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. I think this list is ready to go, though.)

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.