List of people from Brampton
Appearance
This is a list of people from Brampton, Ontario.
Note that this list largely does not include players from the Brampton Battalion OHL hockey team or Brampton Beast ECHL hockey team, although most Battalion members were billeted with families in the City. Of the Battalion, 36 players were drafted by the NHL, including Raffi Torres, Jay Harrison, Matt Duchene, and Cody Hodgson.
Alphabetically
A
- Lee Aaron (b. 1962 as Karen Lynn Greening), rock and jazz singer, raised in Brampton
- Stephen Adekolu (b. 1989), CFL football player, BC Lions[1]
- Kwame Adjei, CFL football player, Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Ohenewa Akuffo (b. 1979), entrepreneur (fitness studio), retired wrestler[2]
- Charles Allen (b. 1977), track and field athlete
- Clyde Alves, dancer, actor and singer
- Troy Amos-Ross (b. 1975), entrepreneur (daycare), retired boxer[3]
- Trey Anthony (b. 1974), playwright of da Kink in My Hair[4]
- Caroline Helena Armington (1875-1939), etcher[5]
- Lise Arsenault (c. 1954), gymnast, team gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics[6]
- Olu Ashaolu (b. 1988), basketball[7]
- Aaron Ashmore (b. 1979), actor, Smallville
- Shawn Ashmore (b. 1979), actor, X-Men movie series, Terry Fox in Terry
- Sarkis Assadourian (b. 1948), politician, first Armenian-Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons
- Sid C. Attard (b. 1950), horse racing[8]
B
- Michael Bailey, CFL football player
- Scott Bailey, curler
- Navdeep Bains, politician, MP and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
- Rupan Bal (b. 1990, Rupanjit Bal), actor and comedian
- Daundre Barnaby, track and field
- Andy Bathgate (b. 1932), ice hockey player[9]
- Colleen Beaumier, politician
- Hayleigh Bell (b. 1996), pairs skater
- Anthony Bennett (b. 1993), basketball player, forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, drafted first overall in the 2013 NBA Draft
- Sim Bhullar (b. 1992), basketball[10]
- Catherine Black, actress
- Justine Blainey, fought in court for the right for females to participate in male sports
- Ronald Bloore, Member of the Order of Canada; organizer and member of the "Regina Five" (1960)[11]
- Luciano Borsato, hockey player
- Mark Boswell, Olympic high-jumper
- Bernadette Bowyer (b. 1966), field hockey
- Robert William Bradford (b. 1923), C.M., former Director of the National Aviation Museum[12]
- Nathaniel Branden (1930-2014), psychotherapist, best known as a former associate of Ayn Rand and founder of the Nathaniel Branden Institute
- Ransford Brempong (b. 1981), basketball player
- Claire Buchanan (b. 1987), member of Team Canada at the IPC's first women's sledge hockey tournament[13][14][15]
- Krista Buecking (b. 1982), Los Angeles-based visual artist
C
- Bryan Cameron (b. 1989), AHL hockey player
- Cassie Campbell (b. 1973), broadcaster, retired hockey player (CWHL and Olympics)
- Lauren Campbell (b. 1981), triathlete
- Ryan Campbell, CLL lacrosse player
- Phil Caputo, lacrosse player, first overall 2015 C-Lax draft, 28th overall 2015 NLL draft[16]
- Andrew Cassels (b. 1969), retired hockey player
- Alessia Cara (b. 1996), singer and songwriter
- Michael Cera (b. 1988), comedic actor, born and raised in Brampton; a regular on the television series Arrested Development; starred in the movies Superbad, Juno, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, in which Brampton is mentioned as an in-joke
- Keshia Chante (b. 1988), singer, Juno Award winner
- Kenneth Chisholm (1829–1906), businessman, MPP, Reeve of Brampton[17]
- Lara Jean Chorostecki (b. 1984), actress, Hannibal[18]
- Stephen Clarke (b. 1973), Olympic swimmer
- Tony Clement (b. 1961), former MP, former MPP, former President of the Treasury Board
- Jason Collett, singer-songwriter, member of Broken Social Scene
- Shay Colley, basketball, NCAA Division I and Team Canada
- Peter Corner (b. 1968), curler
- Paulo Costanzo (b. 1978), actor, Joey, Royal Pains
