List of people from Hamilton, Ontario

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

Contents 1 Arts 1.1 Architecture and design 1.2 Dance 1.3 Film and television 1.4 Fine arts 1.5 Illusionists 1.6 Journalism and writing 1.7 Music 1.8 Radio 1.9 Theatre 2 Business 3 Law 3.1 Crime 3.2 Judges and lawyers 4 Military 5 Politics 6 Religion 7 Education 8 Science 8.1 Invention 8.2 Medicine 9 Sports 9.1 Boxing 9.2 Figure skating 9.3 Football 9.4 Ice hockey 9.5 Mixed martial arts 9.6 Running 9.7 Soccer 9.8 Thoroughbred horse racing 9.9 Wrestling 9.10 Other sports 10 Miscellaneous 11 References

Arts

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 designer of over 100 freeware TrueType fonts, and is based in Hamilton, Ontario.^[3]
• Bruce Kuwabara (1949- ), architect; (Kitchener City Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario Phase III).^[4]
• John M. Lyle (1872–1945), architect in the late 19th Century; New York Public Library (1897), Royal Alexandra Theatre, in Toronto (1907), Union Station (Toronto) (1914–1921).^[5]

Dance

• Frank Augustyn (1953- ), From 1972 to 1989 he was the principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada.^[6]
• Karen Kain (1951- ), principal dancer for the National Ballet of Canada.^[7]

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 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), actor who worked in radio, film and television for most of his career and was especially known in the United Kingdom.^[11]
• Alan Best (1959- ), is an animation director and producer. Began his career as an assistant animator working for Hanna-Barbera studios. Also worked on the animated features, Heavy Metal (1981), Pink Floyd The Wall (1982).^[12]
• Rick Campanelli (1970- ), He was a MuchMusic Video Jockey, currently works for ET Canada.^[13]
• Wendy Crewson (1956- ), actress.^[14]
• Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974), was an actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood.^[15]
• Rob Faulds (1955- ), is a Canadian sports analyst on Rogers Sportsnet and host of sportsnetnews.^[16]
• 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.^[17]
• Daniel Goldberg, Movie Producer of Twins, Space Jam. Also worked with Ivan Reitman on Stripes and Meatballs.^[18]
• Currie Graham (1967- ), stage, film and television actor. Graham is best known for playing Lt. Thomas Bale in the TV program NYPD Blue.^[19]
• 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.^[20]
• Jonathan Hale (1892–1966), actor. Best known as Mr. Dithers in the Blondie movies. He committed suicide in Hollywood at the age of 74.
• Torri Higginson (1969- ), actress. She is most well known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient and Stargate Atlantis. (Burlington, Ontario)^[21]
• 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.^[22]

• Chris Lazar (1986- ), actor best known for his role as Young Zach on the series Dark Angel.^[23]
• Ashley Leggat (1986- ), actress who is known for her role as "Casey" in the Disney Channel series Life with Derek.^[24]
• Eugene Levy (1946- ), actor, television director, producer and writer. Best known internationally for his role as the father in the American Pie movies.^[17][25]
• Brian Linehan (1944–2004), television host, best known for his celebrity interviews on City Lights, a program produced by Citytv in Toronto.^[26]
• Del Lord (1894–1970), was a film director and actor best known as a director of Three Stooges films. (Grimsby Ontario)^[27]
• Patrick McKenna (1960- ), is a comedic and dramatic actor. He is best known for the television series The Red Green Show and Traders, and the Trudeau miniseries.^[28]
• Paul Popowich (1973- ), actor. Beside his theatre appearances, he has performed in many television series (such as Beverly Hills, 90210) and features.^[29]
• Frank Powell, was a stage and silent film actor, screenwriter, and director in the United States.^[30]
• Leon Pownall (1943–2006), actor and director.^[31]
• Ivan Reitman (1946- ), Slovakian-born, Canadian-raised film actor, producer, and director. He is most remembered for directing and producing a string of comedies, mostly in the 1980s and 1990s (Meatballs, Stripes and Ghostbusters). A founder of the McMaster Film Board at McMaster University.^[17][32]
• Kathleen Robertson (1973- ), actress. She was cast in Beverly Hills, 90210, where she remained until 1997.^[33]
• Martin Short (1950- ), Actor, writer, and producer best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live.^[17][34]
• Steve Smith (1945- ), main actor and writer on The Red Green Show, a Canadian television series.^[35]
• Sarah Taylor, MuchMusic VJ, Sarah now co-hosts many of MuchMusic's popular shows, including Combat Zone, MuchOnDemand and Take Over.^[36]
• Dave Thomas (1949- ), Hamilton native, McMaster alumnus, and SCTV member, before leaving for movies and Grace Under Fire.^[17]
• Brian Williams, sportscaster who is best known for his coverage of the Olympic Games. (Born in Winnipeg, raised in Hamilton).^[37]
• Dick Wilson (1916–2007), actor, whose claim to fame was working for over 21 years on 504 Charmin toilet paper TV commercials. Also made acting appearances on Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes and The Bob Newhart Show.^[38]
• Gordon Michael Woolvett (1970- ), actor, plays Seamus Harper on TV's Andromeda.^[39]
• Dominic Zamprogna (1979- ), actor, plays James "Jammer" Lyman on TV's Battlestar Galactica.^[40]
• Gema Zamprogna (1976- ), actress, played the role of Felicity Clark on Road to Avonlea. (1989–1996)^[41]

