List of people from Regina, Saskatchewan

This is a list of notable persons who were born, grew up in or spent a portion of their life and/or career in Regina, Saskatchewan.

A

• Velma Abbott (1929–1987), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Dan Achen, guitarist, producer, co-founder of alternative rock band Junkhouse
• Josh Archibald, professional ice hockey player for the Tampa Bay Lightning

B

• Joseph Baggaley (c. 1884–1918), trade unionist
• Bonnie Baker (1918–2003), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Henry Baker, former Regina mayor, former Member of Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
• Staff Barootes (1918–2000), Senator
• Doris Barr (1921–2009), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Ethan Bear, hockey player in the NHL currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks
• Carla Beck, Member of Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, current Leader of the Official Opposition
• Drew Beckie, soccer player[1]
• 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 Ice Hockey Team
• Mike Blaisdell, former NHL player
• Allan Blakeney, former Premier of Saskatchewan
• Ronald Bloore, Regina Five artist
• Bob Boyer, visual artist, elder, university professor
• Tyler Bozak, NHL player
• Beverley Breuer, actor whose credits include Scary Movie 4
• Ivan Brown, CFL player
• Jake Burt, Regina-born CFL player
• Garth Butcher, NHL player

C

• Jock Callander, IHL all-time scoring leader
• Moises Canales-Lavigne, Journalist, Weather Anchor[2]
• Ruth Chambers, sculptor
• Kale Clague, NHL player
• Dan Clark, CFL player
• Jason Clermont, CFL player
• Terry Cochrane, Canadian football player
• Martha Cole, fabric artist
• Meara Conway, Member of Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly

D

• Charlie David, actor
• Stu Davis (1921-2007), aka "Canada's Cowboy Troubadour”); singer/guitarist, known internationally for songwriting, recordings, radio and television
• Robert Dirk, former NHLer
• Mark Docherty, politician
• 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
• Dave Dryburgh (1908–1948), Scotland-born sports journalist for The Leader-Post and Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee[3][4]
• Duke Dukowski, former NHLer
• Matt Dumba, NHL player for the Arizona Coyotes
• Darren Dutchyshen (1966–2024), sports broadcaster and SportsCentre anchor for TSN

E

• Jordan Eberle, NHL player and alternate captain for the Seattle Kraken
• Murray Edwards, one of the richest Canadians
• Jack Engle, hot rodder and custom camshaft grinder, founder of Engle Cams (to American parents)
• Zack Evans, CFL player

F

• Joe Fafard, sculptor and artist
• Holly Fay, painter
• Scott Flory, current University of Saskatchewan Football head coach, former CFL player
• Stu Foord, CFL player
• Jaxon Ford, Canadian football player
• Leanne Franson, cartoonist and illustrator
• Jackie Friesen, assistant coach with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team

G

• Genevieve George (1927–2002), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Tamon George, Canadian football player
• Chris Getzlaf, CFL player
• Ryan Getzlaf, NHL player
• Ted Godwin, Regina Five artist
• Ralph Goodale, politician
• Dirk Graham, NHL player
• Gordon Grant, politician
• Roland Groome, first licensed commercial pilot in Canada

H

• Josh Hagerty, CFL player
• Jack Hamilton (1886–1976), Canadian ice hockey and multi-sport executive[5]
• Kevin Hanson, basketball player and coach
• Cory Harrower, Paralympic wheelchair basketball player
• Scott Hartnell, NHL player
• Mike Hasenfratz, ice hockey referee[6]
• Ben Hebert, curler
• Ben Heenan, CFL player
• Kyle Herranen, interdisciplinary artist
• Trevor Herriot, naturalist and writer
• Jamie Heward, NHL player
• Bill Hicke, NHL player with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Oakland Seals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins
• Jim Hopson, CFL player and executive
• Risa Horowitz, visual and media artist
• Neal Hughes, CFL player
• Nick Hutchins, Canadian football player
• Bill Hutchinson, politician

I

• Roger Ing, painter
• Into Eternity, progressive metal band
• Dick Irvin, Jr., hockey broadcaster

J

• Colin James (born 1964), singer. James has won seven Juno Awards
• Christine Jewitt (1926–2018), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Arleene Johnson (1924–2017), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Evan Johnson, CFL 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-songwriter
• Matt Kellett, CFL player
• Augustus Kenderdine, painter
• Donald M. Kendrick, Calgary native, choral conductor and teacher at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, in the 1970s
• Roy Kiyooka, painter
• Morgan Klimchuk, AHL player for the Belleville Senators
• Marty Klyne, Canadian Senator
• Rory Kohlert, CFL player
• Chris Kramer, actor
• Serge Kujawa, politician
• Chris Kunitz, NHL player

