List of Famous people born in Alberta, Canada

Stuart Gillard

First Name Stuart
Last Name Gillard
Born on April 28, 1950 (age 75)
Born in Canada, Alberta

Stuart Thomas Gillard is a Canadian film and television director. He is best known for directing the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) and RocketMan (1997). He also wrote and directed the romance film Paradise in 1982, his directing debut.

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Chandra Crawford

First Name Chandra
Last Name Crawford
Born on November 19, 1983 (age 42)
Born in Canada, Alberta
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Chandra Crawford is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001 at the age of 16. Prior to this, she was a biathlete for five years. She was born in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

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Hilarion Kapral

First Name Hilarion
Born on January 6, 1948
Died on May 16, 2022 (aged 74)
Born in Canada, Alberta

Metropolitan Hilarion was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First-Hierarch of the ROCOR since 18 May 2008; as the first person elected to that position following the Act of Canonical Communion between the ROCOR and the Russian Orthodox Church, he was the first whose election required approval by the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate.

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Frank C. Turner

Francis Charles Turner
First Name Frank
Last Name Turner
Born on June 2, 1951 (age 74)
Born in Canada, Alberta

Francis Charles Turner is a Canadian actor and iconographer born in Wainwright, Alberta and now living in British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous films, made-for-television films, television shows, and plays.

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Brandon Kroeger

First Name Brandon
Last Name Kroeger
Born on May 7, 1971 (age 54)
Born in Canada, Alberta
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Severian Yakymyshyn

First Name Severian
Born on April 22, 1930
Died on September 6, 2021 (aged 91)
Born in Canada, Alberta

Bishop Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. is a Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as an Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster from 5 January 1995 until his retirement 1 June 2007.

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Landon Liboiron

First Name Landon
Last Name Liboiron
Born on January 5, 1992 (age 34)
Born in Canada, Alberta

Landon Liboiron is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Declan Coyne in Degrassi: The Next Generation and his lead role as Peter Rumancek in Netflix's original series Hemlock Grove (2013–15).

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Brett J. Gladman

First Name Brett
Last Name Gladman
Born on April 19, 1966 (age 60)
Born in Canada, Alberta

Brett James Gladman is a Canadian astronomer and a full professor at the University of British Columbia's Department of Physics and Astronomy in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds the Canada Research Chair in planetary astronomy. He does both theoretical work and observational optical astronomy.

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Eugene Jerome Cooney

First Name Eugene
Born on December 20, 1931 (age 94)
Born in Canada, Alberta
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Ryan Peake

First Name Ryan
Last Name Peake
Born on March 1, 1973 (age 53)
Born in Canada, Alberta

Ryan Anthony Peake is a Canadian rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and backing vocalist of the Canadian rock band Nickelback. He has been with the band since their inception and is best known for his prominent vocals on the Nickelback songs "Savin' Me", "Hollywood", and "Gotta Be Somebody". He has performed lead vocals on a range of different cover songs at live Nickelback concerts such as "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", "Use Somebody", "I Ran", "Everlong" and "Super Bon Bon". When Nickelback perform Chad Kroeger's solo hit "Hero" live, Ryan sings the vocal parts originally performed by Josey Scott. Peake has writing credits for several Nickelback songs such as "Someday", "Savin' Me", "Miss You", and "Edge of a Revolution". Peake's instruments have included Gibson Flying Vs, Gibson Explorers, and Gibson Les Pauls. When Nickelback performs their song "Photograph", he uses an acoustic guitar once owned by his father.

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