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.

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753 notable people

0601 PLAYER

Jennifer Hinze

Born 1988

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0602 BANK

Newton John Stabb

1868 - 1931

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0603 PLAYER

Petra Januskova

Born 1991

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0604 SINGER

Mary Ellen Christian

1848 - 1941

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0605 DRUMMER

Ryan Stevenson (Canadian musician)

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0606 FILM

Susan Maggi

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0607 NAVY

George Low (Medal of Honor)

1847 - 1912

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0608 SCREENWRITER

Kevin Doherty (filmmaker)

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0609 MARKETING

Cary Kaplan

Born 1969

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0610 ACTOR

Bree Wasylenko

Born 1988

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0611 FOOTBALL

Iain Baird

Born 1971

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0612 BODYBUILDER

Gule Sheikh

Born 1976

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0613 ENTREPRENEUR

Michael Lombardi (entrepreneur)

Born 1964

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0614 PLAYER

Lauren O'Reilly

Born 1989

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0615 ARTIST

Lana Roi

Born 1987

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0616 REAL ESTATE

Florence Casler

1869 - 1954

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0617 HOCKEY

Brian McGregor

Born 1957

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0618 ACTOR

Jennifer Pappas

Born 1995

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0619 FEMINIST

Jessie Turnbull

1845 - 1920

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0620 ENGINEER

Joseph Brant Arseneau

Born 1967

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0621 ARTIST

Katherine Gray

Born 1965

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0622 ACTOR

Skylar Healey

Born 1998

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0623 PLAYER

Nadine Alphonse

Born 1983

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0624 BUSINESS

Huntly D. Millar

1927 - 2016

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0625 FOOTBALL

Lucas Papaconstantinou

-

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0626 PLAYER

Tonya Mokelki

Born 1985

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0627 BUSH PILOT

Arthur Massey Berry

1888 - 1970

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0628 CANOE

Donald Stringer (canoeist)

Born 1933

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0629 TRADE UNION

John W. Brown (labor leader)

1867 - 1941

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0630 ARTIST

Sue Richards (artist)

1958 - 2014

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0631 HOCKEY

Sean Roche

Born 1983

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0632 NAVY

Sir Richard Poore, 4th Baronet

1853 - 1930

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0633 THEATRE

Don Shipley (stage director)

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0634 ARTIST

Jack Lannan

1910 - 1993

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0635 MARINE

John Shivers (Medal of Honor)

Born 1830

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0636 ARCHER

Doris Jones (archer)

Born 1988

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0637 CRIMINAL

Samuel Perris

Born 1840

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0638 WRITER

Debra Macleod

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0639 ECOLOGIST

Deborah Martin-Downs

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0640 ACTOR

T. Jerome Lawler

1887 - 1974

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0641 ATHLETE

Morwenna Lane

Born 1974

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0642 FOOTBALL

Adolfo Mella

-

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0643 POLITICIAN

John R. Dufrocq

1814 - 1860

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0644 LAWYER

Vivian Bercovici

-

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0645 MILITAR

Alick Foord-Kelcey

1913 - 1973

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0646 SPORT

Heather Logan-Sprenger

Born 1982

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0647 HISTORIAN

Craig Heron

-

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0648 BASEBALL

Joseph Dorsey (baseball)

1856 - 1938

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0649 SKIER

Andrea Dupont

Born 1980

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0650 SPORT

Lisa Olsen

Born 1956

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0651 ENTREPRENEUR

Shaherose Charania

-

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0652 FOOTBALL

Willy Giummarra

-

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0653 ATHLETIC

Daniel Wesley (athlete)

Born 1960

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0654 FOOTBALL

Frank Cardona

Born 1969

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0655 ACTOR

Isaiah Peck

Born 1999

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0656 FOOTBALL

David Gee (soccer)

-

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0657 LAWYER

John McCourt

1874 - 1924

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0658 MUSIC

Ben Grossman

-

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0659 FOOTBALL

Paul Moore (soccer)

-

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0660 DRUMMER

Tom Bruno (Musiker)

1932 - 2012

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0661 ATHLETE

Carsen Campbell

Born 1994

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0662 PHYSICIAN

Rupert Michell

1879 - 1966

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0663 TRADER

Martin McLeod

1813 - 1860

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0664 WRESTLER

Bob Boyer (wrestler)

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0665 FOOTBALL

Rickey Harris

Born 1985

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0666 FOOTBALL

Frank Ciaccia

Born 1959

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0667 SPORT

Felicia Greer

Born 1970

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0668 FOOTBALL

Bayete Smith

Born 1972

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0669 NOVELIST

E. K. Johnston

-

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0670 FOOTBALL

Nikola Andrijevic

-

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0671 GOLF

Andrew Smith (golfer)

