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.

Through the Decades

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 luger35.1× the global rate.

Calgary under-produces writer — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Hockey240
  2. Politician91
  3. Football77
  4. Actor62
  5. Sport44
  6. Wrestler26
  7. Singer24
  8. Player20
  1. Luger1235.1×
  2. Curler1322.2×
  3. Hockey24020.4×
  4. Ski1514.4×
  5. Racer118.5×
  6. Wrestler268.1×
  7. Skier166.3×
  8. Skater156.3×
  1. Writer140.4×

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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Showing 91 of 993 notable people

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Ted Cruz

Born 1970

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Peter Lougheed

1928 - 2012

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Ralph Klein

1942 - 2013

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Stan Stephens

Born 1929

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Kent Hehr

Born 1969

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Pierre Poilievre

Born 1979

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Dave Bronconnier

Born 1962

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Dan Hays

Born 1939

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David Chernushenko

Born 1963

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Danielle Smith

Born 1971

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Rick Casson

Born 1948

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Laurin Liu

Born 1990

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Len Webber

Born 1960

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Jack Austin (politician)

Born 1932

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Stephanie Kusie

Born 1973

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Monte Solberg

Born 1958

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Carla Qualtrough

Born 1971

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Alfred Critchley

1890 - 1963

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Manmeet Bhullar

1980 - 2015

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Brian Mason

Born 1953

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Arthur Ryan Smith

1919 - 2008

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Deborah Drever

Born 1988

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Graham Sucha

Born 1986

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Michael Connolly (Canadian politician)

Born 1994

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Marg McCuaig-Boyd

Born 1952

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Stephanie McLean (politician)

Born 1987

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Brandy Payne

Born 1978

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Gary Mar

Born 1962

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Glen Pearson

Born 1950

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Thelma Chalifoux

1929 - 2017

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Jim Hawkes

1934 - 2019

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Druh Farrell

-

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Doug Black

Born 1952

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Elizabeth Joan Smith

1928 - 2016

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Robert-Falcon Ouellette

Born 1976

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Anita Vandenbeld

Born 1971

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Greg Clark (Canadian politician)

Born 1971

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David Khan

Born 1974

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0677 POLITICIAN

Bert Lawrence

1923 - 2007

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0698 POLITICIAN

Barbara Sullivan

Born 1943

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0699 POLITICIAN

Donald Adam Hartman

1929 - 1996

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Jason Nixon

Born 1980

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Rick Fraser (politician)

Born 1972

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Heather Klimchuk

Born 1958

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Janet Austin

Born 1956

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Rick Orman

Born 1948

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Jon Lord (politician)

1956 - 2014

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Mike Ellis (Canadian politician)

Born 1973

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Jeromy Farkas

-

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Bert Brown

1938 - 2018

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0788 POLITICIAN

Kyle Fawcett

Born 1979

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Iris Evans

Born 1941

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Richard Gotfried

Born 1958

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Ron Orr

Born 1954

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Stanley A. Milner

Born 1928

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Robert Bogle

Born 1943

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Evan Woolley

-

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Cam Kirby

1909 - 2003

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Gian-Carlo Carra

-

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Romy Tittel

-

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Ray Danyluk

Born 1952

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0858 POLITICIAN

Dan Backs

Born 1953

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Ethel Sylvia Wilson

1902 - 1983

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Ron Ghitter

Born 1935

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Jack Leslie (politician)

1920 - 2010

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Robert Howard McClelland

Born 1933

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Barry Pashak

Born 1937

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Gordon Taylor (politician)

1910 - 2003

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Jim Gurnett

Born 1949

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George Ho Lem

1918 - 2005

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Bonnie Laing

1937 - 2016

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Bill Dickie (politician)

1925 - 2019

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David John Russell

Born 1931

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Evelyn Gillespie

Born 1952

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Gordon Van Tighem

Born 1948

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Marke Raines

1927 - 2020

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Hugh Planche

Born 1931

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Allan Warrack

Born 1937

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Fred Peacock

1916 - 2010

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Georgette Sheridan

Born 1952

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Sheila Embury

1931 - 2005

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Marty Klyne

Born 1957

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Harry Leinweber

1907 - 1992

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Stan Kushner

Born 1946

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Charles William Parker

1912 - 1997

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Andrew Little (Canadian politician)

1919 - 1993

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Grant Deachman

1913 - 1983

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Roy Charles Taylor

1889 - 1963

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Thomas Charles Donnelly

Born 1933

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0991 POLITICIAN

Donald Albert Marshall

Born 1932

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Don Robinson (politician)

1919 - 1997

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