List of people from Hamilton, Ontario

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The following people were born in, residents of, or are otherwise closely connected to the city of Hamilton, Ontario.

See also: List of McMaster University people and :Category:Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario

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[edit] Arts

[edit] Architecture and design

  • Lida Baday, (1957- ), fashion designer. Her namesake label is sold at Holt Renfrew across Canada, and at department stores as Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom's and Bergdorf Goodman in the US.[1]
  • James Balfour, (1854-1917), architect, Canada Life Assurance Company building at corner of King & James (1883), City Hall on corner of James & York (1888).[2]
  • Daniel Gauthier, (1964- ), is a Canadian designer of over 100 freeware TrueType fonts, and is based in Hamilton, Ontario.[3]
  • Bruce Kuwabara, (1949- ), Canadian architect; (Kitchener City Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario Phase III).[4]
  • John M. Lyle, (1872-1945), Canadian architect in the late 19th Century; New York Public Library (1897), Royal Alexandra Theatre, in Toronto (1907), Union Station (Toronto) (1914-1921).[5]

[edit] Dance

[edit] Film and television

  • Jean Adair, (1873-1953), actress. Although she worked primarily on stage (sometimes billed as Jennet Adair), she made several film appearances late in her career, most notably as one of the misguided murdering aunts of Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace.[8]
  • Nicole Arbour, is a female Canadian stand-up comedian. She bills herself as "North America's Sexiest Comedian." (http://www.myspace.com/nicolearbour)[9]
  • Julia Arthur, (1868-1950), was a Canadian-born stage and film actress.[10]
  • Robert Beatty, (1909-1992), Canadian actor who worked in radio, film and television for most of his career and was especially known in the United Kingdom.[11]
  • Rick Campanelli, (1970- ), He was a MuchMusic Video Jockey, currently works for ET Canada.[12]
  • Wendy Crewson, (1956- ), Canadian actress.[13]
  • Douglass Dumbrille, (1889–1974), was an actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood.[14]
  • Jonathan Frid, (1924- ), is a noted theater, television and movie actor. He is most famously known for the role of Barnabas Collins - a vampire - on the first incarnation of the Gothic TV serial Dark Shadows.[15]
  • Daniel Goldberg, Movie Producer of Twins, Space Jam. Also worked with Ivan Reitman on Stripes and Meatballs.[16]
  • Currie Graham, (1967- ), stage, film and television actor. Graham is best known for playing Lt. Thomas Bale in the TV program NYPD Blue.[17]
  • Graham Greene, (1952- ), TV and movie actor who was born on Six Nations reserve and lived in Hamilton as a young adult, Greene has appeared in The Green Mile, on the Red Green Show, L.A. Law and the New Beachcombers.[18]
  • Torri Higginson, (1969- ), Canadian actress. She is most well-known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient and Stargate Atlantis.(Burlington, Ontario)[19]
  • Florence Lawrence, (1890-1938), was an inventor and silent film actress, who is often referred to as "The First Movie Star." She was also known as "The Biograph Girl" and "The Girl of a Thousand Faces". During her lifetime, Lawrence appeared in more than 270 films for various motion picture companies.[20]
Julia Arthur
Julia Arthur

