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
• Natalie Achonwa – WNBA player
• Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits)
• Oluniké Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint)
• Chris Alexander – diplomat
• Robbie Amell – actor
• Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow)
• Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist
• Shamier Anderson – actor
• Gordon Stewart Anderson – author
• John Andrews – architect
• Mark Andrews – swimmer
• Lou Angotti – former NHL player
• Kent Angus – businessman
• Steve Anthony – television host
• Danny Antonucci – animator and creator of Ed, Edd n Eddy
• Andreas Apostolopoulos – businessman
• Alfred Apps – businessman, lawyer and political activist
• Syl Apps – former NHL player
• Will Arnett – actor
• Amy Ashmore Clark – vaudeville performer, songwriter, composer
• Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist
• Ayria – musician
• Yank Azman – actor

B

• Andrew Bachelor – actor, comedian, and internet personality
• Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia
• Frederick Banting – medical scientist and doctor, co-discoverer of insulin, 1923 Nobel laureate
• Dalano Banton – NBA player, currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers
• RJ Barrett – NBA player, currently plays for the Toronto Raptors
• Thomas J. Bata – businessman
• Robert Bateman – painter
• Eric Bauza – voice actor (Bunnicula, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Tiny Toons Looniversity)
• Isabel Bayrakdarian – opera singer
• Jake Beale – voice actor
• Samantha Bee – actress and comedian
• Jeanne Beker – fashion television personality and reporter
• John Wilson Bengough – cartoonist
• Alfred David Benjamin – Australian-born businessman and philanthropist
• Anthony Bennett – NBA player
• Christine Bentley – CTV news anchor
• Nikki Benz – pornographic film actress
• Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality
• Charles Best – medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin
• Sim Bhullar – professional basketball player
• Alfred J. Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
• J. William Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
• Josh Binstock – Olympic volleyball player
• Conrad Black – media mogul
• Jully Black – R&B singer
• Rachel Blanchard – actress
• Lloyd Bochner – actor (Dynasty)
• Andy Borodow – Olympic wrestler
• Devon Bostick – actor, known for playing Rodrick in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
• Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic
• John McEntee Bowman – founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
• Liona Boyd – classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer
• Shary Boyle – artist
• Diana Braithwaite – electric blues singer, songwriter and screenwriter
• Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 and mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley
• Christopher Britton – actor, stage actor, and voice actor
• Daniel Brooks – theatre director, actor and playwright
• Chester Brown – alternative cartoonist and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate
• Clifton Brown – kickboxer
• Billy Bryans – musician
• Rob Burgess – tech CEO
• Marty Burke – former NHL player
• Theresa Burke – journalist
• Matthew Burnett – record producer
• Martha Burns – actress
• Jackie Burroughs – actress
• Jim Butterfield – computer programmer
• Mikey Bustos – youtuber

C

• Daniel Caesar – singer
• Barry Callaghan – historian
• Morley Callaghan – journalist, writer
• June Callwood – social activist, journalist
• Bill Cameron – journalist
• Christian Campbell – actor
• Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
• Nicholas Campbell – actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
• Sterling Campbell – former MPP
• John Candy – comic actor
• Jim Carrey – actor and comedian
• Shelley Carroll – municipal politician
• Anson Carter – professional hockey player
• Luciana Carro – actress
• Gino Cavallini – former NHL player
• Lucas Cavallini – soccer player
• Paul Cavallini – former NHL player
• Patrick Chan – figure skater
• Christopher Chapman – film director, writer, and cinematographer
• Ann Y. K. Choi – author
• Hayden Christensen – actor
• Choclair – hip hop musician
• Ping Chong – contemporary theatre director
• Olivia Chow – 66th Mayor of Toronto, Former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament, former Toronto city councillor
• George Chuvalo – boxer
• Jerry Ciccoritti – film, TV, and theatre director
• Casey Cizikas – NHL player
• William Robinson Clark – theologian, Fellow and President of the Royal Society of Canada
• Austin Clarke – writer
• Adrienne Clarkson – journalist, broadcaster and former Governor-General of Canada
• David Clarkson – NHL player
• Paul Clatney – Canadian football player
• Sebastian Cluer – director, producer, writer
• Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn – recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Andrew Cogliano – NHL player for the Dallas Stars
• Matt Cohen – writer
• Dusty Cohl – filmmaker, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame
• Carlo Colaiacovo – NHL player
• Enrico Colantoni – actor (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint)
• John Colicos – actor
• James Collip – scientist
• John Colapinto – journalist, author and novelist
• Alex Colville – painter
• Brian Conacher – former NHL player
• Charlie Conacher – former NHL player
• Pete Conacher – former NHL player
• Roy Conacher – former NHL player
• Kurtis Conner – comedian and youtuber
• Jesse Cook – Juno Award winning guitarist
• Stephen Cook – computer scientist
• Jack Kent Cooke – industrialist
• Adam "Edge" Copeland – Independent, WWE, and AEW professional wrestler
• Barry Cort – former MLB player
• Douglas Coupland – writer, artist
• Alyson Court – actor
• Christina Cox – actress, stuntwoman
• Deborah Cox – singer
• Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter – world's best known geometer
• Laura Creavalle – Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
• Rob Crifo – Canadian football player
• J. Howard Crocker – educator and sports executive with the YMCA and Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
• Jonathan Crombie – actor
• Neil Crone – actor, comedian
• David Cronenberg – film director
• Jim Cuddy – musician, lead singer of Blue Rodeo
• Henry Czerny – actor

