List of people from Calgary

List of people from Calgary

The following is a list of notable Calgarians:

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*David Albahari - Serbian born author
*Earle Birney - poet
*Pat Burns - Calgarian rancher, businessman, and Canadian Senator
*John Glenn - Calgary's earliest recorded European Settler
*James Gosling - creator of the Java programming language
*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
*Todd McFarlane - creator of the "Spawn" series of comics
*Theo de Raadt - Founder and head of the OpenBSD project
*Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
*Ron Southern - businessman and founder of Spruce Meadows
*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
*Robert Thirsk - astronaut
*John Ware - pioneer rancher
*David Winning - film and television director

Politicians

*William Aberhart - former Premier of Alberta
*Richard Bennett - former Prime Minister of Canada
*Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada
*Ralph Klein - former Mayor of Calgary and Premier of Alberta
*Normie Kwong - former CFL player and current Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta
*Peter Lougheed - former CFL player and Premier of Alberta
*Ernest Manning - former Premier of Alberta
*Monte Solberg - Conservative politician

Athletes

*Mark Astley - former NHL player
*Nolan Baumgartner - professional ice hockey player
*Trevor Boys, NASCAR driver
*Nate Burleson - professional football player - Seattle Seahawks
*Don Cairns - professional National Hockey League player
*Allen Coage - professional wrestler known as "Bad News Allen"
*Lance Evers - professional wrestler known as "Lance Storm"
*Mike Green - professional hockey player (Washington Capitals)
*Owen Hargreaves - professional soccer player
*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 (Ottawa Senators)
*Chris Jericho - professional wrestler (lived in Calgary for many years after initially coming for pro wrestling training)
*Sheena Lawrick - Olympic softball player
*Peter Lougheed - former Premier of Alberta.
*Kevin McKenna - professional soccer player
*Curtis Myden - Olympic bronze medalist swimming
*Jim Neidhart - professional wrestler
*Natalie "Nattie" Neidhart- professional wrestler
*Chris Phillips - professional hockey player (Ottawa Senators)
*Chris Reitsma - professional baseball player
*Mark Rypien - Super Bowl XXVI MVP
*Jamie Salé - Olympic gold medallist skater
*Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
*Harry Smith - professional wrestler
*Jason Smith - professional ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers)
*Mark Tewksbury - Olympic gold medalist swimming
*Mike Vernon - professional National Hockey League player (won with the flames in 1989)
*Tim Hunter - professional National Hockey League player (won with the flames in 1989)
*T.J. Wilson - professional wrestler

Entertainers

*Jann Arden - Singer
*Jill Belland - TV host and producer
*Heather Blush - Singer
*Paul Brandt - Country music singer
*Tommy Chong - actor
*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)
*Leslie Feist - singer-songwriter
*George Fox - Country music singer-songwriter
*Paul Gross - actor
*Albert Howell - actor
*Roy Jenson - Actor
*James Keelaghan - Musician
*David Winning - film and television Director, Stargate: Atlantis, HBO, SciFi Channel movies, etc.
*Pat Kelly - actor
*Heather Marks - supermodel
*Todd McFarlane - creator of the "Spawn" series of comics
*Rebecca Northan - actress
*Nivek Ogre (real name "Kevin Ogilvie") - vocalist for the industrial band Skinny Puppy
*Peter Oldring - actor
*Melissa O'Neil - 2005 Canadian Idol winner
*Tegan and Sara Quin - Musicians
*Chad VanGaalen- Musician

External links

* [http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b240/calindex.html Famous Calgarians from the Past] , a Calgary elementary school project


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