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
- Jim Abbott
- David Anderson
- Thomas Speakman Barnett
- Dave Barrett - former Premier of British Columbia
- Ron Basford
- Don Bell
- Thomas Berger
- Hewitt Bostock
- Margaret Bridgman
- Chuck Cadman
- Iona Campagnolo - later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
- Kim Campbell - also Prime Minister of Canada
- Pat Carney
- Raymond Chan
- Mary Collins
- Chuck Cook
- Jean Crowder
- Nathan Cullen
- John Cummins
- Libby Davies
- Stockwell Day
- Amor De Cosmos - second Premier of British Columbia
- Edgar Dewdney - later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
- Herb Dhaliwal
- Ujjal Dosanjh - former Premier of British Columbia
- Tommy Douglas
- John Duncan
- David Emerson
- Paul Forseth
- Hedy Fry
- Jim Gouk
- Gurmant Grewal
- Nina Grewal
- Herbert Wilfred Herridge
- Russ Hiebert
- Jay Hill
- Betty Hinton
- Frank Howard
- William Irvine
- Pauline Jewett
- Peter Julian
- Douglas Jung
- Jim Karpoff
- Sophia Leung
- Gary Lunn
- Gerry McGeer
- Roy MacLaren
- Grace MacInnis
- Ian Alistair Mackenzie
- Len Marchand
- Keith Martin
- James Moore
- Henry Nathan, Jr.
- Stephen Owen
- George Pearkes - later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
- Art Phillips - former mayor of Vancouver
- Elmore Philpott
- John Reynolds
- Nelson Riis
- Svend Robinson
- Paul St. Pierre
- Tom Siddon
- Bill Siksay
- Bob Skelly
- Darrel Stinson
- Chuck Strahl
- John Turner - also Prime Minister of Canada
- Ian Waddell
- Mark Warawa
- Randy White
Jurists
- Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Anthony Palmer, justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia[1]
Other politicians
- Richard Blanshard, first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island
- Sir James Douglas, colonial governor (all colonies)
- Frederick Seymour, Governor of Vancouver Island and of British Columbia
- Arthur Kennedy, Governor of the united colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
- Joseph Trutch, colonial Lieutenant-Governor and first Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia
- Edward John
- Rafe Mair
- Joy McPhail
- Emery Barnes
- Grace McCarthy
- Rosemary Brown
- Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan; naturalized US citizen
- William Fraser Tolmie
- Wesley Drewett Black (Provincial Secretary 1952-1972)
- David Lam, philanthropist and Lieutenant-Governor
Scientists
- David Suzuki, biologist/ecologist
- Wade Davis, ethnobotanist
- David Pearson, computer scientist/businessman
- Michael Smith, biochemist
- Franklin White, public health scientist
- Jerrold E. Marsden, applied mathematician
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)
- Aryana Engineer, actress (Orphan)
- 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
- Cory Monteith, actor/singer
- 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)
- Carly Rae Jepsen, musician
Sports personalities
- Glenn Anderson
- Jason Bay
- Russell Baze
- Rod Brind'Amour
- Mitch Berger
- Dayana Cadeau
- John Davison
- Ryan Dempster
- Craig Forrest
- Terry Fox
- Jeff Francis
- Danny Gare
- Nancy Greene
- Rick Hansen
- Shawn Horcoff
- Daniel Igali
- Barret Jackman
- Teyo Johnson
- Paul Kariya
- Andrew Ladd
- Bob Lenarduzzi
- Trevor Linden
- Adam Loewen
- Willie Mitchell
- Greg Moore
- Justin Morneau
- Brendan Morrison
- Steve Nash
- Cam Neely
- Rob Niedermayer
- Scott Niedermayer
- Pat Onstad
- Simon Pond
- Mark Recchi
- Gareth Rees
- Cliff Ronning
- Joe Sakic
- Paul Spoljaric
- John Tenta
- Cliff Thorburn
- John van't Schip
- Larry Walker
- Percy Williams
- Steve Yzerman
- Rich Harden
- Harry Jerome
- Silken Laumann
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
- Godfrey Stephens, 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
- Austin Gary, author
- Airicka Phoenix, 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
- Brother Twelve, cult leader
- Stephen Charlie, criminal convicted of prostituting a child online[2]
- Mary John, Sr.
- David Lam, philanthropist and Lieutenant-Governor
- Masajiro Miyazaki, osteopath, coroner and "bush doctor"
- Jim Pattison, businessman and Fortune 500 member
- Caspar Phair, Lillooet pioneer and first government agent
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References
- ^ "'Minimal' assaults net no jail time". Times Colonist. March 6, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
- ^ Louise Dickson (May 30, 2012). "Pimp who sold girl, 15, for sex gets three years". Times Colonist. Retrieved September 5, 2012.