List of people from Alberta

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.

A

 * William Aberhart – former Premier of Alberta
 * John Acorn – naturalist, lecturer at the University of Alberta, research associate at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, and research associate at the E.H. Strickland Entomology Museum
 * Ernie Afaganis – sports broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 * Jack Agrios – lawyer
 * David Albahari – Serbian-born author
 * Melody Anderson – former actress
 * Violet Archer – composer
 * Jann Arden – singer
 * Rob Armitage
 * Mark Astley – National Hockey League player
 * Geoff Aunger – soccer player

B

 * Conrad Bain – actor
 * Tommy Banks – musician
 * Doug Barkley – hockey player
 * Cori Bartel – curler
 * Hank Bassen – National Hockey League goalie
 * Nolan Baumgartner – professional ice hockey player
 * Jay Beagle – National Hockey League player
 * Will Beauchamp – filmmaker
 * Michelle Beaudoin – actress
 * Gary Beck – two-time world champion drag racer and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
 * Chelsey Bell – curler
 * Jill Belland – television host and producer
 * Richard Bennett – former Prime Minister of Canada
 * Chris Benoit – professional wrestler
 * Roloff Beny – photographer
 * Moe Berg – singer/songwriter
 * Ruth B - singer/songwriter and musician
 * Cheryl Bernard – curler
 * Blair Betts – ice hockey player
 * Manmeet Bhullar – Progressive Conservative politician
 * Earle Birney – poet
 * Ted Bishop – author of Riding with Rilke
 * David Bissett – Olympic bobsledder
 * Rosella Bjornson – first female pilot for a commercial airline in North America
 * Heather Blush – singer
 * Marla Boehr – model
 * Arthur Boileau – Olympic marathon runner
 * Bill Borger – first Canadian to both swim the English Channel and climb Mount Everest
 * Tyler Bouck – professional hockey player currently with the ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga
 * Bill Bourne – folk and blues singer songwriter, three-time Juno Award winner
 * Jay Bouwmeester – ice hockey player
 * Trevor Boys – NASCAR driver
 * Paul Brandt – country music singer
 * Bertram Brockhouse – Nobel Prize winner
 * Andrew Brook – philosopher, author of Kant and the Mind
 * Gilbert Brulé – ice hockey player
 * Johnny Bucyk – ice hockey player
 * Ronnie Burkett – puppeteer
 * 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
 * Elaine Cameron-Weir – visual artist
 * Tommy Campbell – actor and stand-up comedian
 * Janet Cardiff – artist
 * Douglas Cardinal – architect
 * Gil Cardinal – filmmaker
 * Beatrice Carmichael – grand dame of the opera
 * Mark Carney – Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the G20's Financial Stability Board; formerly governor of the Bank of Canada
 * Sean Cheesman – dancer and choreographer
 * Terry Chen – film and television actor
 * Jason Chimera – ice hockey player
 * Ken Chinn (a.k.a. Chi Pig) – lead singer, songwriter and bandleader of SNFU
 * Rae Dawn Chong – Canadian-born American actress, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong
 * Tommy Chong – comedian, actor and musician
 * Erik Christensen – ice hockey player
 * Karl Clark – U of A professor and inventor of oil sands extraction technology
 * Allen Coage – professional wrestler known as "Bad News Allen"
 * Meghan Collison – fashion model
 * Mac Colville – early star in the National Hockey League
 * Neil Colville – early star in the National Hockey League
 * Mike Commodore – ice hockey player
 * Mike Comrie – ice hockey player
 * Michelle Conn – field hockey player
 * Patrick Cox – shoe designer
 * Paul Cranmer – former CFL player
 * Gavin Crawford – actor
 * Rafael Cruz – Cuban-born Canadian/American Christian preacher and public speaker; lived in Calgary and later Houston, Texas; father of Ted
 * Ted Cruz – Canadian/American politician and current U.S. Senator for the state of Texas; born in Calgary but grew up in Houston, Texas
 * Elisha Cuthbert – actress, moved to Montreal at a very young age, and remained there until she moved to Los Angeles

D

 * John Dahmer
 * Cal Dallas
 * Carolyn Darbyshire – curler
 * Carol-Anne Day – voice actress
 * Jason Day – mixed martial arts fighter
 * Mac DeMarco – indie rock musician
 * Kris Demeanor – poet, musician and actor
 * Kent Derricott – actor
 * Paula Devicq – actress
 * Punch Dickins – aviator and bush pilot; the Dickinsfield community was named in his honour
 * Shane Doan - professional ice hockey player (Arizona Coyotes)
 * Michael Dowse – film director
 * Earl Dreeshen
 * Darren Dreger
 * Trevor Dunn – guitarist, member of 1970s group Fifth Avenue Allstars
 * Erica Durance – actress, born in Calgary but raised in Three Hills
 * Ryan Duthie

