User:Robkelk/sandbox/Famous Canadians by city

Starting with the Wikipedia lists linked at the start of each city's list, with the scientists, sports stars, military men, and politicians removed.

Now what?
 * Leave the redlinks and count on Wiki Magic to fill in the gaps? C'mon, these are Canadians; almost nobody outside Canada has heard of most of them, and almost nobody in Canada cares.
 * Delete the redlinks? A lot of these people should have pages here, though.

If we need to make pages for cities, see w:Category:Canada in fiction by city for starting lists of works set in Canadian cities.

Headers for the "Some famous cityites" sections:

Actors

Artists

Authors

Comedians

Directors and Producers

Musicians

Voice Actors

Others

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People from Ottawa
(Yeah, we'll need a page for Ottawa to put this on. Under the Umbrella Tree was set in Ottawa. See w:Category:Ottawa in fiction for more works. OSFS might be able to provide a list of F&SF works set in Ottawa - query email sent on Nov 11, 2019. Ottawa Independent Writers might be able to help with more mainstream works set in Ottawa. GoodReads has a list. This list is ready to go.)

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Ottawa.

Actors

 * Dan Aykroyd
 * Jay Baruchel
 * Elisha Cuthbert
 * Lorne Greene - "The Voice of Doom" on CBC Radio, then typecast as a wise and understanding patriarchal figure whose family works with him under his command on a professional basis (in Bonanza, the original Battlestar Galactica and Code Red).
 * Sandra Oh
 * Matthew Perry
 * Melinda Shankar

Authors

 * Margaret Atwood
 * Charles de Lint
 * Derek McCulloch

Comedians

 * Luba Goy
 * Tom Green
 * Jessica Holmes
 * Norm Macdonald

Musicians

 * Paul Anka
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * Kathleen Edwards
 * Jeremy Gara - Drummer for Arcade Fire
 * Alanis Morissette
 * Andrew Scott - Drummer for Sloan

Other Creators

 * Travis Gordon - Film producer, screenwriter, and director
 * Rich Little - Impressionist and voice actor
 * Trevor Matthews - Film producer and actor

People from Toronto
The list of some famous Torontonians is now on the Toronto page.

People from Montreal
(If needed, see also w:Category:Montreal in fiction)

Needs winnowing... but don't delete any bluelinks!

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Montreal.

Actors

Artists

Authors

Comedians

Directors and Producers

Musicians

Voice Actors
 * Peter Cullen -- voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime in the film Transformers)
 * Barbara Dunkelman -- voice actress for Rooster Teeth
 * Paul Schoeffler -- voice actor, actor

Others

UNSORTED
 * Scott Abbott -- co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
 * David Acer -- magician and comedian, star of Mystery Hunters
 * Martha Allan -- founder of the Montreal Repertory Theatre
 * Paul Almond -- director
 * Melissa Sue Anderson; American-Canadian actress. Known for her role as Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie
 * René Angélil -- singer, actor, Celine Dion's husband and manager
 * Gilles Archambault -- novelist
 * Francois Arnaud -- actor
 * Melissa Auf der Maur -- rock musician (Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins)


 * René Balcer -- television writer and producer, known for the US television show Law and Order
 * Roger Barnes -- professional wrestler
 * Jay Baruchel -- television and movie actor
 * Doug Beardsley -- poet and educator
 * Louise Belcourt -- artist
 * Saul Bellow -- novelist
 * Chris Benoit -- pro wrestler, born in Montreal, raised in Edmonton, Alberta
 * Charlie Biddle -- Montreal Jazz pioneer, Juno Award winner
 * Yannick Bisson -- actor known for playing Det. Murdoch in Murdoch Mysteries and Jack in Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye
 * Bless -- hip-hop artist
 * Paul Bley -- jazz pianist
 * La Bolduc -- real name Mary Travers, singer
 * Louise Anne Bouchard – writer
 * Pierre Bouvier -- frontman of Simple Plan; songwriter
 * Justin Bradley -- actor, based out of Montreal and Toronto, sometimes works in Los Angeles
 * Tim Brady -- guitarist, composer
 * Glenda Braganza -- Hollywood actress, 10.5: Apocalypse
 * Edwin Orion Brownell -- pianist, vocalist
 * Geneviève Bujold -- actress
 * Win Butler -- singer/songwriter


