List of people from Vancouver
This is a list of notable personalities/celebrities from or who spent considerable time residing in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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B
- Nat Bailey, Restaurateur and Baseball team owner
- Ashleigh Ball, voice actress known for her lead role on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and lead singer of Hey Ocean
- James Barber, cookbook author a.k.a. "The Urban Peasant"
- Barry Beck, Hockey Player
- Ray Bethell, Master Multiple Kite Flier
- Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Actor
- Yannick Bisson, Actor
- Beau Bokan, Musician
- Linwood Boomer, Actor/Television producer/Writer
- Sage Brocklebank, Actor
- Rod Bruno, Musician
- Cameron Bright, Actor
- Michael Bublé, Singer
- Raymond Burr, Actor
- Jazzy B, Actor, singer
C
- Dayana Cadeau, IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Kim Campbell, former Canadian Prime Minister
- Paul Campbell, actor
- Erin Cebula, TV personality
- Erica Cerra, actress
- Sarah Chalke, actress
- Angela Chang, Mandopop singer
- Peter Chao, Comedian
- Osric Chau, actor
- Edison Chen, Hong Kong entertainer
- Ying Chen, Francophone author
- Joyce Cheng, actress
- Kayi Cheung, actress, Miss Hong Kong 2007
- Evelyn Chew, actress
- Charlene Choi, actress and singer
- Tommy Chong, actor, comedian, musician
- Hayden Christensen, actor
- Linda Chung, actress/musician
- Christy Clark, provincial politician and Premier of British Columbia
- Douglas Coupland, author
- Amanda Crew, actress
- Roger Cross, actor
- Seán Cummings, actor and playwright
D
E
F
- Ed Fast, Canadian Politician and Federal Cabinet Minister
- Gordon Fee, New Testament scholar
- Fadi Awad, Artist, Musician, Producer, Art Projects Manager & Director
- John Ferguson, Sr., Professional Hockey Player
- Jodelle Ferland, Actress
- Freddy Fuller, Canadian Boxing Champion
- Nathan Fielder, Comedian
- Rod Filbrandt, Cartoonist
- Nigel Findley, Fantasy, science fiction, and RPG author
- Noel Fisher, Actor
- Brendan Fletcher, Actor
- William Wasbrough Foster, mountaineer, soldier, politician, business executive, and chief constable of Vancouver.
- Michael J. Fox, Actor
- Jeff Francis, Major League Baseball Player
- Rhys Fulber, Musician, producer
- Nolan Gerard Funk, Actor
G
- Emmanuelle Schick Garcia, film director/writer
- Austin Gary, author/songwriter
- C. E. Gatchalian, playwright
- William Gibson, author
- Rodney Graham, artist
- Matthew Good, singer/songwriter
- Jennifer Granholm, Ex-governor of US State of Michigan
- Trevor Guthrie, singer
- Grimes, singer, songwriter, director, musician, actress
- Nancy Greene Raine, Olympic Champion and Canadian Senator
H
- Rich Harden, Major League Baseball Player
- Jillian Harris, ABC's 5th Bachelorette
- Laura Harris, Actress
- Chris Haslam, Professional Skateboarder
- Meghan Heffern, Actress
- Bert Hoffmeister, commander of the 5th Canadian Division in the Second World War, then president of MacMillan Bloedel
- Brent Hodge, film director and CEO of Hodgee Films
- Clive Holden, Poet, film director and visual artist
- Bob Houbregs, NBA player for the Milwaukee Hawks, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and the Fort Wayne Pistons, general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Elva Hsiao, Mandopop singer
- Jacob Hoggard, Lead singer of the band Hedley
- Antony Holland, actor
- Brett Hull, NHL hockey player
- Harrison Houde, composer, actor
I
J
K
L
- Tyler Labine, Actor
- Evelyn Lau, Poet and Novelist
- Maggie Lawson, Actress
- Cory Lee, Singer
- Bill Leeb, Musician, singer
- Bob Lenarduzzi, Soccer Player
- Sherwood Lett, soldier, lawyer, chancellor of UBC.
