List of people from Ontario

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

Actors

• Will Arnett – Toronto
• Dan Aykroyd – Ottawa
• Neve Campbell – Guelph
• John Candy – Newmarket
• Jim Carrey – Newmarket
• Michael Cera – Brampton
• Sarah Chalke – Ottawa
• A. J. Cook – Oshawa/Whitby
• Paulo Costanzo – Brampton
• Victor Garber – London
• Ryan Gosling – London
• Shenae Grimes – Toronto
• Jennifer Irwin – Toronto
• Stana Katic – Hamilton
• Eugene Levy – Hamilton
• Rachel McAdams – St. Thomas
• Eric McCormack – Toronto
• Derek McGrath – Timmins
• Shay Mitchell – Mississauga
• Rick Moranis – Toronto
• Mike Myers – Scarborough
• Sophie Nelisse – born in Windsor
• Sandra Oh – Ottawa
• Mary Pickford – silent screen film star; co-founder of United Artists and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; from Toronto
• Sarah Polley – Toronto
• Kathleen Robertson – Hamilton
• Kelly Rowan – Ottawa
• Corey Sevier – Ajax
• Martin Short – Hamilton
• Jay Silverheels – Brantford
• Dave Thomas – St. Catharines

Comedians

• Evan Fong – Google.com
• Dave Foley – Etobicoke
• Tom Green – Pembroke
• Phil Hartman – Brantford
• Jenny Jones – London
• Norm Macdonald – Ottawa
• Howie Mandel – Toronto
• Mark McKinney – Ottawa
• Russell Peters – Brampton
• Scott Thompson – North Bay
• Harland Williams – Toronto

Professional athletes

• Anthony Bennett – basketball player from Toronto
• Steve Christie – Hamilton
• Mike Craig – Thorndale
• Laura Creavalle – Toronto
• Nick Denis – North Bay
• Phil Esposito – Sault Ste. Marie
• Tony Esposito – Sault Ste. Marie
• Simon Farine – basketball player from Toronto
• Mike Fisher – hockey player from Peterborough
• Rick Fox – Toronto
• Doug Gilmour – Kingston
• Claude Giroux – Hearst
• Wayne Gretzky – Brantford
• James Hinchcliffe – Oakville
• Tim Horton – Cochrane
• Cory Joseph – Pickering
• Curtis Joseph – Keswick
• Eric Lindros – London
• Jamaal Magloire – Toronto
• Frank Mahovlich – Timmins
• Rick Nash – Brampton
• Daniel Nestor – Toronto
• Bobby Orr – Parry Sound
• Pete Orr – Richmond Hill
• Milos Raonic – Thornhill
• Jim Rutherford – Beeton
• Darryl Sittler – Kitchener
• Trevor Smith – hockey player
• Eric Staal – Thunder Bay
• Jordan Staal – Thunder Bay
• Marc Staal – Thunder Bay
• Steven Stamkos – Markham
• Tristan Thompson – Brampton
• Raffi Torres – Toronto
• Paul Tracy – Scarborough
• Joey Votto – Etobicoke
• Andrew Wiggins – basketball player from Toronto
• Nigel Wilson – Oshawa

Politicians

• Philip Downing
• John T. Jarvis
• James McMillan – Hamilton

Olympic athletes

• Alex Baumann – Sudbury
• Patrick Chan – Ottawa
• Gabrielle Daleman – Newmarket
• Victor Davis – Guelph
• Lori Dupuis – Cornwall
• John Fitzpatrick – Toronto
• Chris Jarvis – Grimsby
• Becky Kellar – Hagersville
• Rosie MacLennan – King City
• Conlin McCabe – Brockville
• Scott Moir – London
• Brian Orser – Belleville
• Elvis Stojko – Richmond Hill
• Adam van Koeverden – Oakville
• Tessa Virtue – London
• Simon Whitfield – Kingston

