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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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Showing 35 of 753 notable people

0011 FILM

Martin Wood (director)

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0016 FILM

Stephen Williams (director)

Born 1978

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0029 FILM

Melanie Merkosky

Born 1980

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0030 FILM

James Orr (filmmaker)

Born 1953

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0033 FILM

Daniel Petrie Jr.

Born 1952

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0034 FILM

Nicolas Wright

Born 1982

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0053 FILM

Andy Mikita

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0057 FILM

Sean Durkin

Born 1981

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0060 FILM

Damian Lee

Born 1950

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0061 FILM

George McCowan

1927 - 1995

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0075 FILM

David Wellington (director)

Born 1963

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0092 FILM

Peter Scheerer

Born 1973

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0120 FILM

Daniel Goldberg (producer)

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0136 FILM

Lowell Dean

Born 1979

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0140 FILM

Max Candy

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0144 FILM

Elza Kephart

Born 1976

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0153 FILM

Avi Lewis

Born 1968

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0155 FILM

Linda Shayne

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0157 FILM

Ron Sparks (comedian)

Born 1978

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0160 FILM

Kelly Makin

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0163 FILM

Imogen Sutton

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0238 FILM

Kirk Shaw

Born 1956

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0265 FILM

Marina Rice Bader

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0283 FILM

Heather Taylor

Born 1977

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0294 FILM

Toni Myers

Died 2019

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0296 FILM

Richard Pepin

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0297 FILM

Mark Raso

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0312 FILM

John Paizs

Born 1957

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0336 FILM

David Secter

Born 1943

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0375 FILM

Chelsea McMullan

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0399 FILM

Nik Sheehan

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0466 FILM

William Austin (Filmeditor)

1903 - 1993

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0569 FILM

Max Fischer (screenwriter)

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0595 FILM

Jimmy Philémond-Montout

Born 1986

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0606 FILM

Susan Maggi

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