- Trevor Linden, NHL hockey player
- Bernice Liu, Actress
- Mary Livingstone formerly Sadie Marks, Actress {Wife of Jack Benny}
- Rochelle Low, Field hockey player
- Crystal Lowe, Actress
- Jessica Lowndes, Actress
- Jessica Lucas, Actress
- Milan Lucic, NHL hockey player
- Alexander Ludwig, Actor
M
- Norma MacMillan, Voice actress
- Karen Diane Magnussen, figure skater.
- Dan Mangan, musician
- Charles Marega, Sculptor
- Terry McBride, CEO and Founder, Nettwerk Music Group
- Shane McConkey, Pro Freestyle Skier
- Rick McCrank, Pro skateboarder
- Dean McFadden, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
- Jim Meier, entertainment and software industry executive
- John H. Meier, financier and former business adviser to Howard Hughes
- Charles Merritt, winner of the Victoria Cross
- Shay Mitchell, actress
- Colin Mochrie, Comedian
- Cory Monteith, actor
- Greg Moore, Racecar Driver
- James Moore, Canadian Politician and Senior Federal Cabinet Minister
- Justin Morneau, Major League Baseball Player
- Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
N
O
P
- J. I. Packer, Anglican theologian
- Grace Park, Actress
- Jim Pattison, Entrepreneur
- Kit Pearson, Children's writer
- Missy Peregrym, Actress
- Emily Perkins, Actress
- James Picard, Artist
- Carly Pope, Actress
- Daniel Powter, Singer
- William Pratt, aka Boris Karloff, Actor
- Jason Priestley, Actor
- Kirsten Prout, Actress
Q
R
- Josh Ramsay, lead singer of band Marianas Trench
- Rascalz, hip hop group
- Ryan Reynolds, actor
- Charlie Richmond, inventor
- Ryan Robbins, actor
- Rachel Roberts, actress, Fashion Model
- Spider Robinson, author
- Wayne Robson, actor
- Coco Rocha, fashion model
- James Roday, actor
- Seth Rogen, actor, writer, and comedian
- Teryl Rothery, television anchor, actress
S
- Joe Sakic, NHL hockey player ("Burnaby Joe")
- Devon Sawa, actor
- Drew Scott, Property Brothers (HGTV)
- Jonathan Scott, Property Brothers (HGTV)
- Conrad Schmidt, activist
- Michael Shanks, actor
- Kathryn Shaw, artistic director
- Lydia Shum Din-ha, elder sister of Alfred Sung and Hong Kong actress
- Nelson Skalbania, entrepreneur
- Gregory Smith, actor
- Trevor Smith, NHL ice hockey player
- Cobie Smulders, actress
- Rita Steblin, musicologist
- Dorothy Stratten, actress/model
- Social Deviantz, rap group
- John G. Stackhouse, Jr., writer and professor of religion
- Jewel Staite, actress
- Arran Stephens, entrepreneur, writer
- Ryan Stiles, comedian, actor
- Russell Stuart, CEO & founder, SuperBox Inc.
- Sean Stubbs, musician
- Billy Suede, professional wrestler
- David Suzuki, environmentalist, scientist, broadcaster
- Swollen Members, rap group
T
- Amanda Tapping, Actress
- Reece Thompson, Actor
- Brent Titcomb, Actor/Singer, member of the Canadian band 3's a Crowd
- Alex To, Mandopop Singer
- Eckhart Tolle, Spiritual teacher
- Ziya Tong, television personality
- Nicholas Tse, Cantopop Singer
- Devin Townsend, Singer, Musician
- Margaret Trudeau (now Margaret Trudeau Kemper), Former wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
- John Turner, Former Canadian Prime Minister
V
W
- Larry Walker, Major-league Baseball player
- Jeff Wall, Artist
- Ian Wallace, Artist
- Nolan Watson, Entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Daniel Wesley, Musician
- Brian Wong, Technology entrepreneur
- Kris Wu, Chinese K-Pop Singer of EXO
- Tony Walker, Guitarist, Song Writer, Vocalist
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