 * Jesse Camacho -- actor
 * Mark Camacho -- actor
 * Terri Clark - country singer
 * Paul Cargnello -- singer/songwriter
 * Robert Charlebois -- singer/songwriter
 * Régine Alexandra Chassagne -- singer, musician
 * Patricia Chica -- film and TV director
 * Emmanuelle Chriqui -- actress
 * Terri Clark -- country singer/songwriter
 * Françoise de Clossey -- pianist and organist
 * Leonard Cohen -- poet and singer
 * Sidney M. Cohen -- television director
 * John Colicos -- actor
 * Charles Comeau -- drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
 * Phil Comeau -- film and TV director
 * Marc Costanzo -- singer
 * Corneille -- singer
 * Elisha Cuthbert -- actress
 * May Cutler -- publisher and journalist; founder of Tundra Books; first Canadian woman to publish children's books; first woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, Quebec


 * Mitch Davis -- film programmer, filmmaker, journalist
 * Stéphane Demers -- actor
 * Bernard Derome -- anchorman
 * David Desrosiers -- bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist; born in Sept-Îles
 * Caroline Dhavernas -- actress
 * Sara Diamond -- member of the American girl group Clique Girlz
 * Céline Dion -- singer
 * Xavier Dolan – actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume director, producer
 * Audrey Capel Doray – artist
 * Fifi D'Orsay -- actress
 * Glen Drover -- guitarist for Megadeth
 * Shawn Drover -- drummer for Megadeth
 * Jean Duceppe -- actor
 * Louis Dudek -- poet


 * Iwan Edwards -- conductor, Member of the Order of Canada
 * Empire I -- pop and dancehall singer, songwriter


 * Mylène Farmer -- singer
 * David Fennario -- playwright
 * Maynard Ferguson -- jazz trumpet player and bandleader
 * Jennifer Finnigan -- Hollywood actress


 * André Gagnon -- composer, pianist
 * Mavis Gallant -- author
 * Patsy Gallant -- pop singer
 * Kathleen Gati -- actress
 * James Gelfand -- pianist, composer, arranger
 * Jessalyn Gilsig -- actress
 * Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos) -- artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I Paint
 * Jonathan Goldstein -- author, humourist and radio producer
 * Adam Gopnik -- writer, essayist
 * Huntley Gordon -- actor
 * Harold Greenberg -- movie producer, founder of Astral Media
 * Sylvain Grenier -- WWE wrestler
 * Philip Guston -- painter and printmaker


 * Dayle Haddon -- model and actress
 * Marc-André Hamelin -- pianist and composer
 * Chris Haney -- co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
 * Corey Hart -- singer
 * Thomas Hellman -- pop singer
 * Carl Henry -- singer
 * Prudence Heward -- Beaver Hall Group artist
 * David Julian Hirsh -- actor
 * Ian Hodgkinson -- professional wrestler, lived in Montreal while in WCW
 * Steve Holt -- jazz pianist, AC singer-songwriter
 * William Hope -- actor
 * Anna Hopkins -- actress


 * Norman Iceberg -- singer/songwriter


 * René Jodoin -- film animator and producer
 * Oliver Jones -- jazz pianist
 * Sass Jordan -- singer
 * Robert Joy -- actor
 * Claude Jutra -- filmmaker


 * Daniel Kash -- actor
 * Kaytranada -- electronic musician, producer, DJ
 * Kid Koala -- DJ
 * Franklin Kiermyer -- drummer, composer
 * Andy Kim -- singer/songwriter
 * A. M. Klein -- author
 * Naomi Klein -- author and activist
 * Benjamin Kowalewicz -- singer of Billy Talent
 * Vanessa Kraven - professional wrestler.
 * David Kristian -- electronic musician
 * Sid and Marty Krofft -- producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer
 * Florence La Badie -- actress
 * Dany Laferrière -- author
 * Corky Laing -- musician
 * Jon Lajoie -- comedian
 * Guy Laliberté -- founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
 * Mado Lamotte -- drag queen and author
 * Ryan Larkin -- animator
 * Lisa Lavie -- singer-songwriter
 * Irving Layton -- poet, essayist, short story writer
 * Louise Lecavalier -- dancer
 * Jos LeDuc -- professional wrestler
 * Ranee Lee -- jazz singer
 * Sébastien Lefebvre -- guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalist
 * Rachelle Lefevre -- actress
 * Jean Leloup -- musician
 * Vanessa Lengies -- actress
 * Guy A. Lepage -- television personality
 * André Éric Létourneau -- intermedia artist, composer
 * Shawn Levy -- director and actor
 * Liu Fang -- musician
 * Colin Low -- filmmaker
 * Lunice -- musician


