List of people from Toronto

This is a list of notable people who are from Toronto, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.

A

• Abdominal - hip hop musician
• Barbara Amiel
• Terry Ananny - artist, nine paintings reproduced on Unicef cards
• Enza Anderson - writer, political activist
• Gordon Stewart Anderson - author
• Mark Andrews - swimmer
• Lou Angotti - former NHL player
• Mark Appleyard - professional skateboarder
• Will Arnett - actor
• Marcos Arriaga - filmmaker
• Margaret Atwood - novelist
• Dan Aykroyd - comic actor

B

• Barenaked Ladies - rock band
• Thomas J. Bata
• Robert Bateman - painter
• Charles Best
• Billy Talent - punk rock band
• The Birthday Massacre
• Conrad Black
• Hédi Bouraoui - poet, novelist and academic
• John McEntee Bowman - founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
• Christopher Britton - actor, stage actor, and voice actor
• Jimmy Broyden - stuntman, founding president of Jimmy Broyden Down Syndrome Foundation
• Broken Social Scene - band, indie rock
• Marty Burke - former NHL player
• Theresa Burke - journalist
• Jim Butterfield - tech whiz

C

• Barry Callaghan - historian
• Morley Callaghan - journalist, writer
• June Callwood - social activist, journalist
• Bill Cameron - journalist
• Neve Campbell - actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
• Nicholas Campbell - actor
• Cancer Bats
• John Candy - comic actor
• Jim Carrey - comic actor
• Anson Carter - professional hockey player (Vancouver Canucks)
• Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - boxer
• Vince Carter - NBA player (actually born in Florida, but played in Toronto for a number of years)
• Choclair - hip hop musician
• Christian Cage - professional wrestler (Orangeville, Ontario)
• Hayden Christensen - actor
• George Chuvalo - boxer
• Austin Clarke - writer
• Matt Cohen - writer
• James Collip
• Enrico Colantoni - actor
• Alex Colville - painter
• The Constantines - band
• Jack Kent Cooke - industrialist
• Adam "Edge" Copeland - Professional wrestler (Orangeville, Ontario)
• Cowboy Junkies - musicians
• Deborah Cox - singer
• Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter - the world's best known geometer
• David Cronenberg - film director

D

• Leslie Dan
• Robertson Davies - writer
• Death from Above 1979 - band, indie rock
• Simone Denny - singer
• Jack Diamond
• DL Incognito - hip hop musician
• Do Make Say Think - band, post-rock
• Fefe Dobson - singer
• Cory Doctorow - blogger, journalist and science fiction author
• The Dope Poet Society
• Dream Warriors
• George Dunning - animator, director

E

• Timothy Eaton
• Edge - professional wrestler (Orangeville, Ontario)
• Atom Egoyan - film director
• David James Elliott, Hollywood actor
• Linda Evangelista - model (St. Catharines, Ontario)
• George Evans - jazz singer, producer, recording artist
• Gil Evans

F

• Percy Faith - composer
• George Faludy - poet
• Timothy Findley - writer
• Joe Flaherty - comic actor
• Dave Foley - comedian
• Megan Follows - actress
• Barbara Frum - journalist, news anchor
• Northrop Frye

G

• Frank Gehry - architect
• Ghetto Concept
• Graeme Gibson - writer
• Malcolm Gladwell, writer (Tipping Point, Blink!)
• Natalie Glebova - model (Miss Universe 2005)
• Brianna Goldberg - journalist (National Post)
• Emma Goldman - political activist
• Ryan Gosling - actor
• Glenn Gould - pianist
• Katherine Govier - writer
• Barbara Gowdy - writer, fiction
• Aubrey Graham - actor
• John Greyson - filmmaker (Proteus)

H

• Ian Hacking - philosopher
• Moshe Hammer - violinist
• Ned Hanlan
• Stephen Harper - Prime Minister of Canada
• Lawren Harris
• Phil Hartman - comic actor
• Ronnie Hawkins
• Dan Hill - singer, songwriter
• George Hislop - gay activist
• Steven Heighton
• Jill Hennessy - actress (Crossing Jordan, Law & Order)
• Ian Hodgkinson - professional wrestler (lived in Toronto)
• John Huston - actor
• Walter Huston - actor

I

• Michael Ignatieff
• Harold Innis - economist and university professor
• Michael Ironside - actor
• Irish Rovers

J

• A.Y. Jackson
• Jane Jacobs - urban activist, writer
• Peter Jennings - ABC News anchor
• Norman Jewison - film director (Moonstruck)
• Harold E. Johns
• Jamie Johnston - actor
• George Jonas

K

• Kardinal Offishall - hip hop musician
• Ben Kerr - busker
• Key Witness - indie band, broke film students
• Kids in the Hall - television comedy troupe
• Gail Kim - female professional wrestler
• Mia Kirshner - actor
• Naomi Klein - writer on social/economic issues (No Logo)
• K'naan - hip hop musician
• K-os - hip hop musician
• Ted Kotcheff - director
• Anton Kuerti - pianist
• Floyd Kuptana - Inuit artist
• Faisal Kutty - lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
• Bruce Kuwabara

L

• Stephen Leacock - writer, humour
• Dennis Lee - children's author, poet
• Geddy Lee - musician, lead singer of Rush
• Michael Lee-Chin
• Len - pop band
• E.J. Lennox
• Eugene Levy - comic actor
• Dana Lewis - journalist
• Ivor Lewis - sculptor
• Glenn Lewis - R&B singer
• Sharon Lewis - journalist
• Stephen Lewis - UN special envoy, politician
• Gordon Lightfoot - singer-songwriter
• Rex Liu - classical bassoonist
• James Lumbers - painter

