List of British Columbians

This is a list of notable people born, raised, or long-time resident to the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Premiers

* John Foster McCreight
* Amor De Cosmos
* George Anthony Walkem
* Andrew Charles Elliott
* Robert Beaven
* William Smithe
* A.E.B. Davie
* John Robson
* Theodore Davie
* John Herbert Turner
* Charles Augustus Semlin
* Joseph Martin
* James Dunsmuir
* Edward Gawler Prior
* Richard McBride
* William John Bowser
* Harlan Carey Brewster
* John Oliver
* John Duncan MacLean
* Simon Fraser Tolmie
* Thomas "Duff" Pattullo
* John Hart
* Byron "Boss" Johnson
* W. A. C. Bennett
* Dave Barrett
* William Richards Bennett
* William Vander Zalm
* Rita Johnston
* Michael Harcourt
* Dan Miller
* Glen Clark
* Ujjal Dosanjh
* Gordon Campbell

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
* 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

Other politicians

* Sir James Douglas
* Rafe Mair
* Joy McPhail
* Emery Barnes
* Grace McCarthy
* Rosemary Brown
* Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan; natz. US citizen
* William Fraser Tolmie

cientists

* Dr. David T. Suzuki, biologist/ecologist
* Wade Davis, ethnobotanist
* Michael Smith, biochemist

how Business personalities

* Bryan Adams, singer
* Pamela Anderson, actress (Baywatch, V.I.P.)
* Randy Bachman, musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
* 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)
* William B. Davis, actor (X-Files)
* Edward Dmytryk, film director
* James Doohan, actor (Star Trek)
* Roy Forbes (Bim), musician
* Judith Forst, opera singer
* David Foster, songwriter, record producer
* Matthew Good, musician
* Michael J. Fox, actor (Back to the Future)
* 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
* 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)
* Michael Shanks, actor
* Nell Shipman, actress, film director
* Alexis Smith, actress
* Dorothy Stratten, actress/model
* Bobby Taylor, Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers)
* Koko Taylor, blues singer
* Jon Mikl Thor, singer/performer and bodybuilder
* Jennifer Tilly, actress
* Meg Tilly, actress
* Tina Tyler, adult actress
* Milena Roucka, Professional Wrestler
* Jacob Hoggard, musician (Hedley)

ports personalities

* Glenn Anderson
* Jason Bay
* Russell Baze
* Rod Brind'Amour
* Mitch Berger
* John Davison
* Ryan Dempster
* Craig Forrest
* Terry Fox
* Jeff Francis
* Danny Gare
* Nancy Greene
* Rick Hansen
* Sean 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

Artists

* Emily Carr, artist
* Fred Herzog, photographer
* Attila Richard Lukacs, artist
* Len Norris, editorial cartoonist
* Sophie Pemberton, painter
* Bill Reid, artist
* Jack Shadbolt, artist

Journalists and Writers

* Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
* Bill Bissett, poet
* Robert Bringhurst, poet
* Douglas Coupland, author (genX fiction)
* Philip K. Dick, author (science fiction)
* Isaac "Ikey" Dixon, columnist ("Cariboo Sentinel", 1860s-90s)
* 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
* 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" to be publish in 2008)
* Alan Morley, journalist and historian ("Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis")
* Susan Musgrave, poet
* 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
* 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