#1Film, TV & Stage
Leslie Nielsen
1926–2010Canadian-American actor and comedian
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Famous people · Regina
Of the 456 famous people born in Regina, an unusual share are athletes
Most widely known is Leslie Nielsen, the Canadian-American actor and comedian, with articles in 78 languages. The largest group, 178, was born since 1970. Births span 1886 to 2003, from Arthur LeRoy Smith to Corson Ceulemans. No other town in Saskatchewan lists as many.
Born here
456
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Leslie Nielsen
78 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1886
Arthur LeRoy Smith
Youngest
2003
Corson Ceulemans
Most common field
Sports
276 people
What stands out about Regina’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Regina
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Tatiana Maslany
born 1985Canadian actress
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Maye Musk
born 1948Canadian-South African model and dietitian
34 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Regina’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 84 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineNotableBusinessFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born. The 400 best known are plotted.
Known for
What Regina is known for
Regina has 1.6× the usual share of athletes.
Each field is set against the usual town, its share among everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap one to see who is in it.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Regina
453 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Brian Johns
born 1982Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist, former world record-holder
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Erica Morningstar
born 1989Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
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Georgette Reed
born 1967Canadian Olympic athlete and Athletic Director at Capilano University
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Dave Plummer
born 1968Canadian-American ex-Microsoft programmer, youtuber and entrepreneur
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Questions about famous people from Regina
Who is the most famous person from Regina?
Leslie Nielsen (Canadian-American actor and comedian) heads the list, ranked by how many Wikipedias cover them. Next come Tatiana Maslany and Maye Musk.
How many famous people were born in Regina?
Wikidata counts 576 born here, but only those an article confirms are listed.
What is Regina known for?
Across Canadian towns the figure is 38%; here, 61%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Regina?
The earliest is Arthur LeRoy Smith, born in 1886, and the latest birth listed is 2003.
Who counts as from Regina?
Two sources must agree: Wikidata, placing the birth inside Regina’s city limits (the city’s 2021 census subdivision) or one of its hospitals or districts, and the person’s English or French Wikipedia article. Moving here later is not enough, and adult performers and people known chiefly for crimes are not listed. A neighbourhood page lists only births recorded in that neighbourhood; someone recorded as born just “in Toronto”, “in Montréal” or another split city stays on the city’s page.
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 (92)
- Leslie Nielsen: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tatiana Maslany: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maye Musk: Luan Luu, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elyse Levesque: sean.koo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark McMorris: Adamburwell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Getzlaf: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Kunitz: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Eberle: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cas Anvar: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Devan Dubnyk: Sarah Connors, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Parker: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Makowsky: Robert Thivierge, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Hebert: Fabien Perissinotto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethan Bear: Tlop2000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Harding: Kaiser matias, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Warsylewicz: McSmit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Meaghan Mikkelson Reid: Genevieve2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Hartnell: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Bozak: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin James: kennyphoto1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fran Huck: St. Louis Blues, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Nash: Wilson Wong (Wikipedia Longbomb ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mervin Tran: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Millin: Evans, J L (Capt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Heward: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Archibald: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kali Christ: Robert Thivierge, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Oystrick: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Renee Rosnes: KSMF Webmaster, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Britton: Ray Rogers from Novato, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tanner Glass: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Selinger: US Mission Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harmon Jones: trailer screenshot (20th Century Fox), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Sillinger: Sean Russell from Knoxville, TN, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Carson: Anders H Foto, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kale Clague: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Harper: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Matysio: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andi Naude: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Curt Bennett: Atlanta Flames, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Wickenheiser: New York Rangers / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Goodale: UK Home Office, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Berenson: Gobluewolf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Surjik: S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Turner: Chicago Blackhawks / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Mikkelson: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Kramer: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erica Morningstar: Robert Thivierge (Thivierr), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrett Mitchell: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Garth Murray: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Ulmer: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Ryan: Mike Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Klimchuk: Tricia Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Perras: Mef.ellingen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Pratt: Jake Kills, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Maslany: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Beckie: Soccerfriend2716, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunc Fisher: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hunter: Bob Anderson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- N. Murray Edwards: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan MacMurchy: Alex Micheu Photography from VILLACH, Austria, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Deverell: Lorenkirkby, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Flemming: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cortney Mansour: Luu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Focht: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lana Popham: BC NDP, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lou Jankowski: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Meaghan Simister: Robert Thivierge, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Murray Balfour: TGC-Topps Gum Cards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vaughn Solomon Schofield: LGNSComms, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Staley: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Covington: Rights NRAO/AUI/NSF Photographer Woodruff T. Sullivan III Photo Credit NRAO/AUI Archives, Sullivan Collection, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bonnie Baker: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corson Ceulemans: SecretName101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Miller: Chicago Tribune, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erwin Lutzer: Moody Church Media, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Weger: adrian8_8, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Krysten Boogaard: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Mueller: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mick McGeough: Colorado_Avalanche_v_Phoenix_Coyotes,_Jobing.com_Arena.jpg : Beauty Playin 'Eh derivative work: Connormah, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nikki Todd: Dcl248, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rich Preston: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tesher: Neha.sharma.mjj, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Charbonneau: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur LeRoy Smith: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Burns: Pierregun, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cam Broten: DanielPaquet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Munro: Official RCTI, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Walter: Plaidman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Hemingway: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connie Kaldor: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daisy Junor: State Library and Archives of Florida, 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).