List of people from Edmonton

The City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has been the birthplace or a significant home to a few famous individuals. Additionally, many Edmontonians have become worthy of note through their various charitable activities, donations and contributions.

National service

* Russ Bannock, Canada's second-highest scoring ace of the Second World WarFact|date=September 2008
* Karl Clark: U of A professor and inventor of oil sands extraction technology
* Ieuan Evans, plant specialist responsible for the successful distribution of the Evans Cherry nationally and internationally
* Nellie McClung, first woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the CBC (1936). One of the The Famous Five
* Emily Murphy, first female magistrate in British Empire and petitioned Supreme Court of Canada to allow women the vote. One of the The Famous Five

Explorers and pioneers

* Punch Dickins, aviator and bush pilot. Dickinsfield neighbourhood was named in his honour
* Wilfrid R. "Wop" May, pioneering aviator and bush pilot

Business

* Bernard Ebbers, WorldCom cofounder
* Ray Muzyka, cofounder, BioWare Corp
* Max Ward, aviator and founder of Wardair air lines
* Greg Zeschuk, cofounder, BioWare Corp
* Daryl Katz, chairman and chief executive officer of The Katz Group and owner of the Edmonton Oilers. [cite web | author = The Associated Press | title = Oilers sold to Edmonton billionaire Daryl Katz for about $200 million | publisher = International Herald Tribune | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/06/sports/icesale6.php]
* Andreas Korsos, cartographer and historian, president and chairman of The 2008 David Thompson Brigade [http://arcturusconsulting.net/products.htm ]

Actors

* Terry Chen, film and television actor
* Tommy Chong, comedian, actor and musician
* Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian-born American actress, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong
* Nathan Fillion, television actor
* Michael J. Fox, film and television actor
* Robert Goulet, singer and film actor
* Jill Hennessy, television actor
* Bruce McCulloch, actor, writer, comedian, and film director
* Leslie Nielsen, film and television actor
* Ron Pederson, stage and screen actor
* Catherine Mary Stewart, film and television actor
* Ryan Stock, T.V. Circus stunt man
* Kenneth Welsh, film and television actor

Writers and artists

* Tommy Banks, musician
* Beatrice Carmichael, grand dame of the opera
* Patrick Cox, famous shoe designer
* Brion Gysin, artist and writer
* Peter Hide, British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977
* Arthur Hiller, Hollywood film director and former president of the Director's Guild of America
* Mel Hurtig, born June 24, 1932, is a Canadian publisher, author, and politician.
* Zillur Rahman John, Bangladeshi Canadian, internationally renowned talented mime and pantomime artist, director, teacher, researcher and author of several mime and pantomime books
* Cassius Khan, born June 7 1974 Internationally renowned Indian classical tabla player and ghazal singer, recipient of Salute to Excellence Award
* W. P. Kinsella, author of "Shoeless Joe" which became the film "Field of Dreams" and tournament Scrabble player
* Stewart Lemoine, playwright
* Marshall McLuhan, born July 21, 1911, in Edmonton, recipient of numerous awards and appointments
* Jessica Owen, singer, songwriter, and actress
* Robert Young Pelton, author
* Kreesha Turner, singer/songwriter
* Cadence Weapon Rollie Pemberton, a Canadian rapper.

Sportsmen and women

* Gary Beck, two time world champion drag racer and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
* Chris Benoit, professional wrestler
* Blair Betts, ice hockey player
* Jay Bouwmeester, ice hockey player
* Johnny Bucyk, ice hockey player
* Gilbert Brulé, ice hockey player
* Jason Chimera, ice hockey player
* Erik Christensen, ice hockey player
* Mac Colville and his brother Neil Colville, early stars in the NHL
* Mike Commodore, ice hockey player
* Mike Comrie, ice hockey player
* Michelle Conn, field hockey player
* Randy Ferbey, multiple Canadian and World Men's Curling Champion
* Andrew Ference, ice hockey player
* Grant Fuhr, ice hockey player born in Spruce Grove, Alberta, which is an Edmonton suburb
* Randy Gregg, ice hockey player
* Myrna Kostash, writer of eight books in cluding "All of Baba's Children"
* Jennifer Heil, freestyle skier born in Spruce Grove, Alberta
* Kelly Hrudey, ice hockey player
* Jarome Iginla, ice hockey player
* Brad Isbister, ice hockey player
* Cathy King, curler, from St Albert
* Daymond Langkow, ice hockey player
* Bryan Little, ice hockey player
* Rochelle Loewen, model who appeared briefly with the WWE
* Joffrey Lupul, ice hockey player
* Jason MacDonald, UFC fighter
* Richard Matvichuk, ice hockey player
* Mark Messier, ice hockey player
* Derek Morris, ice hockey player
* Scott Nichol, ice hockey player
* Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
* Ben Ondrus, ice hockey player
* Kelly Perlette, light middle-weight boxing gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth GamesFact|date=September 2008
* Matt Pettinger, ice hockey player
* Dion Phaneuf, ice hockey player
* Fernando Pisani, ice hockey player
* Justin Pogge, AHL hockey player
* John "Red" Pollard, jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit
* Doug Pruden, multiple world records in push ups
* Steve Regier, ice hockey player
* Steven Reinprecht, ice hockey player
* Jason Strudwick, ice hockey player
* Darryl Sydor, ice hockey player
* Adam Trupish, boxer
* Cam Ward, ice hockey player
* Ray Whitney, ice hockey player

References

External links

* [http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/ALUMNI/news.cfm?story=28092 Edmonton toasts 100 top citizens of past century]