User:Robkelk/sandbox/Famous Canadians by city
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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 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
Comedians
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!
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
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- 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
At this point, I had to switch tasks, so... no content below this line, just some headers.
People from Vancouver
(If needed, see also w:Category:Vancouver in fiction)
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Vancouver.
Actors
Artists
Authors
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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...
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
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
Others
- Cheryl Wagner, clown and puppeteer