List of people from Saskatchewan

This is a list of notable people who are from Saskatchewan, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.

A

 * Velma Abbott (1929-1987) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Mark Abley – writer
 * Dan Achen – guitarist, producer, co-founder of alternative rock band Junkhouse
 * Mel Angelstad – professional ice hockey player
 * Hazen Argue - politician, Senator, MP, Cabinet Minister
 * Colby Armstrong – NHL hockey player with Toronto Maple Leafs
 * Riley Armstrong – NHL hockey player with Detroit Red Wings
 * Brent Ashton – former NHL hockey player
 * Dick Assman – gas station attendant facetiously given fame on the David Letterman television show
 * Calvin Ayre – founder of Bodog

B

 * Mike Babcock – Head Coach of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coach, Canadian Ice Hockey Olympic Team, 2012, Head Coach, Canadian Ice Hockey World Cup Team, 2016
 * Lorne Babiuk – director, VIDO
 * Garnet Bailey – NHL forward, died on United Airlines Flight 175
 * Mike Bales – hockey player
 * J.G. Ballard – English novelist and short story writer
 * Burke Barlow – musician
 * Doris Barr (1921-2009) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Wade Belak – former NHL player with Nashville Predators (deceased 2011)
 * Catherine Bennett (born 1920) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Red Berenson – Team Canada 1972, former NHL player and coach, Head Coach of the University of Michigan Ice Hockey Team
 * Todd Bergen – hockey player
 * Sarah Binks – fictional character created by Paul Hiebert, in whose gently satirical biography Regina figures as the rustic's metropolis
 * Byron Bitz – former professional hockey player
 * Randy Black – drummer for Primal Fear
 * Trevor Blackwell – entrepreneur
 * Mike Blaisdell – former NHL player
 * Allan Blakeney – former Premier of Saskatchewan
 * Derek Boogaard – former NHL hockey player with New York Rangers (deceased 2011)
 * Mike Botha – master diamond cutter
 * Ray Boughen – former mayor, current Member of Parliament for the riding of Palliser
 * Johnny Bower – hockey goaltender
 * Bob Boyer – visual artist, elder, university professor
 * Tyler Bozak – NHL player
 * Beverley Breuer – actor whose credits include Scary Movie 4
 * Dave Brown – former NHL player
 * Sidney Buckwold – former Mayor of Saskatoon
 * David Luther Burgess – World War I pilot and politician
 * Garth Butcher – NHL player
 * Brent Butt – actor

C

 * Hugh Cairns (VC) – World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
 * Jock Callander – IHL all-time scoring leader
 * Lorne Calvert – Premier of Saskatchewan (2001–2007)
 * Angus Cameron – hockey player
 * Earl Cameron
 * Wendel Clark – former professional hockey player
 * Ethel Catherwood – Olympic medallist
 * Emily Clark (ice hockey) - Olympic hockey player
 * Lawrence Clarke – HBC official
 * Reggie Cleveland – World Series-starting baseball pitcher
 * Kim Coates (born 1958) – Canadian/American actor, Sons of Anarchy; born in Saskatoon
 * Terry Cochrane – Canadian football player
 * John Comiskey – football player
 * Neil Stanley Crawford – politician and jazz musician

D

 * Mark Dacey – 2004 Brier Champion
 * Rod Dallman – hockey player
 * Charlie David – actor
 * Spencer Davis – general foreman
 * Stu Davis - country & western singer/songwriter, television and radio host
 * Thomas Osborne Davis – politician
 * Scott Deibert – former Canadian football player
 * Graham DeLaet – professional golfer
 * Ivor Dent – politician
 * Phyllis Dewar – Olympic swimmer
 * John Diefenbaker – former Prime Minister of Canada
 * Robert Dirk – former NHLer
 * Ken Doraty – former National Hockey League player
 * Liam Dougherty – ice dancer
 * Shirley Douglas – actor, daughter of T.C. Douglas; mother of Kiefer Sutherland
 * T.C. Douglas – CCF premier 1944–1961; later leader of the federal New Democratic Party
 * Rick Ducommun – actor
 * Duke Dukowski – former NHLer
 * Mathew Dumba – ice hockey player

E

 * Jordan Eberle – NHL player for the New York Islanders
 * Murray Edwards – one of the richest Canadians
 * Michael Eklund – actor
 * Dan Ellis – NHL goaltender with Florida Panthers
 * Shane Endicott – former NHL hockey player

F

 * Joe Fafard – sculptor and artist
 * Sylvia Fedoruk – scientist, former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
 * Larry Fisher – murderer of Gail Miller
 * Robert Fleming – composer, pianist, organist, choirmaster, and teacher
 * Emile Francis – former National Hockey League player and coach
 * Lisa Franks – Paralympic athlete
 * Don Freed – singer/songwriter
 * Dawna Friesen – newscaster
 * Jackie Friesen – assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team
 * Pete Friesen – guitar player for Alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and The Almighty
 * Gayleen Froese – author
 * Wes Funk – writer

