Stephanie Labbé (born 1986), soccer goalkeeper for the Canadian Women's National Team, Olympic Gold Medalist Erin McLeod (born 1983), soccer goalkeeper, Olympic bronze medalist Tosaint Ricketts (born 1987), soccer player Wrestler Chris Benoit (1967–2007), professional wrestler Gene Kiniski (1928–2010), professional wrestler Others Ewan Beaton (born 1969), judoka Gary Beck (born 1941), two-time world champion drag racer and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Art Boileau (born 1957), Olympic marathon runner Robin Clegg (born 1977), biathlete Michelle Conn (born 1963), field hockey player Robert Easton (born 1960 or 1961), Paralympian, wheelchair athlete, won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics David Ford (born 1967), kayaker Forrest Gainer (born 1979), rugby union player Blythe Hartley (born 1982), diver Ed Kucy (born 1971), CFL player Jason MacDonald (born 1975), UFC fighter Mildred Warwick McAuley (1922–2006), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player; wife of Ken McAuley Chuba Hubbard (born 1999), NFL running back Rod Phillips (born 1941), radio broadcaster for 630 CHED Annamay Pierse (born 1983), swimmer born in Toronto and raised in Edmonton John "Red" Pollard (1909–1981), jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit Doug Pruden, multiple world records in push ups Mike Robertson (born 1985), snowboarder Alison Sydor (born 1966), cross country mountain cyclist Scientists John Acorn, naturalist, lecturer at the University of Alberta, research associate at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, and research associate at the E.H. Strickland Entomology Museum Karl Clark (1888–1966), University of Alberta professor and inventor of oil sands extraction technology Werner Israel (born 1931), physicist Raymond Lemieux (1920–2000), organic chemist Diane Loranger geologist, paleantologist Jordan Peterson (born 1962), clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto Gary Purdy (born 1936), materials scientist and engineer, professor Gordon Walter Semenoff (born 1953), theoretical physicist See also List of people from British Columbia List of people from Calgary List of people from Montreal List of people from Ontario List of people from Quebec List of people from Quebec City List of people from Toronto List of people from Vancouver References External links Edmonton toasts 100 top citizens of past century Edmonton Edmonton People