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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George Ho Lem
1918 - 2005
Bonnie Laing
1937 - 2016
Bill Dickie (politician)
1925 - 2019
Bill Wusyk
1918 - 1975
David John Russell
Born 1931
Muriel Kovitz
Born 1926
Evelyn Gillespie
Born 1952
Taras Foremsky
Born 1980
Mark Dewit
Born 1986
Robert Woodson (Canadian football)
Born 1995
Jacob Hergenhein
Born 1990
Norman Jones (sailor)
1923 - 1995
Walter Jones (sailor)
1926 - 2007
Emily M. Keeler
Born 1987
Kyle Miller (golfer)
Born 1990
Matthew Swann (musician)
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A. J. Bridel
Born 1992
Brian Morrison (athlete)
Born 1968
Bailey McKnight
Born 1990
Edward Scholefield
1893 - 1929
John Malois
Born 1971
Malyk Hamilton
Born 1999
Mike McEachern
Born 1986
J. D. Lind
Born 1985
Gordon Van Tighem
Born 1948
David Brumwell
Born 1953
Marke Raines
1927 - 2020
Graeme Schnell
Born 1988
Evann Siebens
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Lynn Bottoms
1933 - 1995
Arthur Burn
1879 - 1911
Hugh Planche
Born 1931
Allan Warrack
Born 1937
Michelle Morton
Born 1972
Fred Peacock
1916 - 2010
Ernie McCullough
1925 - 2015
Georgette Sheridan
Born 1952
Betty Stanhope-Cole
1937 - 2017
David Sidorsky
Born 1925
Keely Brown
Born 1993
Paul John O’Byrne
1922 - 2004
Tyler Seitz
Born 1976
André Duberry
Born 1982
Raymond Heimbecker
1922 - 2014
Gaye Porteous
Born 1965
Sascha Weber (Unihockeyspieler)
Born 1980
John Kanaroski
Born 1984
Billy Kibblewhite
1910 - 1951
Mireille Lebel
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Colleen Ogilvie
Born 1989
Paula McKenzie
Born 1970
Dennis Marineau
Born 1962
Jennifer Sadleir
Born 1981
Sheila Embury
1931 - 2005
Marty Klyne
Born 1957
Michael Hartley (bobsleigh)
Born 1946
Andrew Archer
Born 1983
Graham Ramalho
Born 1986
Ryder Bateman
Born 1980
Myrna Dey
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Dan Bertram
Born 1987
William A. McGillivray
1918 - 1984
Bill Hudson (ice hockey)
1910 - 1988
Blue Bennefield
Born 1979
Kayak Bill
1948 - 2004
Harry Leinweber
1907 - 1992
Scott Price (cyclist)
Born 1969
Josh Bean (Canadian football)
Born 1982
Saleem Borhot
Born 1985
Don Fletcher (ice hockey)
Born 1931
Sharon Carry
Born 1950
Olga Grant
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Matt Singer
Born 1984
Stan Kushner
Born 1946
Charles William Parker
1912 - 1997
Andrew Little (Canadian politician)
1919 - 1993
Marjorie Hanna
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Grant Deachman
1913 - 1983
Dick Gray (ice hockey)
1920 - 1990
Stan Dragland
Born 1942
Kendra Flock
Born 1985
Robert Bertram Church
Died 2019
Richelle Bear Hat
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Ashley Thouret
Born 1986
Paul Kurceba
Born 1987
Roy Charles Taylor
1889 - 1963
Kevin Evans (archer)
Born 1962
Thomas Charles Donnelly
Born 1933
Bill Alexander (Canadian football)
Born 1924
Mathieu Kamba
Born 1995
Donald Albert Marshall
Born 1932
Joanna Cooper (bowls)
Born 1983
Don Robinson (politician)
1919 - 1997