Salmon Arm - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Rick Say is a 3-time Olympic and National Record holding swimmer.
  • Bev Smith was a member and coach of the Canadian national women's basketball team. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.
  • Greg Sczebel is a two-time Juno Award-winning independent singer/songwriter.
  • Dave Scatchard is a former NHL player.
  • Billionaire Calvin Ayre graduated from high school in Salmon Arm.
  • Danielle Barker is actress and producer of reality show "Starvival".
  • The Punch-Out!! character Bear Hugger hails from Salmon Arm and he even has an attack of the same name.
  • E.V. Gordon, a well-known medieval philologist and colleague of J.R.R. Tolkien, was born in Salmon Arm in 1896.

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