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

Contents

[edit] Arts

[edit] Architecture and design

[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."[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]
Florence Lawrence, "Hollywood's first movie star."
Florence Lawrence, "Hollywood's first movie star."

[edit] Fine arts

[edit] Illusionists

[edit] Journalism and writing

[edit] Music

Robert Stanley Weir, the author of the English lyrics to O Canada.
Robert Stanley Weir, the author of the English lyrics to O Canada.

[edit] Radio

  • Richard Alway, former Canadian radio broadcast commentator & is the current and first lay President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Michael's College.[106]
  • Bob Bratina, Canadian Radio personality. Elected City Councillor for Downtown Ward 2.[107][108]
  • Mike Cooper, Canadian radio personality, with Erin Davis hosting the 98.1 CHFI morning show.[citation needed]
  • Doug Farraway, (1951- ), On-air radio personality at the Fan 590 Toronto. (formerly of CKOC radio in Hamilton).[109]
  • Roy Green, a staple of the Hamilton radio scene.[110]
  • 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."[78]
  • Sue Prestedge, is a Canadian sports broadcaster, who was one of Canada's first and most influential female sports journalists.[111]
  • Bill Sturrup, (1938-2007), Local Hamilton radio and sports icon.[112]
  • Barry Taylor, On-air DJ for the edge102 Toronto.[113]

[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.[114]

[edit] Business

E. D. Smith
E. D. Smith
Harry Stinson, 100-storey Connaught Towers presentation, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce (Monday June 2nd, 2008)
Harry Stinson, 100-storey Connaught Towers presentation, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce (Monday June 2nd, 2008)
  • John Askin, (1739–1815), Fur trader, merchant and official in Upper Canada.[115]
  • Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr., (1846-1931), Businessman, telephone pioneer.[116]
  • 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.[117]
  • 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.[118][119]
  • Michael DeGroote, (1932- ), Billionaire, best known as a major private donor to McMaster University.[120]
  • Frank DeNardis, (1933-2007), a TV pioneer who helped get CHCH-TV off the ground.[121]
  • James Durand, (1775-1833), was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.[122]
  • 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.[122]
  • 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.[123]
  • Charles Juravinski, former owner of Flamboro Downs racetrack, donated $43-million to Hamilton city hospitals with his wife Margaret. Henderson Hospital on Concession Street renamed to the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre.[124]
  • 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.
  • 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.[125]
  • 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.[125]
  • 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.[126]
  • 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.[125]
  • 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.[127]
  • Harry Stinson, (June 3, 19?? - ), is a high-profile real estate developer and president of Stinson Properties, Inc. He has been called Toronto's "condo king" and now resides in Hamilton. [128]
  • 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.[78]
  • 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, founder of Red Hat 1996, started a self-publishing web-site that claims to be the world's fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books at www.lulu.com. He currently owns the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the CFL. (Ancaster, Ontario)[129]
  • Joyce Young, Canadian woman famous for a single act of philanthropy and for being the aunt of Red Hat founder Bob Young.[130]
  • 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.[125]

[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.[131]
  • Evelyn Dick, committed infanticide and was convicted, then acquitted, of having murdered her husband.[84]
  • 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.[132]
  • Besha Starkman, (1889-1907), Criminal, Rocco Perri's wife. ("the Brains")[20]

[edit] Judges & lawyers

William W. Cooke
William W. Cooke
  • 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.[133]
  • Helen Alice Kinnear, (1894-1970), was a Canadian lawyer. She was the first federally appointed woman judge in Canada.[134]
  • 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.[135]
  • Jack Pelech, (1934- ), Litigation and business lawyer, Hamilton Citizen of the Year, 1987; Order of Canada, 2006.[136]
  • 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.[137]
  • John Willson, (1776–1860) was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada.[126]
  • 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.[138]

[edit] Military

Harry Crerar
Harry Crerar

[edit] Politics

James McMillan was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan
James McMillan was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan
Colin Campbell Ferrie, Hamilton's first Mayor.
Colin Campbell Ferrie, Hamilton's first Mayor.
Thomas Bain
Thomas Bain
Thomas B. McQuesten
Thomas B. McQuesten

[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.[169]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.[78] Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School is named in his honour.

[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.[60]

[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.[170]
  • 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.[171]
  • Simon Sunatori, (1959- ), Canadian engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, best known for the invention of the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer.[172]
  • Thomas Willson, (1860-1915), Canadian inventor. Designed and patented the first electric arc lamps.[173]

[edit] Medicine

  • Elizabeth Bagshaw, (1881-1982), physician and birth control activist.[174]
  • John Callaghan, (1923-2004), Canadian cardiologist who pioneered open-heart surgery.[175]
  • Harold E. Johns, (1915-1998), was a Canadian medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer.[176]
  • Sir William Osler, (1849-1919), 1st Baronet, the Father of Modern Medicine. (Dundas, Ontario)[177]
  • 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.[178]
  • The Honourable William Winegard, (1924- ), Canadian educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament.[179]
  • Doctor Jeffrey Howard Ennis, (1954- ), Canadian Physician, recognized expert in the management of chronic non-cancer pain, author, educator, boat builder, bowyer, artist.[180]

[edit] Science

[edit] Sports

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Figure skating

[edit] Football

[edit] Hockey

Syl Apps
Syl Apps

[edit] Mixed martial arts

  • Jeff Joslin, (1975- ), Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.[204]
  • Samir Seif, (1973- ), Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.[205]

[edit] Running

[edit] Soccer

William Sherring
William Sherring

[edit] Thoroughbred horse racing

Hamilton jockey, Chris Rogers
Hamilton jockey, Chris Rogers

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

  • Johnny K-9, (1965- ), Ion William Croitoru, 4-years in the WWF including match against Hulk Hogan.[221]
  • Billy Lyons, Billy "Red" Lyons, ex-Pro Wrestler and TV announcer for Maple Leafs Wrestling.[222]
  • 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.[223]
  • Dewey Robertson, (1939-2007), "The Missing Link" ex-Pro Wrestler.[222]
  • Johnny Powers, (1943- ), ex-Pro Wrestler. 2-time NWF World champion, 1970, 73.[224]
  • Ben & Mike Sharpe, ex-Pro Wrestlers. 18 time NWA World tag champions.[225]
  • Iron Mike Sharpe Jr., ex-Pro Wrestler. The self-proclaimed "Canada's Greatest Athlete".[226]
  • 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).[227]

[edit] Other sports

  • Lisa Buscombe Bertoncini, Archer, won the women's World Field archery Championship title in 1984 and in 1985 won the World Games Field Archery Title. Inducted into the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. In 1999 coached silver Canadian medalist in Men's Archery at the Pan Am Games. Currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.[228]
  • Doug Didero, (1960- ), Race car driver.[229]
  • 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.[228]
  • 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.[228]
  • Joanne Malar, (1975- ), Former freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics.[230]
  • Pat Messner, (1954- ), Water skiing, 1972 summer Olympics Bronze.[228]
  • Frank O'Rourke, (1894-1986), ex-pro baseball player and long time New York Yankees scout.[231]
  • Linda Thom, (1943- ), Woman's shooting (25m Pistol) Gold at 1984 summer Olympics.[228]
  • Shona Thorburn, (1982- ), WNBA pro basketball player, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx. Attended Westdale Secondary in Hamilton.[232][233]

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • Leanne Baird, was Miss Canada International in 1998.[234]
  • 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.[235]
  • 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.[236]
  • 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.[237]

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