Fine arts

• Blaine, political cartoonist.^[42]
• Gino Cavicchioli (1957- ), is a sculptor. Cavicchioli is currently the official sculptor for the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.^[43]
• Sky Gilbert (1952- ), is an artistic director, actor, academic and drag performer. Opened up the Hammertheatre Company in January 2007 in Hamilton. The theatre is devoted to the plays of artistic director Sky Gilbert whose plays deal with issues of gender and sexuality.^[44][45]
• Hortense Crompton Gordon, a self-taught painter in 1952 she had earned her first solo exhibition in New York City. She was a member of a group of Toronto-based group Painters Eleven. Her works were exhibited in galleries in Europe and North America.^[46]
• Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913–2009), regarded as one of Canada's finest portrait sculptors, her career has spanned over seventy-fice years decades. Founder of the Canadian Portrait Academy and Canadian Group of Artists. Principle works include 8 stone sculpture panels on the former Federal Building, 150 Main Street.^[47]
• Christian Cardell Corbet (1966-) Sculptor of historical figures and high profile subjects who studied at McMaster University he was sole protege to Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook.^[48] His works include portrait paintings and sculptures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Isabel McLaughlin and Doris McCarthy^[49]
• Mark Lewis (b. 1958), a Sculptor w artist who represented Canada at the 2009 Venice Biennale.^[50]
• Graeme MacKay (1968- ), Editorial cartoonist.^[51]
• Win Mortimer (1919–1998), was comic book/ comic strip artist, one of the major illustrators of the DC Comics superhero Superman, Superboy & Batman.^[52]
• Frank Panabaker (1904–1992), painter.^[53]
• Dave Sim (1956- ), comic book writer and artist.^[54]
• Paul Szep (1941- ), Editorial cartoonist for the Boston Globe from 1967- 2001.^[55]
• Floria Sigismondi (1965- ), Artist (born in Pescara, Italy, but raised in Hamilton). Apart from her art exhibitions she is best known for directing music videos for Christina Aguilera, Muse, Interpol, The White Stripes, David Bowie, Sigur Rós, Sheryl Crow, The Cure, Björk, Amon Tobin, Marilyn Manson and Incubus.^[56]

Illusionists

• Greg Frewin (1967- ), Illusionist and "World Champion of Magic".^[57]

Journalism and writing

• Roy Adams, prominent Canadian author, newspaper columnist, human rights activist and academic.^[58]
• Gordon Stewart Anderson, author.^[59]
• Dick Beddoes (1925–1991), former sports journalist for CHCH-TV in Hamilton, the Vancouver Sun, the Toronto Globe & Mail, CFRB radio (Toronto) and book author.^[60]
• Stephen Brunt, the lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989.^[61]
• John H. Bryden (1943- ), politician, journalist, historian.^[62]
• Richard Butler (1834–1925), editor, publisher, journalist. Butler neighbourhood in Hamilton named after him.^[63]
• Trevor Cole, newspaper and magazine columnist and more recently a novelist.^[64]
• Hugh Cook (1942- ), novelist.^[65]
• Damien Cox, sports columnist for the Toronto Star.
• Sylvia Fraser (1935- ), novelist and travel writer.^[66]
• Jason Jones, senior correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.^[67]
• Robert Kirkland Kernighan (1854–1926), poet, journalist. Kernighan neighbourhood on Hamilton Mountain named after him.^[63]
• Gary Lautens (1928–1992), was a humorist and newspaper columnist. He wrote for the Toronto Star from 1962 until his death.^[17]
• Billie Livingston (1965- ), novelist and poet.^[68]
• David Macfarlane (1952- ), journalist, playwright and novelist.^[69]
• Steve Paikin (1960- ), Journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TV Ontario's newsmagazines Studio 2 and Diplomatic Immunity.^[70]
• Melville Marks Robinson (1888- ? ), founder of the Commonwealth Games.^[71]
• Doug Saunders (1967- ), well-known Canadian journalist, European Bureau Chief for the Globe and Mail.^[72]
• James Travers, journalist^[73]
• Clementina Trenholme (1844–1918), Clementina (Fessenden) Trenholme, author, social organizer. Also, mother of Reginald Fessenden, the radio pioneer. Had two neighbourhoods on the Hamilton Mountain named after her, Trenholme and Fessenden neighbourhoods.^[63]
• David Vienneau (1951–2004), was a journalist, moved to television in April 1998 as Ottawa bureau chief at for Global Television, where he remained until his death from pancreatic cancer on December 1, 2004.^[74]

