# List of people from Saskatchewan

This is a list of notable people who are from Saskatchewan, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.

## A

* Velma Abbott (1929–1987) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Mark Abley – writer
* Dan Achen – guitarist, producer, co-founder of alternative rock band Junkhouse
* Mel Angelstad – professional ice hockey player
* Hazen Argue – politician, Senator, MP, Cabinet Minister
* Colby Armstrong – NHL hockey player with Toronto Maple Leafs
* Riley Armstrong – NHL hockey player with Detroit Red Wings
* Brent Ashton – former NHL hockey player
* Dick Assman – gas station attendant facetiously given fame on the David Letterman television show
* Calvin Ayre – founder of Bodog

## B

* Mike Babcock – head coach of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs; head coach of Canadian Ice Hockey Olympic team, 2012; head coach of Canadian Ice Hockey World Cup team, 2016
* Lorne Babiuk – director, VIDO
* Garnet Bailey – NHL forward, died on United Airlines Flight 175
* Mike Bales – hockey player
* J. G. Ballard – English novelist and short story writer
* Burke Barlow – musician
* Doris Barr (1921–2009) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Wade Belak (1976-2011) – former NHL player with Nashville Predators
* Catherine Bennett (born 1920) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Red Berenson – Team Canada 1972, former NHL player and coach; head coach of the University of Michigan's ice hockey team
* Todd Bergen – hockey player
* Sarah Binks – fictional character created by Paul Hiebert, in whose gently satirical biography Regina figures as the rustic's metropolis
* Byron Bitz – former professional hockey player
* Randy Black – drummer for Primal Fear
* Trevor Blackwell – entrepreneur
* Mike Blaisdell – former NHL player
* Allan Blakeney – former Premier of Saskatchewan
* Derek Boogaard (1982-2011) – former NHL hockey player with New York Rangers
* Mike Botha – master diamond cutter
* Ray Boughen – former mayor, current Member of Parliament for the riding of Palliser
* Johnny Bower – hockey goaltender
* Bob Boyer – visual artist, elder, university professor
* Tyler Bozak – NHL player
* Beverley Breuer – actor whose credits include Scary Movie 4
* Dave Brown – former NHL player
* Sidney Buckwold – former mayor of Saskatoon
* David Luther Burgess – World War I pilot and politician
* Garth Butcher – NHL player
* Brent Butt – actor

## C

* Hugh Cairns – World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
* Jock Callander – IHL all-time scoring leader
* Lorne Calvert – Premier of Saskatchewan (2001–2007)
* Earl Cameron – broadcaster
* Scotty Cameron – hockey player
* Ethel Catherwood – Olympic medallist
* Emily Clark – Olympic hockey player
* Wendel Clark – former professional hockey player
* Lawrence Clarke – HBC official
* Reggie Cleveland – World Series-starting baseball pitcher
* Kim Coates (born 1958) – Canadian/American actor, Sons of Anarchy; born in Saskatoon
* Terry Cochrane – Canadian football player
* John Comiskey – football player
* Neil Stanley Crawford – politician and jazz musician

## D

* Mark Dacey – 2004 Brier Champion
* Rod Dallman – hockey player
* Charlie David – actor
* Spencer Davis – general foreman
* Stu Davis – country & western singer/songwriter, recording artist, television and radio host
* Thomas Osborne Davis – politician
* Scott Deibert – former Canadian football player
* Graham DeLaet – professional golfer
* Ivor Dent – politician
* Phyllis Dewar – Olympic swimmer
* John Diefenbaker – former Prime Minister of Canada
* Robert Dirk – former NHLer
* Ken Doraty – former National Hockey League player
* Shirley Douglas – actor, daughter of T.C. Douglas; mother of Kiefer Sutherland
* T.C. Douglas – CCF premier 1944–1961; later leader of the federal New Democratic Party
* Rick Ducommun – actor
* Duke Dukowski – former NHLer
* Mathew Dumba – ice hockey player

## E

* Jordan Eberle – NHL player for the New York Islanders
* Murray Edwards – one of the richest Canadians
* Michael Eklund – actor
* Dan Ellis – NHL goaltender with Florida Panthers
* Shane Endicott – former NHL hockey player

## F

* Joe Fafard – sculptor and artist
* Sylvia Fedoruk – scientist, former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
* Feist (full name Leslie Feist) – singer-songwriter best known for her 2007 hit single "1234"
* Larry Fisher – murderer of Gail Miller
* Robert Fleming – composer, pianist, organist, choirmaster, and teacher
* Emile Francis – former National Hockey League player and coach
* Lisa Franks – Paralympic athlete
* Don Freed – singer/songwriter
* Dawna Friesen – newscaster
* Jackie Friesen – assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team
* Pete Friesen – guitar player for Alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and The Almighty
* Gayleen Froese – author
* Wes Funk – writer

