List of Famous people born in Saskatchewan, Canada
Roger Parent
Roger Denis Parent was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Meewasin as a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus. Parent died of cancer at age 63, just hours after his diagnosis was made public on November 29, 2016 and within two weeks of being diagnosed.
Paul Meger
Paul Carl Meger was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. Meger played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Montreal Canadiens, winning the Stanley Cup in 1953. His career lasted from 1950 until 1955.
Jeremy Wotherspoon
Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time.
W. Thomas Molloy
William Thomas Molloy was a Canadian lawyer, treaty negotiator, and Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan. He was the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of Saskatchewan.
John Michael Sherlock
John Michael Sherlock was a Canadian bishop. the He was the Roman Catholic Bishop of London, Ontario, from July 8, 1978 to April 27, 2002. He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and raised in Brantford, Ontario. Second eldest of a family of eight, four of his five brothers also studied at the seminary. Two of them, Fr William Sherlock and Fr Philip Sherlock, were ordained priests.
Erik Nielsen
Erik Hersholt Nielsen was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon, and was Leader of the Opposition and the third deputy prime minister. He was the elder brother of actor Leslie Nielsen.
Art Linkletter
Arthur Gordon Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, which aired on NBC radio and television for 19 years. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.
James Le Jeune
James Le Jeune RHA was an Irish-Canadian artist who painted portraits, landscapes, and seascapes. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Le Jeune grew up in Dinard in Brittany and later in England. After serving in the British Army in Africa and Italy during World War II, he moved to Ireland in 1950, where he was a regular art exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy until a year before his death.
Otto Lang
Otto Emil Lang, is a Canadian lawyer and former politician.
Louis Riel, Sr.
Louis Riel Sr. (père) was a farmer, miller, Métis leader, and the father of Louis Riel.