[edit] Fine arts

[edit] Illusionists

[edit] Journalism and writing

[edit] Music

  • Nicole Appleton, (1974- ), singer. Born in Hamilton but raised in Toronto, Nicole is one of two Canadian members of the British pop group All Saints which disbanded in 2001. Nicole and her sister Natalie later formed a second British-based pop group named Appleton which has enjoyed moderate success.[64]
  • Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, are a Canadian folk rock/alternative country group.[65]
  • Boris Brott, (1944- ), Once an assistant to Leonard Bernstein, Brott led the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra for 21 years, later creating the Brott Music Festival and National Academy Orchestra.[66]
  • Rita Chiarelli, Canadian blues singer.[67]
  • Crowbar, Canadian rock band, probably best known for their 1971 hit "Oh, What a Feeling".[68]
  • Colin Cripps, (1961- ), Canadian musician and record producer.[69]
  • Sonny Del Rio, Popular Hamilton saxophonist and key player on music scene who over the past 50 years has performed with Crowbar, King Biscuit Boy and Trickbag.[70]
  • Forgotten Rebels, Canadian Punk Rock group.[71]
  • Sarah Harmer, (1970- ), Canadian singer-songwriter/activist. (Burlington ON)[72]
  • Junkhouse, noted Canadian alternative rock band of the 1990s.[65]
  • Junior Boys, Canadian indie techno-pop band, with an emphasis on vocals and a soft, meandering beat laid upon heavy synths.[73]
  • Kazzer, born: Mark Kasprzyk, hip hop-influenced alternative rock musician and auto sports television personality. (Binbrook, Ontario)[74]
  • King Biscuit Boy, (1944-2003), Canadian blues musician, member of Crowbar. He was the first Canadian blues artist to chart on Billboard in the U.S. Rolling Stone called him legendary. Has played with artists like Muddy Waters, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin and his fans include Keith Richards and Paul McCartney.[68]
  • Tommy Knox, Canadian Hip Hop Recording Artist. Signed to Fontana/Universal, Known for his collaborations with Puff Daddys Company Bad Boy Entertainment and his Radio Hit "No Parking" (Tommy Knox at myspace.com), (Official web site)[75]
  • Colonel Harold Kudlats, was given nickname “The Colonel” by Ronnie Hawkins. It was Kudlats who booked Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks in Hamilton for the first time. He's worked with acts Fats Domino, Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong. Kudlats later went on to become agent for The Band. He is also the Eugene Levy's uncle.[76]
  • Bernie LaBarge, (1953- ), Guitar, vocals; spent many years living, playing and recording in the Hamilton area. His most popular Hamilton-based band was Stem (1970-72). Bernie worked extensively with Daniel Lanois and many others at Grant Ave. Studios.[77]
  • Daniel Lanois, (1951- ), a solo artist in his own right and producer for U2, lived in Hamilton and recorded at Grant Avenue Studios.[78]
  • Steve Negas, Saga drummer and record producer.[79]
  • Neil Peart, (1952- ), Drummer and lyricist for the progressive rock band Rush. (Hagersville Ontario)[80]
  • Porcelain Youth, Canadian heavy rock band.[81]
  • Skip Prokop, (1946- ), Drummer and band leader for Lighthouse + The Paupers. Also worked with Cass Elliot, Janis Joplin, Al Kooper and Carlos Santana.[82]
  • Stan Rogers, (1949-1983), Canadian folk singer.[83]
  • Brenda Russell, (1949- ), is an African American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Known for her eclectic musical style, her recordings have encompassed several different genres, including pop, soul, jazz and adult contemporary. As well as composing her own material, Brenda's songwriting talents are often in demand by many other artists who, over the years, have included Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Sting.[84]
  • Lorraine Segato, lead vocalist for 1980s New Wave group; The Parachute Club "Rise Up!"[85]
  • Tomi Swick, singer/songwriter.[86]
  • Christian Tanna, drummer/songwriter for I Mother Earth.[87]
  • Jagori Tanna, guitar player for I Mother Earth.[88]
  • Teenage Head, 1980s Canadian Punk/ New Wave group.[89]
  • Ian Thomas, (1950- ), Singer/ songwriter whose most memorable hit was 1973's "Painted Ladies", and brother of Dave Thomas.[90]
  • Threat Signal is a Thrash metal/Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore band.[91]
  • Warsawpack, Canadian indie rock group.[92]
  • Jackie Washington, (1919- ), Legendary Canadian Blues singer.[93]
  • Wax Mannequin is the stage name of Chris Adeney, a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter.[94]
  • Alan Walker, (1930- ), is an English-Canadian radio producer, musicologist and academic best known as a biographer and scholar of composer Franz Liszt.[95]
  • Tom Wilson, Canadian rock musician.[65]

[edit] Radio

  • Mike Cooper, Canadian radio personality, with Erin Davis hosting the 98.1 CHFI morning show.[96]
  • Doug Farraway, (1951- ), On-air radio personality at the Fan 590 Toronto. (formerly of CKOC radio in Hamilton).[97]
  • Roy Green, a staple of the Hamilton radio scene.[98]
  • Paul Hanover, Morning radio host on CHML from 1945 to 1982 whose popularity made him Hamilton's best known media personality and earned him the honorary title of "Mayor of the Morning."[70]
  • Bill Sturrup, (1938-2007), Local Hamilton radio and sports icon.[99]
  • Barry Taylor, On-air DJ for the edge102 Toronto.[100]

