List of people from Alberta
Provincial flag of Alberta Map and location of Alberta in Canada This is a list of notable people who are from Alberta , Canada , or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.
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Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton) – rapperDon Cairns – professional ice hockey playerPearl Calahasen – Canadian politician, first Métis woman elected to public office in Alberta Eric Cameron – visual artistElaine Cameron-Weir – visual artistTommy Campbell – actor and stand-up comedianJanet Cardiff – artistCeleigh Cardinal – singer-songwriterDouglas Cardinal – architectGil Cardinal – filmmakerTantoo Cardinal – actressBeatrice Carmichael – grand dame of the operaMark Carney – Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the G20's Financial Stability Board; formerly governor of the Bank of CanadaThelma Chalifoux – Métis social justice activist, politician, and Canadian senatorSean Cheesman – dancer and choreographerTerry Chen – film and television actorJason Chimera – ice hockey playerKen Chinn (a.k.a. Chi Pig) – lead singer, songwriter and bandleader of SNFURae Dawn Chong – Canadian-born American actress, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy ChongTommy Chong – comedian, actor and musicianErik Christensen – ice hockey playerJoe Clark – businessman, writer, politician and 16th prime minister of Canada Karl Clark – U of A professor and inventor of oil sands extraction technologyAllen Coage – professional wrestler known as "Bad News Allen"Mac Colville – early star in the National Hockey LeagueNeil Colville – early star in the National Hockey LeagueMike Commodore – ice hockey playerMike Comrie – ice hockey playerMichelle Conn – field hockey playerPatrick Cox – shoe designerPaul Cranmer – former CFL playerGavin Crawford – actorRafael Cruz – Cuban -born Canadian/American Christian preacher and public speaker; lived in Calgary and later Houston, Texas; father of Ted Cruz Ted Cruz – Canadian/American politician and current U.S. Senator for the state of Texas; born in Calgary but grew up in Houston, Texas Philip Currie – Canadian palaeontologist and museum curator Elisha Cuthbert – actress, moved to Montreal at a very young age, and remained there until she moved to Los Angeles
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Joyce Fairbairn – Canadian senatorAnne Fanning – Canadian physician, academic, and expert in tuberculosis Tim Feehan – artist, singer/songwriter, producer, co-owner of Los Angeles recording studio Backroom, mix masterLeslie Feist – singer/songwriter born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, then moved to Calgary as a childJohn Fennell – lugerRandy Ferbey – multiple Canadian and World Men's Curling ChampionAndrew Ference – ice hockey playerScott Ferguson – retired professional hockey playerNathan Fillion – film and television actorBrandon Firla – actorDavid Ford – kayakerHelen Forrester (June Huband Bhatia) – Anglo-Canadian authorMalcolm Forsyth – composerDianne Foster – film and television actressGeorge Fox – country music singer/songwriterMichael J. Fox – film and television actorBrad Fraser – Canadian playwrightMatt Fraser – ice hockey playerChrystia Freeland – journalist, politician, Deputy Prime MinisterWilliam Fruet – film and television writer and directorGrant Fuhr – ice hockey player born in Spruce Grove, Alberta, an Edmonton suburb
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Taylor Hall – professional hockey playerOwen Hargreaves – professional footballer, plays for Manchester CityStephen Harper – former politician and Prime Minister of Canada (2006–2015) and former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Richard Harrison – poetBret Hart – professional wrestlerOwen Hart – professional wrestlerStu Hart – professional wrestler, promoter and trainerTeddy Hart – professional wrestlerDr. Helen Hays – physician, medical pioneer in chronic pain and palliative care[ 1]
Dar Heatherington – politicianDany Heatley – professional ice hockey player (Minnesota Wild)Ben Hebert – curlerMeghan Heffern – actressJennifer Heil – freestyle skier born in Spruce Grove, AlbertaTricia Helfer – model and actress born in Donalda, AlbertaJill Hennessy – television actorJimmy Herman – First Nations actorPeter Hide – British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977Stuart Hilborn – automotive engineerArthur Hiller – Hollywood film director and former president of the Directors Guild of AmericaDavid Hoffos – contemporary artistLois Hole – gardener, Alberta's 15th Lieutenant GovernorCarl Honoré – grew up in Edmonton; journalist and author of In Praise of Slowness Richard Hortness – Olympic swimmerDakota House – Canadian actor, politician, writer and activistKelly Hrudey – ice hockey playerJan Hudec – alpine ski racerBrian Hughes – smooth jazz guitaristWilliam Humberstone – politician in Alberta; municipal councillor in EdmontonTim Hunter – professional National Hockey League player (won the Stanley Cup with the Flames in 1989)Mel Hurtig – publisher, author, and politicianNancy Huston – novelist; born in Calgary, left at age 15
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Don MacBeth – jockeyJason MacDonald – Ultimate Fighting Championship fighterJinder Mahal – professional wrestlerCale Makar – professional hockey playerErnest Manning – former Premier of AlbertaHeather Marks – supermodelKari Matchett – actorBill Matheson – meteorologistRichard Matvichuk – National Hockey League playerWop May – pioneering aviator and bush pilotKen McAuley – goaltender for the National Hockey League New York Rangers, husband of Mildred Warwick McAuleyFrederick McCall – World War I fighter ace, businessman, stuntmanTrent McClellan – comedianNellie McClung – first woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1936), one of the Famous FiveDon McCrimmon – politicianBruce McCulloch – actor, writer, comedian, and film directorTodd McFarlane – creator of the Spawn series of comicsKevin McKenna – professional soccer playerSherry McKibben – politicianMarshall McLuhan – recipient of numerous awards and appointments, pioneer of media theoryTate McRae – singer/songwriter, dancer, and voice actressAnne-Marie Mediwake – broadcasterJordan Mein – mixed martial arts fighterJoseph Meli – four-time Canadian Olympian (judo)Mark Messier – National Hockey League playerBarb Miller – politicianBig Miller – jazz and blues singerGord Miller – sportscasterJoni Mitchell – singer-songwriter and painter; born in Fort Macleod , but grew up in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan Carl Mokosak – National Hockey League playerCory Monteith – singer and actor; born in Calgary but grew up in VancouverCory Morgan – blogger, Alberta independence politician and activist, and columnistWilliam (Billy) Morin – Chief of Enoch Cree Nation Derek Morris – ice hockey playerE. Roger Muir – creator of "Howdy Doody" TV showEmily Murphy – first female magistrate in British Empire and petitioned Supreme Court of Canada to allow women the vote; one of the Famous FiveRay Muzyka – co-founder of BioWare Corp.Curtis Myden – Olympic bronze medallist, swimming
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