List of personalities of the city of Calgary
This list includes people who were born in the Canadian city of Calgary .
1801-1900
- Kathleen Parlow (1890–1963), violinist and music teacher
1901-1930
- Stewart Adams (1904–1978), ice hockey player
- Earle Birney (1904-1995), poet
- Herbie Lewis (1906–1991), ice hockey player, coach and official
- Paul Thompson (1906–1991), ice hockey player
- Baldy Northcott (1908–1986), ice hockey player
- Rod Cameron (1910-1983), actor
- Doris McCarthy (1910-2010), painter
- Hugo Butler (1914–1968), screenwriter
- Ruth M. Gardiner (1914–1943), Canadian-American nurse during World War II
- Frank McCool (1918–1973), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Arthur Ryan Smith (1919-2008), politician
- Edwin G. Pulleyblank (1922-2013), sinologist
- Bill Gadsby (1927-2016), ice hockey player
- Roy Jenson (1927–2007), American actor and stunt performer
- Bobby Kromm (1928-2010), ice hockey player and coach
- Peter Lougheed (1928–2012), politician
- Norman Kwong (1929–2016), entrepreneur and sports official
- Stan Stephens (born 1929), politician
- Yehudi Wyner (* 1929), American composer, pianist and music teacher
- Arnold Belkin (1930–1992), painter
- Ron Southern (1930–2016), entrepreneur and riding stable owner
1931-1950
- William D'Arcy (1931-1999), botanist
- Jack Austin (* 1932), lawyer and politician
- Frances Fox Piven (* 1932), Professor of Political Science and Sociology
- Ron Stewart (1932–2012), ice hockey player
- Robert D. Hare (* 1934), criminal psychologist
- Douglas Henderson (* 1934), Canadian-American physical chemist
- Kenneth Douglas Taylor (1934–2015), diplomat and ambassador
- Tommy Banks (1936–2018), musician and politician
- Diana McIntosh (* 1937), pianist and composer
- Jerry Fuller (1939-2002), drummer
- Ralph Klein (1942–2013), politician
- Scott Henderson (born 1943), ski racer
- Barry McKinnon (born 1944), poet
- Murray Heatley (born 1948), ice hockey player
- Lyle Moffat (* 1948), ice hockey player, coach and official
- Jamie Paulson (born 1948), badminton player
1951-1960
- Erni Erker (* 1951), swimmer
- Allan Gordon Bell (born 1953), composer
- Nancy Huston (born 1953), writer
- Lance Kinsey (born 1954), actor
- Lanny Poffo (born 1954), wrestler
- Mike Rogers (born 1954), ice hockey player
- James Gosling (born 1955), programmer
- Pat Hughes (born 1955), ice hockey player
- Michael Keusch (* 1955), German director and photographer
- Jim Wych (* 1955), snooker player and sports commentator
- Brent Syme (born 1956), curler
- Bret Hart (born 1957), wrestler
- Neil Houston (born 1957), curler
- John Ferguson (born 1958), curler
- Brent Peterson (born 1958), ice hockey player and coach
- Peter Watts (* 1958), science fiction writer and marine biologist
- Christian Eckart (* 1959), visual artist
- Paul Gross (born 1959), actor
- Brian Pockar (1959–1992), figure skater
- Tim Hunter (* 1960), ice hockey player
1961-1965
- Felix Belczyk (* 1961), ski racer
- Danny Held (1961–2015), Canadian-German ice hockey player
- Todd McFarlane (* 1961), comic artist
- Jann Arden (* 1962), singer-songwriter
- Trevor Erhardt (* 1962), ice hockey player
- Zoë Haas (* 1962), Swiss ski racer
- Rick Laycock (born 1962), ice hockey player
- Mike Moller (* 1962), ice hockey player and coach
- Troy Murray (born 1962), ice hockey player
- Fiona Patton (born 1962), author
- Mark Rypien (born 1962), American football player
- Brian Tutt (born 1962), ice hockey player
- Mike Heidt (* 1963), German-Canadian ice hockey player
- Linda Southern-Heathcott (* 1963), show jumper
- Mike Vernon (born 1963), ice hockey player
- Joe Kocur (born 1964), ice hockey player
- Doug Moffatt (born 1964), ice hockey player
- Bob Bassen (born 1965), ice hockey player
- Owen Hart (1965-1999), wrestler
1966-1970
- Dana Murzyn (born 1966), ice hockey player
- Douglas O'Keeffe (born 1966), actor
- Shaun Van Allen (* 1967), ice hockey player and coach
- Mike Bukta (* 1967), ice hockey player
- Inger-Kristin Berg (* 1968), biathlete
- Chad Biafore (born 1968), ice hockey player
- Brandon Iron (* 1968), porn actor and director
- Julie Skinner (* 1968), curler
- Mark Tewksbury (born 1968), swimmer
- Mark Astley (* 1969), Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
- Alex Hicks (born 1969), ice hockey player