D

• Chantal Da Silva – journalist residing in the U.K.
• Cynthia Dale – actress
• Jennifer Dale – actress
• Cathy Daley – visual artist, educator
• Leslie Dan – businessman
• Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning film composer (Life of Pi)
• Robertson Davies – writer
• Fred Davis – radio/TV broadcaster (Front Page Challenge)
• Janet Davis – municipal politician
• William B. Davis – actor (The X Files)
• Clifton Dawson – NFL player
• deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ
• Nicole de Boer – actress
• Michael DeForge – comics artist and illustrator
• Dana Dentata – musician and model
• Laysla De Oliveira – actress
• Jack Devine – President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and radio personality
• Sergio Di Zio – actor (Flashpoint)
• Chris Diamantopoulos – actor and comedian
• Jack Diamond – architect
• Diamond Rings – music artist
• Wayne Dillon – former NHL player
• Cheri DiNovo – politician
• DL Incognito – hip hop musician
• Nina Dobrev – actress
• Fefe Dobson – singer
• Cory Doctorow – blogger, journalist and science fiction author
• Fateh Doe – rapper, singer, and lyricist
• Andy Donato – editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
• Peter Donato – marathon runner
• Max Douglas a.k.a. Salgood Sam – comic artist, author, and blogger
• Naheed Dosani – doctor
• Riele Downs – actress
• John Drainie – actor
• Drake – rapper
• Kris Draper – NHL
• Dream Warriors – hip hop group
• Jamie Drysdale – ice hockey player
• Rob Ducey – MLB player
• Rick Dudley – former NHL player
• Alexander Roberts Dunn – recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer
• George Dunning – animator, director
• Steve Durbano – former NHL player
• Arthur Jeffrey Dempster – physicist
• Julian Dzeko – DJ/producer and member of Dzeko & Torres with Luis Torres

E

• Jayne Eastwood – actress
• Timothy Eaton – retail proprietor
• Tim Ecclestone – former NHL player
• Tom Edur – former NHL player
• Gary Edwards – former NHL player
• Atom Egoyan – film director
• Oren Eizenman – Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player
• Kilian Elkinson (born 1990) – Bermudian footballer
• David James Elliott – actor (JAG)
• Emma-Lee – singer-songwriter and photographer
• Bob Essensa – former NHL player
• George Evans – jazz singer, producer, recording artist
• Gil Evans – jazz musician
• Jake Evans – ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens
• Jordan Evans – record producer
• Dylan Everett – actor

F

• Percy Faith – composer
• George Faludy – poet
• Hilary Farr – home designer, Love It or List It
• Holly Farrell – self-taught outsider artist; Barbie & Ken series
• Leslie Feist – singer-songwriter
• Perdita Felicien – hurdler
• Mario Ferraro – NHL player
• Louis Ferreira – actor
• Sharon Fichman – Canadian/Israeli tennis player
• Joy Fielding, writer
• Timothy Findley – writer
• Melanie Fiona – R&B musician
• John Fitzpatrick – track and fielder, football player, engineer and inventor
• Joe Flaherty – comic actor
• Patrick Flatley – former NHL player
• Ian Flynn – comic book writer
• Dave Foley – comedian
• Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables)
• Evan Fong – YouTube Personality also called VanossGaming
• Adam Foote – former NHL player
• Doug Ford Sr. – businessman and politician
• Doug Ford Jr. – politician and businessman
• Michael Ford – politician
• Rob Ford – 64th Mayor of Toronto
• Dwight Foster – former NHL player
• Liam Foudy – NHL player
• Sean Foudy – football player
• Rick Fox – NBA basketball player and actor
• Lou Franceschetti – former NHL player
• Mark Friedman – NHL player
• Barbara Frum – journalist, news anchor
• David Frum – political commentator
• Ajay Fry – television host/personality
• Northrop Frye – literary critic, academic
• David Furnish – filmmaker and producer, husband of Elton John

