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 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

• Punch Dickins, aviator and bush pilot; the Dickinsfield community was named in his honour^[5]
• Wop May, pioneering aviator and bush pilot^[6]

Business

• 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; 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

• Melody Anderson, former actress
• Michelle Beaudoin, actress
• Terry Chen, film and television actor^[11]
• Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-born American actress; 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
• 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

• Violet Archer, composer ^[25]
• Ruth B, singer/songwriter
• 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
• Harpdog Brown, blues musician
• 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
• Stu Davis, singer/songwriter/guitarist, internationally known as "Canada's Cowboy Troubadour"
• Mac DeMarco, indie rock musician^[30]
• Peter Dreimanis, guitarist, vocalist July Talk (based out of Toronto)
• 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
• Cameron Melnyk, lead singer of Canadian rock band State of Shock
• 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

• William Humberstone, politician in Alberta, and a municipal councillor in Edmonton

Writers and artists

• 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

• 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]
• Stephanie Labbé Soccer Goalkeeper for the Canadian Womens National Team, Olympic Bronze Medalist
• 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
• Erin Mcleod, soccer goalkeeper, olympic bronze medalist
• 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]
• Tosaint Ricketts, Soccer Player
• Kelly Rissling (born 1960), ice hockey player^[91]
• John Scott, ice hockey player
• 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

• 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

• 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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External links

• Edmonton toasts 100 top citizens of past century