List of people from Ontario
The following is a short list of notable people from Ontario:
Actors
- Will Arnett – Toronto
- Dan Aykroyd – Ottawa
- Neve Campbell – Guelph
- John Candy – Newmarket
- Jim Carrey – Newmarket
- Michael Cera – Brampton
- Sarah Chalke – Ottawa
- A. J. Cook – Oshawa/Whitby
- Paulo Costanzo – Brampton
- Victor Garber – London
- Ryan Gosling – London
- Shenae Grimes – Toronto
- Jennifer Irwin – Toronto
- Stana Katic – Hamilton
- Eugene Levy – Hamilton
- Rachel McAdams – St. Thomas
- Eric McCormack – Toronto
- Derek McGrath – Timmins
- Shay Mitchell – Mississauga
- Rick Moranis – Toronto
- Mike Myers – Scarborough
- Sophie Nelisse – Was born in Windsor, Ontario
- Sandra Oh – Ottawa
- Mary Pickford (silent screen film star and co-founder of United Artists and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) – Toronto
- Sarah Polley – Toronto
- Kathleen Robertson – Hamilton
- Kelly Rowan – Ottawa
- Corey Sevier – Ajax
- Martin Short – Hamilton
- Jay Silverheels – Brantford
- Dave Thomas – St. Catharines
Comedians
- Dave Foley – Etobicoke
- Tom Green – Pembroke
- Phil Hartman – Brantford[1]
- Jenny Jones – London
- Howie Mandel – Toronto
- Mark McKinney – Ottawa
- Russell Peters – Brampton
- Scott Thompson – North Bay
- Harland Williams – Toronto
Professional athletes
- Anthony Bennett – Brampton
- Steve Christie – Hamilton
- Mike Craig – Thorndale, Ontario
- Laura Creavalle – Toronto
- Nick Denis – North Bay
- Simon Farine – Canadian basketball player from Toronto
- Mike Fisher- Peterborough
- Rick Fox – Toronto
- Claude Giroux – Hearst, Ontario
- Wayne Gretzky – Brantford
- James Hinchcliffe – Oakville
- Tim Horton – Cochrane
- Cory Joseph – Pickering
- Curtis Joseph – Keswick
- Eric Lindros – London
- Frank Mahovlich – Timmins
- Jamaal Magloire – Toronto
- Rick Nash – Brampton
- Bobby Orr – Parry Sound
- Pete Orr – Richmond Hill
- Milos Raonic – Thornhill
- Daniel Nestor – Toronto
- Jim Rutherford – Beeton
- Trevor Smith
- Eric Staal – Thunder Bay
- Jordan Staal – Thunder Bay
- Marc Staal – Thunder Bay
- Steven Stamkos – Markham
- Tristan Thompson – Brampton
- Raffi Torres – Toronto
- Paul Tracy – Scarborough
- Joey Votto – Etobicoke
- Nigel Wilson – Oshawa
Politicians
Olympic athletes
- Alex Baumann – Sudbury
- Patrick Chan – Ottawa
- Gabrielle Daleman – Newmarket
- Victor Davis – Guelph
- Lori Dupuis – Cornwall
- Chris Jarvis – Grimsby
- Conlin McCabe – Brockville
- Scott Moir – London
- Rosie MacLennan – King City
- Elvis Stojko – Richmond Hill
- Adam van Koeverden – Oakville
- Tessa Virtue – London
- Simon Whitfield – Kingston
- Brian Orser – Belleville
- John Fitzpatrick – Toronto
Other notable celebrities
- Thalia Assuras – London
- Don Cherry – Kingston
- William Winer Cooke – Brantford
- Adam Copeland – Orangeville
- Linda Evangelista – St. Catharines
- Melyssa Ford – Toronto
- Frank Gehry – Toronto
- Shalom Harlow – Oshawa
- Michiel Horn – Toronto
- Peter Jennings – Toronto
- Lynn Johnston – Collingwood
- Firdaus Kharas – Ottawa
- Gail Kim – Toronto
- Steve Mackall – Toronto
- Lorne Michaels – Toronto
- Alice Munro – Wingham
- Daniel Negreanu, poker player – Toronto
- Quddus – Toronto
- Ivan Reitman – Hamilton
- Jason Reso – Orangeville
- John Roberts – Toronto
- Morley Safer – Toronto
- David Shore – London
- Trish Stratus – Richmond Hill
- Alex Trebek – Sudbury
- Jack Warner – London
- Lauren Williams – Toronto
- Ken Westerfield, disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer – Toronto
