List of people from Calgary
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The following is a list of notable Calgarians:
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[edit] Arts
- David Albahari - Serbian-born author
- Earle Birney – poet
- Nancy Huston – novelist born in Calgary; left at age 15
- Nellie McClung – writer and activist
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Pat Burns - Calgarian rancher, businessman, and Canadian Senator
- John Glenn - Calgary's earliest recorded European settler
- Alvin Law - motivational speaker
- Sam Livingston - Irish-born early settler in Calgary
- James Alexander Lougheed - head of military hospitals during World War I
- Frederick McCall - World War I ace, businessman, stuntman
- Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
- Ron Southern - businessman and founder of Spruce Meadows
- George Stanley - designer of the Canadian flag
- Ken Taylor - Canadian ambassador to Iran. Helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis
- Robert Thirsk - astronaut
- John Ware - pioneer rancher
[edit] Politicians
- William Aberhart - former Premier of Alberta
- Richard Bennett - former Prime Minister of Canada
- Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada
- Ralph Klein - former Mayor of Calgary and Premier of Alberta
- Norman Kwong - former CFL player and current Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- Peter Lougheed - former CFL player and Premier of Alberta
- Ernest Manning - former Premier of Alberta
- Monte Solberg - Conservative politician
[edit] Athletes
- Mark Astley - former NHL player
- Nolan Baumgartner - professional ice hockey player
- Trevor Boys, NASCAR driver
- Nate Burleson - professional football player - Seattle Seahawks
- Don Cairns - professional ice hockey player
- Allen Coage - professional wrestler known as "Bad News Allen"
- Lance Evers - professional wrestler known as "Lance Storm"
- Mike Green - professional hockey player (Washington Capitals)
- Owen Hargreaves - professional soccer player
- Bret Hart - professional wrestler
- Owen Hart - professional wrestler
- Stu Hart - professional wrestler, promoter and trainer
- Teddy Hart - professional wrestler
- Dany Heatley - professional ice hockey player (Ottawa Senators)
- Sheena Lawrick - Olympic softball player
- Peter Lougheed - former CFL player and Premier of Alberta
- Kevin McKenna - professional soccer player
- Curtis Myden - Olympic bronze medalist swimming
- Jim Neidhart - professional wrestler
- Natalie "Nattie" Neidhart – professional wrestler
- Chris Phillips - professional hockey player (Ottawa Senators)
- Al Purvis (1929–2009), assistant captain of the Edmonton Mercurys who won the ice hockey gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics.[1]
- Chris Reitsma - professional baseball player
- Mark Rypien - Super Bowl XXVI MVP
- Jamie Salé - Olympic gold medalist skater
- Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
- Harry Smith - professional wrestler
- Jason Smith - professional ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers)
- Mark Tewksbury - Olympic gold medalist swimming
- Shaun Van Allen - retired NHL player
- Mike Vernon - professional National Hockey League player (won with the Flames in 1989)
- Tim Hunter - professional National Hockey League player (won with the Flames in 1989)
- TJ Wilson - professional wrestler
[edit] Entertainers
- Jann Arden - singer
- Jill Belland - TV host and producer
- Heather Blush - singer
- Paul Brandt - Country music singer
- Tommy Campbell (actor) - actor and stand-up comedian
- Elisha Cuthbert - actress (although she moved to Montreal at a very young age, and remained there until she moved to Los Angeles at the age of 17)
- Michael Dowse - Film director
- Leslie Feist - singer–songwriter (though born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, she relocated to Calgary as a child)
- George Fox - Country music singer–songwriter
- Paul Gross - actor
- Albert Howell - actor
- Roy Jenson - Actor
- James Keelaghan - Musician
- Pat Kelly – actor
- David Lawrence - actor (portrays headbanger Terry Cahill in FUBAR)
- Heather Marks - supermodel
- Todd McFarlane - creator of the Spawn series of comics
- Rebecca Northan - actress
- Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Ogilvie) - vocalist for the industrial band Skinny Puppy
- Peter Oldring - actor
- Melissa O'Neil - 2005 Canadian Idol winner
- Tegan and Sara Quin - musicians
- James Ross - Local hero who saved many hostages from a bank that was under siege. He went on to develop the safety card system used on most drilling rigs.
- Paul Spence - Actor (portrays headbanger Dean Murdoch in FUBAR)
- Chad VanGaalen- musician
- David Winning – film and television director, Stargate: Atlantis, Andromeda (series), Sci Fi Channel movies, etc.
[edit] Science
- James Gosling – creator of the Java programming language
- Theo de Raadt – founder and head of the OpenBSD project
[edit] References
- ^ Gerein, Keith. "Al Purvis hockey leader, Edmonton automotive icon: Businessman earned Olympic gold", Edmonton Journal, August 16, 2009. Accessed August 17, 2009.