Music

• Natasha Alexandra (or NLX), singer, songwriter and musician.
• 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.^[75]
• Steve Augustine, drummer for Christian rock band Thousand Foot Krutch
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, are a folk rock/alternative country group.^[76]
• 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.^[77]
• Caribou (1979- ), stage name of Daniel V. Snaith, electronic musician, born in Dundas, Ontario
• Rita Chiarelli, blues singer.^[78]
• Crowbar, rock band, probably best known for their 1971 hit "Oh, What a Feeling".^[79]
• Colin Cripps (1961- ), musician and record producer.^[80]
• 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.^[20]
• Forgotten Rebels, punk rock group.^[81]
• Jordan Hastings (1982- ), drummer for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire, as well as The Black Lungs and former band Jersey, born in Hamilton but raised in Burlington, Ontario.
• Junkhouse, alternative rock band of the 1990s.^[76]
• Junior Boys, indie techno-pop band.^[82]
• Udo Kasemets (1919- ), is an Estonian-born composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works.^[83]
• Kazzer, born: Mark Kasprzyk, hip hop-influenced alternative rock musician and auto sports television personality. (Binbrook, Ontario)^[84]
• King Biscuit Boy (1944–2003), blues musician, member of Crowbar. He was the first Canadian blues artist to chart on Billboard in the U.S. Rolling Stone magazine called him legendary. Has played with artists like Muddy Waters, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin and his fans include Keith Richards and Paul McCartney.^[79]
• Colonel Harold Kudlats, was given the 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, and Louis Armstrong. Kudlats later went on to become agent for The Band. He is also Eugene Levy's uncle.^[85]
• 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.^[86]
• Daniel Lanois (1951- ), a solo artist in his own right and producer for U2, lived in Hamilton and recorded at Grant Avenue Studios.^[87]
• Wade MacNeil (1984- ), guitarist and vocalist for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire and frontman of The Black Lungs.
• Brian Melo, winner of Canadian Idol season five. Worked as a construction worker.^[88][89]
• Haydain Neale, musician (jacksoul).^[90]
• Steve Negas, Saga drummer and record producer.^[91]
• Neil Peart (1952- ), drummer and lyricist for the progressive rock band Rush.^[92]
• Skip Prokop (1946- ), drummer and band leader for Lighthouse + The Paupers. Also worked with Cass Elliot, Janis Joplin, Al Kooper and Carlos Santana.^[93]
• Stan Rogers (1949–1983), folk singer.^[94]
• 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.^[95]
• Lorraine Segato, lead vocalist for 1980s New Wave music group Parachute Club noted for the song "Rise Up"^[96]
• Tomi Swick, singer/songwriter.^[97]
• Christian Tanna, drummer/songwriter for I Mother Earth.^[98]
• Jagori Tanna, guitar player for I Mother Earth.^[99]
• Teenage Head, 1980s punk/new wave group.^[100]
• The Reason, rock/punk band.^[101]
• Ian Thomas (1950- ), singer/songwriter known for the 1973 hit "Painted Ladies"; brother of Dave Thomas.^[102]
• Threat Signal is a Thrash metal/Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore band.^[103]
• Alan Walker (1930- ), is an English-Canadian radio producer, musicologist and academic best known as a biographer and scholar of composer Franz Liszt.^[104]
• Rody Walker, singer of Protest The Hero, was born in Hamilton, though now resides in Whitby, Ontario
• Warsawpack, indie rock group.^[105]
• Jackie Washington (1919–2009), blues singer.^[106]
• Wax Mannequin, the stage name of Chris Adeney, a indie rock singer-songwriter.^[107]
• Robert Stanley Weir (1856–1926), lawyer, poet, author, best remembered as the author of the English lyrics to O Canada^[63]
• Tom Wilson, rock musician.^[76]

Radio

• Richard Alway, former radio broadcast commentator and is the current and first lay President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Michael's College.^[108]
• Bob Bratina, radio personality. Elected City Councillor for Downtown Ward 2. Currently Mayor of the City of Hamilton^[109][110]
• Mike Cooper, radio personality, with Erin Davis hosting the 98.1 CHFI-FM morning show.
• Doug Farraway (1951- ), On-air radio personality at the Fan 590 Toronto. (formerly of CKOC radio in Hamilton).^[111]
• Roy Green, a staple of the Hamilton radio scene.^[112]
• 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 honourary title of "Mayor of the Morning."^[20]
• Sue Prestedge, is a sports broadcaster, who was one of Canada's first and most influential female sports journalists.^[113]
• Bill Sturrup (1938–2007), Local Hamilton radio and sports icon.^[114]
• Barry Taylor, On-air DJ for The Edge102 Toronto.^[115]

