List of people from British Columbia
This is a list of notable people born, raised, or long-time resident in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Premiers
See List of premiers of British Columbia
Members of Parliament
Jurists
Other politicians
Scientists
Show Business personalities
- Bryan Adams, singer (Kingston Ont)
- Pamela Anderson, actress (Baywatch, V.I.P.)
- Randy Bachman, musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)(Winnipeg)
- 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)
- Kim Cattrall, actress (Sex in the City)
- William B. Davis, actor (X-Files)
- Edward Dmytryk, film director
- James Doohan, actor (Star Trek)
- Sarah Chalke, actress (Scrubs)
- Roy Forbes (Bim), musician
- Judith Forst, opera singer
- David Foster, songwriter, record producer
- Matthew Good, musician
- 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)
- Seth Rogen, actor/comedian/writer/producer (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Zack & Miri Make A Porno)
- Michael Shanks, actor
- Nell Shipman, actress, film director
- Alexis Smith, actress
- Cobie Smulders, actress- How I Met Your Mother
- Dorothy Stratten, actress/model
- Bobby Taylor, Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers)
- Jon Mikl Thor, singer/performer and bodybuilder
- Meg Tilly, actress
- Tina Tyler, adult actress
- Rosa Mendes, Professional Wrestler
- Jacob Hoggard, musician (Hedley)
Sports personalities
Artists
- Emily Carr, artist
- Fred Herzog, photographer
- Clive Holden, poet, filmdirector and visual artist
- Attila Richard Lukacs, artist
- Len Norris, editorial cartoonist
- Sophie Pemberton, painter
- Bill Reid, artist
- Jack Shadbolt, artist
- Shane_Wilson, artist
Journalists and Writers
- Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
- Bill Bissett, poet
- Robert Bringhurst, poet
- Douglas Coupland, author (genX fiction)
- Ranj Dhaliwal, author (crime-fiction)
- Philip K. Dick, author (science fiction)
- 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, Trafford Press 2010)
- Alan Morley, journalist and historian (Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis)
- Susan Musgrave, poet
- Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster
- Spider Robinson, author (science fiction)
- George Ryga, playwright (The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe)
- Paul St. Pierre (Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse)
- Robin Skelton, poet
- Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun religion reporter
- Margaret Trudeau, author
- Jack Wasserman, columnist (society, show biz, politics)
Others
See also