G

• Sarah Gadon – actress
• Ed Gass-Donnelly – film director, screenwriter and producer
• Daniel Gaudet – Olympic gymnast
• Frank Gehry – architect
• Jack Gelineau – former NHL player
• General Idea – art collective
• Eric Genuis – pianist and composer
• Jian Ghomeshi – radio and TV broadcaster, writer, musician
• Graeme Gibson – writer
• Sky Gilbert – writer, actor, drag performer
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – NBA player
• Paul Gillis – former NHL player
• George Clay Ginty – Union Army Brigadier General
• Mark Giordano – NHL player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Ken Girard – former NHL player
• Malcolm Gladwell – writer (Tipping Point, Blink!)
• Natalie Glebova – Miss Universe Canada 2005, Miss Universe 2005
• Brian Glennie – former NHL player
• Fred Glover – former NHL player and coach
• Warren Godfrey – former NHL player
• Ritika Goel – doctor, writer, academic, activist
• Thelma Golden – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Emma Goldman – political activist
• Kat Goldman – singer-songwriter
• Glenn Goldup – former NHL player
• Sasha Gollish – competitive runner
• Larry Goodenough – former NHL player
• Barclay Goodrow – NHL ice hockey player
• Allan Gotlieb – ex-Canadian diplomat
• Sondra Gotlieb – writer
• Glenn Gould – pianist
• Katherine Govier – writer
• Lawrence Gowan – musician, lead vocalist of the band Styx (1999–present)
• Barbara Gowdy – writer, fiction
• Dakota Goyo – actor
• Arthur Edward Grasett – commander of VIII Corps during the Second World War
• Edward Greenspan – lawyer and politician
• Barbara Greenwood – educator and children's author
• Kathryn Greenwood – actress
• John Greyson – filmmaker (Proteus)
• Lynne Griffin – actress
• Shenae Grimes – actress
• Paul Gross – actor, producer, director
• Allan Grossman – politician
• Group of Seven – art collective
• Peter Gzowski – radio broadcaster (CBC Radio's Morningside) and writer

H

• Ian Hacking – philosopher
• Corey Haim – actor
• George Hainsworth – former NHL player
• Michael Hainsworth – business reporter
• Barbara Hamilton – actress
• Dougie Hamilton – NHL player, currently with the New Jersey Devils
• Moshe Hammer – violinist
• Rick Hampton (born 1956) – former NHL player
• Ned Hanlan – rower
• Yuzuru Hanyu – figure skater
• Stephen Harper (born 1959) – 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
• Billy Harris (1935–2001) – former NHL player
• Billy Harris (born 1952) – former NHL player
• Lawren Harris – Group of Seven artist
• Richard Harrison – poet
• Don Harron – comedian, actor, director, radio/TV host, author and composer
• Leon Hatziioannou – Canadian football player
• Asante Haughton – mental health worker and activist
• Dale Hawerchuk – former NHL player
• Brent Hawkes – clergyman, gay rights activist
• Ronnie Hawkins – musician
• Jeff Healey – musician
• Steven Heighton – novelist, poet
• Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. – politician, author, publisher
• Karl Brooks Heisey – mining engineer and executive
• Lawrence Heisey – publisher
• Katherine Henderson – president and CEO of Curling Canada and Hockey Canada
• Murray Henderson – former NHL player
• Adam Henrich (born 1984) – ice hockey player
• Michael Henrich (born 1980) – ice hockey player
• Sheila Heti – author
• Foster Hewitt – sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
• W. A. Hewitt – sports executive and journalist, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
• Dan Hill – singer-songwriter
• George Hislop – gay activist
• Lionel Hitchman – former NHL player
• Abby Hoffman – track and field
• Joshua Ho-Sang (born 1996) – ice hockey player
• Nadia L. Hohn – children's book writer
• Clive Holden – poet, film director and visual artist
• Laurie Holden – actress (The Walking Dead)
• Mike Hoolboom – filmmaker
• Kenny Hotz – actor (Kenny vs Spenny)
• Lauren Howe – Miss Universe Canada 2017
• Andrew Huang – musician / Youtuber
• Jack Hughes (born 2001) – NHL player
• Stuart Hughes – actor
• Walter Huston – Academy Award-winning actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
• William Hutt – actor (Stratford Festival)
• Zach Hyman – NHL ice hockey player

I

• Marci Ien – journalist and politician
• Michael Ignatieff – federal Liberal leader, academic, journalist
• George "Punch" Imlach – former NHL coach and general manager
• Robin Ingle – CEO and chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies
• Malcolm Ingram – independent film director and podcaster
• Gary Inness – former NHL player
• Harold Innis – economist and university professor
• Michael Ironside – actor
• Kenneth E. Iverson – computer scientist