- John Coyne (1836-1873), MPP for Peel
- Dave Cranmer (b. 1944), CFL player, taught at Bramalea Secondary School
- Philip J. Currie (b. 1949), palaeontologist and museum curator who helped found the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
- Chris Cuthbert (b. 1957)
D
- Peter DaCunha, child actor[19]
- Kaylee Dakers, swimmer
- George Dance, political candidate, leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada (1991–1993)
- Mike Danton, former MHL hockey player, now international, jailed for conspiracy to commit murder
- Tracy Dawson, actor
- William G. Davis, P.C., C.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.D., former Premier of Ontario, who helped with negotiations leading to the repatriation of the Constitution, and in retirement became Canada's Special Envoy on Acid Rain
- Bob Dechert (b. 1958), former MP for Mississauga—Erindale
- Vincent DeGiorgio, lyricist, former record executive
- Patrick Denipitiya (1934-2013), Sri Lankan musician
- Dayna Deruelle (b. 1982), curler
- Mark DeSantis, coach for Brampton Beast
- Ruby Dhalla, former Liberal MP for Brampton—Springdale (2004-2011); Dhalla and British Columbia Conservative MP Nina Grewal were the first Sikh women to serve in the Canadian House of Commons
- Vic Dhillon (b. c. 1969), politician, MPP for Brampton West
- Director X (b. 1975, Julien Christian Lutz), music video director
- Andy Donato, editorial cartoonist, Toronto Sun
- D-Pryde (b. 1993), rapper and hip-hop musician
- Steve Duplantis, professional golf caddy
- Mike Dwyer, NHL, WHA hockey player
E
- Sajjad Ebrahim (b. c. 1952), owner of Par-Pak, philanthropist[20]
- Melvin Ejim (b. 1991), NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship basketball player
- Todd Elik (b. 1966), NHL, international hockey player
- Tyler Ennis (b. 1994), chosen 18th overall in the 2014 NBA Draft
F
- David Feiss, creator of Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel[citation needed], raised in town
- Chris Felix, NHL hockey player
- Paul Ferreira, NDP MPP
- Ian Forbes, NHL-drafted AHL hockey player
- Mike Forbes, NHL hockey player
- Steve Fox, singer/songwriter
- Raz Fresco, rapper and record producer
- Doug Frith, former MP for Sudbury, former president of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association
- David Frost, NHLPA sports agent, aka Jim McCauley
G
- Sir William James Gage (1849-1921), educator, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Gabe Gala, MLS soccer
- Anthony Gale (b. 1993), sledge hockey player, 2014 Olympic bronze medalist
- William H. Gardiner (1861-1935), photographer
- Steve Gatzos (b. 1961), NHL hockey player
- Jessica Gaudreault (b. 1994), water polo player
- Jordan Gavaris (b. 1989), voice actor, Unnatural History
- Parm Gill (b. 1974), former MP for Brampton—Springdale
- Raminder Gill, former MPP for Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale
- Bal Gosal (b. 1961), politician MP for Bramalea—Gore—Malton, Minister of State-Sport
- Tyler Graovac (b. 1993), AHL hockey player
- Gordon Graydon (1897-1953), MP for Peel, Conservative opposition leader, alternate UN delegate for Canada, lawyer
- Sabrina Grdevich (b. 1971), actor, Traders
- Raj Grewal, MP for Brampton East
H
- Shane Harte, actor, Lost & Found
- Daniel Harper (b. 1989), track and field
- Mike Harris, curler
- David Hearn, golfer[21][22]
- Doniel Henry, soccer
- Jill Hetherington, tennis player[23]
- Tyson Heung, German Olympic speed skater[24]
- Justin Hodgman, hockey player[25]
- Junior Hoilett (b. 1990, David Hoilett), soccer player[26]
- Karla Homolka, murderer, briefly lived with her relatives in their Brampton condominium[27]
- Patrick Husbands, horse racing[28]
- Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu-language poet[29]
- Atiba Hutchinson, Eredivisie soccer[30]
J
- Mark Janoschak (b. 1968), figure skater
- Linda Jeffrey (b. c. 1958), current Mayor of Brampton, former MPP for Brampton-Springdale and cabinet minister
