List of people from Calgary

The following is a list of notable people who are originally from or reside in Calgary by last name:

A

• William Aberhart – former Premier of Alberta
• David Albahari – Serbian-born author
• Jocelyn Alice – vocalist for the soul pop duo Jocelyn & Lisa
• Jann Arden – singer
• Mark Astley – former NHL player

B

• Cori Bartel – curler
• Hank Bassen - former NHL goalie
• Nolan Baumgartner – professional ice hockey player
• Ian Willoughby Bazalgette – Calgary born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions in the skies above France in the Second World War
• Jay Beagle – NHL player (Washington Capitals)
• Chelsey Bell – curler
• Jill Belland – television host and producer
• Richard Bennett – former Prime Minister of Canada
• Cheryl Bernard – curler
• Manmeet Bhullar – Progressive Conservative politician
• Earle Birney – poet
• Heather Blush – singer
• Bill Borger – first Canadian to both swim the English Channel and climb Mount Everest
• Trevor Boys - NASCAR driver
• Paul Brandt – country music singer
• Nate Burleson – professional American football player – Detroit Lions
• Pat Burns – rancher, businessman, and Canadian Senator

C

• Don Cairns – professional ice hockey player
• Eric Cameron – visual artist
• Tommy Campbell – actor and stand-up comedian
• Sean Cheesman – dancer and choreographer
• Allen Coage – professional wrestler known as "Bad News Allen"
• Paul Cranmer – former CFL player
• Ted Cruz – current member of the United States Senate for the State of Texas
• Elisha Cuthbert – actress, moved to Montreal at a very young age, and remained there until she moved to Los Angeles

D

• Carolyn Darbyshire – curler
• Carol-Anne Day – voice actress
• Theo de Raadt – founder and head of the OpenBSD project
• Kris Demeanor – poet, musician and actor
• Michael Dowse – film director
• Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer and musician, raised in Lake Bonavista and based in Brooklyn
• Aaron Durley – baseball and basketball player
• Erica Durance – actress, born in Calgary but raised in Three Hills

E

• Lance Evers – professional wrestler known as "Lance Storm"
• Darren Espanto - Filipino-Canadian child singer

F

• Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, then moved to Calgary as a child
• John Fennell – luger
• Brandon Firla – actor
• George Fox – country music singer/songwriter

G

• Ruth M. Gardiner - first nurse killed in action during World War II
• Karyn Garossino – professional ice dancer with partner Rod Garossino
• Lynn Garrison – aviator, author and mercenary
• Austin Gary – author and songwriter
• Mark Gatha – former voice actor
• Lucas Gilbertson – voice actor
• Onalea Gilbertson – voice actress
• John Glenn – Calgary's earliest recorded European settler
• James Gosling – creator of the Java programming language
• Mike Green – professional hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
• Mary Greene (1843–1933), mother superior and educator, established first Roman Catholic school board in Alberta
• Paul Gross – actor

H

• Taylor Hall – professional hockey player (Edmonton Oilers)
• Owen Hargreaves – professional footballer, plays for Manchester City
• Stephen Harper – former Prime Minister of Canada and former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
• Richard Harrison – poet
• 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 (Minnesota Wild)
• Ben Hebert – curler
• Stuart Hilborn – automotive engineer
• Albert Howell – actor
• Tim Hunter – professional National Hockey League player (won the Stanley Cup with the Flames in 1989)
• Nancy Huston – novelist born in Calgary; left at age 15

J

• Tom Jackson – Métis actor, singer and entrepreneur
• Roy Jenson – actor

K

• James Keelaghan – musician
• Pat Kelly – actor
• Jessica Parker Kennedy - actress
• Kiesza - singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and dancer
• Ralph Klein – former Mayor of Calgary and former Premier of Alberta
• Norman Kwong – former CFL player and former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta

L

• Alvin Law – motivational speaker
• Sheena Lawrick – Olympic softball player
• Sam Livingston – Irish-born early settler in Calgary
• James Alexander Lougheed – head of military hospitals during World War I
• Peter Lougheed – former CFL player and Premier of Alberta
• Lowell - electropop musician
• Ed Lukowich – curler

M

• Jinder Mahal - professional wrestler
• Ernest Manning – former Premier of Alberta
• Heather Marks – supermodel
• Frederick McCall – World War I fighter ace, businessman, stuntman
• Trent McClellan - comedian
• Nellie McClung – writer and activist
• Bruce McCulloch - comedian, writer, director
• Todd McFarlane – creator of the Spawn series of comics
• Kevin McKenna – professional soccer player
• Cory Monteith – singer and actor; born in Calgary but grew up in Vancouver
• Curtis Myden – Olympic bronze medalist swimming

N

• Issey Nakajima-Farran – professional soccer player
• Jim Neidhart – professional wrestler
• Natalie "Nattie" Neidhart – professional wrestler
• Naheed Nenshi – Mayor of Calgary
• Amy Nixon – curler
• Henry Grattan Nolan - lawyer and soldier
• Rebecca Northan – actress
• Ryan Northcott - actor

O

• Susan O'Connor – curler
• Kevin Ogilvie – vocalist for the industrial band Skinny Puppy
• Peter Oldring – actor
• Melissa O'Neil – 2005 Canadian Idol winner

P

• Jim Peplinski – former professional hockey player (Calgary Flames)
• Chris Phillips – professional hockey player (Ottawa Senators)
• Gerry Pinder – professional hockey player
• Glenn Price – conductor
• Al Purvis (1929–2009) - assistant captain of the Edmonton Mercurys

Q

• Tegan and Sara Quin – musicians

R

• Lobsang Rampa – Tibetan Lama
• Heather Rankin – curler
• Chris Reitsma – professional baseball player
• Nick Ring - Professional MMA fighter UFC
• Steve Rodehutskors – Canadian football player
• Mark Rypien – Super Bowl XXVI MVP

S

• Jamie Salé – Olympic gold medalist skater
• Willie Saunders – Montana-born Hall of Fame jockey, won U.S. Triple Crown
• Mary Scott – visual artist
• Kyle Shewfelt – Olympic gold medalist
• Rhonda Sing – professional wrestler
• Laurie Skreslet – first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
• Harry Smith – professional wrestler
• Jason Smith – retired professional ice hockey player
• Monte Solberg – Conservative politician
• Ron Southern – businessman and founder of Spruce Meadows
• Paul Spence – actor (portrays headbanger Dean Murdoch in FUBAR)
• George Stanley – designer of the current Canadian flag
• Stan Stephens – former Governor of Montana
• Charlie Storwick - Actress in "Some Assembly Required" and musician

T

• Ari Taub – Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
• Ken Taylor – Canadian ambassador to Iran; helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis under operation nicknamed Canadian Caper
• Mark Tewksbury – Olympic gold medalist swimming
• Robert Thirsk – astronaut
• Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen – member of Canada's First Nations (the Tsuu T'ina)

V

• Shaun Van Allen – former professional NHL player
• Alan Van Sprang - actor
• Chad VanGaalen - musician
• Mike Vernon – former professional National Hockey League player (won with the Calgary Flames in 1989)

W

• John Ware – pioneer rancher
• Bronwen Webster – curler
• Crystal Webster – curler
• Jonathan Wheeler (ProtonJon) - Let's Player
• John Will – visual artist
• TJ Wilson – professional wrestler
• David Winning – film and television director, Stargate: Atlantis, Andromeda, Syfy Channel movies

See also

• List of people from Edmonton
• List of people from Toronto
• List of people from Vancouver

• List of people from Quebec City
• List of people from Montreal
• List of people from Laval, Quebec