J

• A.Y. Jackson – Group of Seven artist
• Harvey "Busher" Jackson – former NHL player
• Jane Jacobs – economist, urban theorist and activist
• Lisa Jakub – former child actress
• Stephan James – actor
• Gary Jarrett – former NHL player
• Maureen Jennings – novelist
• Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
• Connor Jessup – actor, short film director
• Norman Jewison – film director (Moonstruck)
• Joël – singer-songwriter, dancer
• Harold E. Johns – medical physicist
• Amy Jo Johnson – actress
• Ben Johnson – sprinter, stripped of 100m gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics for doping
• Molly Johnson – singer-songwriter
• Jamie Johnston – actor
• George Jonas – writer, journalist
• Cory Joseph – National Basketball Association player, last played for the Golden State Warriors
• Demetrius Joyette – actor
• Just John x Dom Dias – musical duo

K

• William Kahan – mathematician and computer scientist
• Irving Kaplansky – mathematician
• Moez Kassam – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group
• Hadley Kay – actor
• Guy Gavriel Kay – writer
• Sherry Kean – singer
• Trenna Keating – actress
• Ben Kerr – busker
• Mart Kenney – jazz musician and bandleader
• Michael Kerzner – Solicitor General of Ontario
• The Kids in the Hall – television comedy troupe
• Gail Kim – female professional wrestler
• William Lyon Mackenzie King – 10th Prime Minister of Canada
• Gord Kirke – lawyer and sports executive
• Mia Kirshner – actor
• Naomi Klein – journalist, author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) and social activist
• K'naan – hip hop musician
• Mike Knuble – former NHL player
• Chris Kontos – former NHL player
• Terry Koumoudouros – strip club owner-operator
• K-os – hip hop musician
• Ted Kotcheff – director
• George Kottaras – MLB player
• H. David Kotz – attorney
• Anton Kuerti – pianist
• Aggie Kukulowicz – former NHL player, Air Canada travel agent
• Maya Kulenovic – painter
• Floyd Kuptana – Inuit artist
• Faisal Kutty – lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
• Bruce Kuwabara – architect
• Nick Kypreos – former NHL player

L

• George Lagogianes – news anchor, reporter and TV personality
• Don Lake – actor and writer
• Maurice LaMarche – voice actor (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures)
• Heath Lamberts – theatre actor
• Laurene Landon – actress
• Michele Landsberg – journalist, author, public speaker, feminist and social activist
• Tory Lanez – rapper
• Richie Laryea – soccer player
• Mel Lastman – 62nd Mayor of Toronto; businessman
• Henry Lau – singer, musician, actor, and ex-member of South Korean boy band Super Junior M
• Ashley Lawrence – soccer player for the Canada national team
• Jack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party
• Mike Layton – municipal politician, son of Jack Layton
• Michael Lazarovitch – actor
• Stephen Leacock – writer, humourist
• Christine Peng-Peng Lee – Olympic and NCAA gymnast
• Dennis Lee – children's author, poet
• Geddy Lee – musician, lead singer of Rush
• Mark Lee – musician, member of NCT group, Canadian South Korean singer
• Sook-Yin Lee – media personality
• Michael Lee-Chin – businessman, investor
• Manny Legace – former NHL player
• Peter C. Lemon – recipient of the Medal of Honor
• E.J. Lennox – architect
• Sean Leon – rapper
• Dan Lett – actor
• David Levin – Israeli ice hockey player
• Baruch Levine – singer and entertainer
• Alex "Mine Boy" Levinsky (1910–1990) – NHL hockey player
• Tamara Levitt – author, mindfulness instructor, and voice over artist most widely known as the narrator for the Calm app
• Dan Levy – TV host and actor
• Avi Lewis – documentary filmmaker and radio/TV broadcaster
• Dana Lewis – journalist
• Glenn Lewis – R&B singer
• Ivor Lewis – sculptor
• Larnell Lewis – musician
• Marc Lewis – neuroscientist and author
• Sharon Lewis – journalist
• Stephen Lewis – former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, former politician, humanitarian and academic
• Tau Lewis -- artist
• Alex Lifeson – musician, guitarist of Rush
• Lights – musician
• Thea Lim – writer
• Elena Lobsanova – ballet dancer
• Jason Logan – illustrator, writer, graphic designer, and art director
• Robert K. Logan – author and academic
• Bob Lorimer – former NHL player
• Steve Ludzik – former NHL player
• James Lumbers – painter
• Laurie Lynd – Canadian screenwriter and director
• George Seymour Lyon – gold medalist in golf at St. Louis Olympics 1904; reigning champion for 112 years

