Born in Winchester, Hampshire, in England, he immigrated to Canada in his late twenties, settling first in Ontario and then in Alberta, where he farmed.

Born in Strabane, Ontario, in Wentworth County, Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm.

Born in one of Canada's original provinces, Stewart moved west as part of a vast migration to the prairies, and settled in Alberta the year it became a province.

Born in Los Angeles, California, he was raised in Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Born and still living in Edmonton, Alberta, Dorsey became a writer from an early age, and a freelance writer since 1980.

Born on an isolated farm in northern Alberta, she received her B. Ed.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she was educated at the University of Alberta and York University.

Born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Sproxton studied in Winnipeg before moving west to Alberta.

Born in Lubbock, Texas, Murrel moved to Alberta after graduating from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas with a BFA in 1968.

Born in Vancouver, Grey pursued studies in Sociology, English and Education at Burrard Inlet Bible Institute, Trinity Western College and the University of Alberta.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he was educated in the public schools of Calgary, Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Manitoba in 1927 and graduate degrees in English from McGill University in 1928 and the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1935.

Born Beverley Gietz in Pincher Creek, Alberta, the eldest child of Ernest Gietz and Eleanora Kruschell, she received a B. A.

Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Anderson was one of 12 children of James and Alberta Anderson.

Born in Iddesleigh, Alberta on October 6, 1925.

Born in Sussex, England, on November 14, 1945 and educated at St Albans School ( Hertfordshire ) in England and in Alberta and Ontario, Penikett began his Yukon working life as an asbestos mine labourer at Clinton Creek, Yukon, where he became active in his union as a shop steward and chair of the grievance committee.

Born in Swinton, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Hattersley earned degrees in economics and law from Cambridge University before moving to Alberta in 1956 where he worked as a lawyer.

Born in Fleming, Saskatchewan, Campbell attended high school at the Strathcona Collegiate Institute, now known as Strathcona Composite High School, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Born in Acme, Alberta, to James Edgar Hunley and Esta May Hunley, Hunley served as a town councilor from 1960 to 1966 and then mayor of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta from 1966 to 1971.

Born in Quebec, Blackburn moved to Canmore, Alberta as a teen and moved on to major junior hockey with the Western Hockey League's Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Born in Winnipeg and educated at Strathcona High School and the University of Alberta, Waters commissioned into the 14th Army Tank Battalion in 1941.

Born in Drumheller, Alberta, Siddon pursued engineering, graduating with distinction from the University of Alberta in 1963, winning the Gold Medal in Mechanical Engineering, followed by earning his Masters and Doctorate in aeroacoustics from the University of Toronto, Institute of Aerospace.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Born in Louisiana and raised in Florida, Lincks was inspired to write the play after visiting the Pleasant Hills Shaker village in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, a restored community that the Shakers occupied for more than a century, before abandoning it in 1927 because of the inability of the sect to attract new converts.

Born in 1943 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and reared in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Parks attended the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey.

Born in nearby Taylor was the Louisiana Tech speech professor and long-time principal of Castor High School, E. R. Minchew.

Born in Kenner, Louisiana, United States, and growing up in a suburb of New Orleans, Price had formal musical training in trumpet and piano, sang in his church's gospel choir, and was a member of a combo in high school.

Born in St. James Parish, Louisiana, Braud came to New Orleans, in his early teens.

Born and raised in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University ( LSU ) and played for three NBA teams until injuries forced his retirement in 1980.

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Evans was classically trained, and studied at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Born Lizzie Douglas in Algiers, Louisiana, Minnie was one of the most influential and pioneering blues musicians and guitarists of all time.

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to mulatto parents, Herriman grew up in Los Angeles.

Born in Arlington, Virginia, Landrieu was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Born in 2332 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Benjamin is the son of Joseph Sisko, the chef and owner of the restaurant " Sisko's Creole Kitchen ," " Sisko's " for short.

Born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was the daughter of Carmen Louise ( née LaPorte ) and John Watson Slaton, both of whom were waiters.

Born in Kentucky, Bowie spent most of his life in Louisiana, where he was raised and later worked as a land speculator.

Born in Ruston, Louisiana, Mangum, along with the other founding members of the Elephant 6, attended Ruston High School in the late 1980s.

Born in Bienville in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana, Hennigan grew up in nearby Minden, the seat of Webster Parish, located thirty miles east of Shreveport.

Born in New Orleans, Galouye ( pronounced Gah-lou-ey ) graduated from Louisiana State University ( B. A.

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was the brother of state Senator Fay Boozman.

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Porteous received a B. A.

Born in Summerfield, Louisiana, Malone was the youngest boy of nine children and during his childhood lived on a farm with his single mother Shirley.

Born in Louisiana, Harmon attended Rockwall High School, in Rockwall, Texas, and graduated in 1982.

Born in the farming community of Kenner, Louisiana, upriver from New Orleans, Kenner sang gospel music with his church choir, and moved to New Orleans in his teens.

Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he began his professional baseball career in with the Monroe Monarchs, a minor Negro League team.

Born into an African-American family of devout Seventh-day Adventists in New Orleans, Louisiana, Verrett was raised in Los Angeles, California.