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 1930s Clear ×
Bruce K. Alexander
Born 1939
Paul Moller
Born 1936
Neil Robertson (mathematician)
Born 1938
Anthony King (political scientist)
1934 - 2017
Linda Tellington-Jones
Born 1937
Don Richardson (missionary)
1935 - 2018
Janet Burston
1935 - 1998
Saul V. Levine
Born 1938
Ray Cameron (comedian)
1938 - 1993
Leon Major
Born 1933
John Ridpath
Born 1936
Phil Jackson (rugby league, born 1932)
Born 1932
Ray Dunbobbin
1931 - 1998
Robert Pitcairn (athlete)
Born 1938
John B. Boucher
1938 - 2010
Abner Oakes
Born 1934
Uwe Gustafsson
Born 1938
Wolf E. Allihn
Born 1932
Jeffrey S. Lyons
1939 - 2015
Bertha Allen
1934 - 2010
Donald Fleming (chemist)
Born 1938
Donald Stringer (canoeist)
Born 1933
Tom Bruno (Musiker)
1932 - 2012
Vic Ekberg
Born 1932
Sam Scoccia
1930 - 1996