- Colin Jenkins (b. 1983), triathlete
- Karl Jennings (b. 1979), hurdler
- Randy Johnston (b. 1958), NHL hockey player
- JusReign (b. Jasmeet Singh Dhaliwal), YouTuber
- Alison Jutzi (b. 1978), actress, singer and songwriter
K
- Alain Kashama, CFL, NFL, NCAA football player
- Fernand Kashama, CFL, NCAA football player
- Hakeem Kashama, CFL, NFL, NCAA football player
- Kalonji Kashama (b. 1991), CFL football player
- Rupi Kaur, poet
- Adam Keefe, hockey player
- Sheldon Keefe, hockey player
- William Parker Kennedy (1892-unknown), president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
- Kamal Khera, MP for Brampton West
- Grzegorz Kielsa, Polish Olympic boxer
- Chris Kowalczuk (b. 1985), CFL football player
L
- Kyle Labine, actor, Grand Star
- Tyler Labine, actor, Animal Practice, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Tom Laidlaw, hockey player
- Morgan Lander, lead singer for alternative metal group Kittie
- Tory Lanez (b. 1992 as Daystar Peterson), rapper, producer
- Cyle Larin, soccer, MLS and Canadian national team
- Clayton Latham (b. 1980), long jumper
- William Lawson (1793-1875), lay preacher and merchant[31]
- Kris Lemche, Gemini Award winning actor, Emily of New Moon
- Matt Lemche, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
- Martin Lindsay, boxer
- Sir James A. Lougheed, Alberta politician and businessman, born in Brampton, before serving 30 years in Senate, including as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
- Annabel Lyon, writer
- Nicole Lyn, Student Bodies, married to Dulé Hill
- John Lynch, real estate, Reeve of Chinguacousy Township, Reeve of Brampton[32]
- Shannon Lynn, Canadian–born Scottish international football goalkeeper
M
- Lex MacKenzie (1885-1970), veteran and MPP, died at Brampton
- Harinder Malhi, MPP for Brampton—Springdale
- Graeme McCarrel, curler
- John McDermid, various cabinet positions under Brian Mulroney
- Scott McGillivray, carpenter and television host
- Judi McLeod, journalist
- Katarina MacLeod, human trafficking abolitionist, former sex worker
- Andrew Martin, hockey player
- Rob Maver, CFL football player
- Michael Meeks, international basketball player
- Erin Mielzynski, World Cup slalom race winner
- Jerome Messam, CFL, NFL football player
- Wayne Middaugh, curler
- Ken Millin, lacrosse player
- Alex Milne, comic book artist
- Massimo Mirabelli, NASL footballer
- Rohinton Mistry, author
- Sonja Molnar (b. 1990), ITF Circuit tennis player
- Christopher Moloney (b. 1977), writer and photographer, known for FILMography rephotography
- Sean Monahan, hockey player
- Jim Moss (b. 1977), lacrosse player
N
- Rick Nash (b. 1984), hockey player[33]
- Zarqa Nawaz (b. 1968), writer, journalist, filmmaker, creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie[34]
- Kris Newbury (b. 1982), hockey player[35]
- Jabs Newby, basketball player, NBLC
- Tobias C. Norris (1861-1936), former Manitoba premier[36]
- Jason Nugent (b. 1982), former CFL football player[37]
O
- Brenna O'Brien, voice actor, InuYasha, Zixx: Level Two
- Frank Oliver, politician and journalist, MLA, MP, Laurier's Minister of the Interior
- Tara Oram, country music recording artist[38]
- Ricky Osei-Kusi, CFL defenseman
- Jonathan Osorio, soccer player
P
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Russell Peters, comedian
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Allison Pottinger (left), curler
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Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, writer and knitter
- Tracy Parsons, second leader of the Progressive Canadian Party
- Howard Pawley OC (b. 1934), former Manitoba premier
- Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (b. 1968), author and knitter,[39]
- Mark Penney (b. 1982), film director
- Russell Peters (b. 1970), stand-up comedian who was raised in town, and later moved back. After winning a Gemini Award for his Comedy Now! special, he has relocated to Hollywood.
