List of Famous people born in Saskatchewan, Canada

Mark McMorris

First Name Mark
Last Name McMorris
Born on December 9, 1993 (age 30)
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hayley Wickenheiser

First Name Hayley
Last Name Wickenheiser
Born on August 12, 1978 (age 45)
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.

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Chris Kunitz

First Name Chris
Last Name Kunitz
Born on September 26, 1979 (age 44)
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).

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Kim Coates

First Name Kim
Last Name Coates
Born on February 21, 1958 (age 66)
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).

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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.

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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.

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