#1Sports
Colton Parayko
born 1993Canadian ice hockey defenceman
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · St. Albert, Alberta
Of the 51 famous people born in St. Albert, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the Canadian ice hockey defenceman Colton Parayko, with articles in 21 languages. Second and third on the list are Marc Kennedy and Rayan Elloumi. More than half were born since 1970, 44 in all. Only 5 of the 154 towns in Alberta with anyone on record list more.
Born here
51
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Colton Parayko
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1916
Joe Benoit
Youngest
2007
Rayan Elloumi
Most common field
Sports
39 people
What stands out about St. Albert’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When St. Albert’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 18.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotableBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What St. Albert is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
The best known
Born in St. Albert
The three best known are all athletes.
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#3Sports
Rayan Elloumi
born 2007Tunisian-Canadian soccer player
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in St. Albert
48 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from St. Albert
Who is the most famous person from St. Albert?
By our measure the best known is Colton Parayko (Canadian ice hockey defenceman); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Marc Kennedy and Rayan Elloumi.
How many famous people were born in St. Albert?
Wikidata places 65 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is St. Albert known for?
76% here, set against 38% for Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from St. Albert?
The earliest is Joe Benoit, born in 1916, and the latest birth listed is 2007.
Who counts as from St. Albert?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside St. Albert’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
Wikidata may give their birthplace only as Canada or a province, as a rural area or hamlet without a page here, or as another town; or their article may name a different place, or none. Only people both sources agree on are listed, and a fix on Wikidata or Wikipedia shows up here at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (26)
- Colton Parayko: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Kennedy: Fabien Perissinotto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rayan Elloumi: IDontHaveSkype, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyson Jost: Neverflynch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Holden: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Mahura: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Stanton: Leech44, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Bouchard: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Savoie: Mike Zitek/AHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emanuel Viveiros: Alex Micheu Photography from VILLACH, Austria, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Kinasewich: Ex13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Iveson: Dave Cournoyer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimiko Zakreski: LG전자, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Cooper: Mmagrak, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carsen Twarynski: Jenn G, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Joyal: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamara Oudenaarden: Robert Thivierge, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Ewanyk: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Hodge: Brent Hodge, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carolyn Murray: Doma-w, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Mungall: Longbomb / Wilson Wong, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arinn Young: Hawkeye7, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Lysak: DMighton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Landon Bow: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tanner Doll: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline O'Neill: U.S. Institute of Peace, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).