- List of people from Toronto
This is a list of notable people who are from
Toronto ,Ontario , or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.A
* Abdominal - hip hop musician
*Barbara Amiel
*Enza Anderson - writer, political activist
*Gordon Stewart Anderson - author
* Mark Andrews - swimmer
*Lou Angotti - former NHL player
*Mark Appleyard - professionalskateboarder
*Will Arnett - actor
*Marcos Arriaga - filmmaker
*Margaret Atwood - novelist
*Dan Aykroyd - comic actorB
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Barenaked Ladies - rock band
*Thomas J. Bata
* Robert Bateman - painter
*Charles Best
*Billy Talent - punk rock band
*The Birthday Massacre
*Conrad Black
*Hédi Bouraoui - poet, novelist and academic
*John McEntee Bowman - founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
* Christopher Britton - actor, stage actor, and voice actor
*Jimmy Broyden - stuntman, founding president ofJimmy Broyden Down Syndrome Foundation
*Broken Social Scene - band, indie rock
*Marty Burke - former NHL player
*Theresa Burke - journalist
*Jim Butterfield - tech whizC
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Barry Callaghan - historian
*Morley Callaghan - journalist, writer
*June Callwood - social activist, journalist
*Bill Cameron - journalist
*Neve Campbell - actress ("Party of Five ", "Scream" series)
*Nicholas Campbell - actor
*Cancer Bats
*John Candy - comic actor
*Jim Carrey - comic actor
*Anson Carter - professional hockey player (Vancouver Canucks)
*Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - boxer
*Vince Carter - NBA player (actually born in Florida, but played in Toronto for a number of years)
*Choclair - hip hop musician
* Christian Cage - professional wrestler (Orangeville, Ontario )
*Hayden Christensen - actor
*George Chuvalo - boxer
*Austin Clarke - writer
*Matt Cohen - writer
*James Collip
*Enrico Colantoni - actor
*Alex Colville - painter
*The Constantines - band
*Jack Kent Cooke - industrialist
* Adam "Edge" Copeland - Professional wrestler (Orangeville, Ontario )
*Cowboy Junkies - musicians
*Deborah Cox - singer
*Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter - the world's best known geometer
*David Cronenberg - film directorD
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Leslie Dan
*Robertson Davies - writer
*Death from Above 1979 - band, indie rock
*Simone Denny - singer
* Jack Diamond
*DL Incognito - hip hop musician
*Do Make Say Think - band, post-rock
*Fefe Dobson - singer
*Cory Doctorow - blogger,journalist andscience fiction author
*The Dope Poet Society
*Dream Warriors
*George Dunning - animator, directorE
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Timothy Eaton
* Edge - professional wrestler (Orangeville, Ontario )
*Atom Egoyan - film director
*David James Elliott , Hollywood actor
*Linda Evangelista - model (St. Catharines, Ontario)
* George Evans - jazz singer, producer, recording artist
*Gil Evans F
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Percy Faith - composer
*George Faludy - poet
*Timothy Findley - writer
*Joe Flaherty - comic actor
*Dave Foley - comedian
*Megan Follows - actress
*Barbara Frum - journalist, news anchor
*Northrop Frye G
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Frank Gehry - architect
*Ghetto Concept
*Graeme Gibson - writer
*Malcolm Gladwell , writer ("Tipping Point", "Blink!")
