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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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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: Hockey Clear ×

0124 HOCKEY

Matt Keith

Born 1983

Notable Births by Decade

What Cold Lake Is Known For

Profession Mix Over Time

Matt Keith

Geoff Kinrade

André Veilleux

Garry Howatt

Vic Stanfield

Dany Gelinas

François Allaire

Doug Hicks

Travis Gawryletz

Kevin Krook

David Shand

Chad Silver

Grant Erickson

Frank Carnevale

Tom Barrett (ice hockey)

Joel Stepp

Joe Bailey (ice hockey)

Robin Laycock

Bob Laycock

Matt Hubbauer

Patrick Carignan

Dallas Fallscheer

Shane Tarves

Brian McGregor

Sean Roche

Ron Jonkhans

Vic Ekberg

Frank Schwinghammer

John Scott (ice hockey, born 1928)

Barry Jenkins (hockey sur glace)

Russ Robertson