# 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.

## Actors

* 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
* Bruce McCulloch (born 1961), actor, writer, comedian, and film director
* Kathleen McGee, stand-up comedian
* Niall Matter (born 1980), actor
* 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
* 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
* Ricken Patel (born 1977), founding president and executive director of Avaaz
* Barb Tarbox (1961–2003), anti-smoking activist
* 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
* Greg Zeschuk (born 1969), co-founder of BioWare Corp

## Explorers and pioneers

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

## Musicians

* Violet Archer (1913–2000), composer
* Ruth B (born 1995), singer-songwriter
* H. Hugh Bancroft (1904–1988), church musician and composer
* Tommy Banks (1936–2018), musician
* 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)
* Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton; born 1986), rapper
* Beatrice Carmichael (1889–1964), grand dame of the opera
* 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
* 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
* Jay Fung, Hong Kong Cantopop singer-songwriter
* Allan Gilliland (born 1965), composer
* G.NA (Choi Ji-Na; born 1987), Korean singer
* Dwayne Goettel (1964–1995), keyboardist for Skinny Puppy
* 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
* Morgan Lander, singer-songwriter
* k.d. lang (born 1961), singer-songwriter
* 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
* Maren Ord, singer-songwriter
* P.J. Perry, jazz saxophonist
* Quanteisha, singer
* 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
* Alfie Zappacosta, singer-songwriter

## National service

* Russ Bannock (1919–2020), Canada's second-highest scoring ace of World War II
* Roy Brown, Canadian flying ace in World War I, officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron, though this is now subject to debate
* 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
* Nellie McClung (1873–1951), first woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the CBC (1936); one of The Famous Five
* 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; 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
* 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), former mayor (predecessor to Amarjeet Sohi)
* Marcel Lambert (1919–2000), politician
* Stephen Mandel (born 1945), mayor
* Sherry McKibben (born 1944), politician
* Rachel Notley (born 1964), 17th Premier of Alberta
* Michael Phair (born 1950), politician

## 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
* Karl Clark (1888–1966), University of Alberta professor and inventor of oil sands extraction technology
* 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