L

• Michelle LaVallee, curator, artist, and educator
• Brayden Lenius, CFL player
• Elyse Levesque, actress, born and raised in Regina
• Sarah Lind, actor
• Dwain Lingenfelter, politician
• Kenneth Lochhead, Regina Five artist
• Andrea Ludwig, soprano
• Lyldoll, singer

M

• Jeannie Mah, ceramic artist
• Gene Makowsky, current Member of Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, former CFL player
• John Joseph "Jack" Malone, ace fighter pilot in WWI, lived in Regina before enlisting
• Ted Malone, former Member of Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, former Leader of the Opposition
• Russ Marchuk, politician
• Dianne Martin, lawyer
• Daniel Maslany, actor
• Tatiana Maslany, actress
• Mike Maurer, CFL player
• Warren McCall, former Member of Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
• Ethel McCreary, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Mick McGeough, NHL referee
• Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering forensic pathologist and criminologist
• Arthur McKay, Regina Five artist
• Jackie McLeod, ice hockey and baseball player, inductee into the IIHF Hall of Fame[7]
• Craig McMorris, snowboarder
• Don McMorris, politician
• Mark McMorris, snowboarding, bronze medalist winter Olympic winner on 2018 Winter Olympics Pyeongchang and 18 time Xgames medalist
• Gerry Minor, former NHL player
• Douglas Morton, Regina Five artist
• Marc Mueller, CFL coach
• Garth Murray, NHL player
• Ryan Murray, NHL player
• Maye Musk, model and mother of entrepreneur Elon Musk

N

• Steve Nash, former basketball player and head basketball coach
• Zarqa Nawaz, creator of the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie
• Patrick Neufeld, CFL player
• Erik Nielsen, federal politician, former deputy prime minister
• Leslie Nielsen, actor whose credits include Airplane!, three Naked Gun movies and Scary Movie 3
• John Nilson, politician

O

• Jeremy O'Day, current CFL executive, former CFL player
• Paul Owen, cricketer

P

• Yens Pedersen, politician
• Michael Peers, Archbishop of Qu'Appelle; Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1986–2004
• Janet Perkin (1921–2012), professional baseball and curling player
• Al Pickard (1895–1975), Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee[8][9]
• Jason Plumb, popular musician formerly with the Waltons
• David Plummer, software engineer for Microsoft MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
• Edward Poitras, multimedia artist
• Logan Pyett, AHL player and member of gold medal-winning Team Canada in 2005–2006 (U18 Junior World Cup) and 2007–08 (World Junior Championship)
• Wayne Pyne (1917-2004), football player

R

• Roger Reinson, CFL player
• Addison Richards, CFL player
• Erika Ritter, playwright and broadcaster
• Martha Rommelaere (1922–2011), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Jon Ryan (1982), NFL and CFL player
• Metro Rybchuk, politician

S

• Johnny Sandison, radio personality, weather presenter
• Nicole Sarauer, Saskatchewan MLA and former Leader of the Official Opposition
• Andrew Scheer, politician
• Stu Scheurwater, Current Major League Baseball Umpire
• Karl Schubach, vocalist of metalcore band Misery Signals
• Jack Semple, blues guitarist
• Andy Shauf, musician
• Mike Sillinger, NHL player
• Louise Simard, politician
• Kolten Solomon, former professional Canadian football player
• Randy Srochenski, CFL player
• Charley Stis (1884–1979), professional baseball player, manager and umpire
• Leesa Streifler, multimedia artist
• Stephen Surjik, television and motion picture director whose credits include The Kids in the Hall and Wayne's World 2

T

• Tesher, Singer
• Dione Taylor, jazz singer
• Ed Tchorzewski, politician
• Andrew Thomson, politician
• Kim Trew, politician

V

• Harry Van Mulligen, politician
• Darren Veitch, former NHL player

W

• Mildred Warwick (1922–2006), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Elizabeth Wicken (1927–2011), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Doug Wickenheiser (1961–99), NHL player
• Wade Wilson
• Paul Woldu, CFL player
• Trent Wotherspoon, politician

X

Y

• Kevin Yates, politician

Z

See also

• List of people from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
• List of people from Saskatoon

References

1. "Drew Beckie". Major League Soccer. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
2. https://globalnews.ca/author/moises-canales-lavigne/
3. "Boating accident takes life of Dave Dryburgh". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. July 12, 1948. p. 1.; "Boating accident (Continued from page 1)". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. July 12, 1948. p. 9.
4. Mlazgar, Brian; Stoffel, Holden (2007). Saskatchewan Sports: Lives Past and Present. Regina, Saskatchewan: University of Regina Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-0-88977-167-3.
5. "Hall of Famer: Jack Hamilton". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. 1972. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
6. "Mike Hasenfratz". National Hockey League Officials' Association. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
7. "Jackie McLeod". Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
8. Ferguson, Bob (2005). Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside. p. 350. ISBN 1-55041-855-6.
9. "Pickard, Allan — Biography — Honoured Builder". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 23, 2020.