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== People from Halifax ==
== People from Halifax ==
Leveraging this for an entire page for Halifax.
Adding this list to [[User:Robkelk/sandbox/Halifax|an entire draft page for Halifax.]]

{{examples|Some famous Halagonians}}

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

Wikipedia has a larger [[w:List of people from the Halifax Regional Municipality|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 (TV series)|The 100]])
*[[Tamara Hickey]], actress
*[[Leslie Hope]] (born 1965), actress
*[[Michael Jackson (actor)|Michael Jackson]] (born 1970), actor
*[[Ruby Keeler]] (1909–1993), actress, dancer
*[[David Manners]] (1900–1998), actor known for role in Tod Browning's, [[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]
*[[Forbes March]] (born 1973), actor born in UK but raised in Halifax
*[[Peter North (actor)|Peter North]] (born 1957), adult film actor, director, producer
*[[Sonja O'Hara]] (born 1987), actress
*[[Craig Olejnik]] (born 1979), actor, [[The Listener (TV series)|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 (cartoonist)|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 Jackson (artist)|Sarah Jeanette Jackson]], artist
*[[Garry Kennedy|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 (writer)|Alexander MacLeod]] (born 1972), writer and academic
*[[Donna Morrissey]] (born 1956), novelist
*[[Sarah Mian]], novelist
*[[Thomas Head Raddall]] (born 1903), novelist
*[[Russell Smith (writer)|Russell Smith]] (born 1963), writer
*[[Henri-Dominique Paratte]], writer and literary critique

===Comedians===
*[[Mark Farrell (comedian)|Mark Farrell]] (born 1968), comedian, writer, producer
*[[Ron James (comedian)|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

===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 (producer)|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 Island|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 (musician)|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 (rapper)|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 (band)|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, New Brunswick|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 (band)|Mir]], alternative band, 1998–2010
*[[Matt Murphy (Canadian musician)|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)|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)|Port Cities]] (band formed in 2015)
*[[Sloan (band)|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

{{examples|Works set in Halifax include:}}
=== Comic Books ===
* "The Last Lonely Days at the Oxford Theatre", the fifth issue of ''[[Local]]'', was set in Halifax.

=== 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 ===
* "Barrett's Privateers", by the late great [[Stan Rogers]]. Quoting from the chorus:
{{quote|''Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier, the last of Barrett's Privateers''}}
* 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.

Revision as of 12:47, 11 June 2020

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.)

Some famous Ottawans

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Ottawa.

Actors

Authors

Comedians

Musicians

Other Creators

People from Toronto

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!

Some famous Montrealers

Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Montreal.

Actors
Artists

Authors

Comedians

Directors and Producers

Musicians

Professional Wrestlers

Voice Actors

Others
UNSORTED

People from Vancouver

I haven't even started this section yet... (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

People from Halifax

Adding this list to an entire draft page for Halifax.

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