Born in Calgary

Calgary is the third-largest city in Canada and the heart of the fifth-largest metro area. The city in the province of Alberta is a economic centre and has the highest number of millionaires per capita of any major Canadian city. Calgary hosted the Olympic Winter Games 1988 and is considered to be one of the most livable cities in the world. Try to name these famous people, who are born in Calgary.

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Designer of the Canadian flag

1907

George Stanley

Diplomat, best known for his role during the Iran hostage crisis when he was the Canadian ambassador to Iran

1934

Ken Taylor

Founder and lead designer of the Java programming language

1955

James Gosling

Singer, "Could I Be Your Girl" "Insensitive"

1962

Jann Arden

Former quarterback who won two Super Bowls with the Washington Redskins, he was the first Canadian-born quarterback to start in the NFL and to be named Super Bowl MVP

1962

Mark Rypien

U.S. Senator from Texas since 2013

1970

Ted Cruz

Minister of Employment and Workforce Development since 2019

1971

Carla Qualtrough

Billionaire and co-founder of Uber

1978

Garrett Camp

Actress, known for her role as Lois Lane in "Smallville"

1978

Erica Durance

Former footballer who played for Köln, Heart of Midlothian and the Canadian national team

1980

Kevin McKenna

Former footballer who played for Bayern Munich, Manchester United and the English national team

1981

Owen Hargreaves

Actress, "24" "The Girl Next Door" "The Ranch"

1982

Elisha Cuthbert

Actor, known for his role as Finn Hudson in "Glee", he died at the age of 31 from an alcohol and heroin overdose

1982

Cory Monteith

Actress and singer, winner of the third season of Canadian Idol and known for her role as Lucy Chen on "The Rookie"

1988

Melissa O'Neil

Singer, "Hideaway" "What Is Love"

1989

Kiesza

Ice hockey left winger who plays for the Carolina Hurricanes and has won the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2018

1991

Taylor Hall

Ice hockey right winger who plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Swedish national team

1996

William Nylander

Footballer who plays for AC Milan and the English national team

1997

Fikayo Tomori

Ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche

1998

Cale Makar

Singer, "You Broke Me First" "She's all i wanna be"

2003

Tate McRae

Ski jumper and first Canadian to win a golde medal at the World Championships

2004

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