Here, in alphabetical order, is a list of the individuals I have profiled in my books. If some of the names don’t ring a bell, clink on the associated links for more info.
A
- William Aberhart (Alberta Originals, The Good Steward)
- Elizabeth “Sweaty Betty” Abbott (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Alice Murdoch Adams (Building a Province)
- Carl Anderson (Building a Province)
- Paul Archambault (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Violet Archer (Building a Province)
- Gladys Arnold (Rogues and Rebels)
- James “Blackie” Audett (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
B
- Randy Bachman (Brief Encounters)
- Long John Baldry (Brief Encounters)
- Catherine Barclay (Building a Province
- Isaac Barr (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Charles Bedaux (Romancing the Rockies)
- Max Bell (Alberta Originals)
- Roloff Beny (Building a Province)
- Mario Bernardi (Brief Encounters)
- Sarah Bernhardt (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Chuck Berry (Brief Encounters)
- Con Boland (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Pearl Borgal (Alberta Originals)
- Victor Borge (Brief Encounters)
- Sandra Botting (Alberta Originals)
- Hazel Braithwaite (Building a Province)
- Johnny Bright (Building a Province)
- Annora Brown (Alberta Originals)
- John “Kootenai” Brown (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Robert “Streetcar” Brown Sr. (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Robert “Bobby” Brown Jr. (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- John Edward Brownlee (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Patrick Burns (Alberta Originals)
C
- Sveva Caetani (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Victoria Calihoo (Building a Province)
- Len Cariou (Brief Encounters)
- Jimmy “the Con” Carleton (Building a Province)
- Stastia Cross Carry (Building a Province)
- Ruth Carse (Alberta Originals)
- Wilf Carter (Romancing the Rockies)
- Ernest Cashel (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Ann Casson (Brief Encounters)
- Cal Cavendish (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Nicola Cavendish (Brief Encounters)
- Chubby Checker (Brief Encounters)
- Sheldon Chumir (Building a Province)
- Liam Clancy (Brief Encounters)
- Karl Clark (Alberta Originals)
- Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Clarke (Rogues and Rebels)
- David Clayton-Thomas (Brief Encounters)
- Morris “Two-Gun” Cohen (Alberta Originals, Rogues and Rebels)
- Mac Coleman (Alberta Originals)
- Judy Collins (Brief Encounters)
- Helen Collinson (Building a Province)
- Tommy Common (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Donald Cormie (Rogues and Rebels)
- James Cornwall (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Billy Cowsill (Rogues and Rebels)
- Alfred Ernest Cross (Alberta Originals)
- Melvin Crump (Rogues and Rebels)
D
- Robertson Davies (Brief Encounters)
- Henry “Twelve Foot” Davis (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Chris de Burgh (Brief Encounters)
- Punch Dickins (Alberta Originals)
- Roy Dotrice (Brief Encounters)
- David Douglas (Romancing the Rockies)
- Tommy Douglas (Rogues and Rebels)
- Mary Dover (Building a Province)
- Shay Duffin (Rogues and Rebels, Leaving Dublin)
- George DuPre (Building a Province)
E
- Bob Edwards (Building a Province)
- Henrietta Muir Edwards (Alberta Originals)
- Michael (“Eddie the Eagle”) Edwards (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Gladys McKelvie Egbert (Alberta Originals)
- Bruno Engler (Alberta Originals)
- Peter Erasmus (Romancing the Rockies)
F
- Roy Farran (Rogues and Rebels)
- Peter Fidler (Romancing the Rockies)
- William “Jumbo” Fisk (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Jimmy Fitzsimmons (Alberta Originals)
- Glenn Ford (Brief Encounters)
- Don Forest (Romancing the Rockies)
- John Frankenheimer (Brief Encounters)
G
- Leonard Gaetz (Building a Province)
- Jack Gallagher (Building a Province)
- Clyde Gilmour (Rogues and Rebels)
- Glen Gorbous (Building a Province)
- Ruth Gorman (Rogues and Rebels)
- Alexander Gray (Building a Province)
