List of Famous people born in Saskatchewan, Canada

Roger Parent

First Name Roger
Last Name Parent
Born on July 21, 1953
Died on November 29, 2016 (aged 63)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

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.

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Paul Meger

First Name Paul
Last Name Meger
Born on February 17, 1929
Died on August 27, 2019 (aged 90)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

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.

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Jeremy Wotherspoon

First Name Jeremy
Last Name Wotherspoon
Born on October 26, 1976 (age 49)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time.

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W. Thomas Molloy

First Name W.
Last Name Molloy
Born on July 27, 1940
Died on July 2, 2019 (aged 78)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

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.

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John Michael Sherlock

First Name John
Last Name Sherlock
Born on January 20, 1926
Died on August 12, 2019 (aged 93)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

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.

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Erik Nielsen

First Name Erik
Last Name Nielsen
Born on February 24, 1924
Died on September 4, 2008 (aged 84)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

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.

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Art Linkletter

First Name Art
Born on July 17, 1912
Died on May 26, 2010 (aged 97)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

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.

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James Le Jeune

First Name James
Last Name Jeune
Born on May 24, 1910
Died on January 29, 1983 (aged 72)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

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.

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Otto Lang

First Name Otto
Last Name Lang
Born on May 14, 1932 (age 93)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Otto Emil Lang, is a Canadian lawyer and former politician.

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Louis Riel, Sr.

First Name Louis
Last Name Sr.
Born on July 7, 1817
Died on January 21, 1864 (aged 46)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Louis Riel Sr. (père) was a farmer, miller, Métis leader, and the father of Louis Riel.

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