Sportsmen and Women
- Gary Beck, two time world champion drag racer and member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
- Chris Benoit, professional wrestler
- Blair Betts, ice hockey player
- David Bissett, Olympic bobsledder
- Arthur Boileau, Olympic marathon runner
- Jay Bouwmeester, ice hockey player
- Johnny Bucyk, ice hockey player
- Gilbert Brulé, ice hockey player
- Jason Chimera, ice hockey player
- Erik Christensen, ice hockey player
- Meghan Collison, fashion model
- Mac Colville early star in the NHL
- Neil Colville, early star in the NHL
- Mike Commodore, ice hockey player
- Mike Comrie, ice hockey player
- Michelle Conn, field hockey player
- Randy Ferbey, multiple Canadian and World Men's Curling Champion
- Andrew Ference, ice hockey player
- David Ford, kayaker
- Grant Fuhr, ice hockey player born in Spruce Grove, Alberta, which is an Edmonton suburb
- Forrest Gainer, rugby union player
- Su-Ling Goh, TV personality
- Jessica Gregg, short track speed skater
- Randy Gregg, ice hockey player
- Jennifer Heil, freestyle skier born in Spruce Grove, Alberta
- Kelly Hrudey, ice hockey player
- Jarome Iginla, ice hockey player
- Brad Isbister, ice hockey player
- Cathy King, curler, from St Albert
- Daymond Langkow, ice hockey player
- Bryan Little, ice hockey player
- Rochelle Loewen, model who appeared briefly with the WWE
- Pierre Lueders, bobsledder
- Joffrey Lupul, ice hockey player
- Ken McAuley, goaltender for the NHL New York Rangers
- Mildred Warwick McAuley, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player and wife of Ken McAuley
- Jason MacDonald, UFC fighter
- Richard Matvichuk, ice hockey player
- Mark Messier, ice hockey player
- Derek Morris, ice hockey player
- Scott Nichol, ice hockey player
- Scott Niedermayer, ice hockey player
- Ben Ondrus, ice hockey player
- Kelly Perlette, light middle-weight boxing gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Matt Pettinger, ice hockey player
- Dion Phaneuf, ice hockey player
- Rod Phillips, radio broadcaster for 630 CHED
- Annamay Pierse, swimmer born in Toronto and raised in Edmonton
- Fernando Pisani, ice hockey player
- Justin Pogge, AHL hockey player
- John "Red" Pollard, jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit
- Doug Pruden, multiple world records in push ups
- Steve Regier, ice hockey player
- Steven Reinprecht, ice hockey player
- Kelly Rissling (born 1960), ice hockey player
- Jason Strudwick, ice hockey player
- Darryl Sydor, ice hockey player
- Adam Trupish, boxer
- Cam Ward, ice hockey player
- Ray Whitney, ice hockey player
- Mark Pysyk, ice hockey player for the Edmonton Oil Kings
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