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Calgary (can)

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Calgary ranks 265th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Medellín, Rochester, New York, and Innsbruck. Memorable people born in Calgary include James Gosling, Robert D. Hare, and Bret Hart. Memorable people who died in Calgary include Tiny Thompson, Lobsang Rampa, and Stu Hart. Calgary has been the birth place of many athletes, and actors and the death place of many hockey players, and writers. Calgary is located in Canada.

Calgary is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2003, Calgary was the birth place of 66 globally memorable people, including James Gosling, Robert D. Hare, and Bret Hart. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Calgary including Tiny Thompson, Lobsang Rampa, and Stu Hart.

People Born in Calgary

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People Deceased in Calgary

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Newly Added People Deceased in Calgary

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Calgary were athletes (20), actors (10), wrestlers (8), swimmers (5), and soccer players (4),  while most who died were hockey players (1), writers (1), wrestlers (1), and mathematicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Calgary, including Grant Fisher, Nathan Smith, and Kaillie Humphries. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Calgary, including Francisco Fernández, Grant Fisher, and Nathan Smith.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Calgary since 1700.