- Phil Huber (* 1969), ice hockey player
- Wayne Hynes (born 1969), ice hockey player
- Aleisha Cline (* 1970), freestyle skier
- Ted Cruz (* 1970), American politician
- Justin Grace (* 1970), New Zealand track cyclist and cycling trainer
- Wes Walz (* 1970), ice hockey player
1971-1975
- Melanie Dekker (* 1971), singer-songwriter
- Alan van Sprang (* 1971), actor
- Paul Brandt (* 1972), country singer
- Michael Stewart (* 1972), Austrian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Dave Bennett (* 1973), jazz guitarist
- Kelly Forbes (* 1973), skeleton pilot
- Curtis Myden (* 1973), swimmer
- Steven Ogg (* 1973), actor and voice actor
- Reid Simonton (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Jason Smith (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Victor Webster (born 1973), actor
- Jason Widmer (* 1973), ice hockey player
- Mickey Elick (* 1974), ice hockey player
- Domenico Pittis (* 1974), ice hockey player
- Brennan Elliott (born 1975), actor
- Jacob Erker (* 1975), racing cyclist
- Keith Loach (* 1975), skeleton pilot
1976-1980
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- Nolan Baumgartner (* 1976), ice hockey player
- Greg Crozier (born 1976), ice hockey player
- Tyler Seitz (* 1976), luge rider
- Lindsay Alcock (* 1977), skeleton pilot
- Matt Higgins (born 1977), ice hockey player
- Darryl Laplante (born 1977), ice hockey player
- Josh MacNevin (born 1977), ice hockey player
- Susan O'Connor (* 1977), curler
- Jamie Salé (born 1977), figure skater
- Eric Schneider (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Brent Sopel (born 1977), ice hockey player
- Erica Durance (born 1978), actress
- Esi Edugyan (* 1978), writer
- Josh Holden (born 1978), ice hockey player
- Chris Jennings (* 1978), jazz musician
- Jody Patrick (* 1978), badminton player
- Chris Phillips (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Shona Barbour (* 1979), curler
- Brad Ference (born 1979), ice hockey player
- Brian McKeever (* 1979), cross-country skier and biathlete
- Chris Moffat (* 1979), luge rider
- Kyle Nissen (* 1979), freestyle skier
- Lawrence Nycholat (born 1979), ice hockey player
- Eric Pothier (* 1979), luge rider
- Arne Dankers (* 1980), speed skater
- Micki DuPont (* 1980), ice hockey player
- John Gibson (* 1980), natural track tobogganist
- Tyson Kidd (born 1980), wrestler
- Kevin McKenna (born 1980), soccer player
- Tegan Rain Quin (* 1980), musician ( Tegan and Sara )
- Sara Kiersten Quin (* 1980), musician ( Tegan and Sara )
1981-1985
- Nate Burleson (born 1981), football player
- Darla Deschamps (* 1981), skeleton pilot
- Owen Hargreaves (* 1981), Canadian-British soccer player
- Krystofer Kolanos (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Michelle Morgan (* 1981), actress and film producer
- Tyler Sloan (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Kyle Wanvig (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Craig Weller (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Lauren Woolstencroft (* 1981), ski racer
- Jared Aulin (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Elisha Cuthbert (* 1982), actress
- Connor James (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Mike Moffat (* 1982), luge rider
- Cory Monteith (1982-2013), actor
- Natalya (* 1982), wrestler
- Jonathan Pittis (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Kyle Shewfelt (* 1982), Turner
- Nathan Lawson (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Warren Shouldice (born 1983), freestyle skier
- Patrick Eaves (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Samuel Edney (* 1984), luge rider
- Jamie Hunt (born 1984), ice hockey player
- Jessica Parker Kennedy (born 1984), actress
- John Kucera (* 1984), ski racer
- Mike Moore (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Issey Nakajima-Farran (born 1984), football player
- Michael Nell (* 1984), ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete
- Brad Spence (* 1984), ski racer
- Trevor White (* 1984), ski racer
- Jay Beagle (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Braydon Coburn (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Ryan Duncan (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Jeff Glass (* 1985), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Mike Green (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Kaillie Humphries (* 1985), bobsleigh athlete