[edit] Theatre

  • Diane Dupuy, Theatre, in 1974 she founded the Famous People Players, a professional black light theatre company that combines music with the size characters that pay tribute to the music and artistry of Famous people. The group was discovered by the famous entertainer Liberace who took them to Las Vegas to perform. They have been performing around the world ever since.[101]

[edit] Business

  • John Askin, (1739–1815), Fur trader, merchant and official in Upper Canada.[102]
  • Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr., (1846-1931), Businessman, telephone pioneer.[103]
  • Hugh Cossart Baker, Sr., (1818-1859), Banker, businessman, mathematician. Establishes the first life insurance company in Canada (21 August, 1847); the Canada Life Assurance Company.[2]
  • David Braley, CFL B.C. Lions owner since 1996-97, Hamilton businessman who owns Orlick Industries Limited.[104]
  • Jack Kent Cooke, (1912-1997), was one of the most widely-known executives in professional sports who at one time owned the NHL's L.A. Kings, The NBA's L.A. Lakers and the NFL's Washington Redskins.[105]
  • Michael DeGroote, (1932- ), Billionaire, best known as a major private donor to McMaster University.[106]
  • James Durand, (1775-1833), was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.[107]
  • Ron Foxcroft, (1947- ), Owner of Fluke Transport, acclaimed NCAA basketball referee, inventor of the pea-less Fox 40 whistle, and motivational speaker, "Foxy" was named Hamilton Citizen of the Year in 1997.[107]
  • Dr. Peter George, (1941- ), Canadian economist and university administrator. He is currently president of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.[15]
  • Daniel C. Gunn, (1811-1876), wharfinger, locomotive manufacturer.[2]
  • Peter Hess, (1779-1855), farmer, landowner. Peter & Hess Streets in the city named after him as well as Caroline Street named after one of his daughters.[2]
  • Nathaniel Hughson, (1755-1837), Farmer & hotel owner, Loyalist who moved to Canada following the American Revolution, one of the city founders of Hamilton.[2]
  • Peter Hunter Hamilton, (1800-1857), landowner and businessman + half brother of city founder George Hamilton. Hunter Street in city named after him.[2]
  • Edward Jackson, (1799-1872), tinware manufacturer. Jackson Street in city namd after him.[2]
  • James Jolley, (1813-1892), saddler, harnessmaker, politician. Funded construction of the Jolley Cut; a Mountain access road in Hamilton.[2]
  • Ron Joyce, (1930- ), was Tim Horton's partner and first franchisee for his Canadian donut chain.[108]
  • Michael Lee-Chin, (1951- ), CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and The National Commercial Bank of Jamaica.[15]
  • The Honourable Gordon Osbaldeston, (1930- ), is a former Canadian civil servant. In 1981 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1997. He has been a director of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., National Film Board of Canada, Export Development Corporation, Federal Business Development Bank, DeHavilland Aircraft Co.,International Development Research Center, The Molson's Co. Ltd., Canada Packers Co. Ltd., DuPont Canada Ltd., Rockwell International Canada, National Bank of Canada, Bell Canada, London Medical Association, Bow Valley Energy Corp., Ellis-Don Ltd., Life Imaging Systems Inc., Great West Lifeco Inc., London Life Insurance Co., Canada Life Insurance Co., and Honorary Director of "Let's Talk Science".
  • John Moodie Jr., (1859-1944), textile manufacturer, drove first automobile in Canada in 1898; a one-cylinder Winton he imported from Cleveland, Ohio.[20]
  • Dennis Moore, (1817-1887), tinware manufacturer.[2]
  • Joseph Pigott, Construction giant who headed the family business that built Hamilton landmarks including City Hall, the Pigott Building, Copps Coliseum and Christ the King Cathedral.[109]
  • Andrew Ross, (1857-1941), Businessman. Ross lent his support to the building of the Tivoli theatre and to the Barton Street Arena, and was involved in professional hockey (Hamilton Tigers) and softball.[20]
  • William Rymal, (1759-1852), farmer and one of earliest settlers on the Hamilton mountain. Rymal Road in the city named after him.[2]
  • Clifton Sherman, (1872-1955), Founded Dominion Foundries and Steel (later called Dofasco) in 1912 (with his brother Frank Sherman), creating a giant that would bring prosperity and identity to the city. [109]
  • Frank Sherman, (1887-1967), Founded Dominion Foundries and Steel (later called Dofasco) in 1912 (with his brother Clifton Sherman), creating a giant that would bring prosperity and identity to the city. [110]
  • E.D. Smith, (1853-1948), Canadian businessman and politician who founded a food company that bears his name.[20]
  • Ken Soble, Founder of CHCH-TV, leader of Hamilton's urban renewal movement, and owner of CHML radio, Soble was regarded as a pioneer in all of his endeavours.[109]
  • William Southam, (1843-1932), Once an apprentice printer at the London Free Press, at age 34 he purchased the troubled Hamilton Spectator, turned it around and made it the flagship of a national newspaper chain.[111]
  • Thomas Stinson, (1798-1864), merchant, banker, landowner. He was an extensive landowner in not only in Hamilton but as well as Chicago, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Superior City, Wisconsin, which he named.[20]
  • George Elias Tuckett, (1835-1900), Tuckett Tobacco Company owner + Hamilton's 27th Mayor in 1896.[2]
  • Richard Wanzer, (1818-1900), sewing machine manufacturer. Helped establish the Textile District in Hamilton.[2]
  • Arthur Weisz, A Holocaust survivor, he came to Canada from Hungary with only a suitcase and built the Effort Trust Company, becoming Ontario's largest landlord outside Toronto.[70]
  • Charles S. Wilcox, (1856-1938), First president of Iron and Steel Company of Canada, (later called simply Stelco), which was formed from five companies, including his Hamilton Steel and Iron Company.[20]
  • Bob Young, started a self-publishing web-site that claims to be the world's fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books at Lulu.com also owns the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the CFL. (Ancaster, Ontario)[112]
  • Joyce Young, Canadian woman famous for a single act of philanthropy and for being the aunt of Red Hat founder Bob Young.[113]
  • Irving Zucker, Radio, electricity and life insurance entrepreneur famous for his philanthropy, with major contributions in the arts, education and health care. He died in 2002 at age 82.[109]

