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WATERLOO
Most Famous People Born in Waterloo, Canada
- Notable people
- 338
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1961
- Most distinctive
- Lacrosse 124.3×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Waterloo during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Waterloo Is Known For
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Hockey is Waterloo's biggest profession — 31% of all notables (106).
Waterloo over-indexes on lacrosse — 124.3× the global rate.
Waterloo under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Waterloo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Music
- Business
- Other
William Lyon Mackenzie King
1874 - 1950
Lois Maxwell
1927 - 2007
Christian Cage
Born 1973
David Morrell
Born 1943
Lucas Bryant
Born 1978
Jeremy Ratchford
Born 1965
Scott Stevens
Born 1964
Milt Schmidt
1918 - 2017
Margaret Millar
1915 - 1994
Kristin Booth
Born 1974
Chris Williams (director)
Born 1971
Brendan Meyer
Born 1994
David Edgar (soccer)
Born 1987
Darryl Sittler
Born 1950
Isaiah Bowman
1878 - 1950
Jamal Murray
Born 1997
Mark Scheifele
Born 1993
Dan Snyder (ice hockey)
1978 - 2003
Walter Zinn
1906 - 2000
Howie Meeker
1923 - 2020
John Oswald (composer)
Born 1953
Sarah Pavan
Born 1986
Dennis Wideman
Born 1983
Kyle Quincey
Born 1985
Mike Hoffman (ice hockey, born 1989)
Born 1989
The Missing Link (wrestler)
1939 - 2007
Bill Goldsworthy
1944 - 1996
C. Miller Fisher
1913 - 2012
Elise Bauman
Born 1990
Todd Brooker
Born 1959
David Orth
Born 1965
Ingrid Mattson
Born 1963
Kevin Klein
Born 1984
Tanner Pearson
Born 1992
Paul Reinhart
Born 1960
Andrew Poje
Born 1987
Homer Watson
1855 - 1936
Gary Dornhoefer
Born 1943
Brian Bradley (ice hockey, born 1965)
Born 1965
Rod Seiling
Born 1944
Moe Norman
1929 - 2004
Claude Fournier (filmmaker)
Born 1931
Michael Latta
Born 1991
John Mitchell (ice hockey, born 1985)
Born 1985
Frank J. Selke
1893 - 1985
Ryan Roth
Born 1983
John Rudolphus Booth
1827 - 1925
Bobby Bauer
1915 - 1964
Dawud Wharnsby
Born 1972
Brad Schlegel
Born 1968
Brock Radunske
Born 1983
Kevin Overland
Born 1974
Don Awrey
Born 1943
Bardish Chagger
Born 1980
Doug Risebrough
Born 1954
Edna Staebler
1906 - 2006
Richard Bader
1931 - 2012
Wallace Diestelmeyer
1926 - 1999
David Wharnsby
Born 1967
Ryan Braun (pitcher)
Born 1980
Guy Fournier
Born 1931
Darrell Rooney
-
David Bauer (ice hockey)
1924 - 1988
Roger Martin (professor)
Born 1956
Jim Sandlak
Born 1966
Geoff Ward (ice hockey)
Born 1962
Michael McDonald (poker player)
Born 1989
Ahren Spylo
Born 1983
Mike West (swimmer)
Born 1964
Dave Maloney
Born 1956
Jamie Wright
Born 1976
Jon Evans
Born 1973
Don Beaupre
Born 1961
Woody Dumart
1916 - 2001
Norbert Mueller
1906 - 1956
Bramwell Tillsley
1931 - 2019
Jonathan Boutin
Born 1985
Logan Stanley
Born 1998
Alyssa Lagonia
Born 1989
Harold Albrecht
Born 1949
Chuck Cadman
1948 - 2005
Mike Card
Born 1986
