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.

Through the Decades

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.

  1. Actor140
  2. Football50
  3. Film35
  4. Hockey31
  5. Politician24
  6. Music20
  7. Sport19
  8. Singer17
  1. Film353.8×
  2. Screenwriter123.7×
  3. Actor1403.5×
  4. Hockey313.5×
  5. Novelist82.7×
  6. Artist162.1×
  7. Engineer91.9×
  8. Music201.9×
  1. Politician240.3×
  2. Writer150.6×
  3. Football500.6×

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.

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0012 HISTORIAN

Moishe Postone

1942 - 2018

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0013 HACKER

John Draper

Born 1943

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0018 MATHEMATICIAN

James Stewart (mathematician)

1941 - 2014

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0031 WRITER

Christopher G. Moore

Born 1946

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0044 THEATRE

John Caird (director)

Born 1948

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0068 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Allan Borodin

Born 1941

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0077 ACADEMIC

Eric McLuhan

1941 - 2018

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0095 ETHOLOGIST

John Endler

Born 1947

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0107 ACTOR

Robin Ward (television personality)

Born 1944

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0146 ACTOR

R. D. Reid

1944 - 2017

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0148 ADVISOR

Geoff Tunnicliffe

Born 1947

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0150 PROFESSOR

Bill Schelter

1947 - 2001

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0162 ENGINEER

Suzanne Lacasse

Born 1948

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0166 CRIMINAL

Wayne Boden

1948 - 2006

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0188 PHOTOGRAPHER

Clayton Patterson

Born 1948

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0224 MATHEMATICS

Gordon Edwards

Born 1940

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0226 ACTOR

Peter Kastner

1943 - 2008

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0250 CAMPAIGN

Sharkey Ward

Born 1943

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0257 ACTOR

Linda Sorenson

Born 1940

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0272 LICENS

Larry Gambone

Born 1945

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0275 ACTOR

Pam Hyatt

Born 1947

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0277 HISTORIAN

Belinda Nash

1946 - 2016

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0336 FILM

David Secter

Born 1943

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0345 CRIMINAL

Russell Maurice Johnson

Born 1947

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0352 BIOLOGIST

Darrel R. Falk

Born 1946

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0353 NOVELIST

Wayne Tefs

1947 - 2014

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0361 HISTORIAN

Harold Troper

Born 1942

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0371 ACTOR

Serge Christiaenssens

1944 - 2011

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0372 SOCIOLOGIST

David Rayside

Born 1947

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0405 HOCKEY

Grant Erickson

Born 1947

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0406 ACADEMIC

Janet H. Beavin

Born 1940

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0433 DARTS PLAYER

Bob Sinnaeve

Born 1949

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0440 DESIGNER

Edward E. Simbalist

1943 - 2005

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0453 STUNT

David Rigby

Born 1945

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0456 ACTOR

Patrecia Scott

1940 - 1977

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0467 RESEARCH

Michael Posluns

1941 - 2020

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0474 PROFESSOR

Jean-Jacques Simard

Born 1945

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0501 ACTOR

Ray Jewers

1945 - 1993

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0505 JOURNALIST

René Homier-Roy

Born 1940

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0540 FOOTBALL

John Farlinger

Born 1948

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0544 MARTIAL ART

John Williams (mixed martial artist)

Born 1940

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0548 COMPOSER

Vito Ricci

Born 1947

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0727 POLITICIAN

Russell King (politician)

Born 1940

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