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| x Edmonton |
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Edmonton (pronounced /ˈɛdməntən/) is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies. It is...
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| x Edmonton Oilers |
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The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The Oilers were founded on November 1, 1971, with...
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| x Edmonton Eskimos |
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The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The Eskimos are the most successful CFL franchise of the modern era (1949-present), having won the league's Grey Cup championship thirteen times, including an...
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| x Edmonton Sun |
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The Edmonton Sun is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.
It began publishing in 1978 and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on...
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| x Edmonton Journal |
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The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the CanWest News Service division of CanWest Global Communications.
The Journal was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W....
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| x Marshall McLuhan |
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Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communication theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one...
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| x David Jason |
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Sir David John White, OBE, known by his stage name David Jason (born 2 February 1940 in Edmonton, London) is an English actor. He first found fame on the popular sitcom Open All Hours as Granville, Ronnie Barker's corner shop delivery boy. He later...
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| x Michael J. Fox |
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Michael J. Fox (born June 9, 1961) is a Canadian actor, author and voice-over artist. His roles have included Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990); Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties (1982–1989), for which he won three Emmy...
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| x Brook Taylor |
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Brook Taylor FRS (18 August 1685 – 30 November 1731) was an English mathematician who is best known for Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series.
Brook Taylor was born at Edmonton (at that time in Middlesex) to John Taylor of Bifrons House, Kent, and...
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| x Michael Harcourt |
Michael Franklin Harcourt (born Edmonton, January 6, 1943) served as the 30th Premier of the province of British Columbia in Canada from 1991 to 1996, and before that as mayor of BC's major city, Vancouver from 1980 to 1986.
Harcourt was Student...
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| x Preston Manning |
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Ernest Preston Manning, CC (born June 10, 1942, in Edmonton, Alberta), is a conservative populist Canadian politician. He was the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance....
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| x Barb Tarbox |
Barb Tarbox, MSM (April 10, 1961 – May 18, 2003) was one of the most well-known anti-smoking activists in Canada; a life-long smoker dying of brain and lung cancers whose very open and frank discussions of her illness, its cause and its consequences...
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| x Tommy Chong |
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Thomas "Tommy" B. Kin Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian comedian, actor and musician who is well-known for his stereotypical portrayals of hippie-era stoners. He is most widely known for his involvement in the marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong...
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| x Arthur Hiller |
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Arthur Hiller, O.C. (born 22 November 1923) is a Canadian film director. His filmography includes 33 major studio releases, including the 1970 film Love Story.
Hiller was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and graduated from University College, University...
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| x Bernard Ebbers |
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Bernard John "Bernie" Ebbers (born August 27, 1941, Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian-born businessman. He co-founded the telecommunications company WorldCom and is a former chief executive officer of that company.
In 2005, he was convicted of fraud...
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| x Lawrence Pazder |
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Lawrence (Larry) Pazder (April 30, 1936 - March 5, 2004) was a Canadian psychiatrist and author. Pazder is known for discredited autobiography, Michelle Remembers published in 1980, that he co-wrote with his patient (and eventual wife) Michelle...
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| x Mark Messier |
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Mark John Douglas Messier (born January 18, 1961) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre of the National Hockey League and current special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers. He spent a quarter of a...
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| x Scott Niedermayer |
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Scott Niedermayer (born August 31, 1973) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and team captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Niedermayer is known for his skating stride, and knack for leading or joining the offensive rush....
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| x Jarome Iginla |
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Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla (born July 1, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). A five-time NHL All-Star, he is the Flames' all-time leader in goals,...
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| x James Rajotte |
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James Rajotte (born August 19, 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician.
As a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, Rajotte is chair of Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance. Previously he was...
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| x Dennis Fentie |
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Dennis G. Fentie, MLA (born November 8, 1950 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician. He is the current Premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party, as well as the incumbent MLA for Watson Lake.
In 1962, Fentie moved to Watson Lake. Prior...
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| x Ted Scott |
Edward (Ted) Scott, CC (April 30, 1919 – June 21, 2004) was a Canadian clergyman.
He was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1919 and grew up in Vancouver, where his father was a rector. He attended Anglican Theological College and was ordained in 1942. He...
