This is a list of notable people who are from Saskatchewan, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.
A Velma Abbott (1929–1987) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Mark Abley – writer Dan Achen – guitarist, producer, co-founder of alternative rock band Junkhouse Mel Angelstad – professional ice hockey player Hazen Argue – politician, Senator, MP, Cabinet Minister Colby Armstrong – NHL hockey player with Toronto Maple Leafs Riley Armstrong – NHL hockey player with Detroit Red Wings Brent Ashton – former NHL hockey player Dick Assman – gas station attendant facetiously given fame on the David Letterman television show Calvin Ayre – founder of Bodog
B Mike Babcock – head coach of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs; head coach of Canadian Ice Hockey Olympic team, 2012; head coach of Canadian Ice Hockey World Cup team, 2016 Lorne Babiuk – director, VIDO Garnet Bailey – NHL forward, died on United Airlines Flight 175 Mike Bales – hockey player J. G. Ballard – English novelist and short story writer Molly Lyons Bar-David - journalist, cookbook author Burke Barlow – musician Doris Barr (1921–2009) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Wade Belak (1976–2011) – former NHL player with Nashville Predators Catherine Bennett (born 1920) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Red Berenson – Team Canada 1972, former NHL player and coach; head coach of the University of Michigan's ice hockey team Todd Bergen – hockey player Sarah Binks – fictional character created by Paul Hiebert, in whose gently satirical biography Regina figures as the rustic's metropolis Byron Bitz – former professional hockey player Randy Black – drummer for Primal Fear Trevor Blackwell – entrepreneur Mike Blaisdell – former NHL player Allan Blakeney – former Premier of Saskatchewan Derek Boogaard (1982–2011) – former NHL hockey player with New York Rangers Mike Botha – master diamond cutter Ray Boughen – former mayor, current Member of Parliament for the riding of Palliser Johnny Bower – hockey goaltender Bob Boyer – visual artist, elder, university professor Tyler Bozak – NHL player Beverley Breuer – actor whose credits include Scary Movie 4 Dave Brown – former NHL player Sidney Buckwold – former mayor of Saskatoon David Luther Burgess – World War I pilot and politician Garth Butcher – NHL player Brent Butt – actor
C Hugh Cairns – World War I soldier awarded the Victoria Cross Jock Callander – IHL all-time scoring leader Lorne Calvert – Premier of Saskatchewan (2001–2007) Earl Cameron – broadcaster Scotty Cameron – hockey player Ethel Catherwood – Olympic medallist Emily Clark – Olympic hockey player Wendel Clark – former professional hockey player Lawrence Clarke – HBC official Reggie Cleveland – World Series-starting baseball pitcher Kim Coates (born 1958) – Canadian/American actor, Sons of Anarchy; born in Saskatoon Terry Cochrane – Canadian football player John Comiskey – football player Neil Stanley Crawford – politician and jazz musician
D Mark Dacey – 2004 Brier Champion Rod Dallman – hockey player Charlie David – actor Spencer Davis – general foreman Stu Davis – country & western singer/songwriter, recording artist, television and radio host Thomas Osborne Davis – politician Scott Deibert – former Canadian football player Graham DeLaet – professional golfer Ivor Dent – politician Phyllis Dewar – Olympic swimmer John Diefenbaker – former Prime Minister of Canada Robert Dirk – former NHLer Ken Doraty – former National Hockey League player Shirley Douglas – actor, daughter of T.C. Douglas; mother of Kiefer Sutherland T.C. Douglas – CCF premier 1944–1961; later leader of the federal New Democratic Party Rick Ducommun – actor Duke Dukowski – former NHLer Mathew Dumba – ice hockey player
E Jordan Eberle – NHL player for the New York Islanders Murray Edwards – one of the richest Canadians Michael Eklund – actor Dan Ellis – NHL goaltender with Florida Panthers Shane Endicott – former NHL hockey player
F Joe Fafard – sculptor and artist Sylvia Fedoruk – scientist, former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Feist (full name Leslie Feist) – singer-songwriter best known for her 2007 hit single "1234" Larry Fisher – murderer of Gail Miller Robert Fleming – composer, pianist, organist, choirmaster, and teacher Emile Francis – former National Hockey League player and coach Lisa Franks – Paralympic athlete Don Freed – singer/songwriter Dawna Friesen – newscaster Jackie Friesen – assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team Pete Friesen – guitar player for Alice Cooper, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and The Almighty Gayleen Froese – author Wes Funk – writer
G Michael Garnett – former NHL goaltender with the Atlanta Thrashers Chris Getzlaf – CFL player Ryan Getzlaf – NHL player Clark Gillies – former National Hockey League player Joanna Glass – playwright Glenda Goertzen – author Bruce Gordon – athlete and detective sergeant Dirk Graham – NHL player Thelma Grambo – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Mary Greyeyes (1920–2011) – first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces Michael Greyeyes – actor, born in Saskatchewan Roland Groome – first licensed commercial pilot in Canada Tom Grummett – comic book artist Eric Gryba – NHL player with the Edmonton Oilers Peter Gzowski – resided in Moose Jaw in 1957
H Chris Hajt – professional ice hockey player, Lukko Emmett Hall – former Supreme Court Justice Stu Hart – professional wrestling patriarch Scott Hartnell – NHL player Ellie Harvie – actress; portrayed Morticia on The New Addams Family; was raised in Prince Albert Dale Henry – hockey player Jamie Heward – NHL player Bill Hicke – NHL player with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Oakland Seals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins Douglas Hill – author Ray Hnatyshyn – former Governor General of Canada Randy Hoback – politician Braden Holtby – NHL goaltender Gustin House – Lyell Gustin, decades-long teacher of many eminent pianists province-wide Stan Hovdebo – politician and educator Gordie Howe – former NHL and WHA hockey player Bill Hunter (died 2002) – ice hockey entrepreneur
