List of people from Sarnia

Notable people, past and present, who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Sarnia, Ontario.

Arts and literature

• Stephen Andrews, visual artist
• David Chilton, author of The Wealthy Barber
• Marian Engel, author
• Brian Francis, novelist
• Steve Venright, author and visual artist

Film and television

• Susan Clark, actress
• James Doohan, actor, "Scotty" on Star Trek, attended Sarnia Collegiate Institute & Technical School
• Sunny Leone, adult film actress
• Dave Madden, actor; Reuben Kincaid from The Partridge Family
• Cameron Mathison, All My Children actor
• Harry Neale, CBC hockey commentator
• Marie Prevost, actress
• Patricia Rozema, film director
• Keegan Connor Tracy, actress, born Tracy Armstrong
• John Wing, Jr., comedian and frequent Tonight Show with Jay Leno guest

Music

• Emm Gryner, musician, actress
• Kim Mitchell, rock musician
• R. Murray Schafer, composer
• Mike Stevens, legendary harmonica virtuoso, regular on the Grand Ole Opry
• Donovan Woods, singer-songwriter

Politics

• Andy Brandt, former city alderman and mayor, former head of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, and former chairman and CEO of the LCBO
• Michael A. Brown, Former Ontario Speaker of the House
• Voltairine de Cleyre
• Alexander Mackenzie, the second Prime Minister of Canada for whom one of Sarnia's high schools is named, is buried in Sarnia's Lakeview Cemetery.^[1][2]
• Pauline Mills McGibbon, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Science and technology

• Sid Meier, programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games
• George Olah, 1994 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and researcher at Dow Chemical

Sports

• Mark Bice, curler
• Shawn Burr, NHL hockey player who played 878 career games and finished with 181 goals and 440 points
• Dino Ciccarelli, NHL hockey player who scored 608 goals in 1,232 career games
• Lance Evers, professional wrestler known as Lance Storm
• Kerry Fraser, NHL referee
• Mike Gardiner, MLB player with the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, and the Detroit Tigers
• Ted Garvin, NHL and AHL coach winner of the Turner Cup
• George "Duke" Harris, NHL player with the Minnesota North Stars and the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Matt Hill, Amateur golfer, 2009 Jack Nicklaus Award Winner, only golfer besides Tiger Woods to win Conference, Regional and National Championship in same season, plays at North Carolina State University
• Dustin Jeffrey, professional hockey player in the Pittsburgh Penguins organization
• Michael Leighton, NHL goalie
• Tony McKegney, NHL hockey player who scored 20 or more goals in 8 seasons of his 900+ game career
• Wayne Merrick, NHL hockey player who played 774 career games
• Steve Molitor, boxer, two-time and current International Boxing Federation (IBF) super bantamweight champion
• Mike Stapleton, former NHL player and son of Pat Stapleton
• Pat Stapleton, former NHL player and current owner of the Strathroy Rockets Junior 'B" hockey Team
• Rob Thomson, MLB coach, New York Yankees
• Pat Verbeek, NHL hockey player with the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Dallas Stars and Detroit Red wings. Stanley Cup winner with the Dallas Stars
• Don Ward, former NHL player with the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins
• Mike Weir, PGA Tour golfer, winner of the 2003 Masters
• Paul Ysebaert, former NHL player.
• Neil Armstrong, former NHL linesman and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame

Others

• Chris Hadfield, astronaut for whom Sarnia's airport is named. He was the first Canadian to walk in space.
• Dave Salmoni, zoologist, animal trainer, and television host on Animal Planet and The Discovery Channel
• Paul Wells, journalist. Editor, Macleans Magazine
• Drew Dafoe, actor, host of Children's television program TVO

References