- James H. Gray (Building a Province, Rogues and Rebels, How the West was Written)
- Wayne Gretzky (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
H
- Harold Hanen (Alberta Originals)
- Melvin “Fritz” Hanson (Building a Province)
- Byron Harmon (Romancing the Rockies)
- Milt Harradence (Rogues and Rebels)
- Richard Harris (Brief Encounters)
- Owen Hart (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Stu Hart (Rogues and Rebels)
- Eric Harvie (Building a Province)
- Bob Hatfield (Building a Province)
- Charles Hatfield (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Sir Frederick Haultain (Alberta Originals)
- Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins (Brief Encounters)
- William Hawrelak (Alberta Originals)
- Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (Alberta Originals, Romancing the Rockies)
- Anthony Henday (Romancing the Rockies)
- Violet King Henry (Alberta Originals)
- Bill Herron (Alberta Originals)
- Elizabeth “Bettie” Hewes (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- John Hirsch (Brief Encounters)
- Jean Hoare (Building a Province)
- Martin Holdom (Alberta Originals)
- Peggy Holmes (Building a Province)
- Monica Hopkins (Alberta Originals)
- Vern “Dryhole” Hunter (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
I
- William Irvine (Alberta Originals)
J
- Glenda Jackson (Brief Encounters)
- Will James (Rogues and Rebels)
- Pete Jamieson (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Bob Johnson (Building a Province)
- Richard Johnston (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Keith Johnstone (Brief Encounters)
- Dorothy Joudrie (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
K
- Milt Kamen (Brief Encounters)
- Paul Kane (Romancing the Rockies)
- Debbie Lori Kaye (Brief Encounters)
- Les Kimber (Alberta Originals)
- B.B. King (Brief Encounters)
- Harrold King (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Maurice King (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Julia Kiniski (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- George Kinney (Romancing the Rockies)
- Rudyard Kipling (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Ralph Klein (Rogues and Rebels, Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Lillian Knupp (Alberta Originals)
- Jack Krafchenko (Rogues and Rebels)
- Larry Kramer (Brief Encounters)
- Robert Kroetsch (Rogues and Rebels)
- Joe Kryczka (Alberta Originals)
- John Kushner (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
L
- Father Albert Lacombe (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Florence LaDue (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Cleo Laine (Brief Encounters)
- Frankie Laine (Brief Encounters)
- George Lane (Alberta Originals)
- Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (Building a Province)
- Dave Lander (Alberta Originals)
- Florence Lassandro (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Henry Frank Lawrence (Alberta Originals)
- Tom Lehrer (Brief Encounters)
- Shari Lewis (Brief Encounters)
- Herman Linder (Alberta Originals)
- Sophia Loren (Brief Encounters)
- Sir James Lougheed (Building a Province)
- Ray Lowry (Alberta Originals)
- Vera Lynn (Brief Encounters)
M
- Grant MacEwan (Building a Province)
- Donald Hugh Mackay (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Vivian MacMillan (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Norman Maen (Brief Encounters)
- Tommy Makem (Brief Encounters)
- John James Maloney (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Ernest Manning (Alberta Originals, The Good Steward)
- Fred C. Mannix (Building a Province)
- Al Martino (Brief Encounters)
- Nellie McClung (Alberta Originals, Rogues and Rebels)
- George McDougall (Romancing the Rockies)
- John McDougall (Romancing the Rockies)
- Louise McKinney (Alberta Originals)
- Archibald J. McLean (Alberta Originals)
- Frank McMahon (Alberta Originals)
- Rick McNair (Rogues and Rebels)
- Christine Meikle (Alberta Originals)
- Clarence Horatius (Big) Miller (Building a Province)
- Pearl Miller (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Bill Milne (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Betty Mitchell (Building a Province)
