List of famous British Columbians
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The following is a list of famous British Columbians:
- Bryan Adams, musician
- Cameron Bright, child actor
- Pamela Anderson, actress
- Gil Bellows, actor
- Earle Birney, poet
- Michael Bublé, singer
- Raymond Burr, actor
- Stewart Butterfield, web entrepreneur
- Jay Brazeau, actor
- Jim Byrnes, blues artist, actor
- Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister
- Yvonne de Carlo, actress
- Kim Cattrall, actress
- Chris Taylor, Video Game Designer
- Justin Chatwin, actor
- Hayden Christensen, actor
- Wayson Choy author
- Chris Crippin, musician (Hedley)
- James Doohan, actor
- Peter Dyakowski, athlete
- Edward Dmytryk, film director
- Atom Egoyan, screenwriter/director
- Arthur Erickson, architect
- Judith Forst, opera singer (contralto)
- David Foster, musician
- Dan George, native leader and actor
- Matthew Good, musician
- Michael J. Fox, actor and Parkinson's activist
- Terry Fox, athlete
- Don Francks, actor
- Nelly Furtado, singer/songwriter
- Nancy Greene-Raine, Olympic medalist (skiing)
- Rick Hansen, former Paralympian and disability activist
- Doug Hepburn, Empire Games medalist and founder of the sport of powerlifting
- Ben Heppner, opera singer (tenor)
- Jacob Hoggard, musician (Hedley)
- Joshua Jackson, actor
- Paul Kariya, hockey player
- Joe Keithley, punk singer/songwriter
- Gene Kiniski, professional wrestler
- Diana Krall, musician
- Kristin Kreuk, actress
- Evelyn Lau, author
- Silken Laumann, Olympic medalist (rower)
- Tom Macdonald, musician (Hedley)
- JD McFly, Canada's Number One Son
- Sarah McLachlan, musician
- Leon Mandrake, magician ("Mandrake the Magician")
- Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter
- Greg Moore, race car driver
- Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
- Steve Nash, NBA MVP
- Cam Neely, hockey player
- Scott Niedermayer, hockey player
- Rob Niedermayer, hockey player
- Jim Pattison, businessperson and Fortune 500 member
- Tony Pep, boxer/boxing coach-promoter
- Al Purdy, poet
- Jason Priestley, actor
- Gareth Rees, rugby union footballer
- Ryan Reynolds, actor
- Dave Rosin, musician (Hedley)
- Joe Sakic, hockey player
- Jack Shadbolt, painter/sculptor
- Michael Shanks, actor
- Jassi Sidhu, murder victim
- Randy Stoltmann, author/environmental advocate
- Dorothy Stratten, actress/model
- David Suzuki, environmental advocate
- Koko Taylor, blues/jazz singer
- Devin Townsend, musician
- Margaret Trudeau, ex-wife of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau
- Larry Walker, baseball player
- George Woodcock, author
- Steve Yzerman, hockey player