Lawrence Day
Born 1949
Evan Brophey
Born 1986
Earl Seibert
1911 - 1990
Rob Shearer
Born 1976
Rachel Thevenard
Born 1993
Earl Reibel
1930 - 2007
Craig Cardiff
Born 1976
Chelsea Aubry
Born 1984
Mike Stevens (ice hockey, born 1965)
Born 1965
Amanda Overland
Born 1981
Lisa LaFlamme
Born 1964
Marc Sabat
Born 1965
John Hecimovic
Born 1984
Derek Hahn
Born 1977
Oliver Seibert
1881 - 1944
Adam Payerl
Born 1991
George J. Hatfield
1887 - 1953
Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Born 1951
Chris Viehbacher
Born 1960
Justin Auger
Born 1994
Duanne Moeser
Born 1963
Harry Trihey
1877 - 1942
Glenn Lewis
Born 1975
Harry Meeking
1894 - 1971
Beland Honderich
1918 - 2005
Christina Schmidt
Born 1987
James Castle (politician)
1836 - 1903
Greg Stewart (ice hockey)
Born 1986
Kevin Miehm
Born 1969
Scott Montieth
-
Ric Seiling
Born 1957
Ryan Smith (rugby union)
Born 1979
Yvonne Tousek
Born 1980
Jenna Blasman
Born 1993
Ehrhardt Heller
1910 - 1980
Alexi Zentner
Born 1950
Rae Luckock
1893 - 1972
Michael J. Hart
1877 - 1951
John Robert Colombo
Born 1936
Byrle Klinck
1934 - 2016
John Bindernagel
1941 - 2018
Myron Stankiewicz
Born 1935
Anthony Scott Burns
Born 1977
Danny Michel
Born 1970
Bryce Alderson
Born 1994
Brandon Dietrich
Born 1978
Tyler Pasher
Born 1994
Larry Johnston
Born 1943
Dana Ellis
Born 1980
Peter Boehm
Born 1954
Cam Stewart
Born 1971
John Milloy
Born 1965
Kyle Wood (ice hockey)
Born 1996
Sarah Manninen
Born 1976
Leigh Hobson
Born 1970
Steven Rice
Born 1971
Katerina Cizek
Born 1969
Amanda White
Born 1964
Nicolas Hague
Born 1998
Susan Norris Fitkin
1870 - 1951
Janice MacKinnon
Born 1947
James Nicoll
Born 1961
Victor Oelschläger
1909 - 1993
Nick Stajduhar
Born 1974
Simon Watson (ice hockey)
Born 1980
Jim Lorentz
Born 1947
Paul Frey
Born 1941
Gary Cowan
Born 1938
Dave Smith (ice hockey)
Born 1968
David Zimmer
Born 1944
Debbie Van Kiekebelt
Born 1954
Rebecca Pavan
Born 1990
Paul Koehler
Born 1983
Wilbert Hiller
1915 - 2005
Daniel Miehm
Born 1960
James G. Mitchell
Born 1943
Kyle Sonnenburg
Born 1986
Tracy Ryan (actress)
Born 1971
Liza Fromer
Born 1970
Philip Hoffman (filmmaker)
Born 1955
Dave Cressman
Born 1950
Alana Zimmer
Born 1987
David Eby
Born 1977
Laura Nicholls (swimmer)
Born 1978
Jim Hoffmann
Born 1962
Jonathan Robinson (Canadian politician)
1894 - 1948
Bob Barlen
Born 1980
Bowinn Ma
Born 1985
Jody Mitic
Born 1977
Karen Redman
Born 1953
William Daum Euler
1875 - 1961
Joe McDonnell (ice hockey)
Born 1961
Carl Klinck
1908 - 1990
Ian Logan
Born 1982
Murphy Burnatowski
Born 1991
Tom Miller (ice hockey)
1947 - 2017
Jim Mikol
1938 - 2014
Gus Morschauser
1969 - 2016
Harvey Sims
-
Erick Lizon
Born 1985
Eric Calder
Born 1963
Syd Vanderpool
Born 1972
Peter Braid
Born 1964
Cindy Overland
Born 1976
Darrin MacLeod
Born 1994
Werner Schnarr
1903 - 1959
Ian Wilson (phonetician)
Born 1966
Charity Brown
-
Walter Bowman
1870 - 1948
Clare Martin (ice hockey)
1922 - 1980
Diane Nyland