- W.O. Mitchell (Building a Province)
- Paddy Moloney (Brief Encounters)
- Marilyn Monroe (Romancing the Rockies)
- Brian Moore (Brief Encounters)
- Nicholas Morant (Building a Province)
- Justice William Morrow (Building a Province)
- Barry Morse (Brief Encounters)
- John Mortimer (Brief Encounters)
- Mike Mountain Horse (Rogues and Rebels)
- Leilani Muir (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Scotty Munro (Alberta Originals)
- Emily Murphy (Alberta Originals)
- Anne Murray (Brief Encounters)
- Margaret “Ma” Murray (Rogues and Rebels)
- Burt Mustin (Brief Encounters)
N
- Michael Nesmith (Brief Encounters)
- John Neville (Brief Encounters)
- Bob Newhart (Brief Encounters)
- Paddy Nolan (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Martin Nordegg (Romancing the Rockies)
- Grant Notley (Building a Province)
O
- Conrad O’Brien-ffrench (Romancing the Rockies)
- Patrick O’Callaghan (Alberta Originals)
- Mary O’Hara (Brief Encounters)
- Frank Oliver (Alberta Originals)
- Bud Olson (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
P
- J. Percy Page (Building a Province)
- Jock Palmer (Building a Province)
- Irma Parhad (Alberta Originals)
- Irene Parlby (Alberta Originals)
- Kathleen Parlow (Building a Province)
- Betty Pedersen (Alberta Originals)
- Fred (Earl of Egmont) Perceval (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Colleen Peterson (Brief Encounters)
- J. Howard Pew (The Good Steward, Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- Bill Peyto (Scoundrels and Scallywags, Romancing the Rockies)
- Emilio Picariello (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Norma Piper Pocaterra (Alberta Originals)
- Arnold Platt (Building a Province)
- Sharon Pollock (Brief Encounters)
- Peter Pond (Rogues and Rebels)
- Jerry Potts (Rogues and Rebels)
- Geoffrey Pyke (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
R
- Sally Rand (Brief Encounters)
- Johnnie Ray (Brief Encounters)
- Winnifred (Onoto Watanna) Reeve (Rogues and Rebels)
- Eva Reid (Alberta Originals, The Good Steward)
- Richard Gavin Reid (Building a Province)
- Cliff Richard (Brief Encounters)
- Mordecai Richler (Brief Encounters)
- Maude Riley (Alberta Originals)
- Heather Robertson (Rogues and Rebels)
- Jimmie Rodgers (Brief Encounters)
- Kenny Rogers (Brief Encounters)
- John Rowand (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Lizzie Rummel (Alberta Originals)
- Robert Rundle (Romancing the Rockies)
- Carl Rungius (Romancing the Rockies)
S
- Norman Sanson (Romancing the Rockies)
- Mary Schaffer (Romancing the Rockies)
- D’arcy Scott (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Ralph T. Scurfield (Alberta Originals)
- George Segal (Brief Encounters)
- Bert Sheppard (Building a Province)
- Joe Shoctor (Alberta Originals)
- Morris Shumiatcher (Building a Province)
- Jay Silverheels (Brief Encounters)
- Hal Sisson (Rogues and Rebels)
- Chief Robert Smallboy (Romancing the Rockies)
- Allan Stein (Building a Province)
- Eugene Steinhauer (Alberta Originals)
- Thomas Bland Strange (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Harry Strom (Building a Province)
T
- Elizabeth Taylor (Brief Encounters)
- John William Tims (Rogues and Rebels)
- Henry Marshall Tory (Building a Province)
- Walter Twinn (Building a Province)
- Sylvia Tyson (Brief Encounters)
U
- Leon Uris (Brief Encounters)
W
- David Walsh (Building a Province)
- Stan Waters (Building a Province, Rogues and Rebels)
- Guy Weadick (Scoundrels and Scallywags)
- Jack Webster (Rogues and Rebels)
- Bob Welch (Brief Encounters)
- Nancy White (Brief Encounters)
- Catherine Robb Whyte (Alberta Originals)
- Jon Whyte (Romancing the Rockies)
- Andy Williams (Brief Encounters)
- Emlyn Williams (Brief Encounters)
- Tennessee Williams (Brief Encounters)
- Edward Arthur (Brother XII) Wilson (Rogues and Rebels)
- Francis Winspear (Alberta Originals)
- Henry Wise Wood (Building a Province)
- Kerry Wood (Building a Province)
- Sharon Wood (Boondoggles, Bonanzas)
- L.R. (Bunny) Wright (Brief Encounters)
- Tammy Wynette (Brief Encounters)