- Kyle Pettey, Paralympic shot putter[40]
- David Phillips (b. 1978), actor, Shark City, Green Guys
- Jason Pitton, hockey player
- John Pomorski (1905-1977), MLB baseball pitcher, died in Brampton[41]
- Zach Pop, pitcher, Canadian Junior National team, drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays[42][43]
- Allison Pottinger (b. 1973), curler
- Gaylord Powless, lacrosse player
- Martin Prashad (1959-2000), Guyanese-Canadian cricketer for Canada (1983–1996)
- Norman Mills Price (1877-1951), illustrator
- William Egerton Purdue, Chief Justice of the Manitoba Court of Appeal [citation needed]
R
- Jasvir Rakkar (b. 1991), Chicago Cubs pitcher, Canadian national team gold medalist
- Alyssa Reid (b. 1983), singer, 2012 Juno Award nominee[44]
- Jack Reid (1924-2009), watercolourist[45]
- Johnny Reid (b. 1974), singer[46]
- Sam Reid, keyboardist, Glass Tiger
- Donn Reynolds (1921-1997), country music singer, Canada's "King of the Yodelers"[47]
- Simon Reynolds, actor
- Rob Ricci (b. 1984), international hockey player
- Friendly Rich, avant-garde composer/musician[48][49]
- Quillan Roberts, soccer player on loan to Toronto FC
- George R. Robertson, Gemini Award-winning actor, Police Academy
- Peter Roe (b. 1955), ASL, MISL soccer
- William Francis Romain, first postmaster of Brampton, 2nd mayor of Oakville[50]
- William Ronald, abstract artist[51]
- Troy Ross, boxing[52]
- Kyle Rubisch, NLL/MLL lacrosse player[53][54]
S
- Ruby Sahota, MP for Brampton North
- John Sanderson, businessman, Regional councillor and current candidate for Mayor of Brampton
- Ramesh Sangha, MP for Brampton Centre
- David Lynch Scott, Regina mayor
- Kyle Seeback, politician
- Tyler Seguin, hockey player
- Jeff Shattler, lacrosse player
- Sonia Sidhu, MP for Brampton South
- Jagmeet Singh (b. 1979), politician, MPP for Bramalea—Gore—Malton
- Gavin Smellie, track and field
- Blair Smith, CFL linebacker
- Daniel Sparre (b. 1984), international hockey player
- Paul Stalteri, soccer
- Steve Stanton (b. 1956), science fiction author
- Courtney Stephen, CFL draftee[55]
- Jay Stephens, cartoonist, creator of Tutenstein and The Secret Saturdays
- Rob Stewart, actor, Tropical Heat[56]
- Kevin Stittle, Olympic sailing
- Jamie Storr, hockey player
T
- Alisha Tatham, basketball player[57]
- Tamara Tatham, basketball player[57]
- Robbie Taylor, swimmer
- Vern Taylor, figure skater
- Nancy Telfer, Canadian choral conductor, music educator and composer[58]
- Chris Terry, AHL hockey player[59]
- Alan Thicke, actor, briefly lived in Brampton working as a labourer, after his schooling and before his his acting career; the Thicke family itself has lived on the community for decades[60]
- Todd Thicke, co-executive producer of America's Funniest Home Videos
- Dave Thomas, basketball player
- John Thomas, Olympic dance mixed figure skater
- Roger Thompson (b. 1991), soccer player
- Scott Thompson, one of the first openly gay television personalities in Canada, was part of The Kids in the Hall comedy troupe.[61]
- Tristan Thompson, basketball player[62]
- Robert P. Tiller, horse racing
- Raffi Torres, hockey player
- Sunny Tripathy, actor, comedian, writer
- Alan Trivett, former tennis player, head of Parasport Ontario[63]
- Junior Turner, CFL football player
- Steven Turner, CFL football player
V
- Edo Van Belkom (b. 1962), horror author
- Kate Van Buskirk (b. 1987), cross-country runner, Commonwealth Games medalist
- Jim Veltman (b. 1966), NLL lacrosse
W
- Jake Walker (b. 1989), curler
- Warren Ward (b. 1962), basketball player
- Mike Weaver (b. 1978), retired hockey player
- Scott Wedgewood (b. 1992), NHL goalie draftee
- Jabar Westerman (b. 1989), CFL draftee[55]
- Jamaal Westerman (b. 1985), NFL football player[64]
- Ken Whillans (1927-1990), mayor of Brampton
- Catherine White (b. 1990), hockey player
- Ian Williams, author[19]
- Shomari Williams (b. 1985), CFL football player
- Dr Robert C. Williams (d. 2012), veterinarian, Reeve of Chinguacousy Township
- Sir Robert S. C. Williams K.S.S., C.M., O.M.C., founder of St. Leonard's Place
- Emma-Jayne Wilson (b. 1981), horse racing
- JoAnn Wilson (1939-1983), ex-wife and later murder victim of MLA Colin Thatcher
- Mike Wilson (b. 1975), hockey player
- Murphy Wiredu (b. 1985), soccer
- Roy Wood$ (b. 1996, Denzel Spencer), rapper and R&B musician
Y
- James Yurichuk, CFL football player[65]
Z
- Tomislav Zanoški, hockey player
- Geeta Zaildar, singer and actor
Canadian honours system recipients
William G. Davis and Michael F. Clarke have both received the Order of Canada.[66] Davis is the only Bramptonian to receive an Order of Ontario.[67] There are 1253 Brampton residents to receive Exemplary Service Medals.[68] The Golden Jubilee Award was given to 168 in 2002.[69]
- Caring Canadian Award: Adriana J. Pouw [citation needed]
- Decorations for Bravery: Glenn Bannerman-Maxwell, Robert Reginald Fraser, Maribel Garcia, Susan Elizabeth McHale, Mandeep Singh Dhillon, Thomas Tierney, J. Robert Walsh, and David Ware.[70]
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Amos-Ross, a two-time Olympian, and his wife, Alison McLean, a high school English teacher, opened their daycare in the Toronto suburb of Brampton earlier this year.
