List of people from Vancouver

This is a list of notable personalities/celebrities from or who spent considerable time residing in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A

• Bryan Adams, singer
• Vikky Alexander, artist
• Pamela Anderson, actress

B

• Ashleigh Ball, voice actress known for her lead role on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and lead singer of Hey Ocean
• Joan Balzar, painter
• James Barber, cookbook author, aka "The Urban Peasant"
• Barry Beck, hockey player
• Ray Bethell, master multiple kite flier
• Jean-Luc Bilodeau, actor
• Yannick Bisson, actor
• Linwood Boomer, actor and television producer and writer
• Sage Brocklebank, actor
• Rod Bruno, musician
• Michael Bublé, singer
• Raymond Burr, actor

C

• 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
• Fred Cheng, Hong Kong actor/musician
• Joyce Cheng, actress
• Kayi Cheung, actress, Miss Hong Kong 2007
• 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
• Torrance Coombs, actor
• Douglas Coupland, author
• Christian Covington, National Football League Player
• Amanda Crew, actress
• Roger Cross, actor
• Seán Cummings, actor and playwright

D

• Brian Day, doctor
• Yvonne DeCarlo, actress
• Mac DeMarco, artist
• Jay DeMerit, MLS, World Cup soccer player
• Ryan Dempster, MLB baseball player
• Ranj Dhaliwal, writer
• Lexa Doig, actress
• James Doohan, actor ("Lt. Cmmdr. Montgomery Scott Scotty" from television show Star Trek)
• Audrey Capel Doray, artist
• Stan Douglas, artist

E

• Aileen Eaton, boxing promoter
• Aryana Engineer, actress
• Arthur Erickson, architect, urban planner
• Elise Estrada, singer-songwriter, actress

F

• Ed Fast, Canadian politician and Federal Cabinet Minister
• Gordon Fee, New Testament scholar
• John Ferguson, Sr., professional hockey player
• Jodelle Ferland, actress
• 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
• Freddy Fuller, boxing champion
• Nolan Gerard Funk,
• Emmanuelle Schick Garcia, film director and writer
• Austin Gary, author, songwriter
• C. E. Gatchalian, playwright
• William Gibson, author
• Matthew Good, singer/songwriter
• Rodney Graham, artist
• Jennifer Granholm, ex-governor of US State of Michigan
• Grimes, singer, songwriter, director, musician, actress
• Nancy Greene Raine, Olympic champion and Canadian Senator
• Trevor Guthrie, singer

H

• Rich Harden, Major League Baseball player
• Jillian Harris, ABC's 5th Bachelorette
• Laura Harris, actress
• Chris Haslam, professional skateboarder
• Meghan Heffern, actress
• Ed Hill, stand-up comedian
• Brent Hodge, film director and CEO of Hodgee Films
• Bert Hoffmeister, commander of the 5th Canadian Division in the Second World War, then president of MacMillan Bloedel
• Jacob Hoggard, lead singer of the band Hedley
• Clive Holden, poet, film director and visual artist
• Antony Holland, actor
• 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
• Harrison Houde, composer, actor
• Elva Hsiao, Mandopop singer

I

• John Ireland, actor
• Britt Irvin, actress, musician and voice-over artist
• Katharine Isabelle, actress

J

• Joshua Jackson, actor
• Liam James, actor
• Jazzy B, actor, singer
• Sarah Jeffery, actress, dancer, singer
• Carly Rae Jepsen, singer
• Avan Jogia, actor
• Alexz Johnson, actress, singer
• Christopher Judge, actor

K

• Boris Karloff, born William Pratt, actor
• Evander Kane, National Hockey League player
• Paul Kariya, National Hockey League player
• Earl Keeley, football player
• Cevin Key, musician
• Margot Kidder, actress
• Kristin Kreuk, actress

L

• Linus Sebastian, YouTuber, presenter, producer, writer
• 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 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, professional freestyle skier
• Rick McCrank, professional skateboarder
• Dean McFadden, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
• Ashleigh McIvor, Olympic champion skier
• 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
• Jane Munro, poet

N

• Ira B. Nadel, biographer and literary critic
• Nardwuar the Human Serviette, radio host and musician
• Steve Nash, NBA player
• Cam Neely, NHL player
• Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster
• Alisha Newton, actress
• Mayko Nguyen, actress
• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, NHL player

O

• Brenna O'Brien, actress
• Victor Odlum, Canadian journalist, soldier, and diplomat
• Nivek Ogre, singer, musician
• Sandra Oh, actress
• Pat Onstad, soccer player

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
• Jason Priestley, actor
• Kirsten Prout, actress

Q

• Wanting Qu, singer-songwriter

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 player ("Burnaby Joe")
• Eliza Sam, Hong Kong actress
• Devon Sawa, actor
• Conrad Schmidt, activist
• Sophie Schmidt, member of Canadian Women's National soccer team
• Drew Scott, Property Brothers (HGTV)
• Jonathan Scott, Property Brothers (HGTV)
• Michael Shanks, actor
• Kathryn Shaw, artistic director
• Lydia Shum Din-ha, elder sister of Alfred Sung; Hong Kong actress
• Christine Sinclair, member of Canadian Women's National soccer team
• Nelson Skalbania, entrepreneur
• Gregory Smith, actor
• Trevor Smith, NHL player
• Cobie Smulders, actress
• Social Deviantz, rap group
• John G. Stackhouse, Jr., writer and professor of religion
• Rita Steblin, musicologist
• Dorothy Stratten, actress, model
• Jewel Staite, actress
• Arran Stephens, entrepreneur, writer
• Ryan Stiles, comedian, actor
• Russell Stuart, CEO and 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
• Devin Townsend, singer, musician
• Margaret Trudeau (now Margaret Trudeau Kemper), former wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
• Nicholas Tse, Cantopop singer
• John Turner, former Canadian Prime Minister

V

• Adrien Van Viersen, storyboard artist
• Emmanuelle Vaugier, actress
• The Veer Union, band

W

• Larry Walker, Major League Baseball player
• Elliot Waters, Musician
• Jeff Wall, artist
• Ian Wallace, artist
• Nolan Watson, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Daniel Wesley, musician
• Kris Wu, Chinese K-pop singer of EXO

Y

• Benny Yau, television presenter, singer
• Françoise Yip, actress

Z

• Alex Zahara, actor

References

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