- Prince of Thurn and Taxis Albert
Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel, Prince of Thurn and Taxis (in German: Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel Fürst von Thurn und Taxis) (born June 24 1983, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany), is listed as the youngest billionaire on the Forbes 2005 ranking of the world's billionaires. His net worth is estimated at around $2 billion (USD) as of February 11 2005. - Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick (born November 18, 1945 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician. After serving as a board of education trustee in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Fitzpatrick ran in the Canadian federal election, 2000 for the Canadian Alliance. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and after the Canadian Alliance merged into the Conservative Party of Canada he ran again and won. In both elections, he ran in the riding of Prince Albert which he represents. - Pierre Casiraghi
Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the youngest child of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now HRH The Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He was born on September 5, 1987 at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo. He is named for his maternal great-grandfather, Prince Pierre of Monaco, his maternal grandfather, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and his father. - Louise Of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ("Princess Louise Dorothea Pauline Charlotte Fredericka Auguste of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess in Saxony") (b. Gotha, 21 December 1800 - d. Paris, 30 August 1831), was the wife of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the mother of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Louise was born in Gotha, the only daughter of Emil Leopold August, … - Robert Gordon
Sir Robert Gordon, GCB, GCH, PC (1791-8 October 1847) was a British diplomat. Gordon was a younger son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo (himself the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen) and a brother of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen. From 1826-28, he was Envoy Extraordinary to Brazil, to the Ottoman Empire from 1828-31 and to Austria from 1841-47. - Ryan Parent
Ryan Parent (born March 17, 1987 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada but grew up in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers. - George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 - 27 March, 1878) was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses. Born in Gawcott, Buckinghamshire, Scott was the son of a clergyman and grandson of the biblical commentator Thomas Scott. He studied architecture as a pupil of James Edmeston and from 1832 to 1834, worked as an assistant to Henry Roberts. - Blair Morgan
Blair Morgan (born October 9, 1975 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) is a multi-time CMRC Canadian National championship-winning motocross racer. He is also a multi-time World Snocross snowmobile champion and a 5-times X-Games gold medalist. Blair is a fan-favorite in the sport for his sheer speed and determination. He has made several comebacks from devastating injuries, and is crediting with pioneering the modern snocross riding style, … - Johnny Bower
John William Bower ("The China Wall") (b. November 8, 1924 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Hockey Hall of Fame goalie. Born in Prince Albert, Bower served with the Canadian Army during World War II in England from 1940 to 1944 and was discharged due to rheumatoid arthritis. - Daniel Ducruet
Daniel Ducruet was the husband of Princess Stéphanie from 1995 until 1996. Ducruet was born in Beausoleil. A muscular, 185 cm athlete and bodybuilder, he worked as a pet shop salesman and fishmonger before being accepted into the Monaco police force as a trainee officer in 1986. Within two years he had been appointed a Palace bodyguard with responsibility for Prince Albert. - Myron Kowalsky
Myron Kowalsky (born July 11, 1941) is a Canadian politician, teacher, and the current Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He attended high school in North Battleford and Saskatoon. He obtained a B.A., B. Ed with Distinction, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Curriculum Studies from the University of Saskatchewan. Myron began his teaching career in 1961. He taught at Quill Lake School, Unity Composite School, Riverside Collegiate, … - Harry Jerome
Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome (September 30, 1940 - December 7, 1982) was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he moved to North Vancouver at age 12. He competed in college for Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon. He competed for Canada in the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Summer Olympics, winning 100 metre bronze in 1964. - Charles Grey
Sir Charles Grey (March 15 1804 - March 31 1870) was a British army officer, member of the British House of Commons and political figure in Lower Canada. In later life, he served as private secretary to Prince Albert and later Queen Victoria. He was born in Northumberland, England in 1804, the son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. Grey joined the British Army as a sub-lieutenant in 1820 and commanded the 73rd Regiment from 1833 to 1842. - Gordon Kirkby
Gordon Kirkby BSc, LLB (born 26 September 1958 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons at the Prince Albert—Churchill River electoral district from 1993 to 1997. He is a lawyer by career, following studies at the University of Saskatchewan. Kirkby was mayor of his home town Prince Albert from 1988 until 1993, when he began to campaign for a seat in Canadian Parliament with the Liberal party. - Matt Bloom