G

 * Michael Garnett – former NHL goaltender with the Atlanta Thrashers
 * Chris Getzlaf – CFL player
 * Ryan Getzlaf – NHL player
 * Clark Gillies – former National Hockey League player
 * Joanna Glass – playwright
 * Glenda Goertzen – author
 * Dirk Graham – NHL player
 * Thelma Grambo – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Mary Greyeyes (1920 – 2011), the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces
 * Roland Groome – first licensed commercial pilot in Canada
 * Tom Grummett – comic book artist
 * Eric Gryba – NHL player with the Edmonton Oilers
 * Peter Gzowski – resided in Moose Jaw in 1957

H

 * Chris Hajt – professional ice hockey player, Lukko
 * Emmett Hall – former Supreme Court Justice
 * Stu Hart – professional wrestling patriarch
 * Scott Hartnell – NHL player
 * Ellie Harvie – actress; portrayed Morticia on The New Addams Family; was raised in Prince Albert
 * Dale Henry – hockey player
 * Jamie Heward – NHL player
 * Bill Hicke – NHL player with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Oakland Seals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins
 * Douglas Hill – author
 * Ray Hnatyshyn – former Governor General of Canada
 * Randy Hoback – politician
 * Braden Holtby – NHL goaltender
 * Gustin House – Lyell Gustin, decades-long teacher of many eminent pianists province-wide
 * Stan Hovdebo – politician and educator
 * Gordie Howe – former NHL and WHA hockey player
 * Bill Hunter – ice hockey entrepreneur (deceased 2002)

I

 * Roger Ing – artist
 * Into Eternity – progressive metal band
 * Dick Irvin, Jr. – Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster
 * James Isbister – Métis leader

J

 * Honoré Jackson – Métis leader
 * Colin James – six-time Juno award-winning blues-rock musician
 * Harry Jerome – sprinter
 * Christine Jewitt (born 1926) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Arleene Johnson (born 1924) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Marguerite Jones (1917-1995) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Daisy Junor (1919-2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

K

 * Connie Kaldor – singer
 * Miklos Kanitz – Holocaust survivor
 * Ryan Keller – NHL hockey player, Ottawa Senators
 * Donald M. Kendrick – Calgary native, choral conductor and teacher at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in the 1970s
 * John Kern – former Green Party of Saskatchewan leader
 * Dave King – university and NHL hockey coach
 * Joy Kogawa – author and poet
 * Kirk Krack – freediver
 * Darcy Kuemper – goalie for the NHL franchies Minnesota Wild
 * Chris Kunitz – NHL player
 * Kaylyn Kyle – member of the Canada women's national soccer team

L

 * John Henderson Lamont – Supreme Court Justice
 * Annette Lapointe – writer
 * Regan Lauscher – Canadian luge champion
 * James Le Jeune (born 1910) – painter, born in Saskatoon
 * Catriona Le May Doan – speed skater, Olympic medallist
 * Curtis Leschyshyn – former NHL hockey player
 * Brock Lesnar – professional wrestler currently signed with WWE; residence in Regina
 * Sarah Lind – actor
 * Art Linkletter – radio and television host of Art Linkletter's House Party
 * Peter Loubardias – sportscaster
 * Reed Low – former National Hockey League player
 * Trey Lyles – professional basketball player

M

 * Keith Magnuson (died 2003) – former NHL hockey player, Chicago Blackhawks
 * Charles Mair – poet
 * Kevin Mambo - actor and musician
 * Tyler Mane – former pro wrestler and actor
 * Yann Martel – Booker Prize-winning author
 * Tatiana Maslany – actor
 * Mike Maurer – CFL fullback
 * Chris McAllister – former NHL hockey player
 * Bud McCaig – co-owner of the Calgary Flames
 * Ethel McCreary – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Mick McGeough – NHL referee
 * Frances Gertrude McGill – pioneering forensic pathologist and criminologist
 * Thomas McKay – politician and farmer
 * Mark McMorris – professional snowboarder
 * Michael D. Mehta – professor, author, director of SaskPower and Canadian Blood Services
 * Gail Miller – victim murder by Larry Fisher, for which David Milgaard was falsely convicted
 * Gerry Minor – former NHLer
 * Mike Mintenko – Commonwealth Games swimmer
 * David Mitchell, National Lacrosse League player
 * Joni Mitchell – musician, artist
 * Ken Mitchell – author, member of the Order of Canada
 * Allan Moffat – racing car driver and four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000
 * Blair Morgan – motocross/snowcross athlete
 * Keith Morrison – former NBC television news anchor
 * Brenden Morrow, retired NHL hockey player
 * Farley Mowat – novelist
 * Jerome Mrazek – hockey player
 * Scott Munroe – American Hockey League player
 * Garth Murray – NHL player
 * Garth Murray – NHL player