 * Arnaud Maggs -- artist, photographer
 * Yann Martel -- writer, Man Booker Prize 2002
 * Massari -- singer
 * Kevin McDonald -- actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
 * Ken McGoogan -- writer
 * Patricia McKenzie -- actress
 * Norman McLaren -- film animation pioneer
 * Luck Mervil -- singer, actor
 * Terry Mosher -- editorial cartoonist
 * Ben Mulroney -- television host; son of Brian Mulroney


 * Narcy -- hip hop artist
 * Émile Nelligan -- poet


 * P. Reign -- hip hop artist, born in Montreal, raised in Toronto
 * Frank L. Packard -- novelist
 * Michel Pagliaro -- musician
 * Jessica Paré -- actress
 * Trevor W. Payne -- founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
 * Wilfrid Pelletier -- symphony conductor
 * Missy Peregrym -- actress
 * Oscar Peterson -- jazz pianist
 * André Pijet -- artist
 * Christopher Plummer -- actor
 * Antoni Porowski -- chef, actor, and television personality


 * Nathalie Quagliotto -- visual artist
 * Sara Quin -- musician


 * Jesse Rath -- actor
 * Meaghan Rath -- actress
 * Ginette Reno -- singer
 * Caroline Rhea -- actress
 * Mordecai Richler -- writer
 * Sam Roberts -- musician
 * Percy Rodrigues -- actor
 * Sasha Roiz -- actor
 * Cristina Rosato -- actress
 * Ethel Rosenfield -- sculptor
 * Charlie J. Ross -- vaudeville performer


 * Anne Savage -- artist
 * Cynthia Scott -- Academy Award-winning director
 * Mark Shainblum -- comics writer and co-creator of Northguard and Angloman
 * William Shatner -- actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
 * Douglas Shearer -- Academy Award-winning motion picture sound engineer
 * Norma Shearer -- Academy Award-winning actress
 * Madeleine Sherwood -- actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying Nun
 * Karen Simpson -- actress and fashion designer
 * Jaspreet Singh -- author
 * David Six -- artist
 * Wonny Song -- classical concert pianist
 * Jeff Stinco -- lead guitarist of Simple Plan


 * Tiga -- electronic musician, singer, DJ
 * Michel Tremblay -- novelist, playwright
 * Tony Tremblay -- poet, radio personality
 * Alain Trudel -- conductor


 * David Usher -- singer/songwriter


 * Maurice Vachon -- also known as Mad Dog Vachon; wrestling champion
 * Stevie Vallance -- also known as Louise Vallance; singer, musician, actress, voice actress and director
 * Gino Vannelli -- singer/songwriter
 * Chris Velan -- singer/songwriter
 * Roch Voisine -- singer


 * Martha Wainwright -- singer/songwriter
 * Rufus Wainwright -- singer/songwriter
 * Amanda Walsh -- actress
 * William Weintraub -- author, filmmaker
 * Danny Wells -- actor; played bartender on The Jeffersons and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
 * Alissa White-Gluz -- singer-songwriter; former vocalist of The Agonist; current vocalist of Arch Enemy
 * Joseph Wiseman -- actor, known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No
 * Karl Wolf -- singer


 * Joel Yanofsky -- writer
 * Nikki Yanofsky -- jazz singer


 * Sami Zayn -- professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE
 * Joel Zifkin -- electric violinist, singer/songwriter
 * Moses Znaimer -- co-founder of Toronto's CityTV

People from Vancouver
(If needed, see also w:Category:Vancouver in fiction)

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Vancouver.

