List of people from Regina, Saskatchewan

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Notable persons who were born, grew up in or established their fame in Regina, Saskatchewan:

A[]

  • Velma Abbott (1929–1987), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player'
  • Dan Achen, guitarist, producer, co-founder of alternative rock band Junkhouse
  • Dick Assman, gas station attendant facetiously given fame on the David Letterman television show

B[]

  • Joseph Baggaley (c. 1884–1918) trade unionist
  • Bonnie Baker (1918–2003), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Staff Barootes (1918–2000), Senator
  • Doris Barr (1921–2009), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Ethan Bear, hockey player in the NHL currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers
  • Catherine Bennett (born 1920), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Red Berenson, Team Canada 1972, former NHL player and coach, Head Coach of the University of Michigan Ice Hockey Team
  • Mike Blaisdell, former NHL player
  • Ronald Bloore, Regina Five artist
  • Bob Boyer, visual artist, elder, university professor
  • Tyler Bozak, NHL player
  • Beverley Breuer, actor whose credits include Scary Movie 4
  • Garth Butcher, NHL player

C[]

D[]

  • Charlie David, actor
  • Stu Davis, (aka "Canada's Cowboy Troubadour"), singer/guitarist, known internationally for songwriting, recordings, radio and television
  • Robert Dirk, former NHLer
  • Shirley Douglas, actor, daughter of T.C. Douglas; mother of Kiefer Sutherland
  • T.C. Douglas, CCF premier 1944–1961; later leader of the federal New Democratic Party
  • Duke Dukowski, former NHLer

E[]

  • Jordan Eberle, NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers and New York Islanders
  • Murray Edwards, one of the richest Canadians
  • Jack Engle, hot rodder and custom camshaft grinder, founder of Engle Cams (to American parents)

F[]

  • Joe Fafard, sculptor and artist
  • Holly Fay, painter
  • Leanne Franson, cartoonist and illustrator
  • Jackie Friesen, assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team

G[]

H[]

  • Jack Hamilton (1886–1976), Canadian ice hockey and multi-sport executive[1]
  • Kevin Hanson, basketball player and coach
  • Trevor Herriot a naturalist and writer
  • Scott Hartnell, NHL player
  • Kyle Herranen, interdisciplinary artist
  • Jamie Heward, NHL player
  • Bill Hicke, NHL player with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Oakland Seals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Risa Horowitz, visual and media artist

I[]

  • Roger Ing, painter
  • Into Eternity, progressive metal band
  • Dick Irvin, Jr., hockey broadcaster

J[]

  • Colin James (born 1964), singer. James has won seven Juno Awards
  • Christine Jewitt (born 1926), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Arleene Johnson (1924–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Marguerite Jones (1917–1995), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Daisy Junor (1919–2012), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

K[]

  • Connie Kaldor, singer-songwriter
  • Augustus Kenderdine, painter
  • Donald M. Kendrick, Calgary native, choral conductor and teacher at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in the 1970s
  • Roy Kiyooka, painter
  • Morgan Klimchuk, AHL player for the Belleville Senators
  • Chris Kunitz, NHL player
  • kris kramer, actor

L[]

  • Michelle LaVallee, curator, artist, and educator
  • Elyse Levesque, actress, born and raised in Regina
  • Sarah Lind, actor
  • Kenneth Lochhead, Regina Five artist
  • Andrea Ludwig, soprano

M[]

N[]

  • Steve Nash, former basketball player and head basketball coach
  • Zarqa Nawaz, creator of the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie
  • Erik Nielsen, federal politician, former deputy prime minister
  • Leslie Nielsen, actor whose credits include Airplane!, three Naked Gun movies and Scary Movie 3

O[]

P[]

  • Michael Peers, Archbishop of Qu'Appelle; Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1986–2004
  • Janet Perkin (1921–2012), professional baseball and curling player
  • Al Pickard (1895–1975), Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee[2][3]
  • Jason Plumb, popular musician formerly with the Waltons
  • David Plummer, software engineer for Microsoft MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
  • Edward Poitras, multimedia artist
  • Logan Pyett, AHL player and member of gold-medal winning Team Canada in 2005–2006 (U18 Junior World Cup) and 2007–08 (World Junior Championship)

R[]

  • Erika Ritter, playwright and broadcaster
  • Martha Rommelaere (1922–2011), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Jon Ryan (1982), NFL player

S[]

  • Karl Schubach, vocalist of metalcore band Misery Signals
  • Stu Scheurwater, Current Major League Baseball Umpire
  • Jack Semple, blues guitarist
  • Lyldoll, singer
  • Andy Shauf, musician
  • Mike Sillinger, NHL player
  • Charley Stis (1884–1979), professional baseball player, manager and umpire
  • Leesa Streifler, multimedia artist
  • Stephen Surjik, television and motion picture director whose credits include The Kids in the Hall and Wayne's World 2

T[]

  • Dione Taylor, jazz singer

V[]

  • Darren Veitch, former NHL player

W[]

  • Mildred Warwick (1922–2006), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Elizabeth Wicken (1927–2011), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
  • Doug Wickenheiser (1961–99), NHL player

Y[]

  • Steven Yeun, actor

References[]

  1. ^ "Hall of Famer: Jack Hamilton". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. 1972. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Bob (2005). Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside. p. 350. ISBN 1-55041-855-6.
  3. ^ "Pickard, Allan — Biography — Honoured Builder". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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