1944 - 2014
Wayne Wettlaufer
1943 - 2015
Murray D. Martin
Born 1947
Thomas Geldmacher
Born 1961
Lyle Green
Born 1976
Henry Wanton Jones
Born 1925
Dhane Smith
Born 1992
John Horton (actor)
-
Kathryn Ladano
Born 1976
Jack Gibson (ice hockey, born 1880)
1880 - 1955
Charles Henry Parmelee
1855 - 1914
Jacob Yost Shantz
1822 - 1909
Tyler Brenner
Born 1988
Ian MacDonald (architect)
Born 1953
Dave Farrow
Born 1975
Brian Hill (author)
-
Jim Breithaupt
1934 - 2018
Chris Corbeil
Born 1988
Colin Doyle (lacrosse)
Born 1977
Robert Dehler
1889 - 1966
Niki Budalić
Born 1978
Greg Oliver
Born 1971
William Ferguson (politician)
1954 - 2011
Henry Edgarton Allen
1864 - 1924
Gary Krawford
Born 1941
Sylvia Malgadey-Forgrave
Born 1957
Gary Sittler
1952 - 2015
Mike Poulin
Born 1985
Peter Quanz
Born 1979
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Born 1974
Stephen Woodworth (politician)
Born 1954
Mike Blake
Born 1956
Armine Nutting Gosling
1861 - 1942
Steven J. Cooke
Born 1974
Ed Stankiewicz
1929 - 2019
Sean Jamieson
Born 1989
Gary Kurt
Born 1947
Paul McIlveen
Born 1986
Matt Ruchty
Born 1969
Leeanna Pendergast
Born 1962
Luca Congi
Born 1983
Jane Young
Born 1965
Paul Ballantyne
Born 1982
Beau Landry
Born 1991
Brett Leonhardt
Born 1982
Ryan Benesch
Born 1985
Armand Russell
1921 - 2012
Rowley Young
1883 - 1961
Sylvain Dufresne
Born 1978
Ray LaRose
Born 1941
Lloyd Gross
1905 - 1990
Augie Herchenratter
1919 - 2017
Christopher Chalmers
Born 1967
Steve Dietrich
Born 1970
Paul Fixter
-
Mike Daly (Canadian football)
Born 1990
Aaron Wilson
Born 1980
Dave Tolley
Born 1978
Jim Krulicki
Born 1948
Charles Martin Bowman
1863 - 1932
Chad Culp
Born 1982
Art Herchenratter
1917 - 1989
Robert Steckle
Born 1930
Cam Burke
Born 1987
Laura Thompson
Born 1979
Louis Orville Breithaupt
1890 - 1960
Walter Hachborn
1921 - 2016
Jack Novak
Born 1933
George Bowlby
1865 - 1916
Zachary Ellis-Hayden
Born 1992
Michael Berz
Born 1969
Jesse Alexander (Canadian football)
Born 1981
Kwesi Ameyaw
Born 1975
Marko Maletic (soccer)
Born 1999
Kelly Murumets
Born 1963
Jamie Rooney (lacrosse)
Born 1984
Dominic Cozzolino
Born 1994
Jack Siemon
Born 1929
Ronnie Pfeffer
Born 1992
Walter P. Zeller
1890 - 1957
Edward R. Good
1918 - 2002
John Wintermeyer
1916 - 1994
Tom Beynon
Born 1940
Andrew Watt (lacrosse)
Born 1984
Duncan Wallace
1938 - 2015
John Metz Schneider
1859 - 1942
Harry Paton (footballer)
Born 1998
Brandon Ludwig
Born 1985
Clarence Behling
1915 - 1994
Katie Harnock
Born 1983
Tracey Johnston-Aldworth
Born 1957
Robert J. Tavenor
Born 1964
Peter Besler
Born 1963
George Rumpel
1901 - 1983
Mark Noot
Born 1975
Dave Knechtel
Born 1945
Karen Kraft Sloan
Born 1952
Edward F. Seagram
1873 - 1937
Dave Heinbuch
Born 1955
Carl Pollock
1903 - 1978
George Massecar
1904 - 1957
Mike Moser (1952)
1952 - 1975
Floyd Ziegler
Born 1958
Wallace C. Miller
1896 - 1959
Tasha the Amazon
-
Debbie Bengtson
Born 1957
Loren Gabel
Born 1997
James Hett
Born 1958