- Nick Johnson (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Robert Nilsson (born 1985), ice hockey player
- David Hart Smith (born 1985), wrestler
- Nathan Smith (born 1985), biathlete
- Ryan Stone (born 1985), ice hockey player
- James T. White (* 1985), self-made millionaire, entrepreneur and author
1986-1990
- Laura Brown (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Devan Dubnyk (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Chad Johnson (* 1986), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Kara Lang (* 1986), soccer player
- Brady Leman (* 1986), freestyle skier
- Jinder Mahal (* 1986), Canadian-Indian wrestler
- Brent McMurtry (* 1986), cross-country skier
- Kyle Moir (* 1986), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Mat Robinson (born 1986), ice hockey player
- Stephanie Roorda (* 1986), racing cyclist
- Jeff Schultz (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Dan Bakala (* 1987), ice hockey player
- Maury Edwards (* 1987), ice hockey player
- Alex Gough (* 1987), luge rider
- Sarah Reid (* 1987), skeleton pilot
- Justin Dorey (* 1988), freestyle skier
- TJ Galiardi (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Levi Nelson (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Kate O'Brien (* 1988), bobsleigh and track cyclist
- Melissa O'Neil (* 1988), musician and actress
- Ben Saxton (* 1988), beach volleyball player
- Cody Almond (* 1989), Swiss-Canadian ice hockey player
- Gregory Baxter (* 1989), ski jumper
- Allie Bertram (* 1989), actress and dancer
- Anastasia Bucsis (* 1989), speed skater
- Kiesa Rae Ellestad ( Kiesza ) (* 1989), singer-songwriter
- Rosalind Groenewoud (* 1989), freestyle skier
- Thomas Hickey (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Sarah Podorieszach (* 1989), Italian-Canadian luge athlete
- Christopher Robanske (* 1989), snowboarder
- Monique Sullivan (* 1989), track cyclist
- Graham Vigrass (born 1989), volleyball player
- Joe Colborne (born 1990), ice hockey player
- Scott Gow (born 1990), biathlete
- Kaylin Irvine (* 1990), speed skater
- Arianne Jones (* 1990), skeleton pilot
- Gilmore Junio (* 1990), speed skater
1991-2000
- Rhiannon Fish (born 1991), Australian actress
- Taylor Hall (born 1991), ice hockey player
- Nata De Leeuw (* 1991), ski jumper
- Trevor Morrice (* 1991), ski jumper
- Andrew Schnell (* 1991), squash player
- Justin Snith (* 1991), luge rider
- Jaime Staples (* 1991), poker player
- Taylor Vause (born 1991), ice hockey player
- Katie Willis (* 1991), ski jumper
- Tesho Akindele (* 1992), soccer player
- Noah Bowman (* 1992), freestyle skier
- Dallas Ehrhardt (* 1992), Canadian-British ice hockey player
- Eric Mitchell (* 1992), ski jumper
- Cassie Sharpe (* 1992), freestyle skier
- Atsuko Tanaka (* 1992), ski jumper
- Hunter Shinkaruk (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Elisabeth Maier (* 1994), skeleton pilot
- John Fennell (* 1995), luge rider
- Yuri Kisil (* 1995), swimmer
- Jan Lisiecki (* 1995), pianist
- Josh Morrissey (born 1995), ice hockey player
- William Nylander (* 1996), Swedish-Canadian ice hockey player
- Brayden Point (born 1996), ice hockey player
- Alexandra Pretorius (* 1996), ski jumper
- Darcy Sharpe (born 1996), snowboarder
- Fikayo Tomori (born 1997), football player
- Austin Wagner (born 1997), ice hockey player
- Brett Howden (born 1998), ice hockey player
- Cale Makar (born 1998), ice hockey player
- Alexander Nylander (* 1998), Swedish-Canadian ice hockey player
- Charlie Storwick (* 1998), singer-songwriter and actress
Year of birth unknown
- Lindsay Collins , actress
- Susanne Craig , Journalist ( New York Times , Wall Street Journal )
Web links
Commons : People of Calgary - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Bukta , hockeydb.com (English)
- ↑ Curtis Myden in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Shona Barbour , worldcurl.com
- ↑ Shona Barbour , curlingzone.com
- ↑ Brent McMurtry in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Kaylin Irvine in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Yuri Kisil in the database of Sports-Reference (English)