## G

* Michael Garnett – former NHL goaltender with the Atlanta Thrashers
* Chris Getzlaf – CFL player
* Ryan Getzlaf – NHL player
* Clark Gillies – former National Hockey League player
* Joanna Glass – playwright
* Glenda Goertzen – author
* Bruce Gordon – athlete and detective sergeant
* Dirk Graham – NHL player
* Thelma Grambo – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Mary Greyeyes (1920–2011) – first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces
* Michael Greyeyes – actor, born in Saskatchewan
* Roland Groome – first licensed commercial pilot in Canada
* Tom Grummett – comic book artist
* Eric Gryba – NHL player with the Edmonton Oilers
* Peter Gzowski – resided in Moose Jaw in 1957

## H

* Chris Hajt – professional ice hockey player, Lukko
* Emmett Hall – former Supreme Court Justice
* Stu Hart – professional wrestling patriarch
* Scott Hartnell – NHL player
* Ellie Harvie – actress; portrayed Morticia on The New Addams Family; was raised in Prince Albert
* Dale Henry – hockey player
* Jamie Heward – NHL player
* Bill Hicke – NHL player with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Oakland Seals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins
* Douglas Hill – author
* Ray Hnatyshyn – former Governor General of Canada
* Randy Hoback – politician
* Braden Holtby – NHL goaltender
* Gustin House – Lyell Gustin, decades-long teacher of many eminent pianists province-wide
* Stan Hovdebo – politician and educator
* Gordie Howe – former NHL and WHA hockey player
* Bill Hunter (died 2002) – ice hockey entrepreneur

## I

* Roger Ing – artist
* Into Eternity – progressive metal band
* Dick Irvin Jr. – Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster
* James Isbister – Métis leader

## J

* Honoré Jackson – Métis leader
* Tom Jackson – actor and folk singer
* Colin James – six-time Juno Award-winning blues-rock musician
* Harry Jerome – sprinter
* Christine Jewitt (born 1926) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Arleene Johnson (born 1924) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Marguerite Jones (1917–1995) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Daisy Junor (1919–2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

## K

* Connie Kaldor – singer
* Miklos Kanitz – Holocaust survivor
* Ryan Keller – NHL hockey player, Ottawa Senators
* Donald M. Kendrick – Calgary native, choral conductor and teacher at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in the 1970s
* Dave King – university and NHL hockey coach
* Joy Kogawa – author and poet
* Kirk Krack – freediver
* Darcy Kuemper – goalie for the NHL franchise Minnesota Wild
* Chris Kunitz – NHL player
* Kaylyn Kyle – member of the Canada women's national soccer team

## L

* John Henderson Lamont – Supreme Court Justice
* Annette Lapointe – writer
* Regan Lauscher – luge champion
* James Le Jeune (born 1910) – painter, born in Saskatoon
* Catriona Le May Doan – speed skater, Olympic medallist
* Curtis Leschyshyn – former NHL hockey player
* Brock Lesnar – professional wrestler currently signed with WWE; residence in Regina
* Sarah Lind – actor
* Art Linkletter – radio and television host of Art Linkletter's House Party
* Reed Low – former NHL player
* Trey Lyles – professional basketball player

## M

* Keith Magnuson (died 2003) – former NHL hockey player, Chicago Blackhawks
* Charles Mair – poet
* Kevin Mambo – actor and musician
* Tyler Mane – former pro wrestler and actor
* Yann Martel – Booker Prize-winning author
* Tatiana Maslany – actress
* Mike Maurer – CFL fullback
* Chris McAllister – former NHL hockey player
* Bud McCaig – co-owner of the Calgary Flames
* Ethel McCreary – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Brad McCrimmon – former NHL player and coach
* Mick McGeough – NHL referee
* Frances Gertrude McGill – pioneering forensic pathologist and criminologist
* Thomas McKay – politician and farmer
* Mark McMorris – professional snowboarder
* Gail Miller – victim murder by Larry Fisher, for which David Milgaard was falsely convicted
* Gerry Minor – former NHLer
* Mike Mintenko – Commonwealth Games swimmer
* David Mitchell – National Lacrosse League player
* Joni Mitchell – musician, artist
* Ken Mitchell – author, member of the Order of Canada
* Allan Moffat – racing car driver and four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000
* Blair Morgan – motocross/snowcross athlete
* Keith Morrison – former NBC television news anchor
* Brenden Morrow – retired NHL hockey player
* Farley Mowat – novelist
* Jerome Mrazek – hockey player
* Scott Munroe – American Hockey League player
* Garth Murray – NHL player