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.^[116]

Business

• John Askin (1739–1815), Fur trader, merchant and official in Upper Canada.^[117]
• Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr. (1846–1931), Businessman, telephone pioneer.^[118]
• 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.^[119]
• Jack Kent Cooke (1912–1997), was one of the most widely known executives in professional sports who at one time owned the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, The NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and the NFL's Washington Redskins.^[120][121]
• Michael DeGroote (1932- ), Billionaire, best known as a major private donor to McMaster University.^[122]
• Frank DeNardis (1933–2007), a TV pioneer who helped get CHCH-TV off the ground.^[123]
• John Dickenson (1847-19320, was a contractor and political figure. Also one of the "Five Johns" of the Dominion Power and Transmission Company.^[63]
• James Durand (1775–1833), was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.^[124]
• John Fortino (1934–2011), founder of Fortinos Supermarkets
• 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.^[125]
• Dr. Peter George (1941- ), economist and university administrator, formerly president of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.^[17]
• 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 named 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 donut chain.^[126]
• 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 Juravinski Cancer Centre.^[127]
• Michael Lee-Chin (1951- ), CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and The National Commercial Bank of Jamaica.^[17]
• The Honourable Gordon Osbaldeston (1930- ), is a former 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.^[22]
• 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.^[128]
• 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.^[22]
• 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.^[128]
• 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.^[129]
• E.D. Smith (1853–1948), businessman and politician who founded a food company that bears his name.^[22]
• 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.^[128]
• 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.^[130]
• 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.^[131]
• 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.^[22]
• 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.^[20]
• 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.^[22]
• 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)^[132]
• Joyce Young, woman famous for a single act of philanthropy and for being the aunt of Red Hat founder Bob Young.^[133]
• 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.^[128]

Law

Crime

• Johnson Aziga (1956- ), 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.^[134]
• Evelyn Dick, committed infanticide and was convicted, then acquitted, of having murdered her husband.^[85]
• Rocco Perri (1887–1944), 1920s-Gangster/ bootlegger.^[22]
• 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.^[135]
• Besha Starkman (1889–1907), Criminal, Rocco Perri's wife. ("the Brains")^[22]

Judges and lawyers

• Charles William Bell (1876–1938), Playwright, Politician and Rocco Perri's lawyer.^[22]
• Richard Hatt (1769–1819), was a businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.^[136]
• Helen Alice Kinnear (1894–1970), was a lawyer. She was the first federally appointed woman judge in Canada.^[137]
• 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.^[138]
• Jack Pelech (1934- ), Litigation and business lawyer, Hamilton Citizen of the Year, 1987; Order of Canada, 2006.^[139]
• 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.^[140]
• John Willson (1776–1860) was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada.^[129]
• 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.^[141]

Military

• William W. Cooke (1846–1876), was a military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the adjutant for George Armstrong Custer and was killed during the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Buried in Hamilton Cemetery.^[2]
• Harry Crerar (1888–1965), was a general and the country's "leading field commander" in World War II.^[142]
• John Weir Foote (1904–1988), military chaplain and Ontario cabinet minister. Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross. The James Street Armoury where the RHLI is now based, along with 11th Field Hamilton-Wentworth Battery, was renamed the John W. Foote VC Armoury in his memory.^[143]
• Billy Green (1794–1877), otherwise known as "The Scout" was key to the Anglo-Canadian victory at the Battle of Stoney Creek.^[144]
• Ben Lear (1879–1966), United States Army World War II-era general.^[145]
• Sydney Chilton Mewburn (1863–1956), was a lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of Militia and Defence from October 12, 1917 - January 15, 1920 under Sir Robert Borden's Union Government in 1917.^[63]
• Robert Land (1736–1818), veteran of the American Revolution and one of Hamilton's founding citizens; he was the man by which Robert Land Academy, Canada's only military pre-university private school, was named in his honour.^[146]
• Harold A. Rogers (1899–1994), was the founder of Kin Canada. (formerly the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Canada) is a non-profit service organization that promotes service, fellowship, positive values, and national pride.^[147]
• John Vincent (1764–1848), British army officer in the Battle of Stoney Creek, War of 1812.^[2]