M

• Raine Maida – folk singer
• Eddie MacCabe – sports journalist and writer
• Ann-Marie MacDonald – playwright, novelist, actor and journalist
• J. E. H. MacDonald – Group of Seven artist
• Norm Macdonald – comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
• Daniel MacIvor – playwright, actor and theatre/film director
• Steve Mackall – voice actor
• William Lyon Mackenzie – first Mayor of Toronto; first president of the Republic of Canada; a leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion
• John Macleod – biochemist and physiologist
• Margaret MacMillan – historian and expert of leader international relationships
• Maestro – hip-hop musician
• Daniel Magder – actor
• Christine Magee – spokesperson and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada
• Arnaud Maggs – artist
• Jamaal Magloire – former NBA player
• Kevin Maguire – former NHL player
• Victor Malarek – journalist
• Giorgio Mammoliti – municipal politician
• Manafest – Christian rapper/singer-songwriter
• Erik Mana – magician
• Howie Mandel – actor, comedian, writer, producer
• Dylan Mandlsohn – stand-up comedian
• Peter Mansbridge – CBC News chief correspondent
• Jay Manuel – make-up artist/fashion photographer
• Lisa Marcos – actress (Played, The Listener)
• Simon Marcus – kickboxer
• Hector Marinaro – soccer coach and former forward
• Rob Marinaro – soccer coach and former goalkeeper
• Amanda Marshall – singer-songwriter
• Ruth Marshall – actress (Flashpoint)
• Mae Martin – comedian, writer, actor (Feel Good)
• Russell Martin – MLB player
• Dennis Maruk – former NHL player
• Ron Marzel – lawyer
• James Mason – banker, Senator and soldier
• Mark Masri – tenor and gospel singer
• Mena Massoud – actor
• Raymond Massey – actor
• Vincent Massey – 18th Governor-General of Canada
• Walter Massey – actor
• Pat Mastroianni – actor (Degrassi franchise)
• Cameron Mathison – actor
• Bruce Mau – designer (S,M,L,XL)
• James Mavor – economist and social figure
• Brad May – former NHL player
• Rachel McAdams – actress
• Wallace McCain – McCain foods and Maple leaf foods
• Sheila McCarthy – actress
• Eric McCormack – actor (Will and Grace)
• Ernest McCulloch – cellular biologist
• Dean McDermott – actor and reality show personality (Tori & Dean: Inn Love)
• Bruce McDonald – film director
• Kevin McDonald – comedian, actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
• Michael McGowan – film director
• Don McKellar – actor, screenwriter and film director
• Ella N. McLean, Countess Norraikow – author and metaphysician
• Seaton McLean – film and TV producer
• Marshall McLuhan – academic and writer (Understanding Media)
• Evgenia Medvedeva – Russian figure skater
• Gerry Meehan – former NHL player
• Shawn Mendes – musician, singer
• Heather Menzies – actress (The Sound of Music)
• Lindsay G Merrithew – actor, producer, fitness entrepreneur
• Lorne Michaels – producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
• Michie Mee – hip hop musician
• Rick Middleton – former NHL player
• Ramona Milano – actress (Due South)
• Greg Millen – former NHL player
• David Mirvish – theatrical impresario
• Ed Mirvish – theatrical impresario, founder of Honest Ed's
• Rohinton Mistry – writer
• Stacie Mistysyn – actress (Degrassi franchise)
• Joni Mitchell – musician
• Kim Mitchell – musician
• Shay Mitchell – actress
• Colin Mochrie – actor and improvisational comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
• Geraldine Moodie – photographer
• Dora Mavor Moore – founder of Canada's professional theater
• Mavor Moore – pioneer of Canadian television
• Rick Moranis – actor, comedian, writer, producer
• Jeffrey Morgan – writer, photographer, authorized biographer (Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop & The Stooges)
• Raymond Moriyama – architect
• Greg Morris – Canadian football player
• Dylan Moscovitch – Olympic medalist pair skater
• James Motluk – filmmaker
• Murray Douglas Morton – lawyer, trustee and chair of Toronto Board of Education, Member of Parliament
• Farley Mowat – writer
• Mr. Attic – hip hop musician
• Rania El Mugammar – writer, educator, activist
• Hope Muir – artistic director designate of National Ballet of Canada
• Craig Muni – former NHL player
• Peter Munk – founder of Barrick Gold
• Robert Munsch – children's author
• Mike Murphy – former NHL player
• Anne Murray – singer
• Mathew Murray – writer, web series creator
• Barton Myers – architect
• Mike Myers – comic actor (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
• Alannah Myles – singer
• Mysterion the Mind Reader – mentalist

N

• Mark Napier – former NHL player
• Nash the Slash – musician
• Nasri – pop singer
• Nav – musician and record producer
• Natasha Negovanlis – actress, singer and songwriter
• Daniel Negreanu – professional poker player
• Donald Gordon Medd Nelson – 23rd Canadian Surgeon General
• David Nemirovsky – former NHL player
• Lance Nethery – former NHL player
• John Neville – English actor
• Kevin Newman – journalist and news anchor
• Evelyn Ng – professional poker player
• Andrew Nicholson – National Basketball Association, Orlando Magic
• Jayde Nicole – model and former Playboy Playmate
• Danny Nykoluk – former CFL player
• Mike Nykoluk – former NHL player