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Both grew up in Brampton, both cite their families as the ultimate source of hilarity, and both say Canadians need to get over their tall poppy hang-ups.
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Lise Arsenault; 22; performs optional exercises for 17;000 spectators at Montreal Forum yesterday in helping Canada's women's gymnastics team to a ninth-place finish; best ever in Olympics. However; Miss Arsenault; of Brampton; failed to qualify for Individual competition. I'm really happy; though; she said; because this is the last time I'll be competing in Olympics and we did so well. There's terific spirit on this team. Three teammates qualified.
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Ebrahim's donation marks the largest individual donation made to the Osler Foundation so far, hospital officials said.
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Born in Brampton, Ontario, David Hearn grew up in Brantford, Ontario.
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David Hearn of Brampton, Ont., shot a 66 on Friday, two shots behind the leader...
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Gillian "Jill" Hetherington-Hultquist, tennis player (b at Brampton, Ont 27 Oct 1964).
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The Brampton, Ontario native led the Komets to the Turner Cup crown with five goals and eight points appearing in all seven post-season games.
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Junior Hoilett, Blackburn's Brampton-born forward, stopped by for a quick look, too. He'd just conducted an interview in which he told the story of the annual bet he makes with his younger brother Jaineil, who plays professionally in Germany.
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On February 16, two officers from the metro Toronto sexual vice squad called Karla Homolka at her aunt and uncle's condo in Brampton, a Westchester-style bedroom community north of Toronto, where she'd gone to escape Paul. Not that he'd pursued her. But, her family had reasoned, abusive men stalk. Karla was safe in Brampton. She was even having fun there—rebounding swiftly from her trauma. Shopping, out to parties, having a fling with a fellow she met in a nightclub.
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For the second consecutive year Brampton's Patrick Husbands has finished second in the jockey standings at Toronto's Woodbine.
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Ashfaq Hussain migrated to Canada in March 1980 and currently resides in Brampton in Greater Toronto Area.
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Born in Brampton to Trinidadian parents, Hutchinson's soccer career has certainly taken him a long way.
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Brampton native Kris Newbury is returning to his roots. The former Brampton Capitals star has signed a two-way contract with the Capitals, that is the NHL's Washington Capitals.
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Not only is it her first time performing in her hometown, but teen pop star Alyssa Reid will perform here this Friday (Oct. 7) at the Rose Theatre for free.
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He was a prominent figure in the arts community in Brampton, where he resided for many years before moving to Orillia in 2006. In 1989, Reid was named Arts Person of the Year in Brampton— the first distinction of its kind in the city, and an honour that has continued to recognize important supporters of and contributors to the local arts community.
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Reid is a uniquely Canadian performer. Born in Scotland, high-schooled in Brampton, a soccer fan who got to university in Quebec on a football scholarship, he now lives in Nashville, a blue-eyed R&B singer who has dominated the Canadian country music charts for the past three years, sounding more like Rod Stewart than Paul Brandt.
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Friendly Rich is a composer from Brampton, Canada... Friendly Rich is also the founder and director of the Brampton Indie Arts Festival, an annual event which promotes underground artists, held in February at the Rose Theatre in downtown Brampton.
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I've always been interested in vaudeville and that whole era—and I did a lot of work, actually, in my hometown of Brampton in an old vaudeville theatre when I was developing what I do. So, I don't know, maybe something got in the water!
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It includes abstractionist work by former Brampton residents William Ronald, John Meredith and Ronald Bloore, who has gained international renown.
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(help) - ^ "Olympic boxer turns crime fighter". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
Brampton resident and two-time Olympic boxer Troy Amos-Ross thought he was stopping to break up a roadside fight, but Peel Regional Police say he actually prevented a murder.
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