Actors

Artists

Authors

Comedians

Directors and Producers

Musicians

Voice Actors

Others

UNSORTED
 * see List of people from Vancouver

People from Halifax
Do we want a page for Halifax?

Works set there include Theodore Tugboat, a bunch of non-fiction books set against the backdrop of the Halifax Explosion, and ... according to DuckDuckGo, nothing else. Wikipedia doesn't have a list. Trailer Park Boys is set in Dartmouth, just across the Narrows. The Surgeon's Mate, the seventh of the Aubrey-Maturin books, starts in Halifax.

On the other hand, "Halagonian" is a fun word to say...

Needs winnowing... but don't delete any bluelinks!

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Halifax.

Actors and Directors
 * Walter Borden (born 1942), Shakesperian stage, TV and film actor
 * Henry Beckman (1921–2008), actor, stage, film, and television
 * Cory Bowles (born 1973), actor, writer, director
 * Chuck Campbell (born 1969), actor
 * Mike Clattenburg (born 1968), TV and film director, creator of the Trailer Park Boys
 * Barrie Dunn (born 1952), actor, writer, director, producer, lawyer
 * Thom Fitzgerald (born 1968), filmmaker
 * Peter Flemming (born 1967), actor
 * Eli Goree, actor (The 100)
 * Tamara Hickey, actress
 * Leslie Hope (born 1965), actress
 * Michael Jackson (born 1970), actor
 * Ruby Keeler (1909–1993), actress, dancer
 * David Manners (1900–1998), actor known for role in Tod Browning's, Dracula
 * Forbes March (born 1973), actor born in UK but raised in Halifax
 * Peter North (born 1957), adult film actor, director, producer
 * Sonja O'Hara (born 1987), actress
 * Craig Olejnik (born 1979), actor, The Listener
 * Ty Olsson (born 1974), actor
 * Ellen Page (born 1987), Academy Award-nominated actress
 * John Reardon (born 1975), actor and former university football player
 * Laura Regan (born 1977), actress
 * Cindy Sampson (born 1978), actress
 * Anthony Sherwood (born 1949), actor, producer, director, writer, and R&B singer
 * Jonathan Torrens (born 1972), actor, television personality
 * John Paul Tremblay (born 1968), actor and writer
 * Karen Walton, screenwriter
 * Robb Wells, actor and writer

Artists
 * Bob Chambers, (1905–1996), political cartoonist
 * Joey Comeau (born 1980), author and co-creator of the webcomic A Softer World
 * Gerald Ferguson, artist
 * Hal Foster (1892–1982), comic book artist
 * Sarah Jeanette Jackson, artist
 * Garry Neill Kennedy, artist, NSCAD University president 1967–1996, recipient of the Order of Canada award
 * Ernest Lawson (1873–1939), artist
 * Owen McCarron (1929–2005), cartoonist
 * George Steeves (born 1945), contemporary photographer
 * Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993), painter and art promoter

Authors
 * Catherine Banks, 2-time Governor General's Award-winning playwright
 * Kris Bertin, 2017 Danuta Gleed Award-winning author
 * Bill Bissett (born 1939), poet
 * Lesley Choyce (born 1951), U.S.-born poet, novelist, academic
 * George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), poet and academic
 * Don Domanski (born 1950), poet
 * George Grant (philosopher) (1918–1988), philosopher, academic
 * Susan Goyette (born 1964), poet
 * Amelia Clotilda Jennings (died 1895), writer
 * Stephen Kimber (born 1949), journalist, editor, broadcaster, professor
 * Steven Laffoley (born 1965), author
 * Wendy Lill (born 1950), playwright
 * Alexander MacLeod (born 1972), writer and academic
 * Donna Morrissey (born 1956), novelist
 * Sarah Mian, novelist
 * Thomas Head Raddall (born 1903), novelist
 * Russell Smith (born 1963), writer
 * Henri-Dominique Paratte, writer and literary critique

Comedians
 * Mark Farrell (born 1968), comedian, writer, producer
 * Ron James (born 1958), comedian and actor
 * Nikki Payne (born 1976), comedian
 * Picnicface, comedy troupe
 * The Unknown Comic, real name Murray Langston (born 1945), actor, comedian