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.^[148]
• 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."^[85]
• Thomas Bain (1834–1915), speaker of the House of Commons.^[149]
• 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.^[150]
• Isaac Buchanan (1810–1883), was a businessman and political figure in Canada West.^[2]
• Sarmite Bulte (1953- ), is a Latvian-Canadian lawyer, advocate and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, she represented the Toronto riding of Parkdale-High Park in the House of Commons through three successive parliaments from June 2, 1997 to January 22, 2006.^[151]
• Dr. Richard Butson (1922- ), retired medical officer and politician. (Ancaster, Ontario)^[152]
• Jack Cable (1934- ), Ivan John "Jack" Cable was a politician and the former Commissioner of the Yukon (October 1, 2000—December 1, 2005).^[153]
• Chris Charlton (1963- ), MA, Member of Parliament (MP) in the 2006 federal election for Hamilton Mountain.^[154]
• David Christopherson (1954- ), Represents the riding of Hamilton Centre in the House of Commons (2004- ).^[155]
• Mark Coakley, Hamilton-based activist, lawyer, author and chair of Environment Hamilton.^[156]
• Victor K. Copps (1919–1988), was a 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.^[157]
• Sheila Copps (1952- ), PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), 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.^[158]
• 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.^[159]
• 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 House of Commons and in the Ontario Provincial Parliament.^[160]
• Ellen Fairclough (1905–2004), was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet. The Ellen Fairclough Building in Hamilton named after her.^[85]
• 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).^[161]
• Sir John Morison Gibson (1842–1929), lawyer, politician, businessman, was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1908 to 1914.^[63]
• George Hamilton (1788–1836), settler and city founder.^[2]
• Nora-Frances Henderson (? - 1949), was the first woman on Hamilton City Council and also the first city controller in Canada. She was also a journalist and activist who pushed for children's and women's rights + health care. Henderson Hospital on Concession Street named after her, renamed to the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre.^[162]
• Sir John Strathearn Hendrie (1857–1923), was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1914 to 1919.^[63]
• Adam Inch (1857–1933), dairy farmer, politician. Inch Park neighbourhood on Hamilton Mountain named after him.^[63]
• Stan Keyes (1953- ), Stanley Kazmierczak Keyes, diplomat and former politician.^[163]
• Sam Lawrence (1879–1959), was mayor and pioneer of Labour Rights in Hamilton.^[118]
• William Findlay Maclean (1854–1929), was a politician. A Conservative MP for York East and York South. Served for 34-years.^[164]
• 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.^[20]
• James McMillan (1838–1902), was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.^[165]
• 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.^[22]
• Allan McNab (1798–1862), Sir. Allan Napier McNab soldier, lawyer, businessman, knight and former Prime Minister of Upper Canada. MacNab Street in Hamilton named after him.^[2][166]
• Bob Morrow (1946- ), Longest serving mayor in Hamilton's history (1983–2000).^[157]
• John Munro (1931–2003), PC, BA, LL.B was a politician. Elected to the House of Commons in the 1962 election. Hamilton's "John Munro International Airport" is named after the late politician.^[167]
• Devan Nair, 4th President of Singapore who moved to the United States after his presidency, but later moved to Hamilton, where he died in 2005.^[168]
• Father Sean O'Sullivan, politician and religious leader.^[169]
• William Eli Sanford (1838–1899), was a businessman, philanthropist, and politician.^[170]
• Frank Scarpitti, Mayor of Markham, Ontario. He was elected in 2006 to replace the retiring Cousens as mayor.^[171]
• Charles Stewart (1868–1946), was a politician who was Premier of Alberta from 1917 to 1921. (Wentworth County, ON)^[172]
• Allan Studholme (1846–1919), Stove maker and first Ontario Labour MLA.^[173]
• James Lyle Telford (1889–1960), was mayor of Vancouver, B.C. from 1939-40. (Valens, Ontario)^[174]
• James Walker (1874- ?), was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.^[175]

Religion

• John Christie Holland (1882–1954), In 1924, became an ordained Minister and served as Pastor of Hamilton's Steward Memorial Church. The church has been designated a historic site by the Ontario government because its solid history and connection to the Underground Railroad. In 1953 he was honoured as Citizen of the Year in Hamilton, the first African Canadian to be given that recognition.^[176][177]
• 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.^[20] Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School is named in his honour.

