A professor and inventor of oil sands extraction technology[97]
- Werner Israel, physicist
- Raymond Lemieux, organic chemist
- Gordon Walter Semenoff, theoretical physicist
See also[edit]
- List of people from British Columbia
- List of people from Calgary
- List of people from Montreal
- List of people from Ontario
- List of people from Quebec
- List of people from Quebec City
- List of people from Toronto
- List of people from Vancouver
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- ^ M.E. Hallett. "McClung, Nellie Letitia". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Janie Stuart. "Emily Murphy". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Government of Canada. "Douglas Roche". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Famous, Should Be Famous, and Infamous Canadians. "Punch Dickins". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Allan, Iris. "Wop May, Bush Pilot." Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1966. "Wilfrid R. "Wop" May". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
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- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia. "Perry,P.J.". Retrieved 2010-07-05.
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- ^ IMDb. "Arthur Hiller". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia. "W. P. Kinsella". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ The Canadian Literature Archive. "Myrna Kostash". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ Jeff Haslam and Anne Nothof. "Stewart Lemoine". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ HockeyDB. "Jay Bouwmeester". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Gilbert Brulé". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Johnny Bucyk". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Jason Chimera". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Erik Christensen". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Mac Colville". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Neil Colville". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ HockeyDB. "Mike Comrie". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ HockeyDB. "Andrew Ference". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ HockeyDB. "Brendan Gallagher". Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Randy Gregg". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Kelly Hrudey". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Jarome Iginla". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Brad Isbister". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ World Curling Tour. "Cathy King". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ "Ed Kucy". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Daymond Langkow". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Bryan Little". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Joffrey Lupul". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ Fight Finder. "Jason MacDonald". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Richard Matvichuk". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Mark Messier". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Derek Morris". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Scott Nichol". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Scott Niedermayer". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Ben Ondrus". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ HockeyDB. "Matt Pettinger". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Dion Phaneuf". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Fernando Pisani". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDB. "Justin Pogge". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ Record Holders. "Doug Pruden". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ HockeyDb. "Steven Reinprecht". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ HockeyDb. "Darryl Sydor". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDb. "Cam Ward". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ HockeyDb. "Ray Whitney". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ Heritage Community Foundation. "Karl Clark". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
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