List of Famous people born in Saskatchewan, Canada

Colby Cave

First Name Colby
Last Name Cave
Born on December 26, 1994
Died on April 11, 2020 (aged 25)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Colby Alexander Cave was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 67 games for the Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2017 and 2020. He also played several seasons with their respective affiliates in the American Hockey League, the Providence Bruins and Bakersfield Condors. Prior to turning professional in 2015 Cave played major junior with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Roddy Piper

Roderick George Toombs
First Name Roddy
Last Name Piper
Born on April 17, 1954
Died on July 31, 2015 (aged 61)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Roderick George Toombs was a Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and actor, better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Tatiana Maslany

First Name Tatiana
Born on September 22, 1985 (age 37)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Tatiana Gabriele Maslany is a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence for playing multiple characters in the science fiction thriller television series Orphan Black (2013–2017), which won her a Primetime Emmy Award (2016), a TCA Award (2013), two Critics' Choice Awards, and five Canadian Screen Awards (2014–18). Maslany is the first Canadian to win an Emmy in a major dramatic category for acting in a Canadian series.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Maye Musk

First Name Maye
Last Name Musk
Born on April 18, 1948 (age 75)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Maye Musk is a Canadian-South African model and dietitian. Also the mother of Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, and Tosca Musk, she has been a model for 50 years, appearing on the covers of magazines, including a Time magazine health edition, Women's Day, and Vogue. The New York Post asserted her self-earned fame by declaring she is "a star in her own right".

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Gordie Howe

First Name Gordie
Born on March 31, 1928
Died on June 10, 2016 (aged 88)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Gordon Howe was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played twenty-six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings. Nicknamed "Mr. Hockey", Howe is often considered the most complete player to ever play the game and one of the greatest of all time. At his retirement, his 801 goals, 1049 assists, and 1850 total points were all NHL records that stood until they were broken by Wayne Gretzky, who himself has been a major champion of Howe's legacy. A 23-time NHL All-Star, he still holds the NHL records for most games and seasons played. In 2017, Howe was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players".

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Leslie Nielsen

Leslie William Nielsen
First Name Leslie
Last Name Nielsen
Born on February 11, 1926
Died on November 28, 2010 (aged 84)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Leslie William Nielsen was a Canadian actor, comedian and producer. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared in more than 100 films and 150 television programs, portraying more than 220 characters.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bill Millin

First Name Bill
Last Name Millin
Born on July 14, 1922
Died on August 17, 2010 (aged 88)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

William Millin, commonly known as Piper Bill, was personal piper to Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, commander of 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Brianne Theisen-Eaton

First Name Brianne
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Brianne Theisen-Eaton is a Canadian retired track and field athlete who competed in the heptathlon and women's pentathlon. She won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Theisen-Eaton holds the Canadian record for the heptathlon with 6,808 points, as well as the indoor pentathlon with a score of 4768 points. Theisen-Eaton is a heptathlon silver medallist from the 2013 World Championships and 2015 World Championships, as well as a pentathlon silver medalist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships. She is the first and only Canadian woman to podium in the multi-events at the World Championships. Theisen-Eaton won Commonwealth Games gold in the heptathlon at Glasgow 2014 and was the 2016 World Indoor Champion in the pentathlon. She also won a bronze medal as part of the women's 4 x 400 m relay at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Brooks Laich

First Name Brooks
Last Name Laich
Born on June 23, 1983 (age 39)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Evan Brooks Laich is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played over 750 National Hockey League (NHL) games across four teams: the Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Jarret Stoll

First Name Jarret
Last Name Stoll
Born on June 24, 1982 (age 40)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Jarret Lee Stoll is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Stoll has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Mark McMorris

First Name Mark
Last Name McMorris
Born on December 9, 1993 (age 29)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Mark Lee McMorris is a Canadian professional snowboarder who specializes in slopestyle and big air events. While filming for Transworld Snowboarding's "Park Sessions" video in March 2011, Mark became the first person to land a Backside Triple Cork 1440. More recently, on 28 April 2018, Mark landed the world first Double Cork off of a rail, the Front-Board Double Cork 1170 with melancholy grab. Mark has also left his mark at X-Games and other events. In 2012 and 2013, Mark won back-to-back gold medals in Winter X Games in the slopestyle event. He competed in the slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he won a bronze medal, Canada's first medal in those Games. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, he won a bronze medal in the slopestyle event, only 11 months after a snowboarding accident with near-fatal internal injuries. He has also appeared in many videos for Transworld Snowboarding, Burton, Redbull, CBC, Shredbots.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Shirley Douglas

