User:Robkelk/sandbox/Famous Canadians by city

Let's get what I have onto the wiki in around the end-of-month 503s...

Starting with the lists linked at the start of each city's list, with the scientists, sports stars, 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.

Pulled many redlinks off the lists, left a few on. I think this is a good compromise. And the bluelinks stayed on the lists.

People from Ottawa
(Yeah, we'll need a page for Ottawa to put this on - see w:Category:Ottawa in fiction for a starter list of works. OSFS might be able to provide a list of F&SF works set in Ottawa. 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
 * 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
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Toronto.

A-E

 * Will Arnett – actor
 * Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist
 * Ayria – musician
 * Robert Bateman – painter
 * Samantha Bee – actress and comedian
 * Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality
 * Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
 * John Candy – comic actor
 * Jim Carrey – actor and comedian
 * Hayden Christensen – actor
 * John Colicos – actor
 * Alex Colville – painter
 * Douglas Coupland – writer, artist
 * David Cronenberg – film director
 * Cynthia Dale – actress
 * Robertson Davies – writer
 * deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ
 * Cory Doctorow – blogger, journalist and science fiction author
 * Drake – rapper
 * Dream Warriors – hip hop group
 * Atom Egoyan – film director

F-J

 * Percy Faith – composer
 * Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter
 * Joe Flaherty – comic actor
 * Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables)
 * Glenn Gould – pianist
 * Lawrence Gowan – musician, lead vocalist of the band Styx (1999–present)
 * Barbara Gowdy – writer, fiction
 * Paul Gross – actor, producer, director
 * Group of Seven – art collective
 * Peter Gzowski – radio broadcaster (CBC Radio's Morningside) and writer
 * Corey Haim – actor
 * Jeff Healey – musician
 * Foster Hewitt – sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
 * Dan Hill – singer, songwriter
 * Walter Huston – Academy Award-winning actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
 * Michael Ironside – actor
 * A.Y. Jackson – Group of Seven artist
 * Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
 * Norman Jewison – film director (Moonstruck)

K-O

 * The Kids in the Hall – television comedy troupe
 * Naomi Klein – journalist, author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) and social activist
 * K'naan – hip hop musician
 * K-os – hip hop musician
 * Maurice LaMarche – voice actor (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures)
 * Stephen Leacock – writer, humourist
 * Geddy Lee – musician, lead singer of Rush
 * Sook-Yin Lee – media personality
 * Norm Macdonald – comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
 * Howie Mandel – actor, comedian, writer, producer
 * Rachel McAdams – actress
 * Marshall McLuhan – academic and writer (Understanding Media)
 * Heather Menzies – actress (The Sound of Music)
 * Lorne Michaels – producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
 * Joni Mitchell – musician
 * Kim Mitchell – musician
 * Colin Mochrie – actor and improvisational comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
 * Rick Moranis – actor, comedian, writer, producer
 * Farley Mowat – writer
 * Robert Munsch – children's author
 * Anne Murray – singer
 * Mike Myers – comic actor (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
 * Alannah Myles – singer
 * Catherine O'Hara – comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
 * Mary Margaret O'Hara – singer/songwriter
 * Michael Ondaatje – Booker Prize-winning writer (The English Patient)

P-T

 * Russell Peters – comedian
 * Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists
 * Christopher Plummer – actor
 * Sarah Polley – actress, screenwriter and film director (Away from Her)
 * Carole Pope – rock singer
 * Jason Priestley – actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)
 * James Randi – magician
 * Keanu Reeves – actor (The Matrix)
 * Ivan Reitman – director
 * Robbie Robertson – musician
 * The Royal Canadian Air Farce – comedy troupe
 * Morley Safer – journalist (60 Minutes)
 * 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
 * Jane Siberry – musician
 * 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)
 * George Stroumboulopoulos – TV/radio personality and VJ
 * Sonja Smits - Canadian actress
 * Ty Templeton – cartoonist and writer
 * Tom Thomson – Group of Seven artist
 * Alex Trebek – game show host (Jeopardy!)
 * Richard Underhill – jazz musician

U-Z

 * Johnny Wayne – comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
 * The Weeknd – R&B singer
 * Ben Wicks – cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
 * Hawksley Workman – singer/songwriter
 * Neil Young – rock musician

People from Montreal
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Montreal.

People from Vancouver
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Vancouver.

People from Halifax
(Do we want a page for Halifax? Works set there include Theodore Tugboat, a bunch of works set against the backdrop of the Halifax Explosion, and ... according to DuckDuckGo, nothing else.)

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Halifax.