I Roger Ing – artist Into Eternity – progressive metal band Dick Irvin Jr. – Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster James Isbister – Métis leader
J Honoré Jackson – Métis leader Tom Jackson – actor and folk singer Colin James – six-time Juno Award-winning blues-rock musician Harry Jerome – sprinter Christine Jewitt (born 1926) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Arleene Johnson (born 1924) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Marguerite Jones (1917–1995) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Daisy Junor (1919–2012) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
K Connie Kaldor – singer Miklos Kanitz – Holocaust survivor Ryan Keller – NHL hockey player, Ottawa Senators Donald M. Kendrick – Calgary native, choral conductor and teacher at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in the 1970s Dave King – university and NHL hockey coach Chester Knight – Canadian folk singer-songwriter Joy Kogawa – author and poet Kirk Krack – freediver Darcy Kuemper – goalie for the NHL franchise Minnesota Wild Chris Kunitz – NHL player Kaylyn Kyle – member of the Canada women's national soccer team
L John Henderson Lamont – Supreme Court Justice Annette Lapointe – writer Regan Lauscher – luge champion James Le Jeune (born 1910) – painter, born in Saskatoon Catriona Le May Doan – speed skater, Olympic medallist Curtis Leschyshyn – former NHL hockey player Brock Lesnar – professional wrestler currently signed with WWE; residence in Regina Sarah Lind – actor Art Linkletter – radio and television host of Art Linkletter's House Party Reed Low – former NHL player Trey Lyles – professional basketball player
M Keith Magnuson (died 2003) – former NHL hockey player, Chicago Blackhawks Charles Mair – poet Kevin Mambo – actor and musician Tyler Mane – former pro wrestler and actor Yann Martel – Booker Prize-winning author Tatiana Maslany – actress Mike Maurer – CFL fullback Chris McAllister – former NHL hockey player Bud McCaig – co-owner of the Calgary Flames Ethel McCreary – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Brad McCrimmon – former NHL player and coach Mick McGeough – NHL referee Frances Gertrude McGill – pioneering forensic pathologist and criminologist Thomas McKay – politician and farmer Mark McMorris – professional snowboarder Gail Miller – victim murder by Larry Fisher, for which David Milgaard was falsely convicted Gerry Minor – former NHLer Mike Mintenko – Commonwealth Games swimmer David Mitchell – National Lacrosse League player Joni Mitchell – musician, artist Ken Mitchell – author, member of the Order of Canada Allan Moffat – racing car driver and four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000
Blair Morgan – motocross/snowcross athlete Keith Morrison – former NBC television news anchor Brenden Morrow – retired NHL hockey player Farley Mowat – novelist Jerome Mrazek – hockey player Scott Munroe – American Hockey League player Garth Murray – NHL player
N Steve Nash – former professional basketball player and head coach of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets Zarqa Nawaz – creator of the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie Carey Nelson – long-distance runner Jeff Nelson – hockey player Darin Nesbitt – professor at Douglas College Ted Newall – entrepreneur Erik Nielsen – federal politician, former deputy prime minister Leslie Nielsen – actor whose credits include Airplane!, Naked Gun and Scary Movie 4 Tanner Novlan – actor whose credits include The Bold and the Beautiful
O Fergie Olver – Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Paul Owen – cricketer
P Ryan Parent – hockey player Donny Parenteau – country music singer, songwriter, and musician Denis Pederson – hockey player Michael Peers – Archbishop of Qu'Appelle; Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1986–2004 Michaela Pereira – former CNN anchor, HLN anchor Janet Perkin (1921–2012) – professional baseball and curling player Krista Phillips – professional basketball player (former University of Michigan Women's Basketball player) Rich Pilon – former NHL hockey player "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) (died 2015) – professional wrestler and film actor Jason Plumb – popular musician formerly with the Waltons Logan Pyett – AHL player (Detroit Red Wings organization) and member of gold medal-winning Team Canada in 2005–2006 (U18 Junior World Cup) and 2007–2008 (World Junior Championship)
R Wade Redden – NHL defenceman Doug Redl – Canadian football player Scott Redl – Canadian football player Drew Remenda – TV colour analyst for the San Jose Sharks and radio show host Chico Resch – former National Hockey League goalie Kyle Riabko – actor and musician Erika Ritter – playwright and broadcaster Jessica Robinson – country music singer Jim Robson – broadcaster Roy Romanow – former Premier of Saskatchewan Martha Rommelaere (1922–2011) – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Terry Ruskowski – hockey player
S William Sarjeant – geology professor and author Fred Sasakamoose – first Canadian Aboriginal National Hockey League player Brayden Schenn – NHL hockey player with Philadelphia Flyers Luke Schenn – NHL hockey player with Arizona Coyotes Sandra Schmirler (1963–2000) – former curler, 3 time Canadian champion, 3 time World Champion, 1998 Olympic Games gold medallist Karl Schubach – vocalist of metalcore band Misery Signals Thomas Walter Scott – first Premier of Saskatchewan Jack Semple – blues guitarist Shiloh – singer Mike Sillinger – NHL player Brian Skrudland – former NHL hockey forward, two-time Stanley Cup Champion