Directors and Producers

Musicians

Classical

 * Denise Djokic (born 1980), cellist
 * Barbara Fris (born 1956), operatic soprano
 * Barbara Hannigan (born 1971), operatic soprano
 * Portia White (1911–1968), operatic contralto

Country

 * Brian Ahern, music producer
 * Ridley Bent (born 1979), country singer songwriter
 * The Guthries (country-rock band), active from 1998–2002
 * Eddy (M) Melanson, 1950s rockabilly singer
 * Hank Snow (1914–1999), country music legend, from Liverpool, N.S., career started in Halifax
 * Gordon Stobbe (born 1946), fiddler, TV host

Folk

 * Ben Caplan, folk musician
 * Melanie Doane (born 1967), singer, songwriter
 * Rose Cousins (born 1977), singer-songwriter
 * Denny Doherty (1940–2007), singer, songwriter, a founding member of The Mamas & the Papas
 * Jenn Grant (born 1980), singer-songwriter
 * Dylan Guthro (born 1991), singer/songwriter from Cape Breton, now based in Halifax
 * The Halifax Three, 1960s folk group
 * Rebekah Higgs (born 1982), singer-songwriter
 * Mo Kenney (born 1990), singer/songwriter
 * Daniel Ledwell, record producer and multi-instrumentalist
 * Ryan MacGrath, singer/songwriter
 * Ruth Minnikin, singer/songwriter
 * Old Man Luedecke, Juno winning singer/songwriter
 * The Stanfields, folk rock band
 * Al Tuck (born 1966), singer/songwriter from P.E.I., based in Halifax since 1980s

Jazz, Blues and Soul

 * Jill Barber (born 1980), Halifax based singer-songwriter
 * Gary Beals (born 1982), singer
 * Holly Cole (born 1963), singer
 * Gypsophilia (formed 2004), jazz band
 * JRDN (Ralph Jordon Croucher), R&B recording artist
 * Dutch Mason (1938–2006), jazz musician and Order of Canada inductee
 * David Myles (born 1981), musician originally from Fredericton, now lives and records in Halifax
 * Joe Sealy (born 1939), pianist, composer (Africville Suite)
 * Nelson Symonds (1933–2008), jazz guitarist

Hip Hop and Rap

 * Buck 65 (born 1972), rapper, hip hop artist, MC, CBC personality
 * Classified, real name Luke Boyd, rapper
 * Tanya Davis, spoken word poet and singer
 * Hip Club Groove, 1990s hip hop band
 * Sixtoo, 1990s hip hop artist
 * Wordburglar, alternative hip hop artist

Rock and Pop

 * Alert the Medic (formed 2006), rock band
 * April Wine (band), formed in 1969
 * Rich Aucoin, indie-rock musician
 * Rob Benvie, guitarist, singer/songwriter
 * Brendan Croskerry (born 1985), singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist
 * Dog Day (formed 2004), indie-rock duo
 * The Flashing Lights, indie rock band 1990s–2000s
 * Ryan Hemsworth, DJ and producer
 * The Hylozoists (formed 2001), instrumental rock group
 * In-Flight Safety (formed in 2003), indie-rock band originally from Sackville
 * Jale (band), formed in 1992
 * Ria Mae, singer and songwriter
 * Matt Mays (born 1979), singer, songwriter
 * Sarah McLachlan (born 1968), singer, songwriter, pianist
 * Kevin MacMichael (1951–2002), Cutting Crew guitarist
 * Mir, alternative band, 1998–2010
 * Matt Murphy, singer/songwriter guitarist, actor (The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico)
 * Neon Dreams (band), Alt-Pop Duo (formed 2013)
 * Dale Murray, musician, guitarist and vocalist for Cuff the Duke
 * North of America (1997–2003), indie-rock band
 * Joel Plaskett (born 1974), singer, songwriter
 * Port Cities (band formed in 2015)
 * Sloan (band), formed in 1991
 * The Stolen Minks (formed in 2003), garage-punk band
 * The Super Friendz, indie rock band, 1994–1997, 2003–2004
 * Thrush Hermit, 90s alternative rock band
 * Wintersleep (band), formed in 2001

Others
 * Cheryl Wagner, clown and puppeteer