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.)

Some famous Ottawans

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!

Some famous Montrealers

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
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• 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)

Some famous Vancouverites

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Vancouver.

Actors
Artists
Authors
Comedians
Directors and Producers
Musicians
Voice Actors
Others
UNSORTED

• see w: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...

Some famous Halagonians

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
• Cheryl Wagner, clown and puppeteer
• 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

Voice Actors
Others
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• see w:List of people from the Halifax Regional Municipality