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
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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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Gordon R. Dickson
1923 - 2001
Drew Karpyshyn
Born 1971
Victor Ostrovsky
Born 1949
W. P. Kinsella
1935 - 2016
Austin Mardon
Born 1962
David Gaider
Born 1971
Wendy Orr
Born 1953
Kelly Oxford
Born 1977
John Fawcett (director)
Born 1968
Kit Pearson
Born 1947
David Carpenter (writer)
Born 1941
Kevin Annett
Born 1956
Joey Comeau
Born 1980
Susannah Fullerton
Born 1960
Malcolm Needs
Born 1957
Darren O'Donnell
Born 1965
Shar Levine
Born 1953
Phyllis Seckler
1917 - 2004
Jonathan Lachlan-Stewart
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