*Natalie Glebova - model (Miss Universe 2005)
*Brianna Goldberg - journalist ("National Post ")
*Emma Goldman - political activist
*Ryan Gosling - actor
*Glenn Gould - pianist
*Katherine Govier - writer
*Barbara Gowdy - writer, fiction
*Aubrey Graham - actor
*John Greyson - filmmaker ("Proteus")H
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Ian Hacking - philosopher
*Moshe Hammer - violinist
*Ned Hanlan
*Stephen Harper -Prime Minister of Canada
*Lawren Harris
*Phil Hartman - comic actor
*Ronnie Hawkins
*Dan Hill - singer, songwriter
*George Hislop - gay activist
*Steven Heighton
*Jill Hennessy - actress ("Crossing Jordan ", "Law & Order ")
*Ian Hodgkinson - professional wrestler (lived in Toronto)
*John Huston - actor
*Walter Huston - actorI
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Michael Ignatieff
*Harold Innis - economist and university professor
*Michael Ironside - actor
*Irish Rovers J
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A.Y. Jackson
*Jane Jacobs - urban activist, writer
*Peter Jennings - ABC News anchor
*Norman Jewison - film director ("Moonstruck ")
*Harold E. Johns
*Jamie Johnston - actor
*George Jonas K
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Kardinal Offishall - hip hop musician
*Ben Kerr - busker
*Key Witness - indie band, broke film students
*Kids in the Hall - television comedy troupe
*Gail Kim - female professional wrestler
*Mia Kirshner - actor
*Naomi Klein - writer on social/economic issues ("No Logo ")
*K'naan - hip hop musician
*K-os - hip hop musician
*Ted Kotcheff - director
*Anton Kuerti - pianist
*Floyd Kuptana - Inuit artist
*Faisal Kutty - lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
*Bruce Kuwabara L
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Stephen Leacock - writer, humour
* Dennis Lee - children's author, poet
*Geddy Lee - musician, lead singer of Rush
*Michael Lee-Chin
* Len - pop band
*E.J. Lennox
*Eugene Levy - comic actor
*Dana Lewis - journalist
*Ivor Lewis - sculptor
*Glenn Lewis - R&B singer
*Sharon Lewis - journalist
*Stephen Lewis - UN special envoy, politician
*Gordon Lightfoot - singer-songwriter
*Rex Liu - classical bassoonist
*James Lumbers - painterM
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Ann-Marie MacDonald - writer
* Norm Macdonald - comic actor ("Saturday Night Live ")
*John James Richard Macleod
* Maestro - hip-hop musician
*Christine Magee - spokesperson and co-founder ofSleep Country Canada
*Jamaal Magloire - NBA player
*Victor Malarek - journalist
*Howie Mandel - actor, comedian, writer, producer
*Jay Manuel - make-up artist/fashion photographer
*Amanda Marshall - singer-songwriter
*Martha and the Muffins - musicians
*Andrew Martin - professional wrestler
*Raymond Massey - actor
*Bruce Mau - designer (S,M,L,XL )
*James Mavor - economist and social figure
*Rachel McAdams - actress (London, Ontario)
*Wallace McCain - McCain foods and Maple leaf foods
*Eric McCormack - actor, ("Will and Grace")
*Ernest McCulloch - cellular biologist
*Bruce McDonald - film director
*Don McKellar - actor
*Marshall McLuhan - academic and writer ("Understanding Media ")
* Metric - band, indie rock
*Lorne Michaels - producer and creator of "Saturday Night Live "
*Michie Mee - hip hop musician
*David Mirvish
*Ed Mirvish
*Rohinton Mistry - writer
*Joni Mitchell - musician
*Kim Mitchell - musician
*Colin Mochrie - comedian
*Dora Mavor Moore - founder of Canada's professional theater
*Mavor Moore - pioneer of Canadian television
*Rick Moranis - actor, comedian, writer, producer
*Raymond Moriyama - architect
*Sean Morley - professional wrestler
*James Motluk
*Farley Mowat - writer
*Peter Munk
*Robert Munsch - children's author
*Anne Murray - singer
*Barton Myers
* Mike Myers - actor ("Austin Powers ")
*Alannah Myles - singerN
* Mark Napier - hockey player
*Nash the Slash - musician
*Lance Nethery - former NHL player
*Not By Choice - rock band
*The Nylons - pop bandO
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Catherine O'Hara - comedic actress ("SCTV", "Beetlejuice ", "Best in Show")
