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: Writer Clear ×
Geoff Ryman
Born 1951
Christopher G. Moore
Born 1946
Matthew Brzezinski
Born 1965
Ron Oliver
Born 1967
Linda Tellington-Jones
Born 1937
James Moffat (author)
1922 - 1993
Robert Joseph Greene
Born 1973
Dave Shea (web designer)
Born 1950
Rudyard Griffiths
Born 1970
Grant McCracken
Born 1951
Trevor MacDonald (health researcher)
Born 1985
Brenda Chapman (writer)
Born 1955
Tom Rand (venture capitalist)
Born 1967
Rick Smith (environmentalist)
Born 1968
Debra Macleod
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