E

 * Bernard Ebbers – WorldCom co-founder
 * Brad Erdos – gridiron football player
 * Darren Espanto – Filipino-Canadian child singer
 * Lance Evers – professional wrestler known as "Lance Storm"

F

 * Joyce Fairbairn – Canadian senator
 * Tim Feehan – artist, singer/songwriter, producer, co-owner of Los Angeles recording studio Backroom, mix master
 * Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, then moved to Calgary as a child
 * John Fennell – luger
 * Randy Ferbey – multiple Canadian and World Men's Curling Champion
 * Andrew Ference – ice hockey player
 * Scott Ferguson – retired professional hockey player
 * Nathan Fillion – film and television actor
 * Brandon Firla – actor
 * David Ford – kayaker
 * Malcolm Forsyth – composer
 * Dianne Foster – film and television actress
 * George Fox – country music singer/songwriter
 * Michael J. Fox – film and television actor
 * Matt Fraser
 * William Fruet – film and television writer and director
 * Grant Fuhr – ice hockey player born in Spruce Grove, Alberta, an Edmonton suburb

G

 * Forrest Gainer – rugby union player
 * Brendan Gallagher – ice hockey player
 * Lynn Garrison – aviator, author and mercenary
 * Austin Gary – author and songwriter
 * Mark Gatha – former voice actor
 * Lucas Gilbertson – voice actor
 * Onalea Gilbertson – voice actress
 * Allan Gilliland – composer
 * Patrick Gilmore – film and television actor
 * John Glenn – Calgary's earliest recorded European settler
 * James Gosling – creator of the Java programming language
 * Jurgen Gothe – radio broadcaster
 * Robert Goulet – singer and film actor
 * Henry Grattan Nolan – lawyer and soldier
 * Mike Green – professional hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
 * Josh Green – retired professional hockey player
 * Mary Greene (1843–1933) – mother superior and educator, established first Roman Catholic school board in Alberta
 * Jessica Gregg – short track speed skater
 * Randy Gregg – ice hockey player
 * Adam Gregory – singer
 * Paul Gross – actor
 * Brion Gysin – artist and writer

H

 * Taylor Hall – professional hockey player
 * Owen Hargreaves – professional footballer, plays for Manchester City
 * Stephen Harper – former politician and Prime Minister of Canada (2006-2015) 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
 * Dar Heatherington – politician
 * Dany Heatley – professional ice hockey player (Minnesota Wild)
 * Ben Hebert – curler
 * Meghan Heffern – actress
 * Jennifer Heil – freestyle skier born in Spruce Grove, Alberta
 * Tricia Helfer – model and actress born in Donalda, Alberta
 * Jill Hennessy – television actor
 * Jimmy Herman – First Nations actor
 * Peter Hide – British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977
 * Stuart Hilborn – automotive engineer
 * Arthur Hiller – Hollywood film director and former president of the Director's Guild of America
 * David Hoffos – contemporary artist
 * Carl Honoré – grew up in Edmonton; journalist and author of In Praise of Slowness
 * Richard Hortness – Olympic swimmer
 * Albert Howell – actor
 * Kelly Hrudey – ice hockey player
 * Jan Hudec
 * Brian Hughes – smooth jazz guitarist
 * William Humberstone – politician in Alberta; municipal councillor in Edmonton
 * Tim Hunter – professional National Hockey League player (won the Stanley Cup with the Flames in 1989)
 * Mel Hurtig – publisher, author, and politician
 * Nancy Huston – novelist; born in Calgary, left at age 15

I

 * Jarome Iginla – National Hockey League player
 * Earl Ingarfield, Sr. – hockey player
 * Brad Isbister – ice hockey player
 * Werner Israel – physicist

J

 * Tom Jackson – Métis actor, singer and entrepreneur
 * Roy Jenson – actor
 * Eric Johnson – actor

K

 * Athena Karkanis – actor
 * Daryl Katz – chairman and chief executive officer of the Katz Group; owner of the Edmonton Oilers
 * James Keelaghan – musician
 * Pat Kelly – actor
 * Jessica Parker Kennedy – actress
 * Cassius Khan – Indian classical tabla player and ghazal singer, recipient of Salute to Excellence Award
 * Kiesza – singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and dancer
 * Matt Kinch
 * Cathy King – curler, from St Albert
 * Samantha King – singer/songwriter
 * Ralph Klein – mayor of Calgary and premier of Alberta
 * Andrew Kooman
 * Brent Kosolofski
 * Myrna Kostash – writer of eight books, including All of Baba's Children
 * John Krizanc – playwright
 * Ed Kucy – Canadian Football League player
 * Norman Kwong – Canadian Football League player and Lieutenant Governor of Alberta