Bands/musicians/singers/rappers
- Alexisonfire – St. Catharines
- Billy Talent – Mississauga
- Bryan Adams – Kingston
- Paul Anka – Ottawa
- Eva Avila – Ottawa
- Barenaked Ladies – Scarborough
- Justin Bieber – Stratford
- Jully Black – Toronto
- Blue Rodeo – Toronto
- Broken Social Scene – Toronto
- Cancer Bats – Toronto
- Keshia Chanté – Ottawa
- Bruce Cockburn – Ottawa
- Deborah Cox – Toronto
- Hugh Dillon – Kingston
- Fefe Dobson – Scarborough
- Saga (band) – Oakville
- Drake – Toronto
- The Weeknd – Scarborough
- J. D. Fortune – Mississauga
- Finger Eleven – Burlington
- Sarah Harmer – Burlington
- illScarlett – Mississauga
- Kardinal Offishall – Scarborough/Toronto
- James LaBrie – Penetanguishene
- Avril Lavigne – Napanee
- Walk Off The Earth – Burlington
- Gordon Lightfoot – Orillia
- Lights – Timmins
- Five Man Electrical Band – Ottawa
- Little X – Toronto
- Guy Lombardo – London
- Brian Melo – Hamilton
- Metric – Toronto
- My Darkest Days – Toronto
- Alanis Morissette – Ottawa
- Nelly Furtado – Forest Hill, Toronto[2]
- Our Lady Peace – Toronto
- Peaches – Toronto
- Protest The Hero – Whitby
- Hail The Villain – Oshawa
- Anastasia Rizikov – Toronto
- Rush – Toronto
- Paul Shaffer – Thunder Bay
- Silverstein – Burlington
- Skye Sweetnam – Bolton
- Snow – Toronto
- Sum 41 – Ajax
- Three Days Grace – Toronto
- The Tragically Hip – Kingston
- Tokyo Police Club – Newmarket
- Shania Twain – Windsor
- Vanity – Niagara Falls
- Tamia Washington – Windsor
- Neil Young – Toronto
- Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) – Toronto
- Vikas Kohli – Mississauga
- Henry Lau – Toronto
- Teenage Head – Hamilton
- U.S.S. (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) - Stouffville, Ontario, Markham and Toronto
- Wendy Son – Richmond Hill, Ontario
Scientists and physicians
- Sir Frederick Banting—Co-discoverer of insulin.
- Dr. Charles Best—Co-discoverer of insulin.
- Dr. Norman Bethune—Physician. Pioneered the use of in-field blood transfusions during the Spanish Civil War. Later joined the Communist guerillas in China in the 1930s.
- Dr. Roberta Bondar—Astronaut. Neurologist. – Sault Ste. Marie
- Mathew Evans—Inventor. Created and patented the first incandescent light bulb in 1874; five years before Thomas Edison's US patent.
- Dr.Wilbur Franks—Physician and inventor. Developed first anti-gravity or "G-suit" now used by air crews and astronauts. Also noted for his work in cancer research.
- Dr. James Naismith—Physician. Inventor of the game of basketball.
Business people
- Howard I. Wetston Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission
Criminals
- Paul Bernardo
- Edwin Alonzo Boyd, who led the Boyd Gang in Toronto
- Karla Homolka
See also
- List of people from Toronto
- List of people from Ottawa
- List of University of Toronto people
- List of people from Calgary
- List of people from Edmonton
- List of people from Quebec
- List of people from Quebec City
- List of people from Montreal
- List of people from British Columbia
- List of people from Vancouver
References
- ↑ Parish, James Robert (2004). The Hollywood Book of Scandals: The Shocking, Often Disgraceful Deeds and Affairs of More Than 100 American Movie and TV Idols. McGraw-Hill Professional. pp. 212–213. ISBN 0-07-142189-0.
- ↑ The history of the Forest Hill neighbourhood by Elli Davis, accessed on June 30, 2011.
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