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: Politician Clear ×
Michel Picard (politician)
Born 1960
Hallvard Eika
1920 - 1989
Owen McAleer
1858 - 1944
Annie Chapelier
Born 1967
James Boyle Uniacke
1799 - 1858
Tim Byrne
1907 - 1997
Gerald Butts
Born 1971
Clark W. Thompson (Minnesota politician)
1825 - 1885
David Karwacki
Born 1965
John B. Boucher
1938 - 2010
Peter Maloney
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John Ryan (New South Wales politician)
Born 1956
Naomi Rankin
Born 1952
John R. Dufrocq
1814 - 1860
Cameron Anderson
1857 - 1926
Roy Brown (Manitoba politician)
1896 - 1960
Christine Hogan
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Absalom Greeley
1823 - 1888
Betty Chandler
1915 - 2006
Prote Poker
Born 1952
Joseph Stratton
1855 - 1922
William Henry Forbes
1815 - 1875
Russell King (politician)
Born 1940
Richard J. Gill
1886 - 1959