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| x Pat Duncan |
Pat Duncan (born April 8, 1960) is a former politician in the Yukon, Canada. Duncan served as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1998 to 2005 and as Premier of Yukon from 2000 until 2002. Duncan was the first Liberal premier of the Yukon and the...
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| x Nathan Fillion |
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Nathan C. Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known for his lead role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the television series Firefly and its film continuation, Serenity and his current lead role as Richard Castle on the ABC...
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| x Jay Bouwmeester |
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Jay Bouwmeester (born September 27, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL).
After playing minor hockey for his hometown team in Edmonton of the Alberta...
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| x John Kordic |
John "Rambo" Kordic (March 22, 1965 – August 8, 1992) was a hockey player in the National Hockey League. He was of Croatian descent.
Kordic played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, and Quebec Nordiques. He spent 7...
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| x Dan Wicklum |
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Dan Wicklum (born 28 February 1965 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) football player.
Wicklum was raised in Perth, Ontario, in the Ottawa Valley, and attended St. John Catholic School and Perth and District Collegiate...
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| x Jill Hennessy |
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Jillian Noel "Jill" Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress and musician known for her television roles on Law & Order and Crossing Jordan.
Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta. Her father, John Hennessy, was a meat salesman and...
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| x Blair Betts |
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Blair Betts (born February 16, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Betts was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the second...
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| x Jason Botterill |
Jason Botterill (born May 19, 1976 in Edmonton, Alberta) is the Assistant General Manager for the Pittsburgh Penguins and a former professional hockey left winger.
He was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, First Round,...
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| x Ken Daneyko |
Kenneth "Ken" Daneyko (born April 17, 1964, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired ice hockey defenceman who played his entire career (1983–2003) with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, winning three Stanley Cup championships with the...
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| x Richard Matvichuk |
Richard Matvichuk (born February 5, 1973 in Edmonton, Alberta) is an NHL defenceman, currently a free agent. Although he was born in Edmonton, Richard was raised in the nearby city of Fort Saskatchewan. Matvichuk was drafted eighth overall in the...
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| x Blythe Hartley |
Blythe Hartley (born May 2, 1982) is a Canadian Olympic diver. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and began diving at age 12. She went to the National Sport School in Calgary, Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes. Hartley attended Handsworth...
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| x Robert Young Pelton |
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Robert Young Pelton (b. July 25, 1955, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), is an author, journalist and documentary filmmaker. An iconoclast known for his entry into most of the world's conflicts over the last fifteen years, Pelton is known as an adventurer...
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| x Bruce McCulloch |
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Bruce Ian McCulloch (born May 12, 1961) is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, and film director. McCulloch is best known for his work as a member of The Kids in the Hall, a popular Canadian comedy troupe, and as a writer for Saturday Night Live....
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| x Mike Johnson |
Michael Keith Johnson (born October 3, 1975 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a baseball pitcher for the KBO's SK Wyverns. He made his Major League Baseball debut on April 6, 1997, with the Baltimore Orioles.
Johnson was selected by the Toronto Blue...
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| x Dave Babych |
David Michael Babych (born May 23, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who spent 19 seasons in the National Hockey League, and played in two NHL All-Star Games. He was a fan favorite due to his...
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| x John "Red" Pollard |
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John "Red" M. Pollard (October 27, 1909 – March 7, 1981) was a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing jockey. A founding member of the Jockeys' Guild in 1940, Pollard rode at racetracks in the United States and is best known for riding Seabiscuit.
Red...
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| x Daymond Langkow |
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Daymond R. Langkow (born September 27, 1976 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. He's a centremen and an alternate captain of the Calgary Flames. His older brother, Scott Langkow, is a goaltender who plays in Europe for...
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| x Nancy MacBeth |
Nancy MacBeth, née Betkowski (born December 29, 1948 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician, who was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party from 1998 to 2001.
MacBeth was educated at the University of Alberta, studying French and Russian,...
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| x Lisa Ryder |
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Lisa Ryder (born 26 October 1968) is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known as Beka Valentine on the science fiction television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.
Ryder was born in Edmonton, Alberta and attended the University of Toronto, where...