Matthew Jason "Matt" Bloom (born November 14, 1974) is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling under the ring name Giant Bernard, and for the New Japan Pro Wrestling affiliate WRESTLE LAND under the ring name Rusher Road. Between 1997 and 2004, Bloom wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring names Prince Albert, Albert and A-Train. - Edward Oxford
Edward Oxford (born Birmingham, 1822; date and place of death unknown) was tried for high treason for attempting to assassinate the British Queen, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom while she was out riding on Constitution Hill with her husband, Prince Albert. He was acquitted by reason of insanity in July 1840, and sent to Bethlem Royal Hospital, where he remained until the criminal patients of the institution were transferred to Broadmoor Hospital in 1864. - John Crawford
John Crawford was a talented Scottish Sculptor, apprenticed to John Mossman. He attended Glasgow School of Art, where he won many prizes and attracted the attention of art collectors. He set up his own studio (at 28 Mason Street) in 1858 and was one of the many British sculptors who worked with John Thomas on the new Houses of Parliament. He and most of his family died in the typhus epidemic of 1861 - the same one that carried away Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. - Jonathan Firth
Jonathan Firth (born 6 April, 1967) is a British actor. Jonathan Firth is the younger brother of Colin Firth and Kate Firth. He was born in Essex, England, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has acted in cinematic movies and also has some notable TV appearances, such as Fred Vincy in "Middlemarch" (1994), Sergeant Troy in "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1998) and Prince Albert in "Victoria & Albert" (2001). - Ernest Frederick Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Ernst Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Saalfeld, 8 March 1724 - d. Coburg, 8 September 1800), was a duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. He was the eldest son of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Ernst Frederick succeeded his father in the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld when he died in 1764 and established his definitive residence shifted in Coburg. - David Bowes-Lyon
Sir David Bowes-Lyon KCVO (2 May 1902-13 September 1961) was the sixth son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck. His sister Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, the second son of King George V, in 1923 and became Queen Consort on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936. On 6 February 1929, he married Rachel Pauline Clay and they had two children: *Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon (b. - Derrek Konrad
Derrek P. Konrad (born 12 December 1943 in Brooks, Alberta) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2000. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons at the Prince Albert electoral district in the 1997 federal election. He was a member of the Reform party, later renamed the Canadian Alliance. - Carlo Marochetti
Baron Carlo (Charles) Marochetti was a sculptor, born in Turin, but raised in Paris as a French citizen. His first systematic instruction being given him by François Joseph Bosio and Gros in Paris. Here his statue of "A Young Girl playing with a Dog" won a medal in 1829. But between 1822 and 1830 he studied chiefly in Rome. From 1832 to 1848 he lived in France. His "Fallen Angel" was exhibited in 1831. He made one panel for the Arc de Triomphe, … - Ray Funk
Raymond John Funk was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons from Saskatchewan. He represented Prince Albert—Churchill River and was a member of the New Democratic Party. Funk won his seat in the 1988 election. He easily defeated Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate J.J. Cennon with 17,915 votes (almost 9,000 more than Cennon). As a politician, Funk was heavily involved in peace issues. - Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and is one of the most popular English poets. Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, although "In Memoriam" was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and classmate at Trinity College, Cambridge who was engaged to Tennyson's sister but died from a cerebral hæmorrhage. - Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf
Countess (later Princess) Augusta Caroline Reuss of Ebersdorf, was by marriage a duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was the fourth of seven children of Count Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Ebersdorf and his wife Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg. In Ebersdorf on 13 June 1777 Augusta married Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She bore him ten children; some of them played important roles in European history: Victoria, … - Edward White Benson
Edward White Benson (July 14 1829 - October 11 1896) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1882 until his death. Born in Highgate, Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School in Birmingham and Trinity College, Cambridge, Benson began his career as a schoolmaster at Rugby School in 1852. In 1859 Benson was chosen by Prince Albert as the first Master (headmaster) of Wellington College, Berkshire, which had been built as the nation's memorial to the Duke of Wellington. - Gustav Vi Adolf Of Sweden
