List of Famous people born in Saskatchewan, Canada

Adam Exner

First Name Adam
Last Name Exner
Born on December 24, 1928 (age 97)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Adam Joseph Exner was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver from 1991 to 2004.

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Stephen Surjik

First Name Stephen
Last Name Surjik
Born on November 30, 1975 (age 50)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Stephen Surjik is a Canadian film and television director, and producer.

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Scott Franklin

First Name Scott
Last Name Franklin
Born on August 23, 1980 (age 45)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Scott Franklin, is a Canadian rugby union player who plays rugby for the Prairie Wolf Pack in Canada, and for the Canadian national team. Franklin is a prop/Flanker/#8.

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Roman Kroitor

First Name Roman
Last Name Kroitor
Born on December 12, 1926
Died on September 17, 2012 (aged 85)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Roman Kroitor was a Canadian filmmaker who was known as an early practitioner of cinéma vérité, as co-founder of IMAX, and as creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic animation system. He was also the original inspiration for the Force, popularized in the Star Wars series.

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Kevin Churko

First Name Kevin
Last Name Churko
Born on January 19, 1968 (age 58)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Kevin Gregory Churko is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his work with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Papa Roach, Modern Science, Five Finger Death Punch, Disturbed, In This Moment, Shania Twain, and Hellyeah. After spending four years in Switzerland under the tutelage of producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Churko has emerged as one of the music industry's leading engineers/producers. He currently resides in Las Vegas, where he works out of his private studio, "The Hideout".

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Bryan Bayda

First Name Bryan
Last Name Bayda
Born on August 21, 1961 (age 64)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Bryan Joseph Bayda is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon of Saskatoon. Bayda was born in Saskatoon on August 21, 1961. Upon completing high school at St. Vladimir's College Minor Seminary in Roblin, Manitoba, he pursued studies at the University of St. Michael's College in Toronto, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1982 and a Master of Divinity in 1987. Further studies included a Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba in 1990 and a Diploma in Eastern Christian theology from the Sheptytsky Institute in Ottawa in 1997. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bayda as the Catholic Ukrainian Eparchial Bishop of Saskatoon on May 2, 2008.

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Kenneth Nowakowski

First Name Kenneth
Born on May 16, 1958 (age 67)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London. He was ordained a priest on August 19, 1989 at St. George's Cathedral in Saskatoon, SK and a bishop on July 24, 2007 in Vancouver, BC. On January 15, 2020, he was appointed as bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London.

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Don Deacon

First Name Don
Last Name Deacon
Born on June 2, 1913
Died on August 1, 1943 (aged 30)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Donald John Deacon was a professional ice hockey winger who played parts of three seasons for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from 1936–37 to 1939–40.

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Lee Richardson

First Name Lee
Last Name Richardson
Born on October 31, 1947 (age 78)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Lee Richardson is a Canadian businessman and politician.

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Lucas Makowsky

First Name Lucas
Last Name Makowsky
Born on May 30, 1987 (age 38)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Lucas Makowsky is a Canadian speed skater. He started speed skating at six and went on to rank 1st in Canada in the 5000 m and 10000 m for the 2008–09 season. In addition to skating he also speaks three languages: English, French and Ukrainian.

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