List of people from Calgary
Calgary
The following is a list of notable people who are originally from or reside in Calgary, ordered by last name:
A
- William Aberhart – former Premier of Alberta
- David Albahari – Serbian-born author
- Jocelyn Alice – vocalist for the soul pop duo Jocelyn & Lisa
- Jann Arden – singer
- Mark Astley – former NHL player
B
- Cori Bartel – curler
- Hank Bassen – former NHL goalie
- Nolan Baumgartner – professional ice hockey player
- Ian Willoughby Bazalgette – Calgary born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions in the skies above France in the Second World War
- Jay Beagle – NHL player (Washington Capitals)
- Chelsey Bell – curler
- Jill Belland – television host and producer
- Richard Bennett – former Prime Minister of Canada
- Cheryl Bernard – curler
- Manmeet Bhullar – Progressive Conservative politician
- Earle Birney – poet
- Heather Blush – singer
- Bill Borger – first Canadian to both swim the English Channel and climb Mount Everest
- Trevor Boys – NASCAR driver
- Paul Brandt – country music singer
- Nate Burleson – professional American football player – Detroit Lions
- Pat Burns – rancher, businessman, and Canadian Senator
C
- Don Cairns – professional ice hockey player
- Eric Cameron – visual artist
- Tommy Campbell – actor and stand-up comedian
- Sean Cheesman – dancer and choreographer
- Allen Coage – professional wrestler known as "Bad News Allen"
- Paul Cranmer – former CFL player
- Rafael Bienvenido Cruz - Christian preacher and public speaker, born in Cuba and later moved to Calgary and Houston, Texas; father of Ted
- Ted Cruz – U.S. Senator from Texas since 2013 and ex-Republican Presidential candidate for 2016 election, moved to Houston, Texas at a young age
- Elisha Cuthbert – actress, moved to Montreal at a very young age, and remained there until she moved to Los Angeles
D
- Carolyn Darbyshire – curler
- Carol-Anne Day – voice actress
- Theo de Raadt – founder and head of the OpenBSD project
- Kris Demeanor – poet, musician and actor
- Trevor Doerksen – filmmaker, entrepreneur
- Michael Dowse – film director
- Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer and musician, raised in Lake Bonavista and based in Brooklyn
- Erica Durance – actress, born in Calgary but raised in Three Hills
- Aaron Durley – baseball and basketball player
E
- Ophira Eisenberg – comedian, writer, actress, and host of NPR quiz show Ask Me Another
- Kiesza (full name Kiesza Rae Ellestad) – musician and multi-instrumentalist
- Darren Espanto – Filipino-Canadian child singer
- Shawn Everett – Grammy-winning Canadian music engineer and producer
- Lance Evers – professional wrestler known as "Lance Storm"
F
- Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, then moved to Calgary as a child
- John Fennell – luger
- Brandon Firla – actor
- George Fox – country music singer/songwriter
G
- Ruth M. Gardiner – first nurse killed in action during World War II
- Karyn Garossino – professional ice dancer with partner Rod Garossino
- Lynn Garrison – aviator, author and mercenary
- Austin Gary – author and songwriter
- Mark Gatha – former voice actor
- Lucas Gilbertson – voice actor
- Onalea Gilbertson – voice actress
- John Glenn – Calgary's earliest recorded European settler
- James Gosling – creator of the Java programming language
- Mike Green – professional hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
- Mary Greene (1843–1933) – mother superior and educator, established first Roman Catholic school board in Alberta[1]
- Paul Gross – actor
H
- Taylor Hall – professional hockey player (New Jersey Devils)
- Eric Hansen – chess player
- Owen Hargreaves – professional footballer, played for Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Manchester City
- Stephen Harper – former Prime Minister of Canada and former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
- Richard Harrison – poet
- Bret Hart – professional wrestler
- Owen Hart – professional wrestler
- Stu Hart – professional wrestler, promoter and trainer
- Teddy Hart – professional wrestler
- Dany Heatley – professional ice hockey player (Minnesota Wild)
- Ben Hebert – curler
- Stuart Hilborn – automotive engineer
- Albert Howell – actor
- Tim Hunter – professional National Hockey League player (won the Stanley Cup with the Flames in 1989)
- Nancy Huston – novelist born in Calgary; left at age 15
J
- Tom Jackson – Métis actor, singer and entrepreneur
- Roy Jenson – actor
K
- James Keelaghan – musician
- Pat Kelly – actor
- Jessica Parker Kennedy – actress
- Tyson Kidd – professional wrestler
- Kiesza – musician
