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The following is a list of notable Calgarians:

[edit] Arts

• David Albahari - Serbian-born author
• Earle Birney – poet
• Nancy Huston – novelist born in Calgary; left at age 15
• Nellie McClung – writer and activist

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Pat Burns - Calgarian rancher, businessman, and Canadian Senator
• John Glenn - Calgary's earliest recorded European settler
• Alvin Law - motivational speaker
• Sam Livingston - Irish-born early settler in Calgary
• James Alexander Lougheed - head of military hospitals during World War I
• Frederick McCall - World War I ace, businessman, stuntman
• Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
• Ron Southern - businessman and founder of Spruce Meadows
• George Stanley - designer of the Canadian flag
• Ken Taylor - Canadian ambassador to Iran. Helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis
• Robert Thirsk - astronaut
• John Ware - pioneer rancher

[edit] 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
• Norman 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

[edit] 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 ice hockey 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 (San Jose Sharks)
• Sheena Lawrick - Olympic softball player
• Peter Lougheed - former CFL player and 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])
• Al Purvis (1929–2009), assistant captain of the Edmonton Mercurys who won the ice hockey gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics.^[1]
• Chris Reitsma - professional baseball player
• Mark Rypien - Super Bowl XXVI MVP
• Jamie Salé - Olympic gold medalist skater
• Willie Saunders - Montana-born Hall of Fame jockey, won U.S. Triple Crown
• Laurie Skreslet - first Canadian to climb Mount Everest
• Harry Smith - professional wrestler
• Jason Smith - retired professional ice hockey player
• Mark Tewksbury - Olympic gold medalist swimming
• Shaun Van Allen - retired NHL player
• 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)
• TJ Wilson - professional wrestler

[edit] Entertainers

• Jann Arden - singer
• Jill Belland - TV host and producer
• Heather Blush - singer
• Paul Brandt - Country music singer
• Tommy Campbell (actor) - actor and stand-up comedian
• 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)
• Michael Dowse - Film director
• Leslie Feist - singer–songwriter (though born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, she relocated to Calgary as a child)
• George Fox - Country music singer–songwriter
• Paul Gross - actor
• Albert Howell - actor
• Roy Jenson - Actor
• James Keelaghan - Musician
• Pat Kelly – actor
• David Lawrence - actor (portrays headbanger Terry Cahill in FUBAR)
• 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
• James Ross - Local hero who saved many hostages from a bank that was under siege. He went on to develop the safety card system used on most drilling rigs.
• Paul Spence - Actor (portrays headbanger Dean Murdoch in FUBAR)
• Chad VanGaalen- musician
• David Winning – film and television director, Stargate: Atlantis, Andromeda (series), Sci Fi Channel movies, etc.

[edit] Science

• James Gosling – creator of the Java programming language
• Theo de Raadt – founder and head of the OpenBSD project

[edit] References