FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the province. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a province for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the province in their personal endeavors.

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I - L

• Jarome Iginla hockey player
• William Patrick "W. P." Kensella author
• Ralph Klein politician
• Myrna Kostash author
• Robert Kroetsch author, poet
• K. D. Lang singer, songwriter
• Evangeline Lilly actress
• Samuel Livingston prospector, trader, farmer (Calgary's first citizen) (born in Ireland)
• Peter Lougheed lawyer, politician

M

• James Macleod militia officer, lawyer, politician (born in Scotland)
• Nellie McClung women's rights activist, politician (one of "famous five")(born in Ontario)
• Bruce McCulloch actor, comedian
• Lanny McDonald hockey player
• Louise McKinney first woman legislative assembly of alberta, first woman elected to legislature in canada (one of "famous five")(born in Ontario)
• Marshall McLuhan educator, philosopher, scholar
• Mark Messier hockey player
• Joni Mitchell musician, songwriter
• Emily Murphy women's rights activist, jurist, author (one of "famous five")(born in Ontario)

N - Q

• Nickelback music group
• Janette Oke author
• Jessica Owen singer, songwriter
• Irene Parlby women's farm leader, activist, politician(one of "famous five")(born in London, UK)
• Kathleen Parlow violinist
• Ron Pederson actor
• Robert Young Pelton author, journalist, filmmaker
• Fernando Pisani hockey player
• John "Red" Pollard horse racing jockey
• Sara Keirsten Quin musician
• Tegan Rain Quin musician

R - T

• Alexander Cameron Rutherford first premier of alberta (born in Ontario)
• Lisa Ryder actress
• Mark Rypien football player
• Kavan Smith actor
• Ryan Smyth hockey player
• Catherine Mary Stewart actress
• Harry Strom politician
• Darryl Sutter hockey player, coach
• Barb Tarbox anti-smoking activist
• Kenneth D. "Ken" Taylor ambassador
• Shelly Thompson actress
• Kreesha Turner singer, songwriter

U - Y

• Garry "Iron Man" Unger hockey player
• Aritha Van Herk author
• Maxwell "Max" William Ward pioneering aviator, founder wardair airlines
• Guy Weadick founder calgary stampede (born in the United States)
• George Webber photographer
• Victor Webster actor
• Kenneth "Ken" Welsh actor
• Fay Wray actress
• Shane Yellowbird singer

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