[edit] The Law

[edit] Crime

  • Johnson Aziga, (1956- ), is a Ugandan-born Canadian man resident in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, notable as the first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for spreading the HIV virus, after two women whom he had infected without their knowledge died.[114]
  • Evelyn Dick, committed infanticide and was convicted, then acquitted, of having murdered her husband.[76]
  • Rocco Perri, (1887-1944), 1920s-Gangster/ bootlegger.[20]
  • Cathy Smith, convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi. Sang background vocals for The Band, Gordon Lightfoot and Hoyt Axton. Met John Belushi on the set of Saturday Night Live when The Band was musical guest (October 30, 1976). Injected Belushi with a fatal 'speedball' (heroin and cocaine combo) in Los Angeles (March 5, 1982) Co-authored the book 'Chasing the Dragon' about her life experience with drugs (1984). Charged with murder - pled guilty to lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. She sang and played guitar at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. In a jealous rage Lightfoot hit her and broke her cheekbone. One of Lightfoot's best known songs, 'Sundown,' is loosely based on his relationship with her.[115]
  • Besha Starkman, (1889-1907), Criminal, Rocco Perri's wife. ("the Brains")[20]

[edit] Judges & lawyers

  • Charles William Bell, (1876-1938), Playwright, Politician and Rocco Perri's Lawyer.[20]
  • Richard Hatt (1769–1819), was a businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.[116]
  • Helen Alice Kinnear, (1894-1970), was a Canadian lawyer. She was the first federally appointed woman judge in Canada.[117]
  • Helen Gregory MacGill, (1864-1947), the first woman in British Columbia to be appointed a judge of the juvenile Court, a post she held for 23 years.[118]
  • Jack Pelech, (1934- ), Litigation and business lawyer, Hamilton Citizen of the Year, 1987; Order of Canada, 2006.[119]
  • John Sopinka, (1933-1997), Supreme Court Justice described as the heart of the court, he was raised in north Hamilton and died unexpectedly in 1997. Hamilton's courthouse is named for him.[120]
  • Robert Stanley Weir, (1856-1926), lawyer, poet, author, best remembered as the author of the English lyrics to O Canada[53]
  • John Willson, (1776–1860) was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada. [110]
  • Mary Wong, In 1977 became the first Canadian of Chinese descent to be appointed as a Citizenship Court Judge. She retired from the "bench" ( as a judge) in 1985. She is an appointee to the Hamilton, Ontario Gallery of Distinction.[121]

