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This is a list of notable people born, raised, or long-time resident to the Canadian province of British Columbia.
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- Richard Cummins, singer/songwriter
- Bryan Adams, singer
- Pamela Anderson, actress (Baywatch, V.I.P.)
- Randy Bachman, musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
- Long John Baldry, musician/songwriter
- Fairuza Balk, actress (The Wizard of Oz)
- Gil Bellows, actor
- Michael Bublé, singer
- Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason)
- Peter Breck, actor
- Jim Byrnes, musician/actor (Highlander)
- Nicholas Campbell, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
- Yvonne De Carlo, actress (The Munsters)
- Chris Carter, screenwriter/producer/director (X-Files)
- William B. Davis, actor (X-Files)
- Edward Dmytryk, film director
- James Doohan, actor (Star Trek)
- Roy Forbes (Bim), musician
- Judith Forst, opera singer
- David Foster, songwriter, record producer
- Matthew Good, musician
- Michael J. Fox, actor (Back to the Future)
- Nelly Furtado, singer
- Chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man, Cariboo Cowboy)
- June Havoc, actress
- Ben Heppner, opera singer
- John Ireland, actor
- Robert Ito, actor
- Alexz Johnson, singer/actress
- Joe Keithley, musician/songwriter (D.O.A.)
- Elias Koteas, actor (The Thin Red Line)
- Diana Krall, musician
- Kristin Kreuk, actress (Smallville)
- Nicholas Lea, actor (X-Files)
- Eric McCormack, actor
- Sarah McLachlan, musician
- Leon Mandrake, illusionist (Mandrake the Magician)
- Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter
- Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
- Barbara Parkins, actress
- Jason Priestley, actor
- John Qualen, actor
- Mike Reno, musician/songwriter
- Ryan Reynolds, actor
- Coco Rocha, fashion model
- Donnelly Rhodes, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
- Michael Shanks, actor
- Nell Shipman, actress, film director
- Alexis Smith, actress
- Dorothy Stratten, actress/model
- Bobby Taylor, Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers)
- Koko Taylor, blues singer
- Jon Mikl Thor, singer/performer and bodybuilder
- Jennifer Tilly, actress
- Meg Tilly, actress
- Tina Tyler, adult actress
[edit] Sports personalities
[edit] Artists
[edit] Journalists and Writers
- Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
- Bill Bissett, poet
- Maeve Blanchet (the Circle of Time)
- Robert Bringhurst, poet
- Douglas Coupland, author (genX fiction)
- Philip K. Dick, author (science fiction)
- Isaac "Ikey" Dixon, columnist (Cariboo Sentinel, 1860s-90s)
- Ralph Edwards, naturalist/author (Caruso of Lonesome Lake)
- Allan Fotheringham, columnist (politics, often satirical)
- Bruce Hutchison, editor/columnist and author (The Fraser)
- Timothy Findley, author
- Terry Glavin, columnist/author and naturalist (ecology, fisheries, politics)
- W.P. Kinsella, author/columnist (Shoeless Joe Goes To Iowa)
- Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, editor/columnist
- Malcolm Lowry, novelist (Under the Volcano, October Ferry To Gabriola)
- Eswyn Lyster, genealogist and war bride author (Most Excellent Citizens to be publish in 2008)
- Alan Morley, journalist and historian (Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis)
- Susan Musgrave, poet
- Spider Robinson, author (science fiction)
- George Ryga, playwright (The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe)
- Paul St. Pierre (Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse)
- Paddy Sherman, editor/publisher and columnist
- Robin Skelton, poet
- Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun religion reporter
- Margaret Trudeau, author
- Jack Wasserman, columnist (society, show biz, politics)
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