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Famous people · Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Prince Albert’s famous people span 145 years: 81 births from 1856 to 2001
At the top of the list is the Canadian singer Jon Vickers, covered in 24 languages. Second and third on the list are Harry Jerome and Johnny Bower. Jon Vickers, the best known, was born in 1926. Since 1970, 33 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
81
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jon Vickers
24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1856
Tom Eck
Youngest
2001
Braden Schneider
Most common field
Sports
46 people
What stands out about Prince Albert’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Prince Albert’s famous people were born
The 1960s alone account for 13 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicFilm, TV & StageNotableBusinessMilitary
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
The best known
Born in Prince Albert
Two of the three are athletes.
#2Sports
Harry Jerome
1940–1982Canadian track and field runner
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Johnny Bower
1924–2017Canadian ice hockey player
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Prince Albert is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 times.
Compared with the usual town (everyone listed in Canadian towns, split by field). Tap a field to see the people in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Prince Albert
A further 78 follow, born between 1856 and 2001.
Carisa Hendrix
born 1987Canadian stunt performer, magician, and character comedienne
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Yvette Nolan
born 1961Canadian playwright, artistic director, stage director, actor, and educator
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Roger Parent
1953–2016Member of Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Ann Saddlemyer
born 1932Canadian literary critic, biographer and university admininstrator
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Questions about famous people from Prince Albert
Who is the most famous person from Prince Albert?
By our measure the best known is Jon Vickers (Canadian singer); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come Harry Jerome and Johnny Bower.
How many famous people were born in Prince Albert?
Wikidata counts 102 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Prince Albert known for?
They make up 57% here, compared with 38% across Canadian towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Prince Albert?
Tom Eck, born in 1856. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Prince Albert?
What counts is a birth that Wikidata places inside Prince Albert’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), its hospitals and districts too, and that the person’s English or French Wikipedia article repeats. Adult performers, people known chiefly for crimes and those who only lived here are not on the list.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up 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 (20)
- Harry Jerome: Travisl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Bower: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Cracknell: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Braden Schneider: Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Tralnberg: Swiss_Womens_curling_team_at_Olympics_2010.jpg : Jonathan Pope from Vancouver, Canada derivative work: Daryona, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Moe: Office of EPA Administrator, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Clayton Davis: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle Zatlyn: Collision Conf from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Parent: Leech44, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Todd Nelson: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carisa Hendrix: Aktrainman, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Yeo: AuroraHcky, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Kaitlin Willoughby: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Guard: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Peck: krh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brooke Hobson: johnnypuetz Productions, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Robson: Leech44, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Thistle: Bardocher, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Cuthbert: George Maillard Kesslére (1894-1979), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mona Gould: The Vancouver Province, Public domain, 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).