55.9835° N, 109.0120° W
COLD LAKE
Most Famous People Born in Cold Lake, Canada
- Notable people
- 753
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1961
- Most distinctive
- Film 3.8×
Cold Lake is wildly screen-heavy for a small prairie garrison town — a Film and Screenwriter tilt mostly reflecting Canadian actors and writers born on the base before moving south to Toronto and Vancouver production. The Hockey bench is the expected Alberta story, but the Novelist and Artist counts are the surprise: a small but real creative diaspora out of a Royal Canadian Air Force town.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cold Lake during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 97 notable births.
What Cold Lake Is Known For
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Actor is Cold Lake's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (140).
Cold Lake over-indexes on film — 3.8× the global rate.
Cold Lake under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Cold Lake's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Writing
- Science
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Other
- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Isaiah L. Kenen
1905 - 1988
Peter Millman
1906 - 1990
Prosper Bernard
1902 - 1943
Will Osborne (singer)
1906 - 1981
George Laurence
1905 - 1987
Tim Byrne
1907 - 1997
John Williamson (geologist)
1907 - 1958
Charles S. Thompson
1908 - 1994
William Taylor (cyclist)
Born 1900
Louis Newashish
1902 - 1924
William Austin (Filmeditor)
1903 - 1993
John D. Keith
1908 - 1989
Murray Edmund Watts
1909 - 1982
Vern Hickey
1900 - 1987
Billy Bishop (Musiker)
1906 - 1995