[edit] Military

General The Honourable Henry Duncan Graham (Harry) Crerar
General The Honourable Henry Duncan Graham (Harry) Crerar
Sam Lawrence, a pioneer of Labour Rights in Hamilton.
Sam Lawrence, a pioneer of Labour Rights in Hamilton.
James McMillan was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan
James McMillan was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan

[edit] Politics

  • Dominic Agostino, (1959-2004), Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario for Hamilton East from 1995 until his death in 2004; the first Liberal MPP in that riding since 1967.[125]
  • Lincoln Alexander, (1922- ), served as the 24th Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991. Alexander is a Governor of the Canadian Unity Council. He became Canada's first black Member of Parliament when he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1968 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Expressway on Hamilton mountain named after him; "Lincoln Alexander Parkway."[76]
  • Thomas Bain, (1834-1915), Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.[53]
  • Richard Beasley, (1761-1842), was a soldier, political figure, farmer and businessman in Upper Canada.[2]
  • Dr. Marie Bountrogianni, (1956- ), BA, MEd, Currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and is a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.[126]
  • Isaac Buchanan, (1810-1883), was a businessman and political figure in Canada West.[2]
  • Dr. Richard Butson, (1922- ), retired medical officer and politician. (Ancaster, Ontario)[127]
  • Jack Cable, (1934- ), Ivan John "Jack" Cable was a Canadian politician and the former Commissioner of the Yukon (October 1, 2000—December 1, 2005).[128]
  • Chris Charlton, (1963- ), MA, Member of Parliament (MP) in the 2006 federal election for Hamilton Mountain.[129]
  • David Christopherson, (1954- ), Represents the riding of Hamilton Centre in the Canadian House of Commons (2004- ).[130]
  • Mark Coakley, Hamilton-based activist, lawyer, author and chair of Environment Hamilton.[131]
  • Victor K. Copps, (1919-1988), was a Canadian politician and Mayor of Hamilton. was one of the most influential mayors of the City of Hamilton; the city's landmark sports arena, Copps Coliseum, is named in his honour.[132]
  • Sheila Copps, (1952- ), PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), Canadian journalist and former politician. Copps is a second-generation member of a political family that has dominated Hamilton-area politics on the municipal, provincial and federal levels.[133]
  • Adam Crooks, (1827-1885), LLB, was an Ontario Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Toronto West from 1871 to 1874 and moved to the riding of Oxford South from 1875 to 1886. Crooks was an MLA for the Ontario Liberal Party.[134]
  • Thomas Mayne Daly, Sr., (1827-1885), was a businessman and political figure in Canada West (later Ontario). He represented the riding of Perth North in the Canadian House of Commons and in the Ontario Provincial Parliament.[135]
  • Ellen Fairclough, (1905-2004), was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet.[76]
  • Colin Campbell Ferrie, (1808-1856), Hamilton's first Mayor.[2]
  • Rolf Gerstenberger, is president of the United Steelworkers Local 1005 at Stelco's Hilton Works in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is also a prominent member of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist).[136]
  • Sir John Morison Gibson, (1842-1929), lawyer, politician, businessman, was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1908 to 1914.[53]
  • George Hamilton, (1788-1836), settler and city founder.[2]
  • Sir John Strathearn Hendrie, (1857-1923), was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1914 to 1919.[53]
  • Adam Inch, (1857-1933), dairy farmer, politician. Inch Park neighbourhood on Hamilton Mountain named after him. [53]
  • Stan Keyes, (1953- ), Stanley Kazmierczak Keyes, Canadian diplomat and former politician.[137]
  • Sam Lawrence, (1879-1959), was mayor and pioneer of Labour Rights in Hamilton.[103]
  • Quinto Martini, (1908- ), was the first Italian Canadian elected to Parliament, where he represented Hamilton East from 1957 until he was defeated by Liberal John Munro in 1962.[70]
  • James McMillan, (1838-1902), was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.[138]
  • Thomas McQuesten, (1882-1948), was an athlete, militiaman, lawyer, politician and government appointee who lived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. McQuesten helped encourage McMaster University to relocate from downtown Toronto to the west Hamilton in 1930.[20]
  • Allan McNab, (1798-1862), Sir. Allan Napier McNab soldier, lawyer, businessman, knight and former Prime Minister of Upper Canada.[2][139]
  • Bob Morrow, (1946- ), Longest serving mayor in Hamilton's history (1983-2000).[132]
  • John Munro, (1931-2003), PC , BA , LL.B was a Canadian politician. Elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 election. Hamilton's "John Munro International Airport" is named after the late politician.[140]
  • William Eli Sanford (1838–1899), was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and politician.[141]
  • Frank Scarpitti, is Mayor-elect of Markham, Ontario. He was elected in 2006 to replace the retiring Cousens as mayor.[142]
  • Allan Studholme, (1846-1919), Stove maker and first Ontario Labour MLA.[143]
  • James Lyle Telford, (1889-1960), was mayor of Vancouver, B.C. from 1939-40.(Valens, Ontario)[144]

