List of people from Toronto
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A Torontonian is a person who lives in, or was from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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[edit] Science, math
- Sir Frederick Banting - 1923 Nobel Prize in Medicine, but he was actually from Alliston.
- Charles Best
- James Collip
- Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter - the world's best known geometer
- Harold E. Johns
- John James Richard Macleod
- Ernest McCulloch - cellular biologist
- John Charles Polanyi - 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Tak Wah Mak - Immunologist, discovered the T-Cell receptor, a key to the human immune system
- Endel Tulving - Cognitive Psychologist, world authority on human memory function
[edit] Journalism
- Bill Cameron
- Barbara Frum - journalist, news anchor
- Peter Jennings
- George Jonas
- Faisal Kutty - columnist, Lawyers Weekly
- Victor Malarek
- Mark Steyn
- Pamela Wallin - journalist, former Canadian Consul-General to New York
- See also List of Canadian Journalists
[edit] Architecture
[edit] Artists
- Terry Ananny UNICEF artist
- Robert Bateman - painter
- Alex Colville - painter
- Lawren Harris
- A.Y. Jackson
- Ivor Lewis - sculptor
- James Lumbers - painter
- Charles Pachter
- Joe Shuster - co-creator of "Superman"
- Michael Snow - painter, sculptor, filmmaker
- Tom Thomson
- Joyce Wieland
[edit] Literature
- Margaret Atwood
- Barry Callaghan
- Morley Callaghan
- Austin Clarke
- Matt Cohen
- Robertson Davies
- George Faludy - Nobel nominee for literature
- Timothy Findley
- Northrop Frye
- Graeme Gibson
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Katherine Govier
- Barbara Gowdy
- Steven Heighton
- Michael Ignatieff
- Jane Jacobs
- Ann-Marie MacDonald
- Rohinton Mistry
- Michael Ondaatje
- Anna Porter
- Michael Redhill
- Nino Ricci
- Daniel Richler
- John Ralston Saul
- Josef Škvorecký
- Jane Urquhart
- M. G. Vassanji
[edit] Film
- David Cronenberg
- Atom Egoyan
- Norman Jewison
- Ted Kotcheff
- Robert Lantos
- James Motluk
- Mary Pickford
- Ivan Reitman
- Michael Seater - star of Life With Derek
- Mia Kirshner
- See also: List of Canadian directors
[edit] Business, finance
- Thomas J. Bata
- Conrad Black
- Leslie Dan
- Timothy Eaton
- Michael Lee-Chin
- David Mirvish
- Ed Mirvish
- Peter Munk
- Albert Reichmann
- Paul Reichmann
- Edward Samuel Rogers
- Isadore Sharp
- Kenneth Thomson
- George Vari
- Galen Weston
[edit] Entertainers
- Will Arnett - actor
- Jimmy Broyden - stuntman
- John Candy - actor, comedian
- Jim Carrey - actor
- Ryan Gosling - actor
- Rachel McAdams - actress
- Hayden Christensen - actor
- Enrico Colantoni - actor
- David Cronenberg - filmmaker, director, screenwriter
- George Dunning - animator, director
- Megan Follows - actress
- Dave Foley - comedian
- Natalie Glebova - Miss Universe Canada 2005, Miss Universe 2005
- Ian Hodgkinson - professional wrestler (lived in Toronto)
- Walter Huston - actor
- Michael Ironside - actor
- Peter Jennings - journalist, TV anchor
- Norman Jewison - filmmaker, director
- Gail Kim - female professional wrestler
- Howie Mandel - actor, comedian, writer, producer
- Raymond Massey - actor
- Eric McCormack - actor
- Dave McRae - Voice Artist, Filmmaker, Actor
- Rick Moranis - actor, comedian, writer, producer
- Mike Myers - actor, comedian, screenwriter
- Catherine O'Hara - actress, comedienne, writer
- Sidney Olcott - director
- Alice Panikian - Miss Universe Canada 2006
- Russell Peters
- Mary Pickford - actress
- Christopher Plummer - actor
- Sarah Polley - actress, director
- Lisa Ray - actress
- Gloria Reuben - actress
- Ann Rutherford - actress
- Morley Safer - journalist, reporter
- Linda Schuyler - television producer (Degrassi)
- Inga Skaya - Miss Universe Canada 2007
- Stephen Stohn - television producer (Degrassi)
- Trish Stratus - WWE Diva, comedian
- Wayne and Shuster
- Samantha Tajik - Miss Universe Canada 2008
- Al Waxman - actor
- Angel Williams - female pro wrestler
- David Zancai - street entertainer, actor
[edit] Musicians and bands
- Barenaked Ladies
- Our Lady Peace
- Cowboy Junkies
- Deborah Cox - R&B singer, songwriter
- The Birthday Massacre
- Simone Denny - singer
- George Evans (Canadian jazz vocalist) - jazz singer, producer, recording artist
- Gil Evans
- Glenn Gould - pianist
- Moshe Hammer - violinist
- Jeff Healey Band
- Dan Hill - singer, song writer
- Irish Rovers
- Anton Kuerti - pianist
- Gordon Lightfoot
- The Nylons
- Amanda Marshall - singer, songwriter
- Parachute Club
- Platinum Blonde
- Robbie Robertson - musician, writer, singer, producer
- Lukas Rossi - singer
- Rough Trade/Carole Pope
- Rush
- Billy Talent
- Teresa Stratas - opera singer
- Triumph
- Neil Young - singer, song writer
- Kardinal Offishall - rapper, song writer
- Glenn Lewis - R&B singer
- Broken Social Scene
- Final Fantasy (band) - violinist and singer
- Toronto (band)
- Teenage Head
- Death from Above 1979
- Metric
- The Soundbluntz
- Seiji Ozawa
- Healey Willan
- Ronnie Hawkins
- Cancer Bats
- K-os
- Choclair
- The Dope Poet Society
- Ghetto Concept
- Dream Warriors
- Maestro (rapper)
- Three Days Grace - rock band, originally from Norwood
- Sum 41
- DL Incognito
- Not By Choice
- Len
[edit] Sports
- Lou Angotti - former NHL player
- Marty Burke - former NHL player
- Ned Hanlan
- Jamaal Magloire - NBA player
- Lance Nethery - former NHL player
- Mark Appleyard - Pro skateboarder, grew up outside of Toronto
- Michael Peca - NHL Player
- Marty Roth
- Elvis Stojko
- Raffi Torres
- Jason Spezza
[edit] Professional wrestlers "billed" from Toronto
- Adam Copeland, better known as Edge
- Andrew Martin, better known as Test
- Jason Reso, better known as Christian Cage
- Trish Stratus
- Sean Morley, better known as Val Venis
[edit] Politicians
- Lester B. Pearson - politician (14th Prime Minister of Canada)
- Diane Stratas - politician (former Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre)
- Stephen Harper - politician (Current prime minister of Canada)