-

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0672 ARTIST

Skeena Reece

Born 1974

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0673 HOCKEY

Ron Jonkhans

Born 1960

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0674 EXPLORER

Murray Edmund Watts

1909 - 1982

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0675 FOOTBALL

Gregor Young

Born 1966

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0676 ACTOR

Kieran Sequoia

Born 1986

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0677 BUSINESS

Paul Lepa

-

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0678 FOOTBALL

Samuel Hazan

Born 1983

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0679 LAWYER

William T. Green

1860 - 1911

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0680 FACULTY

Mark S. Workentin

-

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0681 FOOTBALL

Christian Lombardo

Born 1974

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0682 SOLDIER

John C. Gilmore

1837 - 1922

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0683 FOOTBALL

Vern Hickey

1900 - 1987

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0684 FOOTBALL

Irvin Studin

-

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0685 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Katherine McClure

Born 1981

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0686 NAVY

Thomas Fitzpatrick (sailor)

Born 1837

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0687 SINGER

Odessa Thornhill

Born 1984

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0688 ACTOR

Taveeta Szymanowicz

Born 1996

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0689 FOOTBALL

Greg Weber

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0690 POWERLIFTER

Grant Connors

Born 1973

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0691 DIPLOMAT

Philippe Beaulne

-

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0692 HOCKEY

Vic Ekberg

Born 1932

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0693 MILITAR

Asel Hagerty

1837 - 1919

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0694 JOCKEY

Thomas H. Burns

1879 - 1913

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0695 CAMPAIGN

James Flannigan

1833 - 1905

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0696 BUSINESS

James Richardson (Cisco)

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0697 PRODUCER

Clark Donnelly

-

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0698 FOOTBALL

Carlos Zeballos

-

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0699 ACTOR

Eva Link

-

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0700 FOOTBALL

Danley Johnson

Born 1978

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0701 SKIER

Kim Mcknight

Born 1971

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0702 FOOTBALL

Keith Izatt

Born 1964

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0703 PLAYER

Catherine Leduc

Born 1993

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0704 LIBRARIAN

Ingrid Parent

-

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0705 POLITICIAN

Cameron Anderson

1857 - 1926

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0706 MUSIC

Daisy May Pratt Erd

1882 - 1925

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0707 FOOTBALL

Gary Hughes (soccer)

-

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0708 ECONOMIST

Muriel Anton

Born 1962

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0709 POLITICIAN

Roy Brown (Manitoba politician)

1896 - 1960

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0710 FOOTBALL

Leonardo Simon

Born 1967

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0711 FOOTBALL

Piotr Libicz

-

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0712 CURATOR

cheyanne turions

-

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0713 POLITICIAN

Christine Hogan

-

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0714 MISSIONARY

Winnifred Paskall

-

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0715 POLITICIAN

Absalom Greeley

1823 - 1888

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0716 POLITICIAN

Betty Chandler

1915 - 2006

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0717 ACTOR

Lise Baldwin

Born 1970

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0718 POLITICIAN

Prote Poker

Born 1952

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0719 POLITICIAN

Joseph Stratton

1855 - 1922

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0720 POLITICIAN

William Henry Forbes

1815 - 1875

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0721 HOCKEY

Frank Schwinghammer

Born 1914

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0722 GAME

Claude Soucie

Died 1996

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0723 FOOTBALL

Sam Scoccia

1930 - 1996

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0724 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Allison Daley

-

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0725 SKIER

Nick Brush

-

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0726 SPORT

Alison Testroete

Born 1983

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0727 POLITICIAN

Russell King (politician)

Born 1940

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0728 LAWYER

Joseph Edward Therrien

1879 - 1954

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0729 FOOTBALL

Nelson Ryan Zamora

Born 1991

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0730 OFFICER

Elphege A. M. Gendreau

1888 - 1943

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0731 DARTS PLAYER

Al Bouchie

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0732 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Mary Darling (television producer)

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0733 CHILD

Jermaine Allan Mann

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0734 POLITICIAN

Richard J. Gill

1886 - 1959

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0735 MECHANIC

Jeanne Brault Laurin

1923 - 2012

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0736 SINGER

Chris Collins (chanteur, 1996)

Born 1996

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0737 FOOTBALL

Cameron Walker (soccer)

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0738 HOCKEY

John Scott (ice hockey, born 1928)

Born 1928

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0739 ACTOR

Peyton Foster

Born 1983

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0740 HOCKEY

Barry Jenkins (hockey sur glace)

Born 1951

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0741 MISSIONARY

Enrique Strachan

1872 - 1945

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0742 SPORT

Veronique Labonte

Born 1980

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0743 HOCKEY

Russ Robertson

Born 1928

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0744 FOOTBALL

Richie Sumner

-

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0745 FOOTBALL

Tony Donia

-

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0746 SPRINT

James Lavallée

Born 1997

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0747 ENTREPRENEUR

Harry L. Gill

1876 - 1956

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0748 MILITAR

Alfred W. Lewis

-

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0749 BASEBALL

W. W. Jeffers

1852 - 1936

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0750 FOOTBALL

Paulo Valdez

-

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0751 MUSIC

Billy Bishop (Musiker)

1906 - 1995

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0752 SPORT

Nicole Demars

Born 1970

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0753 PLAYER

Jordan Or

Born 1992

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