[edit] Religion

  • John C Holland, (1882-1954), John Christie Holland, In 1924, became an ordained Minister and served as Pastor of Hamilton's Steward Memorial Church. The church has been designated an historic site by the Ontario government because its solid history and connection to the infamous Underground Railroad. 1953 was honored as Citizen of the Year in Hamilton, the first African Canadian to be given that recognition.[145]John C. Holland Awards
  • Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan, Bishop of Hamilton for 36 years, appointed by Pope John XXIII as assistant to the pontifical throne. Bishop Ryan's many priorities included securing the best possible education for Catholic students.[70]

[edit] Science/ Education

[edit] Education

  • Adelaide Hoodless, (1858-1910), was a Canadian educational reformer who founded the international women’s organization known as the Women’s Institutes in 1897.[53]

[edit] Invention

  • Troy Hurtubise, (1963- ), Inventor of prototype for a lightweight armour shell (for military purposes) that conjures up an image of a Star Wars Imperial Storm Trooper.[146]
  • George Klein, (1904-1992), often called; "The most productive inventor in Canada in the 20th century"; electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor and the Canadarm.[147]
  • Simon Sunatori, (1959- ), Canadian engineer and inventor, best known for the invention of the Sunatori Pen.[148]
  • Thomas Willson, (1860-1915), Canadian inventor. Designed and patented the first electric arc lamps.[149]

[edit] Medicine

  • Elizabeth Bagshaw, (1881-1982), physician and birth control activist.[150]
  • John Callaghan, (1923-2004), Canadian cardiologist who pioneered open-heart surgery.[151]
  • Harold E. Johns, (1915-1998), was a Canadian medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer.[152]
  • Sir William Osler, (1849-1919), 1st Baronet, the Father of Modern Medicine. (Dundas, Ontario)[153]
  • Dorothy Pringle, She was Director of the School of Nursing at Laurentian University where she governed and inspired the development of a bilingual nursing program. As Dean of Nursing at the University of Toronto, she instrumental in launching the first doctoral program in Nursing in Ontario.[154]
  • The Honourable William Winegard, (1924- ), Canadian educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament.[155]