Gustav VI Adolf (11 November 1882 - 15 September, 1973) was King of Sweden from 1950 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden. He was born in Stockholm and at birth created Duke of Skåne. On 29 October 1950, he succeeded his father on the throne. His personal motto was "Plikten framför allt", "The duty before everything else". He married, firstly, Princess Margaret of Connaught on 15 June 1905. - Mike Bales
Michael Raymond "Mike" Bales (born on August 6, 1971 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a goaltender who played for the Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League. He attended Ohio State University and was drafted by Boston in the fifth round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He played in the NHL for parts of four seasons, accumulating a record of 2-15-1 and a GAA of 4.13 in 23 games. - Sophia Of Prussia
Sophie Dorothea Ulrike Alice of Prussia (June 14, 1870 - January 13, 1932), was a Queen consort of Greece She was born in Potsdam, Germany in 1870 to then Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, herself the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was a sister to William II, German Emperor, Princesses Charlotte, Margrete and Viktoria of Prussia, as well as, Prince Heinrich, … - Terry Ruskowski
Terrence Wallace "Roscoe" Ruskowski (born 31 December, 1954, in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) is a former National Hockey League centre, who played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Minnesota North Stars. Previously, he played for the Houston Aeros of the WHA. Ruskowski's leadership on the ice was recognized with his tenure as captain of the Aeros, Blackhawks, Kings, and Penguins. - Magdalena Sibylle Of Saxe-Weissenfels
Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels (2 September 1648 - 7 January 1681) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of August, duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and his wife Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her paternal grandparents were John George I, Elector of Saxony and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. On 14 November 1669, she married Duke Friedrich I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. They had the following children: # Anna Sophie (22 December 1670 - 28 December 1728), … - Alexander Ramsay Of Mar
Captain Alexander Arthur Alfonso David Maule Ramsay of Mar was the only child of HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught, who renounced her royal title and style when she married then-Captain the Hon. Alexander Ramsay in February 1919. His mother was the youngest child of HRH The Duke of Connaught, the third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. His father was the third son of the Earl of Dalhouise. - Glenda Goertzen
Glenda Goertzen (born 14 January 1967) is a Canadian author. Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Goertzen received a BFA in Film and Video from the University of Regina in 1989, but after working in television for several years switched careers to library work and writing. Goertzen is the author of the children's novel "The Prairie Dogs" (2005), a canine adventure novel set on the Canadian prairie. - John V. Hicks
John Victor Hicks (1907 - 1999) was a Canadian poet. He was born in London, England but his parents immigrated to New Brunswick while he was still an infant. The Hicks family later settled in Montreal where Hicks wrote that he discovered as a boy "the very first whisper of the magic of writing." Although he did not like to travel, Hicks moved to Alberta then to Saskatchewan, and finally settled in Prince Albert where he pursued his profession as an accountant and, … - Princess Ludovika Of Bavaria
Marie Ludovika Wilhelmine (or Louise), Princess of Bavaria (August 30, 1808 - January 25, 1892) was the sixth child of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife, Frederica Caroline Wilhelmina of Baden. She was born and died in Munich. Ludovica married Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (October 4, 1808 - November 15, 1888), who was also her cousin, on September 9, 1828, in Tegernsee. They had ten children: * Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria ("Louis") (June 21, … - Robert Fleming
Robert James Berkeley Fleming was a Canadian composer, pianist, organist, choirmaster and teacher. Robert was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. At a young age his family settled in Saskatoon where he first studied with his mother. Between 1937 and 1939 he studied under Arthur Benjamin, and Herbert Howells in England at RCM. - Matthew Noble
Matthew Noble was a British sculptor. - Todd Bergen
Todd Bergen (born July 11, 1963 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who had a short-lived and strange career, most notably with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League in 1984-85. - John Henderson Lamont
John Henderson Lamont (November 12, 1865 - March 10, 1936) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Horning's Mills, Canada West (now Ontario), the son of Duncan Carmichael Lamont and Margaret Robson Henderson, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1892 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1893 from the University of Toronto. In 1893, he was called to the Bar of Ontario. - Douglas Hill
Douglas Arthur Hill (April 6, 1935 to June 21, 2007) was a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of a train driver, and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. An avid science fiction reader from an early age, he studied English at the University of Saskatchewan (where he earned an Honours B.A. in 1957) and the University of Toronto.
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