M

• Ann-Marie MacDonald - writer
• Norm Macdonald - comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
• John James Richard Macleod
• Maestro - hip-hop musician
• Christine Magee - spokesperson and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada
• Jamaal Magloire - NBA player
• Victor Malarek - journalist
• Howie Mandel - actor, comedian, writer, producer
• Jay Manuel - make-up artist/fashion photographer
• Amanda Marshall - singer-songwriter
• Martha and the Muffins - musicians
• Andrew Martin - professional wrestler
• Raymond Massey - actor
• Bruce Mau - designer (S,M,L,XL)
• James Mavor - economist and social figure
• Rachel McAdams - actress (London, Ontario)
• Wallace McCain - McCain foods and Maple leaf foods
• Eric McCormack - actor, (Will and Grace)
• Ernest McCulloch - cellular biologist
• Bruce McDonald - film director
• Don McKellar - actor
• Marshall McLuhan - academic and writer (Understanding Media)
• Metric - band, indie rock
• Lorne Michaels - producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
• Michie Mee - hip hop musician
• David Mirvish
• Ed Mirvish
• Rohinton Mistry - writer
• Joni Mitchell - musician
• Kim Mitchell - musician
• Colin Mochrie - comedian
• Dora Mavor Moore - founder of Canada's professional theater
• Mavor Moore - pioneer of Canadian television
• Rick Moranis - actor, comedian, writer, producer
• Raymond Moriyama - architect
• Sean Morley - professional wrestler
• James Motluk
• Farley Mowat - writer
• Peter Munk
• Robert Munsch - children's author
• Anne Murray - singer
• Barton Myers
• Mike Myers - actor (Austin Powers)
• Alannah Myles - singer

N

• Mark Napier - hockey player
• Nash the Slash - musician
• Lance Nethery - former NHL player
• Not By Choice - rock band
• The Nylons - pop band

O

• Catherine O'Hara - comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
• Mary Margaret O'Hara - singer/songwriter
• Sidney Olcott - director
• Michael Ondaatje - writer (The English Patient)
• Our Lady Peace - rock band
• Seiji Ozawa

P

• Charles Pachter - artist
• Owen Pallett - violinist and singer
• Alice Panikian - model (Miss Universe Canada 2006, Miss Universe 2006 - 6th place)
• Parachute Club - pop band
• Sean Paul - reggae artist
• Lester B. Pearson - politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada
• Michael Peca - NHL player
• Russell Peters - comedian
• Mary Pickford - actress, co-founder of United Artists
• Platinum Blonde - rock band
• Christopher Plummer - actor
• John Charles Polanyi - 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Sarah Polley - actress, director
• Carole Pope - rock singer
• Anna Porter - publisher
• Jason Priestley - actor (Beverly Hills 90210)

R

• James Randi - magician
• Lisa Ray - actress
• Michael Redhill - writer
• Keanu Reeves - actor (The Matrix)
• Albert Reichmann
• Paul Reichmann
• Ivan Reitman - director
• Gloria Reuben - actress
• Nino Ricci - writer
• Daniel Richler
• John D. Roberts - news anchor for CBS
• Robbie Robertson - musician
• Edward Samuel Rogers - CEO of Rogers Communications
• Rino Romano - actor, and voice actor
• Lukas Rossi - singer
• Marty Roth
• Rough Trade - rock band
• Kelly Rowan - actress (The O.C.)
• Anna Russell - concert comedienne
• Rush - rock band
• Ann Rutherford - actress

S

• Moshe Safdie - architect
• Morley Safer - journalist (60 Minutes)
• Saukrates - rapper
• John Ralston Saul - writer
• Monika Schnarre - supermodel and actress
• Kim Schraner - actress (Spynet)
• Linda Schuyler - television producer (Degrassi)
• Michael Seater - actor
• Lance Secretan - leadership theorist, writer and consultant
• Isadore Sharp
• Martin Short - actor
• Frank Shuster - comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
• Joe Shuster - creator of Superman
• Jane Siberry - musician
• Inga Skaya - Miss Universe Canada 2007
• Josef Škvorecký - writer
• Colin Simpson - author
• Snow - musician
• Michael Snow - artist
• Jason Spezza
• The Spoons - 1980s band
• Mark Steyn - journalist
• Stephen Stohn - television producer (Degrassi)
• Elvis Stojko
• Diane Stratas - politician, former Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre
• Teresa Stratas - opera singer
• Trish Stratus - professional wrestler, model
• Sum 41

T

• Samantha Tajik - Miss Universe Canada 2008
• Don Tapscott - writer and consultant, technology and business
• Teenage Head - punk rock band
• Colin Thatcher - politician and convicted murderer
• Kenneth Thomson - Canada's richest man
• Tom Thomson - artist
• Three Days Grace - rock band, originally from Norwood
• Toronto - rock band
• Raffi Torres
• Talan Torriero - actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
• Alex Trebek - game show host (Jeopardy!)
• Triumph - rock band
• Endel Tulving - cognitive psychologist, world authority on human memory function

U

• Jane Urquhart

V

• Nia Vardalos - actress and writer, stage and film (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
• George Vari
• M. G. Vassanji

W

• Pamela Wallin - journalist, former Canadian Consul-General to New York
• Al Waxman - actor
• Johnny Wayne - comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
• Galen Weston - Canada's second wealthiest man
• Joyce Wieland
• Healey Willan
• Angel Williams - female pro wrestler
• Harland Williams - actor

Y

• Yellow Plastic Bucket - musicians
• Neil Young - rock musician

Z

• Zanta - famed performance artist
• Moses Znaimer - media mogul (CHUM, founder of Citytv)

See also

• List of Toronto mayors