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

UNSORTED

People from Ottawa
(Yeah, we'll need a page for Ottawa to put this on. Under the Umbrella Tree was filmed 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

Completed
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
 * Gilles Archambault -- novelist
 * Doug Beardsley -- poet and educator
 * Louise Belcourt -- artist
 * Saul Bellow -- novelist
 * Louise Anne Bouchard – writer
 * Leonard Cohen -- poet and singer
 * Louis Dudek -- poet
 * David Fennario -- playwright
 * Mavis Gallant -- author
 * Jonathan Goldstein -- author, humourist and radio producer
 * Adam Gopnik -- writer, essayist
 * A. M. Klein -- author
 * Naomi Klein -- author and activist
 * Dany Laferrière -- author
 * Mado Lamotte -- drag queen and author
 * Irving Layton -- poet, essayist, short story writer
 * Yann Martel -- writer, Man Booker Prize 2002
 * Ken McGoogan -- writer
 * Émile Nelligan -- poet
 * Frank L. Packard -- novelist
 * Mordecai Richler -- writer
 * Mark Shainblum -- comics writer and co-creator of Northguard and Angloman
 * Jaspreet Singh -- author
 * Michel Tremblay -- novelist, playwright
 * Tony Tremblay -- poet, radio personality
 * William Weintraub -- author, filmmaker

Comedians
 * David Acer -- magician and comedian, star of Mystery Hunters
 * Jon Lajoie -- comedian
 * Kevin McDonald -- actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the Hall

Directors and Producers
 * Paul Almond -- director
 * Patricia Chica -- film and TV director
 * Sidney M. Cohen -- television director
 * Phil Comeau -- film and TV director
 * Harold Greenberg -- movie producer, founder of Astral Media
 * Sid and Marty Krofft -- producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer
 * Cynthia Scott -- Academy Award-winning director

Musicians

Professional Wrestlers
 * Roger Barnes -- professional wrestler
 * Chris Benoit -- pro wrestler, born in Montreal, raised in Edmonton, Alberta
 * Sylvain Grenier -- WWE wrestler
 * Ian Hodgkinson -- professional wrestler, lived in Montreal while in WCW
 * Vanessa Kraven - professional wrestler.
 * Jos LeDuc -- professional wrestler
 * Maurice Vachon -- also known as Mad Dog Vachon; wrestling champion
 * Sami Zayn -- professional wrestler, signed to the WWE

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
 * Martha Allan -- founder of the Montreal Repertory Theatre
 * 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
 * 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
 * Jay Baruchel -- television and movie actor
 * 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
 * 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
 * Emmanuelle Chriqui -- actress
 * Terri Clark -- country singer/songwriter
 * Françoise de Clossey -- pianist and organist
 * Leonard Cohen -- poet and singer
 * John Colicos -- actor
 * Charles Comeau -- drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
 * 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


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


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


 * André Gagnon -- composer, pianist
 * 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
 * Huntley Gordon -- actor
 * 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
 * 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
 * Benjamin Kowalewicz -- singer of Billy Talent
 * David Kristian -- electronic musician
 * Florence La Badie -- actress
 * Corky Laing -- musician
 * Guy Laliberté -- founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
 * Ryan Larkin -- animator
 * Lisa Lavie -- singer-songwriter
 * Louise Lecavalier -- dancer
 * 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
 * Massari -- singer
 * 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


 * P. Reign -- hip hop artist, born in Montreal, raised in Toronto
 * 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
 * Sam Roberts -- musician
 * Percy Rodrigues -- actor
 * Sasha Roiz -- actor
 * Cristina Rosato -- actress
 * Ethel Rosenfield -- sculptor
 * Charlie J. Ross -- vaudeville performer


 * Anne Savage -- artist
 * 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
 * David Six -- artist
 * Wonny Song -- classical concert pianist
 * Jeff Stinco -- lead guitarist of Simple Plan


 * Tiga -- electronic musician, singer, DJ
 * Alain Trudel -- conductor


 * David Usher -- singer/songwriter


 * 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
 * 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


 * Joel Zifkin -- electric violinist, singer/songwriter
 * Moses Znaimer -- co-founder of Toronto's CityTV

People from Vancouver
I haven't even started this section yet... (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
Leveraging this for an entire page for Halifax.

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

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

Fan Works

 * Harry and The Shipgirls, a Kantai Collection fic by Harry Leferts.
 * NERV moves to and operates out of Halifax in Neon Exodus Evangelion the Motion Picture: Apotheosis Now.

Literature

 * The Surgeon's Mate, the seventh of the Aubrey-Maturin books, starts in Halifax.

Live-Action TV

 * Trailer Park Boys is set in Dartmouth, just across the Narrows.
 * Last Tango in Halifax

Music
"Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier, the last of Barrett's Privateers"
 * "Barrett's Privateers", by the late great Stan Rogers. Quoting from the chorus:


 * In the old sea-type song "Poor Miss Bailey" (aka "Miss Bailey's Ghost"), the wicked Captain Smith (who seduces and deserts the titular Miss Bailey, driving her to suicide and to haunt him) is identified in the first line as "a captain bold from Halifax".

Puppet Shows

 * Theodore Tugboat is pretty obviously set in Halifax - the Citadel's clock tower is one of the characters.