L

 * Morgan Lander – singer/songwriter
 * Daymond Langkow – ice hockey player
 * Alvin Law – motivational speaker
 * Tony Law – comedian
 * Sheena Lawrick – Olympic softball player
 * Raymond Lemieux – organic chemist
 * Stewart Lemoine – playwright
 * Evangeline Lilly – actress
 * Jens Lindemann – trumpet soloist
 * Trevor Linden – former professional hockey player, member of the Order of Canada, president of hockey operations for Vancouver Canucks and recipient of the Order of British Columbia
 * Amanda Lindhout
 * Bryan Little – ice hockey player
 * Sam Livingston – Irish-born early settler in Calgary
 * Rochelle Loewen – model who appeared briefly with WWE
 * Peter Lougheed – Canadian Football League player and Premier of Alberta
 * Lowell – electropop musician
 * Pierre Lueders – bobsledder
 * Ed Lukowich – curler
 * Joffrey Lupul – ice hockey player

M

 * Don MacBeth
 * Jason MacDonald – Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter
 * Jinder Mahal – professional wrestler
 * Ernest Manning – former Premier of Alberta
 * Heather Marks – supermodel
 * Kari Matchett – actor
 * Bill Matheson – meteorologist
 * Richard Matvichuk – National Hockey League player
 * Wop May – pioneering aviator and bush pilot
 * Ken McAuley – goaltender for the National Hockey League New York Rangers, husband of Mildred Warwick McAuley
 * Frederick McCall – World War I fighter ace, businessman, stuntman
 * Trent McClellan – comedian
 * Nellie McClung – first woman appointed to the Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1936), one of the Famous Five
 * Don McCrimmon
 * Bruce McCulloch – actor, writer, comedian, and film director
 * Todd McFarlane – creator of the Spawn series of comics
 * Kevin McKenna – professional soccer player
 * Marshall McLuhan – recipient of numerous awards and appointments, pioneer of media theory
 * Anne-Marie Mediwake – broadcaster
 * Jordan Mein – mixed martial arts fighter
 * Joseph Meli – four-time Canadian Olympian (judo)
 * Mark Messier – National Hockey League player
 * Barb Miller
 * Gord Miller – sportscaster
 * Big Miller – jazz and blues singer
 * Joni Mitchell - singer-songwriter and painter; born in Fort Macleod, but grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
 * Carl Mokosak – National Hockey League player
 * Cory Monteith – singer and actor; born in Calgary but grew up in Vancouver
 * Cory Morgan – blogger
 * Derek Morris – ice hockey player
 * E. Roger Muir- creator of "Howdy Doody" TV show
 * Emily Murphy – first female magistrate in British Empire and petitioned Supreme Court of Canada to allow women the vote; one of the Famous Five
 * Ray Muzyka – co-founder of BioWare Corp.
 * Curtis Myden – Olympic bronze medallist, swimming

N

 * Issey Nakajima-Farran – professional soccer player
 * Jim Neidhart – professional wrestler
 * Natalya Neidhart – professional wrestler
 * Naheed Nenshi – Mayor of Calgary
 * Richard Newman – writer, broadcaster, and reality TV star, best known for participating in the seventh series of the British version of Big Brother
 * Scott Nichol – ice hockey player
 * Marjorie Nichols
 * Scott Niedermayer – ice hockey player
 * Leslie Nielsen – film and television actor
 * Amy Nixon – curler
 * Rebecca Northan – actress
 * Ryan Northcott – actor

O

 * Susan O'Connor – curler
 * Kevin Ogilvie – vocalist for the industrial band Skinny Puppy
 * Peter Oldring – actor
 * Bud Olson – former Member of Parliament and Senator for Medicine Hat, former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
 * Ben Ondrus – ice hockey player
 * Melissa O'Neil – 2005 Canadian Idol winner
 * Maren Ord – singer, songwriter
 * Chris Osgood – former professional hockey player
 * Kelly Oxford – writer, New York Times bestselling author of Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar

P

 * Chris Pearson – 1st Premier of Yukon
 * Allen Pedersen – National Hockey League player
 * Ron Pederson – stage and screen actor
 * Nigel Pengelly
 * Jim Peplinski – former professional hockey player (Calgary Flames)
 * Kelly Perlette – light middle-weight boxing gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
 * P.J. Perry – jazz saxophonist
 * Jordan Peterson - University Professor
 * Matt Pettinger – ice hockey player
 * Dion Phaneuf – ice hockey player
 * Chris Phillips – professional hockey player (Ottawa Senators)
 * Rod Phillips – radio broadcaster for 630 CHED
 * Annamay Pierse – swimmer born in Toronto and raised in Edmonton
 * Gerry Pinder – professional hockey player
 * Fernando Pisani – ice hockey player
 * Justin Pogge – ice hockey player
 * John "Red" Pollard – jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit
 * Tara-Jean Popowich – winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada (Season 2)
 * Glenn Price – conductor
 * Doug Pruden – multiple world records in push ups
 * Al Purvis (1929–2009) – assistant captain of the Edmonton Mercurys
 * Jamie Pushor – hockey player
 * Mark Pysyk – ice hockey player for the Edmonton Oil Kings