- Ralph Klein – former Mayor of Calgary and former Premier of Alberta
- Norman Kwong – former CFL player and former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
L
- Alvin Law – motivational speaker
- Sheena Lawrick – Olympic softball player
- Sam Livingston – Irish-born early settler in Calgary
- James Alexander Lougheed – head of military hospitals during World War I
- Peter Lougheed – former CFL player and Premier of Alberta
- Lowell – electropop musician
- Ed Lukowich – curler
Keagan Longson – musician, soccer player
M
- Jinder Mahal – professional wrestler
- John Mann – lead singer of Canadian folk band Spirit of the West
- Ernest Manning – former Premier of Alberta
- Heather Marks – supermodel
- Frederick McCall – World War I fighter ace, businessman, stuntman
- Trent McClellan – comedian
- Nellie McClung – writer and activist
- Tate McRae- contemporary dancer featured on "So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation"
- Bruce McCulloch – comedian, writer, director
- Todd McFarlane – creator of the Spawn series of comics
- Kevin McKenna – professional soccer player
- Rita McKeough – visual artist
- Caitlynne Medrek – professional actress and voice over artist
- Cory Monteith – singer and actor; born in Calgary but grew up in Vancouver
- Curtis Myden – Olympic bronze medalist swimmer
N
- Issey Nakajima-Farran – professional soccer player
- Jim Neidhart – professional wrestler
- Natalie "Nattie" Neidhart – professional wrestler for wwe, Former WWE Divas Champion. Star of Total Divas on E!
- Naheed Nenshi – Mayor of Calgary
- Amy Nixon – curler
- Henry Grattan Nolan – lawyer and soldier
- Rebecca Northan – actress
- Ryan Northcott – actor
O
- Susan O'Connor – curler
- Kevin Ogilvie – vocalist for the Industrial music band Skinny Puppy
- Peter Oldring – actor
- Melissa O'Neil – 2005 Canadian Idol winner
- Steven Ogg - actor
P
- Jim Peplinski – former professional hockey player (Calgary Flames)
- Chris Phillips – professional hockey player (Ottawa Senators)
- Gerry Pinder – professional hockey player
- Glenn Price – conductor
- Al Purvis (1929–2009) – assistant captain of the Edmonton Mercurys
Q
- Tegan and Sara Quin – musicians
R
- Lobsang Rampa – Tibetan Lama
- Heather Rankin – curler
- Ken Read - first Canadian to win a men's Alpine World Cup skirace
- Chris Reitsma – professional baseball player
- Nick Ring – professional MMA fighter UFC
- Steve Rodehutskors – Canadian football player
- Benjamin Ross Hayden - filmmaker, actor
- Mark Rypien – Super Bowl XXVI MVP
S
- Jamie Salé – Olympic gold medalist skater
- Willie Saunders – Montana-born Hall of Fame jockey, won U.S. Triple Crown
- Mary Scott – visual artist
- Patrick Sharp – professional ice hockey player; born in Winnipeg but grew up in Calgary and later Thunder Bay, Ontario and Burlington, Vermont
- Kyle Shewfelt – Olympic gold medalist
- Rhonda Sing – professional wrestler
- Laurie Skreslet – first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
- Harry Smith – professional wrestler
- Jason Smith – retired professional ice hockey player
- Monte Solberg – Conservative politician
- Ron Southern – businessman and founder of Spruce Meadows
- Paul Spence – actor (portrays headbanger Dean Murdoch in FUBAR)
- George Stanley – designer of the current Canadian flag
- Fiona Staples – comic book artist
- Stan Stephens – former Governor of Montana
- Charlie Storwick – actress in Some Assembly Required; musician
T
- Jeff Tambellini – ice hockey player
- Ari Taub – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
- Ken Taylor – Canadian ambassador to Iran; helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis under operation nicknamed Canadian Caper
- Mark Tewksbury – Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- Robert Thirsk – astronaut
- Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen – member of Canada's First Nations (the Tsuu T'ina)
V
- Shaun Van Allen – former professional NHL player
- Alan Van Sprang – actor
- Chad VanGaalen – musician
- Mike Vernon – former professional National Hockey League player (won with the Calgary Flames in 1989)
W
- John Ware – pioneer rancher
- Bronwen Webster – curler
- Crystal Webster – curler
- John Will – visual artist
- TJ Wilson – professional wrestler also known by his ring name as Tyson Kidd
- David Winning – film and television director, Stargate: Atlantis, Andromeda, Syfy Channel movies
See also
References
- ↑ Ross, Sheila (2016). "Greene, Mary". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XVI (1931–1940) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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