51.0475° N, 114.0626° W
CALGARY
Most Famous People Born in Calgary, Canada
- Notable people
- 993
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1973
- Most distinctive
- Luger 35.1×
The 1988 Winter Olympics permanently bent the city's roster toward frozen-track sports, with a Luger bench running at better than thirty times the global baseline out of venues still in use at Canada Olympic Park. The Curler and Skater depth comes from the same cold-weather apparatus, while the Wrestler signal owes almost everything to the Hart family dynasty out of the old Stampede Wrestling territory.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Calgary during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 241 notable births.
What Calgary Is Known For
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Hockey is Calgary's biggest profession — 24% of all notables (240).
Calgary over-indexes on luger — 35.1× the global rate.
Calgary under-produces writer — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Calgary's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Ralph Klein
1942 - 2013
Daniel Wegner
1948 - 2013
Colin Stinton
Born 1947
Garry Unger
Born 1947
Michael Lapidge
Born 1942
Murray Heatley
Born 1948
Barry McKinnon
Born 1944
Rick Casson
Born 1948
Bryan Kolb
Born 1947
Scott Henderson (alpine skier)
Born 1943
Bobby Taylor (ice hockey)
Born 1945
Leilani Muir
1944 - 2016
Sandra Kirby
Born 1949
Jamie Paulson
Born 1948
Terence McCloy
Born 1940
Floyd Sneed
Born 1942
John Cassidy (basketball)
Born 1947
Hank Bull
Born 1949
P. J. Perry
Born 1941
Darlene Quaife
Born 1948
Bob Sweetan
1943 - 2017
Sheldon Chumir
1940 - 1992
John Forzani
1947 - 2014
Mary Scott (artist)
Born 1948
Robert Hall (Canadian)
1949 - 2016
Suzanne North
Born 1945
Neil Brown (Canadian politician)
Born 1947
Kate Braid
Born 1947
John Reilly (judge)
Born 1946
Larry Robinson (Canadian football)
1942 - 2018
Joe Forzani
Born 1945
Ward Smith
Born 1947
Barbara Sullivan
Born 1943
Douglas R. Campbell
Born 1945
Jim Boyd (ice hockey)
Born 1949
Frank Golembrosky
Born 1945
Bob Liddington
Born 1948
Ronald M. Clowes
Born 1942
Rick Orman
Born 1948
Byron MacGregor
1948 - 1995
Gerry Shaw
Born 1943
Harrison Gray
Born 1941
Iris Evans
Born 1941
Lyle Moffat
Born 1948
Robert Bogle
Born 1943
John Zaozirny
Born 1947
Rudy Linterman
Born 1947
Alice Callaghan
Born 1947
Jim Gurnett
Born 1949
Gordon Van Tighem
Born 1948
Michael Hartley (bobsleigh)
Born 1946
Kayak Bill
1948 - 2004
Stan Kushner
Born 1946
Stan Dragland
Born 1942