*Mary Margaret O'Hara - singer/songwriter
*Sidney Olcott - director
*Michael Ondaatje - writer ("The English Patient ")
*Our Lady Peace - rock band
*Seiji Ozawa P
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Charles Pachter - artist
*Owen Pallett - violinist and singer
*Alice Panikian - model (Miss Universe Canada 2006,Miss Universe 2006 - 6th place)
*Parachute Club - pop band
*Sean Paul - reggae artist
*Lester B. Pearson - politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada
*Michael Peca - NHL player
*Russell Peters - comedian
*Mary Pickford - actress, co-founder ofUnited Artists
*Platinum Blonde - rock band
*Christopher Plummer - actor
*John Charles Polanyi - 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
*Sarah Polley - actress, director
*Carole Pope - rock singer
*Anna Porter - publisher
*Jason Priestley - actor ("Beverly Hills 90210 ")R
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James Randi - magician
*Lisa Ray - actress
*Michael Redhill - writer
*Keanu Reeves - actor ("The Matrix ")
*Albert Reichmann
*Paul Reichmann
*Ivan Reitman - director
*Gloria Reuben - actress
*Nino Ricci - writer
*Daniel Richler
* John D. Roberts - news anchor forCBS
*Robbie Robertson - musician
*Edward Samuel Rogers - CEO of Rogers Communications
*Rino Romano - actor, and voice actor
*Lukas Rossi - singer
*Marty Roth
* Rough Trade - rock band
*Kelly Rowan - actress ("The O.C. ")
*Anna Russell - concert comedienne
* Rush - rock band
*Ann Rutherford - actressS
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Moshe Safdie - architect
*Morley Safer - journalist ("60 Minutes ")
*Saukrates - rapper
*John Ralston Saul - writer
*Monika Schnarre - supermodel and actress
*Kim Schraner - actress ("Spynet ")
*Linda Schuyler - television producer ("Degrassi ")
*Michael Seater - actor
*Lance Secretan - leadership theorist, writer and consultant
*Isadore Sharp
*Martin Short - actor
*Frank Shuster - comedian (of "Wayne and Shuster ")
*Joe Shuster - creator ofSuperman
*Jane Siberry - musician
*Inga Skaya -Miss Universe Canada 2007
*Josef Škvorecký - writer
* Colin Simpson - author
* Snow - musician
*Michael Snow - artist
*Jason Spezza
*The Spoons - 1980s band
*Mark Steyn - journalist
*Stephen Stohn - television producer ("Degrassi ")
*Elvis Stojko
*Diane Stratas - politician, former Member of Parliament forScarborough Centre
*Teresa Stratas - opera singer
*Trish Stratus - professional wrestler, model
*Sum 41 T
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Samantha Tajik -Miss Universe Canada 2008
*Don Tapscott - writer and consultant, technology and business
* Teenage Head - punk rock band
*Colin Thatcher - politician and convicted murderer
*Kenneth Thomson - Canada's richest man
*Tom Thomson - artist
*Three Days Grace - rock band, originally from Norwood
* Toronto - rock band
*Raffi Torres
*Talan Torriero - actor ("")
*Alex Trebek - game show host ("Jeopardy! ")
* Triumph - rock band
*Endel Tulving - cognitive psychologist, world authority on human memory functionU
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Jane Urquhart V
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Nia Vardalos - actress and writer, stage and film ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding ")
*George Vari
*M. G. Vassanji W
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Pamela Wallin - journalist, former Canadian Consul-General to New York
*Al Waxman - actor
*Johnny Wayne - comedian (of "Wayne and Shuster ")
*Galen Weston - Canada's second wealthiest man
*Joyce Wieland
*Healey Willan
*Angel Williams - female pro wrestler
*Harland Williams - actorY
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Yellow Plastic Bucket - musicians
*Neil Young - rock musicianZ
* Zanta - famed performance artist
*Moses Znaimer - media mogul (CHUM, founder ofCitytv )ee also
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List of Toronto mayors
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