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| x Dion Phaneuf |
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Dion Phaneuf (born April 10, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. Phaneuf was drafted ninth overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Flames, and completed...
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| x Janice Rhea Reimer |
Janice Rhea Reimer (born May 23, 1952) is a Canadian politician and the first female mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, having served in that capacity from 1989 until 1995. Highlights of her time in office included the inception of a new waste management...
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| x Terry Cavanagh |
Terence James (Terry) Cavanagh (born July 19, 1926) is a Canadian politician and former mayor and municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta. He was Edmonton's first native-born mayor.
Cavanagh was born in Edmonton July 19, 1926, to recent Scottish...
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| x Belinda Metz |
Belinda Metz (born January 4, 1960 in Edmonton, Alberta) was a Canadian solo recording artist from the early to mid 1980s who has since turned to acting. She also has credits as a choreographer and songwriter. She has a daughter named Amelia.
In...
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| x Susan Roman |
Susan Roman (born April 17, 1957) is a Canadian voice actress best known for voice acting the role of Lita/Sailor Jupiter in the American DiC (and later Cloverway) dub of the anime, Sailor Moon. She is one of the few voice actors to remain...
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| x Rae Dawn Chong |
Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress.
Chong was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong, a comedian, actor, writer and director. Chong's father is of Chinese and Scotch-Irish ancestry...
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| x Rochelle Loewen |
Rochelle Nicole Loewen (born October 26, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian actress, Glamour model, and former WWE Diva on the SmackDown! brand.
Rochelle began modeling in her late teens and competed in Canada's Hawaiian Tropic...
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| x Andrew Ference |
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Andrew Ference (Born March 17, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He has also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames.
Ference...
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| x Mac Colville |
Matthew Lamont 'Mac' Colville (January 8, 1916 – May 27, 2003) was a professional ice hockey right winger. A native of Edmonton, Alberta, he was brother of Hall of Fame hockey player Neil Colville.
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| x Neil Colville |
Neil McNeil Colville (August 4, 1914 - December 26, 1987) was a professional ice hockey player. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, he played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League with his brother Mac, winning the Stanley Cup in 1940....
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| x Johnny Bucyk |
John Paul "Chief" Bucyk (born on May 12, 1935, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey left winger. As of 2008, he has been a member of the Boston Bruins' organization for an unprecedented fifty consecutive years.
Bucyk was a...
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| x Jim Dinning |
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Jim Dinning (Born December 4, 1952 in Edmonton) is a Canadian Progressive Conservative politician and businessman. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1986 - 1997), and now serves on the board of directors of a variety of...
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| x Catherine Mary Stewart |
Catherine Mary Stewart (born Catherine Mary Nursall on April 22, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian actress. Her first notable role was as Kayla Brady on the soap opera Days of our Lives from 1981 to 1983. In 1984 she starred in two feature...
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| x Mike Comrie |
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Michael William Comrie (born September 11, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League.
Comrie was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and attended Jasper Place...
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| x Jason Chimera |
Jason Chimera (born May 2, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta), is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League.
Chimera played his junior career in the WHL, for Medicine Hat...
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| x Jobi McAnuff |
Joel Joshua Frederick "Jobi" McAnuff (born 9 November 1981) is a professional footballer who plays for Reading. He is a midfielder and has played for Jamaica.
Born in Edmonton, London, McAnuff made his professional debut in the 2001–02 season with...
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| x Kenneth Welsh |
Kenneth Welsh, CM (born March 30, 1942) is a Canadian film and television actor (sometimes credited as Ken Welsh). He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faced villain Windom Earle, and has more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn ...
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| x Gene Kiniski |
Eugene Nicholas Kiniski (born November 23, 1928), better known as Gene Kiniski, is a retired Canadian professional wrestler and the father of wrestlers Nick Kiniski and Kelly Kiniski. He was born outside of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Kiniski was one...
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| x Beverly Adams |
Beverly Adams (born November 7, 1940) is a Canadian actress and author.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Adams moved to Burbank, California as a child. As a teen, she competed in and won beauty contests before becoming an actress. During her career, Adams...
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