Q

 * Quanteisha – singer
 * Tegan and Sara Quin – musicians

R

 * Theo de Raadt – programmer, founder of OpenBSD and OpenSSH software projects
 * Lobsang Rampa – Tibetan Lama
 * Jan Randall – composer
 * Heather Rankin – curler
 * Duncan Regehr – actor
 * Steve Regier – ice hockey player
 * Alyssa Reid – singer/songwriter
 * Steven Reinprecht – ice hockey player
 * Chris Reitsma – professional baseball player
 * Nick Ring – professional mixed martial arts fighter
 * Purity Ring – electronic duo
 * Kelly Rissling (born 1960) – ice hockey player
 * Douglas Roche – O.C., former M.P., senator, U.N. ambassador, nuclear disarmament figure, author, and journalist
 * Steve Rodehutskors – Canadian football player
 * Stacy Roest – hockey player
 * Hey Romeo – country singer/songwriter
 * Chava Rosenfarb – author and Holocaust survivor
 * Matthew Rowley
 * Mark Rypien – quarterback and most valuable player in Super Bowl XXVI

S

 * Jamie Salé – Olympic gold medallist skater
 * Willie Saunders – Montana-born Hall of Fame jockey, won U.S. Triple Crown
 * Mary Scott – visual artist
 * Patrick Sharp – professional ice hockey player (Dallas Stars); born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, raised in Calgary and later Thunder Bay, Ontario and Burlington, Vermont
 * Kyle Shewfelt – Olympic gold medallist
 * Barbara Sibbald
 * Rhonda Sing – professional wrestler
 * Shiloh – singer/songwriter
 * Brox Sisters – singers (Brock sisters)
 * Laurie Skreslet – first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
 * Harry Smith – professional wrestler
 * Jason Smith – retired professional ice hockey player
 * Linda Smith – novelist
 * Keegan Soehn
 * Monte Solberg – Conservative politician
 * Ron Southern – businessman and founder of Spruce Meadows
 * Jay Sparrow – singer/songwriter
 * Paul Spence – actor; portrays headbanger Dean Murdoch in FUBAR
 * George Stanley – designer of the current Canadian flag
 * Vic Stasiuk – hockey player
 * Stan Stephens – former Governor of Montana
 * Stereos – pop rock band
 * Richard Stevenson – poet
 * Catherine Mary Stewart – film and television actor
 * Ryan Stock – TV circus stuntman
 * Charlie Storwick – musician, actress in Some Assembly Required
 * Jason Strudwick – ice hockey player
 * Darryl Sydor – ice hockey player

T

 * Theo Tams – winner of Canadian Idol Season 6 (2008)
 * Barb Tarbox – anti-smoking activist
 * 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 medallist swimming
 * Robert Thirsk – astronaut
 * Arnold Tremere – executive director of the Canadian International Grains Institute
 * Adam Trupish – boxer
 * Kreesha Turner – singer/songwriter

V

 * Alan Van Sprang – actor
 * Shaun Van Allen – National Hockey League player
 * Pete Vandermeer
 * Chad VanGaalen – musician
 * Greg Vavra
 * Mike Vernon – former professional National Hockey League player; won with the Calgary Flames in 1989
 * Kris Versteeg – hockey player
 * Doug Vogt – photojournalist

W

 * Allan Wachowich – former Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
 * Cam Ward – professional ice hockey goaltender (Carolina Hurricanes); born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Edmonton
 * Max Ward – aviator and founder of Wardair airlines
 * John Ware – pioneer rancher
 * Cadence Weapon (Rollie Pemberton) – rapper
 * Ron Wear – actor and television host
 * Bronwen Webster – curler
 * Crystal Webster – curler
 * Kenneth Welsh – film and television actor
 * Michael Wex – novelist and playwright
 * Ray Whitney – retired professional ice hockey player; played from 1991-2014
 * John Will – visual artist
 * TJ Wilson – professional wrestler
 * David Winning – film and television director, Stargate: Atlantis, Andromeda, Syfy Channel movies

Z

 * Alfie Zappacosta – singer, songwriter
 * Greg Zeschuk – co-founder of BioWare Corp.