Education

• Adelaide Hoodless (1858–1910), was a educational reformer who founded the international women's organization known as the Women's Institutes in 1897.^[63]

Science

• Douglas Barber (1938- ), businessman. He is a founder and former President and CEO of Gennum Corp..^[178]
• Bertram Brockhouse (1918–2003), Nobel prize-winning physicist.^[179]
• John Charles Fields (1863–1932), was a mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics, considered by some to be the Nobel Prize in Mathematics.^[180]
• Campbell Leckie (1848–1925), engineer. Leckie Park neighbourhood on Hamilton Mountain named after him.^[63]
• William Parks (1868–1939), was a geologist and paleontologist, following in the tradition of Lawrence Lambe.^[181]
• Dr. James Fraser Mustard (1927- ), is a physician and scientist.^[182]

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 stormtrooper.^[183]
• Emile Kenesky (Emile "Pops" Kenesky) inventor of the hockey goalie pads in 1917. His new pads were cricket pads, modified, and widened to approximately 12 inches. The new pads caught on extremely quickly, and this style of pad was used by a majority of pro goalies right on to the 1970s. NHL greats like Johnny Bower, Jacques Plante and Terry Sawchuk having worn them. Kenesky's company became the best-known manufacturer of hockey equipment in Canada.^[184]
• 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.^[185]
• Steve Mann, a Canadian-born inventor of wearable computers who teaches electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto.^[186]
• Simon Sunatori (1959- ), engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, best known for the invention of the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer.^[187]
• Thomas Willson (1860–1915), inventor. Designed and patented the first electric arc lamps.^[188]

Medicine

• Elizabeth Bagshaw (1881–1982), physician and birth control activist.^[189]
• John C Bell (1953- ), cancer researcher at the OHRI, developer of oncolytic viral therapies.^[190]
• John Callaghan (1923–2004), cardiologist who pioneered open-heart surgery.^[191]
• Harold E. Johns (1915–1998), was a medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer.^[192]
• Sir William Osler (1849–1919), 1st Baronet, the Father of Modern Medicine. (Dundas, Ontario)^[193]
• 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.^[194]
• The Honourable William Winegard (1924- ), educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament.^[195]
• Doctor Jeffrey Howard Ennis (1954- ), physician, recognized expert in the management of chronic non-cancer pain, author, educator, boat builder, bowyer, artist.^[196]

Sports

Boxing

• Jackie Callura (1914–1993), featherweight boxer, World Featherweight Champion of 1943.^[197]
• Jessica Rakoczy (1977- ), boxer, WBC Lightweight Champion (July 21, 2005)^[198]

Figure skating

• Toller Cranston (1949- ), figure skater who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1976.^[199]
• Bryce Davison (1986- ), figure skater, competes in the pairs event with Jessica Dubé. Member of the Hamilton Skating Club.^[200]

Football

• John Bonk (1950- ), was an all star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. The four-time All-Star played from 1973 to 1985 for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
• Less Browne (1959- ), was a CFL defensive back for Hamilton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and B.C. He holds the CFL and all-pro records for most interceptions in a career with 87. Resides in Hamilton.^[201]
• Bob Cameron (1954- ), Played 23 seasons (1980–2002) with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.
• Steve Christie (1967- ), ex-placekicker in the NFL, who holds a Super Bowl record for longest field goal kicked at 54 yards.^[202]
• Tommy Joe Coffey, was a Canadian Football League receiver who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Currently resides in Burlington, Ontario.^[203]
• Peter Dalla Riva (1946- ), a former professional Canadian football player with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League at the tight end and wide receiver positions. 3-time CFL Allstar.^[204]
• Bernie Faloney (1932–1999), was a star quarterback football player in the United States and Canada.^[205]
• Tony Gabriel (1948- ), Canadian Football Pass Receiver; inducted into Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1985 (from Burlington ON).^[197]
• Corey Grant (1976- ), former wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. (Stoney Creek, Ontario)^[206]
• Russ Jackson (1936- ), Canadian Football quarterback, all-time pass leading Canadian quarterback, 3 Grey Cups with the Ottawa Rough Riders.^[17]
• Joe Krol (1919–2008 ), Canadian Football quarterback (1932–53), Lou Marsh Trophy winner as Canada's top athlete in 1946.^[197]
• Ron Lancaster (1938–2008), Former football player, coach and general manager in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and sports announcer for CBC Television.^[207]
• Jesse Lumsden (1982- ), former running back with Hamilton, Edmonton, and Calgary of the Canadian Football League and McMaster University alumnus.^[17]
• Mike Morreale (1971- ), award winning receiver in the Canadian Football League.^[208]
• Rocco Romano, CFL's DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy winner in 1994 & 1996 for the Calgary Stampeders; Awarded originally to the player selected as the outstanding lineman in the West Division. Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.^[209]
• Ralph Sazio, Player, coach, GM and president of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won four Eastern finals and three Grey Cups as coach from 1963 to 1967.^[210]
• Vince Scott (1925–1992), played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and was later a Hamilton city councillor.^[211]
• Jim Young (1943- ), former pro American football and Canadian football player.^[212]