## 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
* Kelly Perlette, light middle-weight boxing gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
* 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
* Heather Kalenchuk (born 1984), curler
* Cathy King (born 1959), curler, from St Albert
* 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
* 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
* Tom Bladon (born 1952), ice hockey defenceman
* Roger Bourbonnais (born 1942), ice hockey player
* Jay Bouwmeester (born 1983), ice hockey defenceman
* Johnny Boychuk (born 1984), ice hockey defenceman
* Gilbert Brulé (born 1987), ice hockey player
* Johnny Bucyk (born 1935), ice hockey player
* Jason Chimera (born 1979), ice hockey player
* Erik Christensen (born 1983), ice hockey player
* Mac Colville (1916–2003), early star in the NHL
* Neil Colville (1914–1987), early star in the NHL
* Marcel Comeau (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey coach and NHL executive
* Mike Commodore (born 1978), ice hockey player
* Eric Comrie (born 1995), ice hockey goaltender
* Mike Comrie (born 1980), ice hockey player
* 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
* Vernon Fiddler (born 1980), ice hockey player
* Mark Fistric (born 1986), ice hockey defenceman
* Matt Frattin (born 1988), ice hockey right winger
* Brendan Gallagher (born 1992), ice hockey player
* Donald Gauf (1927–2014), ice hockey player
* Randy Gregg (born 1956), ice hockey defenceman
* 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
* Greg Hawgood (born 1968), ice hockey defenceman
* Ken Hitchcock (born 1951), ice hockey coach and scout
* Kelly Hrudey (born 1961), ice hockey player
* Jarome Iginla (born 1977), ice hockey player
* Brad Isbister (born 1977), ice hockey player
* Ken Johannson (1930–2018), Canadian-born American ice hockey player, coach and executive
* 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
* Bryan Little (born 1987), ice hockey player
* Jamie Lundmark (born 1981), ice hockey forward
* Joffrey Lupul (born 1983), ice hockey player
* Bruce MacGregor (born 1941), NHL player and management
* Richard Matvichuk (born 1973), ice hockey player
* Ken McAuley (1921–1992), goaltender for the NHL New York Rangers; husband of Mildred Warwick McAuley
* Mark Messier (born 1961), ice hockey player
* Derek Morris (born 1978), ice hockey player
* Scott Nichol (born 1974), ice hockey player
* Scott Niedermayer (born 1973), ice hockey defenceman
* Ben Ondrus (born 1982), ice hockey player
* Greg Parks (1967–2015), ice hockey player
* Eric Paterson (1929–2014), ice hockey player
* Alex Petrovic (born 1992), ice hockey defenceman
* Matt Pettinger (born 1980), ice hockey player
* Dion Phaneuf (born 1985), ice hockey defenceman
* Fernando Pisani (born 1976), ice hockey player
* Justin Pogge (born 1986), AHL hockey player
* Art Potter (1909–1998), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association
* Mark Pysyk (born 1992), ice hockey player
* Steve Regier (born 1984), ice hockey player
* Steven Reinprecht (born 1976), ice hockey player
* 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
* Colin Smith (born 1993), ice hockey player
* Harold Snepsts (born 1954), ice hockey defenceman
* Jared Spurgeon (born 1989), ice hockey player
* Jason Strudwick (born 1975), ice hockey defenceman
* Brian Sutherby (born 1982), ice hockey centre
* Darryl Sydor (born 1972), ice hockey player
* Shannon Szabados (born 1986), ice hockey goaltender and two-time Olympic Women's gold medal winner
* Garry Valk (born 1967), ice hockey player and broadcaster
* Cam Ward (born 1984), ice hockey goaltender
* Darcy Werenka (born 1973), Canadian-Austrian ice hockey defenceman
* Ray Whitney (born 1972), ice hockey player
* Zarley Zalapski (1968–2017), ice hockey defenceman

### Skating

* Jamie Gregg (born 1985), long track speed skater
* Jessica Gregg (born 1988), short track speed skater
* 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

* 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
* 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
* Art Boileau (born 1957), Olympic marathon runner
* Robin Clegg (born 1977), biathlete
* Michelle Conn (born 1963), field hockey player
* 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
* Mary Imrie (1918–1988), architect
* Ed Kucy (born 1971), CFL player
* Lawrence Lemieux, sailor, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the Star class and at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Finn class
* Jason MacDonald (born 1975), UFC fighter
* 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
* Doug Pruden, multiple world records in push ups
* 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

* Makram Ayache, playwright
* Will Beauchamp, filmmaker
* Ted Bishop, author of Riding with Rilke
* Andrew Brook (born 1943), philosopher, author of Kant and the Mind
* Can Man Dan (Dan Lee Johnstone) (born in Edmonton in 1987), anti-poverty and social activist, philanthropist, and author
* Gil Cardinal (1950–2015), filmmaker
* Judith Clute (born in Edmonton in 1942), painter, graphic designer, print-maker, and illustrator
* Patrick Cox (born 1963), shoe designer
* Gordon R. Dickson (1923–2001), science fiction writer
* Brion Gysin (1916–1986), artist and writer
* W. G. Hardy (1895–1979), professor, writer, ice hockey administrator, Member of the Order of Canada
* Peter Hide (born 1944), British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977
* 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
* Mel Hurtig (1932–2016), publisher, author, and politician
* 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
* Samuel Edward Konkin III, founder of the libertarian social philosophy agorism
* Myrna Kostash, writer of eight books including All of Baba's Children
* Stewart Lemoine, playwright
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Gene Principe, sports newscast, sports field reporter
* Steve Wallis, "Camping With Steve" YouTuber