O

• Kardinal Offishall – rapper/record producer
• John "Peanuts" O'Flaherty – former NHL player
• Catherine O'Hara – comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
• Bryan Lee O'Malley – cartoonist (Scott Pilgrim)
• Heather Ogden – principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada
• Mary Margaret O'Hara – singer/songwriter
• Sidney Olcott – director
• Jamie Oleksiak – NHL player
• Penny Oleksiak – swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
• Kelly Olynyk – NBA player (Boston Celtics);
• Michael Ondaatje – Booker Prize-winning writer (The English Patient)
• Kenneth Oppel – author (Silverwing saga, Airborn trilogy)
• Alexandra Orlando – gymnast
• Johnny Orlando – singer
• Mark Osborne – former NHL player
• Jonathan Osorio – soccer player
• Peter Outerbridge – actor
• Seiji Ozawa – conductor

P

• Charles Pachter – artist
• Owen Pallett – violinist and singer
• Mike Palmateer – former NHL player
• Jesse Palmer – NFL football player and reality show personality (The Bachelor)
• Alice Panikian – model and Miss Universe Canada 2006
• Rachel Parent – activist
• Sarina Paris – dance/pop singer-songwriter
• Brad Park – former NHL player
• Gerard Parkes – Irish-born actor
• Amy Parkinson – poet
• John Part – three times World Darts Champion in both the PDC and BDO
• Tom Pashby – ophthalmologist, sport safety advocate and chairman of the Canadian Standards Association
• Larry Patey – former NHL player
• Steve Payne – former NHL player
• Peaches – musician
• Miranda de Pencier – director film and TV
• Lester B. Pearson – 14th Prime Minister of Canada; 1957 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• Michael Peca – former NHL player
• Adam Pelech – NHL player
• Mike Pelyk – former NHL player
• Miklos Perlus – actor, screenwriter
• Russell Peters – comedian
• Vera Peters OC – scientist, oncologist
• Michael Pezzetta – NHL player
• Parichay (singer) – Bollywood/ Hip Hop/ R&B and Pop music producer and artist
• Nathan Phillips – 52nd Mayor of Toronto
• Rina Piccolo – cartoonist
• Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists
• Alex Pierzchalski – CFL player
• Cara Pifko – actress
• Alison Pill – actress
• Lido Pimienta – Polaris Prize winning musician and artist
• Alex Pirus – former NHL player
• Christopher Plummer – actor
• Jeremy Podeswa – film director
• John Charles Polanyi – 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Brett Polegato – Grammy Award-winning operatic baritone
• Sarah Polley – actress, screenwriter and film director (Away from Her)
• Carole Pope – rock singer
• Anna Porter – publisher
• Chris Potter – actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), musician, pitchman
• Russ Powers – former politician
• Victoria Pratt – actress
• Robert Priest – poet, children's author and singer/songwriter
• Alice Priestley – children's writer and illustrator
• Jason Priestley – actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)
• Uno Prii – architect

Q

• Bill Quackenbush – former NHL player
• Joel Quarrington – musician (Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra)
• Paul Quarrington – author, screenwriter and musician
• Quinn – soccer player

R

• Emma Raducanu – tennis player
• Kyle Rae – consultant, former municipal politician
• Nisha Rajagopal – singer
• David Rakoff – author
• James Randi – magician
• Milos Raonic – tennis player
• Dennis Raphael – professor
• Leo Rautins – broadcaster and former NBA player
• Lisa Ray – actress
• Raheel Raza – author
• Michael Redhill – writer
• Keanu Reeves – actor
• Albert Reichmann – businessman
• Paul Reichmann – businessman
• Noah Reid – actor
• Ivan Reitman – director
• John Relyea – opera singer
• Renforshort – singer
• Liisa Repo-Martel – actress
• Gloria Reuben – actress
• Jessie Reyez – singer
• Nino Ricci – writer
• Spencer Rice – actor/entertainer (Kenny vs Spenny)
• Daniel Richler – broadcaster and writer
• Sandie Rinaldo – journalist, TV anchor for CTV News
• Roam – Musician
• Anastasia Rizikov – pianist
• Martin Roach – actor
• John D. Roberts – news anchor for Fox News Channel
• Megan Roberts – gymnast for the Georgia Gym Dogs
• Robbie Robertson – musician
• Coco Rocha – model
• Edward "Ted" Rogers – founder and CEO of Rogers Communications
• Edward S. Rogers III – Chairman of Rogers Communications and Rogers Control Trust
• Edward S. Rogers Sr. – Rogers batteryless radio, genius inventor
• Rino Romano – actor, voice actor
• Bobby Roode – professional wrestler
• Goody Rosen – former MLB player
• Lukas Rossi – singer
• Marty Roth – race car driver
• The Royal Canadian Air Farce – comedy troupe
• Jan Rubeš – opera singer and actor
• Baņuta Rubess – playwright and theatre director
• Anna Russell – concert comedian
• Ann Rutherford – actress