Ice hockey

• Dave Andreychuk (1963- ), retired NHL hockey player.^[213]
• Syl Apps (1915–1998), Toronto Maple Leafs captain who led the Leafs to three Stanley Cups. 1936-37 Calder trophy winner (Top NHL rookie), 1941-42 Lady Byng Trophy winner. McMaster University Alumni. (Paris Ontario).^[17]
• Allan Bester (1964- ), retired NHL hockey goalie, Toronto Maple Leafs.^[213]
• Andy Brown (1944- ), credited with being the last pro goaltender to play barefaced. Last played his NHL hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[214]
• David Brown (1985- ), Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey goalie, named team MVP in 2006, named (CCHA), Central Collegiate Hockey Association's Player-of-the-week 3-times in 2007 and favorite to win the 2007 Hobey Baker Award which is awarded to the top collegiate player in the United States. A Pittsburg Penguins draft pick in 2004.^[215]
• Frank Caprice (1962- ), retired NHL hockey goalie, 6-seasons with Vancouver Canucks (1982–88).^[213]
• Joe Cirella (1963- ), retired NHL defenseman, 821-games played, #5-pick overall in 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Rockies.^[213]
• Ken Dryden (1947- ), retired NHL hockey goalie, elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.^[213]
• Dave Dryden (1941- ), retired NHL hockey goalie, 201-NHL games for Buffalo, Edmonton, Chicago and NY Rangers. Also serves the distinction of creating (as well as being the first goaltender to employ) the modern day goaltending mask consisting of a fiberglass mask with a cage.^[213]
• Blake Dunlop (1953- ), retired NHL hockey player, winner of the 1980-81 Bill Masterton trophy.^[213]
• Cecil "Babe" Dye (1898–1962), NHL hockey player, NHL's top goal scorer of the 1920s, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1970. He was nicknamed "Babe" because he was considered to be 'the Babe Ruth of hockey.'^[213]
• Don Edwards (1955- ), retired NHL hockey goalie, winner of Vezina trophy in 1979-80.^[213]
• Nelson Emerson (1967- ), retired NHL hockey player.^[213]
• Ray Emery (1982- ), NHL hockey goalie, currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks.^[213]
• Todd Harvey (1975- ), NHL hockey player.^[213]
• Red Horner (1909–2005), retired NHL hockey defenseman, helped Toronto Maple Leafs win their first Stanley Cup in 1932.^[213]
• Tim Horton (1930–1974), retired NHL hockey defenseman, opened his first Tim Hortons Donut Shop in Hamilton, Ontario in 1964.^[216]
• Harry Howell (1932- ), retired NHL hockey defenseman. Winner of the 1966-67 James Norris Trophy.^[213]
• Willie Huber (1958- ), retired NHL hockey defenseman. Born in Germany, grew up in Hamilton.^[213]
• Dick Irvin Sr. (1892–1957), NHL hockey player. Former head coach of Toronto Maple Leafs & Montreal Canadiens.^[213]
• Al Jensen (1958- ), retired NHL hockey goalie. Winner of the 1983-84 William Jennings trophy.^[213]
• Derek King (1967- ), retired NHL hockey player.^[213]
• Jamie Macoun (1961- ), retired NHL hockey defenseman. Played 1,128 NHL games.^[217]
• Adam Mair (1979- ), NHL hockey player.^[213]
• Brian McGrattan (1981- ), NHL hockey player for the Phoenix Coyotes. NHL enforcer.^[213]
• Marty McSorley (1963- ), retired NHL hockey player infamous for his assault of Donald Brashear in a game on February 21, 2001.^[213]
• Ron Murphy (1933- ), retired NHL player who played in 889-games.^[213]
• Ric Nattress (1962- ), retired NHL hockey defenseman.^[213]
• Murray Oliver (1937- ), retired NHL hockey player, played in 1,127 NHL games.^[213]
• George Owen (1901–1986), retired NHL hockey defenceman for the Boston Bruins. Served as the Bruins captain in the 1931-32 season. The first player credited with wearing a helmet in his rookie season in 1928.^[213]
• Keith Primeau (1971- ), retired NHL hockey player. Born in Toronto, grew up in Hamilton.^[213]
• Pat Quinn (1943- ), retired NHL hockey player, and former head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings and the Philadelphia Flyers.^[213]
• Leo Reise Jr. (1922- ), retired NHL hockey defenseman. 494-games played in the 1940s & 50s for Detroit, Chicago and NY Rangers.^[213]
• Rick Smith (1948- ), retired NHL hockey defenseman. 687-games played. #7-pick in 1966 NHL Entry draft by the Boston Bruins.^[213]
• Steve Staios (1973- ), NHL hockey defenseman.^[213]
• Danny Syvret, 1985- ), NHL hockey defenseman, who spent his junior career with the London Knights of the OHL, eventually being named team captain. In his final year of junior hockey, he was Captain of a powerhouse team that broke numerous junior hockey records and won the 2005 Memorial Cup. (Millgrove, ON)^[218]
• John Tonelli (1957- ), retired NHL hockey player. 1984 Canada Cup MVP.^[213]

