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 1950s Clear ×
Rob Pike
Born 1956
Wendy McElroy
Born 1951
David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
Born 1957
Gabrielle Rose (actress)
Born 1954
Geoff Ryman
Born 1951
Kathleen Gati
Born 1957
Fred Mandel
Born 1953
James Orr (filmmaker)
Born 1953
Daniel Petrie Jr.
Born 1952
Jack Wetherall
Born 1950
L. Susan Brown
Born 1959
Paolo Barzman
Born 1957
Adrian Alphona
Born 1950
Robert Gentleman (statistician)
Born 1959
Nancy Reid
Born 1952
Carl Marotte
Born 1959
Damian Lee
Born 1950
Tim Bray
Born 1955
Donal O'Shea
Born 1952
David Milgaard
Born 1952
Dale Wilson (actor)
Born 1950
Colin A. Ross
Born 1950
Clara Furse
Born 1957
Ken Steacy
Born 1955
Bob Chaperon
Born 1958
Diana Schutz
Born 1955
Paul Apak Angilirq
1954 - 1998
Dave Shea (web designer)
Born 1950
Andrew Leslie (general)
Born 1957
Sherene Razack
Born 1955
Garry Howatt
Born 1952
Edward Glen
Born 1953
Heather McKillop
Born 1953
John Eaves
Born 1953
Michael Landsberg
Born 1958
Louis R. Chênevert
Born 1958
Vic Stanfield
Born 1951
Douglas E. Cowan
Born 1958
Kirk Shaw
Born 1956
Peter Hudecki
Born 1954
Grant McCracken
Born 1951
Lise Castonguay
Born 1953
François Allaire
Born 1959
Chester Elton
Born 1958
Jocelyn Létourneau
Born 1956
Doug Hicks
Born 1955
Kevin Rushton
Born 1957
William Morrison (director)
Born 1950
Robert Jezek
Born 1955
Peter Croft (climber)
Born 1958
Nicholas Graham
Born 1958
Barbara Kulaszka
1952 - 2017
John Paizs
Born 1957
Norm Spencer
1958 - 2020
Rick Lang
Born 1953
Brenda Chapman (writer)
Born 1955
Allan Armitage
Born 1950
James C. Hathaway
Born 1956
Ron Halder
Born 1953
Shaun Scott (actor)
Born 1954
Gayle Olinekova
1953 - 2003
Kevin Krook
Born 1958
Jean Béliveau (marcheur)
Born 1955
David Shand
Born 1956
Marcel Gauvreau
Born 1955
Cynthia Hardy
Born 1956
Barbara Cooper (RAF officer)
Born 1959
Samson Chan
Born 1956
Ann Rohmer
Born 1958
Marsha Boulton
Born 1952
Patrick McCarthy
Born 1954
Kim Gellert
Born 1954
Peter Masak
1957 - 2004
Alexis Kochan
Born 1953
Larry Ryckman
Born 1959
Kevin Frank
Born 1957
David Frederick Hepburn
Born 1958
Frank Carnevale
Born 1959
Daniel McMahon
Born 1956
Jack Langedijk
Born 1956
Brian Peddle
Born 1955
Robin Laycock
Born 1957
John Ryan (New South Wales politician)
Born 1956
Bob Laycock
Born 1956
G. Peter Lepage
Born 1952
Naomi Rankin
Born 1952
Mark Elliot (radio host)
1953 - 2019
Nick Michaels
1950 - 2018
Shane Tarves
Born 1954
Ken McEachern
Born 1953
Darryl Samson
Born 1952
Brian McGregor
Born 1957
Sue Richards (artist)
1958 - 2014
Lisa Olsen
Born 1956
Frank Ciaccia
Born 1959
Prote Poker
Born 1952
Barry Jenkins (hockey sur glace)
Born 1951