[edit] Scientists

[edit] Sports

[edit] Boxing

Russ Jackson
Russ Jackson

[edit] Figure skating

[edit] Football

[edit] Hockey

Syl Apps
Syl Apps
Tim Horton
Tim Horton

[edit] Running

[edit] Soccer

  • Valerio Alesi, (1966- ), first Canadian-born player to play in the Serie A Soccer.[178]
  • Alex Bunbury, (1967- ), Played 4 seasons with the Hamilton Steelers 1987-90, Voted best Foreign player in the Portuguese first division club Maritimo in 1994-95 season where he scored 12-goals. Canadian Soccer Hall-of-Fame inductee in 2006.[179]
  • Jamie Dodds, (1981- ), Canadian soccer player who currently plays for the Toronto Lynx in the USL First Division.[180]
  • Rhian Dodds, (1979- ), is a midfielder for Kilmarnock F.C., (Scottish Soccer).[181]
  • Milan Kojic, (1976- ), Canadian soccer player who currently plays for the F.K. Haugesund in Adeccoligaen.[182]
  • Robert McDonald, (1902-1956), was a Canadian soccer player from the 1920s and 30s who spent a decade playing for famous Scottish football club Rangers.[183]
  • Jimmy Nicholl, (1956- ), Northern Irish Football player, 73 International caps.[184]
  • Carrie Serwetnyk, (1965- ), Played 19-times for Canada's Women's National team. Canadian Soccer Hall-of-Fame inductee in 2001.[185]
  • Greg Sutton, (1977- ), Canadian International Soccer Goalkeeper (Toronto FC).[186]

[edit] Thoroughbred horse racing

Hamilton is the birthplace of three jockeys in Thoroughbred horse racing whose success led to them being inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame:

[edit] Wrestling

Iron Mike Sharpe
Iron Mike Sharpe
  • Johnny K-9, (1965- ), Ion William Croitoru, 4-years in the WWF including match against Hulk Hogan.[190]
  • Billy Lyons, Billy "Red" Lyons, ex-Pro Wrestler and TV announcer for Maple Leafs Wrestling.[191]
  • Angelo Mosca, (1938- ), was a Canadian Football League player between 1958 and 1969 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but he was better known for his pro wrestling career.[192]
  • Dewey Robertson, (1939- ), "The Missing Link" ex-Pro Wrestler.[191]
  • Johnny Powers, (1943- ), ex-Pro Wrestler. 2-time NWF World champion, 1970, 73.[193]
  • Ben & Mike Sharpe, ex-Pro Wrestlers. 18 time NWA World tag champions.[194]
  • Iron Mike Sharpe Jr., ex-Pro Wrestler. The self-proclaimed "Canada's Greatest Athlete".[195]
  • Tonya Verbeek, (1977- ), Silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's wrestling in the 55 kg category - Canada's first woman to medal at the Olympics in wrestling. (Grimsby ON).[196]

[edit] Other sports

  • Lisa Buscombe Bertoncini, Archer, won the women’s Canadian Championship title in 1984 and 1985. Inducted into the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.[197]
  • Doug Didero, (1960- ), Race car driver.[198]
  • Florence Harvey, (1878-1968), Golf, Ontario Ladies Amateur Champion 1904, 1906, 1913, and 1914. Canadian Ladies Champion in 1903 and 1904. Founded and served on the executive of the Canadian Ladies Golf Association. Member of Canada's Golf Hall of Fame.[197]
  • Jeff Joslin, (1975- ), Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.[199]
  • Irene MacDonald, (1931-2002), Diving, she reigned as Canada’s champion diver from 1951-1961. She won medals at the 1954 and 1958 Commonwealth Games and in 1956 she won Canada’s first Olympic diving medal, a bronze.[197]
  • Joanne Malar, (1975- ), Former freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics.[200]
  • Pat Messner, (1954- ), Water skiing, 1972 summer Olympics Bronze.[197]
  • Frank O'Rourke, (1894-1986), ex-pro baseball player and long time New York Yankees scout.[201]
  • Linda Thom, (1943- ), Woman's shooting (25m Pistol) Gold at 1984 summer Olympics.[197]
  • Shona Thorburn, (1982- ), WNBA pro basketball player, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx. Attended Westdale Secondary in Hamilton.[202][203]

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • Leanne Baird, was Miss Canada International in 1998.[204]
  • Étienne Brûlé, (1592–1633), The first European to visit what is now Hamilton was probably Étienne Brûlé in 1616.[2]
  • Venessa Fisher, (1986- ), was Miss Universe Canada 2004. She is from Waterdown, Ontario.[205]
  • Eileen Vollick, (1908- ?), Aviator, Fascinated by aviation from childhood this daring young woman enrolled in a Hamilton, Ontario, flying school On March 31 1928 she passed the federal aviation test and become the first Canadian woman to earn a private pilot's certificate.[206]
  • Lititia Youmans, (1827-1896), After visiting a rally of the American Women's Temperance Crusade in 1874, she returned to Canada full of determination. Her efforts founded the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Canada and she would be the first president. She would remain, after 1889, its honorary president for the rest of her life.[207]

[edit] References

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