Mixed martial arts

• Jeff Joslin (1975- ), Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.^[219]
• Samir Seif (1973- ), Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.^[220]

Running

• Robert Kerr (1882–1963), was an Irish-Canadian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[197]
• Ray Lewis (1910–2003), Track & Field, first Canadian-born Black Olympic medalist.^[197]
• William Sherring (1878–1964), was an athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Summer Olympics.^[197]

Soccer

• Valerio Alesi (1966- ), first Canadian-born player to play in the Serie A Soccer.^[221]
• Chris Baker (1985- ), is a soccer goalkeeper. (Waterdown, ON)^[222]
• Bob Bearpark (1943–1996), was a soccer head coach.^[223]
• Alex Bunbury (1967- ), Played 4 seasons with the Hamilton Steelers (CSL) 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.^[224]
• Jamie Dodds (1981- ), soccer player who currently plays for the Toronto Lynx in the USL First Division.^[225]
• Rhian Dodds (1979- ), is a midfielder for Kilmarnock F.C. (Scottish Soccer).^[226]
• Milan Kojic (1976- ), soccer player who currently plays for the F.K. Haugesund in Adeccoligaen.^[227]
• Robert McDonald (1902–1956), was a soccer player from the 1920s and 30s who spent a decade playing for famous Scottish football club Rangers.^[228]
• John McGrane ( - ), He played nine North American Soccer League seasons and 17 times for the Canadian national soccer team in 'A' internationals. He also played in the Montreal Olympics. In 2008 was inducted into the Canada's Soccer Hall-of-Fame.^[229]
• Jimmy Nicholl (1956- ), Northern Irish Football player, 73 International caps.^[230]
• Carrie Serwetnyk (1965- ), Played 19-times for Canada's Women's National team. Canadian Soccer Hall-of-Fame inductee in 2001.^[231]
• Greg Sutton (1977- ), Canadian International Soccer Goalkeeper (Toronto FC).^[232]

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:

• Jeffrey Fell^[233]
• Chris Rogers^[234]
• Don Seymour^[235]

Wrestling

• Johnny K-9 (1965- ), Ion William Croitoru, 4-years in the WWF including match against Hulk Hogan.^[236]
• Billy Red Lyons, ex-Pro Wrestler and TV announcer for Maple Leaf Wrestling.^[237]
• 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.^[238]
• "Big John" Quinn (1944- ), is a retired professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including NWA All-Star Wrestling, Pacific Northwest Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling during the 1960s and early 1970s. Cousin of former NHL coach and Hamiltonian, Pat Quinn.^[239]
• Dewey Robertson (1939–2007), "The Missing Link" ex-Pro Wrestler.^[240]
• Johnny Powers (1943- ), ex-Pro Wrestler. 2-time NWF World champion, 1970, 73.^[241]
• Sandy Scott (1934–2010), former professional wrestler.^[242]
• Ben & Mike Sharpe, ex-Pro Wrestlers. 18 time NWA World tag champions.^[243]
• Iron Mike Sharpe Jr., ex-Pro Wrestler. The self-proclaimed "Canada's Greatest Athlete".^[244]
• 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. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won Canada's third medal overall, and third Canadian medal ever in women's wrestling,^[245] by winning a bronze in the 55kg class.^[246][247](Grimsby ON)

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 medalist in Men's Archery at the Pan Am Games. Currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.^[248]
• Doug Didero (1960- ), Race car driver.^[249]
• 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.^[248]
• Ray Lazdins (1964- ), a retired discus thrower from Canada, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics.
• 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.^[248]
• Joanne Malar (1975- ), Former freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics.^[250]
• Pat Messner (1954- ), Water skiing, 1972 Summer Olympics Bronze.^[248]
• Frank O'Rourke (1894–1986), ex-pro baseball player and long time New York Yankees scout.^[251]
• Linda Thom (1943- ), Woman's shooting (25m Pistol) Gold at 1984 Summer Olympics.^[248]
• Shona Thorburn (1982- ), WNBA pro basketball player, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx. Attended Westdale Secondary School in Hamilton.^[252][253]

Miscellaneous

• Alexander Aitchison, the first full-time fire chief of Hamilton.
• Leanne Baird, was Miss Canada International in 1998.^[254]
• 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.^[255]
• Eileen Vollick (1908–1968), Aviator, Fascinated by aviation from childhood this daring young woman enrolled in a Hamilton, Ontario, flying school On March 13, 1928 she passed the federal aviation test and become the first Canadian woman to earn a private pilot's certificate.^[256] An Ontario Historical Plaque was erected by the province to commemorate Eileen Vollick's role in Ontario's heritage.^[257]
• 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 honourary president for the rest of her life.^[258]

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