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 - professional skateboarder
* Will Arnett - actor
* Marcos Arriaga - filmmaker
* Margaret Atwood - novelist
* Dan Aykroyd - comic actor

B

* 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 of Jimmy Broyden Down Syndrome Foundation
* Broken Social Scene - band, indie rock
* Marty Burke - former NHL player
* Theresa Burke - journalist
* Jim Butterfield - tech whiz

C

* 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 director

D

* 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 and science fiction author
* The Dope Poet Society
* Dream Warriors
* George Dunning - animator, director

E

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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 - actor

I

* Michael Ignatieff
* Harold Innis - economist and university professor
* Michael Ironside - actor
* Irish Rovers

J

*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

* 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

* 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 - painter

M

* 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 of Sleep 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 - singer

N

* Mark Napier - hockey player
* Nash the Slash - musician
* Lance Nethery - former NHL player
* Not By Choice - rock band
* The Nylons - pop band

O

* 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

* 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 of United 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

* 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 for CBS
* 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 - actress

S

* 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 of Superman
* 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 for Scarborough Centre
* Teresa Stratas - opera singer
* Trish Stratus - professional wrestler, model
* Sum 41

T

* 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 function

U

*Jane Urquhart

V

* Nia Vardalos - actress and writer, stage and film ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding")
*George Vari
*M. G. Vassanji

W

* 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 - actor

Y

* Yellow Plastic Bucket - musicians
* Neil Young - rock musician

Z

* Zanta - famed performance artist
* Moses Znaimer - media mogul (CHUM, founder of Citytv)

ee also

*List of Toronto mayors