S

• Moshe Safdie – architect
• Morley Safer – journalist (60 Minutes)
• F. A. Sampson – war hero (RCAF WWII)
• Saukrates – hip hop musician
• John Ralston Saul – writer
• Booth Savage – actor
• Tyrone Savage – actor (Wind at My Back)
• Monika Schnarre – supermodel and actress
• Kim Schraner – actress (Spynet)
• Albert Schultz – actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company
• Linda Schuyler – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
• Caterina Scorsone – actress
• Sara Seager – astronomer and planetary scientist
• Michael Seater – actor
• Lance Secretan – leadership theorist, writer and consultant
• Derek Sharp – lead singer for The Guess Who
• Isadore Sharp – businessman
• Ken Shaw – former CTV news anchor
• Domee Shi – Academy Award-winning director (Bao, Turning Red)
• Howard Shore – Academy Award-winning film composer (The Lord of the Rings)
• Martin Short – actor
• Frank Shuster – comedian (Wayne and Shuster)
• Joe Shuster – creator of Superman
• Rosie Shuster – writer
• Steve Shutt – former NHL player
• Jane Siberry – musician
• Khaleel Seivwright – carpenter and activist
• Carmen Silvera – actress ('Allo 'Allo!)
• John Graves Simcoe – first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada; founder of the town of York (now Toronto)
• Al Sims – former NHL player
• Gail Simmons – food author, cookbook writer and judge on TV series Top Chef
• Gordon Sinclair – journalist, writer and commentator
• Lilly Singh – actress, motivational speaker, model, rapper, vlogger, comedian and founder of Girllove
• Darryl Sittler – former NHL player
• Rachel Skarsten – actress (Birds of Prey, Lost Girl)
• Inga Skaya – Miss Universe Canada 2007
• Josef Škvorecký – writer
• Amy Sky – country singer
• Willis C. Silverthorn – Wisconsin politician
• Colin Simpson – author
• Chantal Singer – internationally ranked competitive water skier
• Smiley – rapper
• Glenn Smith – former NHL player
• Gregory Smith – actor
• Reginald "Hooley" Smith – former NHL player
• Sid Smith – former NHL player
• Steve Smith – comedian, actor and writer
• Sonja Smits – Canadian actress
• Snow – musician
• Michael Snow – artist
• James Sommerville – hornist and conductor
• David Soren – film director
• Jason Spezza – NHL player
• Fred Stanfield – former NHL player
• Larry M. Starr – consultant, academic administrator, university professor, and research scientist
• Jessica Steen – actress
• Shelley Steiner – Olympic fencer
• Mark Steyn – journalist
• Amanda Stepto – actress (Degrassi franchise)
• Rob Stewart (actor) – actor
• Rob Stewart (filmmaker) – filmmaker
• Stephen Stohn – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
• Elvis Stojko – former Olympic figure skater
• John Strachan – first Anglican Bishop of Toronto; founder of Trinity College at the University of Toronto
• David Stratas – Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
• Diane Stratas – former Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre (electoral district)
• Teresa Stratas – opera singer
• Trish Stratus (born Patrica Stratigias) – former WWE wrestler and fitness model
• Tara Strong – voice/live-action actress (Rugrats, New Batman Adventures, Teen Titans, King of the Hill)
• Les Stroud – survivalist
• George Stroumboulopoulos – TV/radio personality and VJ
• Malcolm Subban – NHL player
• P.K. Subban – former NHL player
• Charlotte Sullivan – actress
• Jack Sullivan – journalist for The Canadian Press
• Kevin Sullivan – writer, director and producer (Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea, Wind at My Back)
• Moez Surani – poet

T

• Rick Tabaracci – former NHL player
• Jeremy Taggart – musician, drummer
• Samantha Tajik – Miss Universe Canada 2008
• Brandon Tanev – NHL player
• Chris Tanev – NHL player
• Tony Tanti – former NHL player
• Don Tapscott – writer and consultant, technology and business
• John Tavares – lacrosse player
• Mark Taylor – actor (Student Bodies, Flashpoint)
• R. Dean Taylor – singer/songwriter ("Indiana Wants Me")
• Tamara Taylor – actress
• Tanya Taylor – Canadian fashion designer
• Kat Teasdale – auto racing driver
• Ty Templeton – cartoonist and writer
• Menaka Thakkar – dancer, choreographer
• Colin Thatcher – politician and convicted murderer
• David Thomson – Canada's wealthiest person; media magnate; 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
• Kenneth Thomson – media magnate and art collector; 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
• R. H. Thomson – actor (Road to Avonlea)
• Roy Thomson – media magnate; 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
• Tom Thomson – Group of Seven artist
• Judith Thompson – playwright
• Tristan Thompson – power forward/center, Cleveland Cavaliers
• James E. Till – biophysicist
• Frederick Albert Tilston – recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Morris Titanic – former NHL player
• Frederick George Topham – recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Raffi Torres – NHL player
• Talan Torriero – actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
• John Tory – 65th mayor of Toronto
• Paul Tracy – 2003 Champ Car champion
• Justin Trottier – commentator and atheist leader
• Endel Tulving – cognitive psychologist, world authority on human memory function
• Sheldon Turcott – journalist
• Slim Twig – singer