First Name Shirley
Last Name Douglas
Born on April 2, 1934
Died on April 5, 2020 (aged 86)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Shirley Jean Douglas was a Canadian television, film and stage actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name made her recognizable in Canadian film, television and national politics.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Mike Babcock

First Name Mike
Last Name Babcock
Born on April 29, 1963 (age 60)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Michael Babcock Jr. is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, most recently serving as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously spent ten seasons as head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, winning the Stanley Cup with them in 2008, and helping them to the Stanley Cup Playoffs every year during his tenure. He is the winningest coach in Red Wings history. He has also served as head coach of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, whom he led to the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Gordon Northcott

Gordon Stewart Northcott
First Name Gordon
Last Name Northcott
Born on November 9, 1906
Died on October 2, 1930 (aged 23)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Gordon Stewart Northcott was a Canadian serial killer, child rapist, and child abductor.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Johnny Bower

John Kiszkan
First Name Johnny
Born on November 8, 1924
Died on December 26, 2017 (aged 93)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 175 cm | 5'9

John William Bower, nicknamed "The China Wall", was a Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender who won four Stanley Cups during his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 2017 he was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Hayley Wickenheiser

First Name Hayley
Last Name Wickenheiser
Born on August 12, 1978 (age 44)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Hayley Wickenheiser is a Canadian former ice hockey player, and the current Assistant Director of Player Development for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser was a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team for 23 years, from 1994 until announcing her retirement on January 13, 2017, and is the team's career points leader with 168 goals and 211 assists in 276 games. She represented Canada at the Winter Olympics five times, capturing four gold and one silver medal and twice being named tournament MVP, and one time at the Summer Olympics in softball. She is tied with teammates Caroline Ouellette and Jayna Hefford for the record for the most gold medals of any Canadian Olympian, and is widely considered the greatest female ice hockey player of all time. On February 20, 2014, Wickenheiser was elected to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Chris Kunitz

First Name Chris
Last Name Kunitz
Born on September 26, 1979 (age 43)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Christopher Kunitz is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Kim Coates

First Name Kim
Last Name Coates
Born on February 21, 1958 (age 65)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Kim F. Coates is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He is best known for his role as Alexander "Tig" Trager in the FX series Sons of Anarchy and as Declan Gardiner in the Citytv series Bad Blood, as well as his recurring roles in Prison Break, Cold Case, CSI and CSI: Miami. He has also had film roles in The Last Boy Scout (1991), Bad Boys (1995), King of Sorrow (2006), Goon (2011).

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Harry Jerome

First Name Harry
Last Name Jerome
Born on September 30, 1940
Died on December 7, 1982 (aged 42)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome was a Canadian track and field sprinter and physical education teacher. He won a bronze medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo and set a total of seven world records over the course of his career.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Todd Ewen

First Name Todd
Last Name Ewen
Born on March 22, 1966
Died on September 19, 2015 (aged 49)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Todd Gordon Ewen was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for several teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). A right wing, Ewen was primarily known as an enforcer. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks. Ewen retired with 1,911 penalty minutes, putting him 58th for all-time career. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and raised in St. Albert, Alberta. Ewen won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Canadiens.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
Show More
    index: 1x 0.1108660697937s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.10453295707703s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.10449481010437s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.092879056930542s
t_/blocks/person-card: 20x 0.083368062973022s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.007922887802124s
router_page: 1x 0.0052800178527832s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0043001174926758s
headline: 2x 0.0032150745391846s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00058197975158691s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00042986869812012s
head-facts: 1x 0.0003969669342041s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.8119812011719E-5s
qids: 1.5x 1.0967254638672E-5s
related: 1x 2.8610229492188E-6s
using-file-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2023-06-09 01:41:06)  -----