1955), smooth jazz guitarist Cassius Khan, Indian classical tabla player and ghazal singer, recipient of Salute to Excellence Award Samantha King, singer/songwriter Morgan Lander, singer/songwriter k.d. lang, singer/songwriter Ariane Mahrÿke Lemire, singer/songwriter Jens Lindemann, trumpet soloist Cameron Melnyk, lead singer of Canadian rock band State of Shock Big Miller, jazz and blues singer Maren Ord, singer/songwriter P.J. Perry, jazz saxophonist Quanteisha, singer Carmen Rasmusen (born 1985), country music artist Jan Randall, composer Alyssa Reid, singer/songwriter Shiloh, singer/songwriter Sean Nicholas Savage, indie singer/songwriter Jay Sparrow, singer/songwriter Mark Spicoluk (born 1979), musician Kreesha Turner, singer/songwriter Ella May Walker, composer Alfie Zappacosta, singer/songwriter Politicians William Humberstone (1836–1922), politician in Alberta, and a municipal councillor in Edmonton Don Iveson (born 1979), former mayor (predecessor to Amarjeet Sohi) Marcel Lambert (1919–2000), politician Stephen Mandel (born 1945), mayor Rachel Notley (born 1964), 17th Premier of Alberta Amarjeet Sohi (born 1964), Member of Parliament and Minister of Natural Resources, 2015–2019, and current mayor of the city of Edmonton. (As of October 2021) Writers and artists Will Beauchamp, filmmaker Ted Bishop, author of Riding with Rilke Andrew Brook (born 1943), philosopher, author of Kant and the Mind Gil Cardinal (1950–2015), filmmaker Judith Clute (born in Edmonton in 1942), painter, graphic designer, print-maker, and illustrator Patrick Cox (born 1963), shoe designer Gordon R. Dickson (1923–2001), science fiction writer Brion Gysin (1916–1986), artist and writer W. G. Hardy (1895–1979), professor, writer, ice hockey administrator, Member of the Order of Canada Peter Hide (born 1944), British-born sculptor, living in Edmonton since 1977 Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), Hollywood film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America Carl Honoré (born 1967), grew up in Edmonton; journalist and author of In Praise of Slowness Mel Hurtig (1932–2016), publisher, author, and politician Drew Karpyshyn (born 1971), video game scenario writer, scriptwriter, and novelist Conor Kerr (born 1988), author of Avenue of Champions W. P. Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe which became the film Field of Dreams; tournament Scrabble player Samuel Edward Konkin III, founder of the libertarian social philosophy agorism Myrna Kostash, writer of eight books including All of Baba's Children Stewart Lemoine, playwright Austin Mardon (born 1962), author, community leader and advocate for the disabled Iman Mersal, poet Ryan McCourt, visual artist Marshall McLuhan, recipient of numerous awards and appointments, pioneer of media theory Richard Newman, writer, broadcaster, and reality TV star, best known for participating in the seventh series of the