53.5334° N, 113.5001° W
EDMONTON
Most Famous People Born in Edmonton, Canada
- Notable people
- 1,014
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1965
- Most distinctive
- Curler 26.7×
A city organized at the civic level around ice and rocks sliding across it — the Curler bench runs at better than twenty-six times the global baseline, which is what happens when January lasts six months and the curling rink is the town's living room. The outsized Swimmer count is the surprise twist, indoor pools as the warm-weather refuge of a place where outdoor anything is half the year unavailable, with an Athlete bump catching everyone the more specific tags miss.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Edmonton during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 184 notable births.
What Edmonton Is Known For
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Hockey is Edmonton's biggest profession — 29% of all notables (292).
Edmonton over-indexes on curler — 26.7× the global rate.
Edmonton under-produces writer — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Edmonton's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
Red Pollard
1909 - 1981
Gene Carrigan
1907 - 1945
Paul Runge (ice hockey)
1907 - 1972
Mary Ross Ellingson
1906 - 1993
Arnold Matiisen
1906 - 1992
Charles Winter (cricketer, born 1903)
1903 - 1982
Vince Barton
1908 - 1973
Marion McCarthy
1907 - 1987
John McLaughlin (Alberta politician)
1905 - 1991
John William Welbourn
1900 - 1965
Percy Griffith Davies
1902 - 1990
Kendrick Stark
1904 - 1988