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
- Field: Artist Clear ×
David Finch (comics)
Born 1971
Keri Smith
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Hugh Syme
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Adrian Alphona
Born 1950
Pat Lee (comics)
Born 1975
Jimmy Beaulieu
Born 1974
Nina Matsumoto
Born 1984
Kathryn Immonen
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Chrissie Zullo
Born 1986
Jonathon Dalton
Born 1977
Steve Crompton
Born 1962
Lana Roi
Born 1987
Katherine Gray
Born 1965
Sue Richards (artist)
1958 - 2014
Jack Lannan
1910 - 1993
Skeena Reece
Born 1974