## N

* Steve Nash – former professional basketball player and head coach of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets
* Zarqa Nawaz – creator of the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie
* Carey Nelson – long-distance runner
* Jeff Nelson – hockey player
* Darin Nesbitt – professor at Douglas College
* Ted Newall – entrepreneur
* Erik Nielsen – federal politician, former deputy prime minister
* Leslie Nielsen – actor whose credits include Airplane!, Naked Gun and Scary Movie 4
* Tanner Novlan – actor whose credits include The Bold and the Beautiful

## O

* Fergie Olver – Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster
* Paul Owen – cricketer

## P

* Ryan Parent – hockey player
* Donny Parenteau – country music singer, songwriter, and musician
* Denis Pederson – hockey player
* Michael Peers – Archbishop of Qu'Appelle; Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1986–2004
* Michaela Pereira – former CNN anchor, HLN anchor
* Janet Perkin (1921–2012) – professional baseball and curling player
* Krista Phillips – professional basketball player (former University of Michigan Women's Basketball player)
* Rich Pilon – former NHL hockey player
* "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) (died 2015) – professional wrestler and film actor
* Jason Plumb – popular musician formerly with the Waltons
* Logan Pyett – AHL player (Detroit Red Wings organization) and member of gold medal-winning Team Canada in 2005–2006 (U18 Junior World Cup) and 2007–2008 (World Junior Championship)

## R

* Wade Redden – NHL defenceman
* Doug Redl – Canadian football player
* Scott Redl – Canadian football player
* Drew Remenda – TV colour analyst for the San Jose Sharks and radio show host
* Chico Resch – former National Hockey League goalie
* Kyle Riabko – actor and musician
* Erika Ritter – playwright and broadcaster
* Jessica Robinson – country music singer
* Jim Robson – broadcaster
* Roy Romanow – former Premier of Saskatchewan
* Martha Rommelaere (1922–2011) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Terry Ruskowski – hockey player

## S

* William Sarjeant – geology professor and author
* Fred Sasakamoose – first Canadian Aboriginal National Hockey League player
* Brayden Schenn – NHL hockey player with Philadelphia Flyers
* Luke Schenn – NHL hockey player with Arizona Coyotes
* Sandra Schmirler (1963–2000) – former curler, 3 time Canadian champion, 3 time World Champion, 1998 Olympic Games gold medallist
* Karl Schubach – vocalist of metalcore band Misery Signals
* Thomas Walter Scott – first Premier of Saskatchewan
* Jack Semple – blues guitarist
* Shiloh – singer
* Mike Sillinger – NHL player
* Brian Skrudland – former NHL hockey forward, two-time Stanley Cup Champion
* Arthur Slade – Governor General's Award-winning author
* Doug Smail – former National Hockey League player
* Theresa Sokyrka – musician, artist
* Brent Sopel – NHL hockey player with Atlanta Thrashers
* Levi Steinhauer – CFL player
* John Stevenson – politician
* Charley Stis (1884–1979) – professional baseball player, manager and umpire
* Jarret Stoll – NHL hockey player with Los Angeles Kings
* Neil Stonechild – high-profile victim of a starlight tour
* Joey Stylez (Joseph Laplante) – hip hop artist
* Stephen Surjik – television and motion picture director whose credits include The Kids in the Hall and Wayne's World 2
* David Sutcliffe – actor
* Anne Szumigalski – poet

## T

* Dione Taylor – jazz singer
* Tesher (real name Hitesh Sharma) – singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer best known for his 2021 single "Jalebi Baby" featuring Jason Derulo
* Ross Thatcher – former Premier Province of Saskatchewan (1964–1971)
* Max Thompson – Nordic combined skier
* Dave Tippett – former NHL player, NHL coach
* Gordon Tootoosis – First Nations actor
* Shannon Tweed – actor, wife of Gene Simmons of KISS

## U

* Geoffrey Ursell – writer

## V

* Guy Vanderhaeghe – author
* Sugith Varughese – writer, director and actor
* Darren Veitch – former NHL player
* Jon Vickers – opera singer
* Suzie Vinnick – folk/blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

## W

* Brad Wall – former Premier
* Colter Wall – country and folk musician
* Owen Walter – hockey player
* Cam Ward – NHL hockey goaltender, Carolina Hurricanes
* Mildred Warwick (1922–2006) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* George Weaver – politician and metallurgical engineer
* Ed Whalen – host and commentator, Stampede Wrestling
* Elizabeth Wicken (1927–2011) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Doug Wickenheiser (1961–1999) – NHL player
* Hayley Wickenheiser – hockey player and multiple Olympic medallist
* Rick Wilson – hockey player
* W. Brett Wilson – businessman and former star on Dragon's Den
* Steven Woods – Quack.com co-founder, current Google Waterloo site director
* Henry Woolf – actor
* Janet Wright – actress and cast member of Corner Gas

## Y

* Dylan Yeo – hockey player
* Steven Yeun – actor