Other notable celebrities

• Thalia Assuras – London
• Don Cherry – Kingston
• William Winer Cooke – Brantford
• Adam Copeland – Orangeville
• Linda Evangelista – St. Catharines
• Melyssa Ford – Toronto
• Frank Gehry – Toronto
• Shalom Harlow – Oshawa
• Michiel Horn – Toronto
• Peter Jennings – Toronto
• Lynn Johnston – Collingwood
• Firdaus Kharas – Ottawa
• Gail Kim – Toronto
• Ferdinand Larose - created the Larose Forest, Prescott and Russell
• Steve Mackall – Toronto
• Lorne Michaels – Toronto
• Alice Munro – Wingham
• Daniel Negreanu – poker player, Toronto
• Quddus – Toronto
• Ivan Reitman – Hamilton
• Jason Reso – Orangeville
• John Roberts – Toronto
• Morley Safer – Toronto
• David Shore – London
• Trish Stratus – Richmond Hill
• Alex Trebek – Sudbury
• Jack L. Warner – London
• Ken Westerfield – disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer, from Toronto
• Lauren Williams – Toronto

Bands, musicians, singers, and rappers

• Bryan Adams – Kingston
• Alexisonfire – St. Catharines
• Paul Anka – Ottawa
• Eva Avila – Ottawa
• Barenaked Ladies – Scarborough
• Justin Bieber – Stratford
• Billy Talent – Mississauga
• Jully Black – Toronto
• Blue Rodeo – Toronto
• Broken Social Scene – Toronto
• Sebastian Brown – East York
• Cancer Bats – Toronto
• Keshia Chanté – Ottawa
• Bruce Cockburn – Ottawa
• Deborah Cox – Toronto
• Hugh Dillon – Kingston
• Fefe Dobson – Scarborough
• Drake – Toronto
• Finger Eleven – Burlington
• Five Man Electrical Band – Ottawa
• J. D. Fortune – Mississauga
• Nelly Furtado – Forest Hill, Toronto
• Hail The Villain – Oshawa
• Sarah Harmer – Burlington
• illScarlett – Mississauga
• Kardinal Offishall – Scarborough/Toronto
• Vikas Kohli – Mississauga
• James LaBrie – Penetanguishene
• Henry Lau – Toronto
• Avril Lavigne – Napanee
• Gordon Lightfoot – Orillia
• Lights – Timmins
• Little X – Toronto
• Guy Lombardo – London
• Brian Melo – Hamilton
• Metric – Toronto
• Alanis Morissette – Ottawa
• My Darkest Days – Toronto
• Our Lady Peace – Toronto
• Peaches – Toronto
• Protest The Hero – Whitby
• Anastasia Rizikov – Toronto
• Rush – Toronto
• Saga (band) – Oakville
• Paul Shaffer – Thunder Bay
• Silverstein – Burlington
• Snow – Toronto
• Wendy Son – Richmond Hill
• Sum 41 – Ajax
• Skye Sweetnam – Bolton
• Teenage Head – Hamilton
• Three Days Grace – Toronto
• Tokyo Police Club – Newmarket
• The Tragically Hip – Kingston
• Shania Twain – Windsor
• Vanity – Niagara Falls
• Tamia Washington – Windsor
• U.S.S. (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) – Stouffville, Markham and Toronto
• Walk Off The Earth – Burlington
• The Weeknd – Scarborough
• Neil Young – Toronto
• Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) – Toronto

Scientists and physicians

• Sir Frederick Banting - co-discoverer of insulin
• Dr. Charles Best - co-discoverer of insulin
• Dr. Norman Bethune - physician, pioneered the use of in-field blood transfusions during the Spanish Civil War, joined the Communist guerillas in China in the 1930s
• Dr. Roberta Bondar - astronaut, neurologist, from Sault Ste. Marie
• Mathew Evans - inventor, created and patented the first incandescent light bulb in 1874, five years before Thomas Edison's US patent
• Dr. Wilbur Franks - physician and inventor; developed first anti-gravity or "G-suit" now used by air crews and astronauts; also noted for his work in cancer research
• Dr. James Naismith - physician, inventor of basketball

Business people

• Howard I. Wetston - Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission

Criminals

• Paul Bernardo
• Edwin Alonzo Boyd - led the Boyd Gang in Toronto
• Karla Homolka

See also

• List of University of Toronto people