N

 * Zarqa Nawaz – creator of the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie
 * Carey Nelson – long-distance runner
 * Jeff Nelson – hockey player
 * Darin Nesbitt – professor at Douglas College
 * Ted Newall – entrepreneur
 * Erik Nielsen – federal politician, former deputy prime minister
 * Leslie Nielsen – actor whose credits include Airplane!, Naked Gun and Scary Movie 4
 * Leslie Nielsen – actor whose credits include Airplane!, Naked Gun and Scary Movie 4

O

 * Fergie Olver – Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster
 * Paul Owen – cricketer

P

 * Ryan Parent – hockey player
 * Donny Parenteau – country music singer, songwriter, and musician
 * Denis Pederson – hockey player
 * Michael Peers – Archbishop of Qu'Appelle; Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1986-2004
 * Michaela Pereira – Former CNN anchor, HLN Anchor
 * Janet Perkin (1921-2012) – professional baseball and curling player
 * Krista Phillips – professional basketball player (former University of Michigan Women's Basketball player)
 * Rich Pilon – former NHL hockey player
 * "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) (died 2015) – professional wrestler and film actor
 * Jason Plumb – popular musician formerly with the Waltons
 * Logan Pyett, AHL player (Detroit Red Wings organization) and member of gold medal-winning Team Canada in 2005-2006 (U18 Junior World Cup) and 2007-2008 (World Junior Championship)

R

 * Doug Redl – Canadian football player
 * Wade Redden – NHL defenceman
 * Scott Redl – Canadian football player
 * Drew Remenda – TV colour analyst for the San Jose Sharks and radio show host
 * Chico Resch – former National Hockey League goalie
 * Kyle Riabko – actor and musician
 * Erika Ritter – playwright and broadcaster
 * Jessica Robinson – country music singer
 * Jim Robson – broadcaster
 * Roy Romanow – former Premier of Saskatchewan
 * Martha Rommelaere (1922-2011) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Terry Ruskowski – hockey player

S

 * William Sarjeant – geology professor and author
 * Fred Sasakamoose - First Canadian Aboriginal National Hockey League Player
 * Brayden Schenn – NHL hockey player with Philadelphia Flyers
 * Luke Schenn – NHL hockey player with Arizona Coyotes
 * Steve Schneider – entertainment producer, socialite
 * Karl Schubach – vocalist of metalcore band Misery Signals
 * Thomas Walter Scott – First Premier of Saskatchewan
 * Jack Semple – blues guitarist
 * Shiloh – singer
 * Sandra Schmirler (1963-2000) – former curler 3 time Canadian champion, 3 time World Champion, 1998 Olympic Games Gold Medallist
 * Mike Sillinger – NHL player
 * Brian Skrudland – former NHL hockey forward, two-time Stanley Cup Champion
 * Arthur Slade – Governor General's Award-winning author
 * Doug Smail – former National Hockey League player
 * Theresa Sokyrka – musician, artist
 * Brent Sopel – NHL hockey player with Atlanta Thrashers
 * Levi Steinhauer – CFL player
 * John Stevenson – politician
 * Charley Stis (1884-1979) – professional baseball player, manager and umpire
 * Jarret Stoll – NHL hockey player with Los Angeles Kings
 * Neil Stonechild – high-profile victim of a starlight tour
 * Joey Stylez (Joseph Laplante) – hip hop artist
 * Stephen Surjik – television and motion picture director whose credits include The Kids in the Hall and Wayne's World 2
 * David Sutcliffe – actor
 * Anne Szumigalski – poet

T

 * Dione Taylor – jazz singer
 * Ross Thatcher – former Premier Province of Saskatchewan (1964–1971)
 * Max Thompson – Nordic combined skier
 * Dave Tippett – former NHL player, NHL coach
 * Gordon Tootoosis – First Nations actor
 * Shannon Tweed – actor, wife of Gene Simmons of KISS

U

 * Geoffrey Ursell – writer

V

 * Guy Vanderhaeghe – author
 * Sugith Varughese – writer, director and actor
 * Darren Veitch – former NHL player
 * Jon Vickers – opera singer
 * Suzie Vinnick – folk/blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

W

 * Brad Wall – Former Premier
 * Colter Wall — country and folk musician
 * Owen Walter – hockey player
 * Cam Ward – NHL hockey goaltender, Carolina Hurricanes
 * Mildred Warwick (1922-2006) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * George Weaver – politician and metallurgical engineer
 * Ed Whalen – host and commentator, Stampede Wrestling
 * Elizabeth Wicken (1927-2011) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Doug Wickenheiser (1961-1999) – NHL player
 * Hayley Wickenheiser – hockey player and multiple Olympic medallist
 * Rick Wilson – hockey player
 * W. Brett Wilson – Business man and former star on Dragon's Den
 * Steven Woods – Quack.com co-founder, current Google Waterloo site director
 * Henry Woolf – actor
 * Janet Wright – actress and cast member of Corner Gas

Y

 * Dylan Yeo – hockey player
 * Steven Yeun – actor