U

• Katherine Uchida – rhythmic gymnast
• Richard Underhill – jazz musician
• Jane Urquhart – author

V

• Ali Velshi – television journalist and anchor for NBC News and MSNBC
• Billy Van – comedian, actor and singer
• Laura Vandervoort – actress (Smallville)
• Pieter Vanden Bos – former CFL player
• Nia Vardalos – actress and writer, stage and film (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
• Gabriel Varga – kickboxer
• George Vari – developer and philanthropist
• M. G. Vassanji – author
• Mike Veisor – former NHL player
• Kim Venn – astrophysicist and professor
• John Verwey – darts player
• Steve Vickers – former NHL player
• Nerene Virgin – actress, journalist and teacher
• Adnan Virk – sports anchor
• David Visentin – real estate agent, Love It or List It
• Joey Votto – MLB player
• Prvoslav Vujcic – author

W

• The Weeknd – singer-songwriter, actor and director
• George F. Walker – playwright
• Pamela Wallin – Senator, former Canadian Consul-General to New York
• Jake Walman – NHL player
• Joel Ward – former NHL player
• Yasmin Warsame – supermodel
• Alberta Watson – actress
• Tom Watt – former NHL coach
• Al Waxman – actor
• Johnny Wayne – comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
• Kevin Weekes – broadcaster and former NHL player
• Samantha Weinstein – actress
• Stephen Weiss – former NHL player
• Danny Wells – actor (The Jeffersons) and voice actor
• Wendy – member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet
• Ken Westerfield – disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer, competitor, showman, promoter
• Galen Weston – Canada's second wealthiest man
• Galen Weston Jr. – businessman
• Denis Whitaker – commanded 1st Battalion The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in the Second World War
• Hobart Johnstone Whitley – real-estate developer, "Father of Hollywood"
• Zoe Whittall – Giller Prize-nominated author
• Ben Wicks – cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
• Joyce Wieland – filmmaker
• Andrew Wiggins – NBA player, first overall draft pick in 2014
• Brian Wilks (born 1966) – NHL hockey player
• Healey Willan – composer
• Elyse Willems – internet personality, comedian, writer
• Angel Williams – TNA Knockout pro wrestler
• Fred Williams – journalist, historian
• Genelle Williams – actress
• Harland Williams – actor
• Richard Williams – animator (of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Thief and the Cobbler)
• Bree Williamson – actress
• Behn Wilson – former NHL player
• Dunc Wilson – former NHL player
• Michael Wilson – former federal Minister of Finance (1984–1991), former Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009)
• Murray Wilson – former NHL player
• Ron Wilson – former NHL player
• Ross "Lefty" Wilson – former NHL player
• Tom Wilson – NHL player for the Washington Capitals
• Jeff Wincott – actor (Night Heat)
• Michael Wincott – actor
• Katheryn Winnick – actress
• Daniel Winnik – NHL player
• Maurice Dean Wint – actor
• Ralph E. Winters – film editor (Ben-Hur)
• Maria Torrence Wishart – medical illustrator and the founder of the University of Toronto's Art as Applied to Medicine program
• Karl Wolf – pop singer
• Ellen Wong – actress
• Kristyn Wong-Tam – municipal politician
• Jay Woodcroft – ice hockey coach
• Cam Woolley – former safety and traffic news reporter for CP24
• Hawksley Workman – singer-songwriter
• Roy "Shrimp" Worters – former NHL player
• Kathleen Wynne – 25th Premier of Ontario

Y

• Sura Yekka – soccer player for Canada
• Alissa York – writer
• Howie Young – former NHL player
• Neil Young – rock musician
• Renee Young – host of multiple WWE programs
• Scott Young – sportswriter, journalist and novelist; father of Neil Young
• Warren Young – former NHL player
• Andrew Younghusband – TV personality, writer and journalist
• David Yudelman – South African-born writer
• Catalina Yue – singer

Z

• Zanta – performance artist
• Ron Zanussi – former NHL player
• Zappacosta – singer-songwriter
• Brigitte Zarie – jazz singer-songwriter
• Paul Zaza – film score musician and songwriter
• Eberhard Zeidler – architect
• Peter Zezel – former NHL player
• Moses Znaimer – media mogul (CHUM, founder of Citytv)
• Robert J. Zydenbos – scholar in Indology and philosophy
• Zeds Dead – electronic music DJ duo

See also

• List of mayors of Toronto
• List of people from Ontario

References