List of people from Calgary

The following is a list of notable Calgarians:

Earle Birney - poet
John Glenn - Calgary's earliest recorded European Settler
Alvin Law - motivational speaker
Sam Livingston - Irish-born early settler in Calgary
James Lougheed head of military hospitals during World War I
Nellie McClung - writer and activist
Ron Southern - founder of Spruce Meadows
Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
George F.G. Stanley - designer of the Canadian flag
Ken Taylor - Canadian ambassador to Iran. Helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iranian hostage crisis
Abdul Traya - Successful Internet Entrepreneur, also founder of WestNet Wireless
Robert Thirsk - astronaut
James Gosling - creator of the Java programming language
David Winning - film and television director
Todd McFarlane - creator of the Spawn series of comics
John Ware - pioneer rancher
David Albahari - Serbian born author
Theo de Raadt - Founder and head of the OpenBSD project

Politicians

Stu Hart - professional wrestler, promoter and trainer
shoemaker, NASCAR driver
Owen Hargreaves - professional soccer player
Bret Hart - professional wrestler
Owen Hart - professional wrestler
Teddy Hart - professional wrestler
Dany Heatley - professional ice hockey player
Kevin McKenna - professional soccer player
Curtis Myden - Olympic bronze medalist swimming
Chris Reitsma - professional baseball player
Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
Jason Smith - professional ice hockey player
Mark Tewksbury - Olympic gold medalist swimming
Mike Vernon - professional National Hockey League player
Bad News Allen - professional wrestler aka Allen Coage
Lance Storm - professional wrestler
Don Cairns - professional National Hockey League player
Nolan Baumgartner - professional ice hockey player
Sheena Lawrick - Olympic softball player
Peter Lougheed - former Premier of Alberta.
Mark Rypien - Super Bowl XXVI MVP
Jamie Salé - Olympic gold medallist skater
Jim Neidhart - professional wrestler
Natalie "Nattie" Neidhart- professional wrestler
Chris Jericho - professional wrestler (lived in Calgary for many years after initially coming for pro wrestling training)
T.J. Wilson - professional wrestler
Harry Smith (wrestler) - professional wrestler
Nate Burleson - professional football player - Seattle Seahawks
Mark Astley - former NHL player

Jann Arden - Singer
Paul Brandt - Country music singer
George Fox (musician) - Country music singer-songwriter
Todd McFarlane - creator of the Spawn series of comics
Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Ogilvie) - vocalist for the industrial band Skinny Puppy
Melissa O'Neil - 2005 Canadian Idol winner
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)
Paul Gross - actor
Leslie Feist - singer-songwriter
Roy Jenson - Actor
Tegan and Sara - Musicians
Rebecca Northan - actress
Albert Howell - actor
Peter Oldring - actor
Pat Kelly - actor