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 1920s Clear ×
Stanley Mann
1928 - 2016
Sat-Okh
1920 - 2003
Michael Reed (cinematographer)
Born 1929
George McCowan
1927 - 1995
Basil H. Johnston
1929 - 2015
James Moffat (author)
1922 - 1993
Hallvard Eika
1920 - 1989
Reuben Epp
1920 - 2009
Buddy Banks (bassist)
1927 - 2005
Ray Avery (photographer)
1920 - 2002
Charles Levinson
1920 - 1997
David Gell
Born 1929
Valdo Williams
1929 - 2010
Arthur Walsh (actor)
1923 - 1995
David Evans (RAF officer)
1924 - 2020
Allan Percival
1923 - 1985
Dave West (Canadian football)
Born 1929
Huntly D. Millar
1927 - 2016
Jeanne Brault Laurin
1923 - 2012
John Scott (ice hockey, born 1928)
Born 1928
Russ Robertson
Born 1928