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 film3.8× 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.

1700175018001850190019502000
  • Film & TV
  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
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Showing 50 of 753 notable people

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Marcus Godinho

Born 1997

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Doug Muirhead

Born 1962

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Nick O'Donnell (footballer)

Born 1993

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Jamaal Smith

Born 1988

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Adrian Butters

Born 1988

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Sir James Kirkpatrick, 8th Baronet

1841 - 1899

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Shavon John-Brown

Born 1995

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Pete Ohler

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Ryan McMenamin

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George Forbes (footballer)

Born 1869

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Ethan Beckford

Born 1999

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John Farlinger

Born 1948

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Don Ferguson (soccer)

Born 1963

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Dave West (Canadian football)

Born 1929

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Tony Anselmo (Canadian football)

1918 - 2009

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Stuart Black (soccer)

Born 1975

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Alvin Hudson

Born 1976

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Troy Hernandez

Born 1987

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Ken McEachern

Born 1953

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Danny Amaral

Born 1973

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Darryl Samson

Born 1952

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Iain Baird

Born 1971

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Lucas Papaconstantinou

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Adolfo Mella

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Willy Giummarra

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Frank Cardona

Born 1969

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David Gee (soccer)

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Paul Moore (soccer)

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Rickey Harris

Born 1985

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Frank Ciaccia

Born 1959

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Bayete Smith

Born 1972

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Nikola Andrijevic

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Gregor Young

Born 1966

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Samuel Hazan

Born 1983

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Christian Lombardo

Born 1974

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Vern Hickey

1900 - 1987

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Irvin Studin

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Greg Weber

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Carlos Zeballos

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Danley Johnson

Born 1978

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Keith Izatt

Born 1964

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Gary Hughes (soccer)

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Leonardo Simon

Born 1967

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Piotr Libicz

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Sam Scoccia

1930 - 1996

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Nelson Ryan Zamora

Born 1991

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Cameron Walker (soccer)

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Richie Sumner

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Tony Donia

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Paulo Valdez

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