User:Robkelk/sandbox/Famous Canadians by city
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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.
People from Ottawa
(Yeah, we'll need a page for Ottawa to pit this on.)
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Ottawa.
A
- Sulekha Ali - Singer
- Paul Anka - Singer
- Margaret Atwood - Writer
- Eva Avila - Singer, 4th season Canadian Idol champion
- Dan Aykroyd - Comedian, singer, actor and screenwriter
B
- Jay Baruchel - Actor, screenwriter, comedian
- Belly - Rapper
- Dave Brockie - Frontman for metal band Gwar
- Nathan Burgoine - Writer
- Thomas Burrowes - Artist, noted for artworks he created while serving as a surveyor and overseer during the construction of the Rideau Canal
- Tom Butler - Actor
C
- Tom Cavanagh - Actor
- Sarah Chalke - Actress
- Keshia Chante - Singer-songwriter, television personality, actress
- Bruce Cockburn - Folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Elisha Cuthbert - Actress
E
- Kathleen Edwards - Singer-songwriter and musician
G
- Jeremy Gara - Drummer for Arcade Fire
- Wallis Giunta - Opera singer
- Travis Gordon - Film producer, screenwriter, and director
- Luba Goy - Humanitarian. Actress. Comedian; The Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Tom Green - Actor, comedian, media personality
- Lorne Greene - Actor and musician
H
- Elisabeth Harvor - Novelist and poet
- Jessica Holmes - Comedian and actress; The Royal Canadian Air Farce
I
- Kira Isabella - Country music artist
K
- Dan Kanter - Musician, songwriter, producer, musical director and lead guitarist for Justin Bieber
- Zion Kuwonu - Singer, Producer, Boygroup (Prettymuch)
L
- Bernie LaBarge - Guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Craig Lauzon - Actor, writer, and comedian
- Rich Little - Impressionist and voice actor
- Donal Logue - Actor
M
- Norm Macdonald - Stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor
- Blaine Marchand - Writer and poet
- Kristina Maria - Singer-songwriter
- K. C. Martel - Actor
- Trevor Matthews - Film producer and actor
- Derek McCulloch - Author of graphic novels, comics, books for children, and plays
- Stevie Mikayne - Writer
- Alanis Morissette - Singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress
- Hannah Moscovitch - Playwright, author, dramatist
O
- Sandra Oh - Actress
P
- Richard Reed Parry - Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and member of Arcade Fire
- Matthew Perry - Actor
R
- James Rolfe - Composer
- Kelly Rowan - Actress and former fashion model
S
- Andrew Scott - Drummer for Sloan
- Melinda Shankar - Actress
- Sasha Sokolov - Writer
W
- Jeff Waters - Guitarist and founder of Annihilator
People from Toronto
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Toronto.
A
- Abdominal – hip hop musician
- Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits)
- Oluniké Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint)
- Robbie Amell – actor
- Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow)
- Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist
- Gordon Stewart Anderson – author
- Steve Anthony – television host
- Danny Antonucci – animator and creator of Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Will Arnett – actor
- Amy Ashmore Clark – vaudeville performer, songwriter, composer
- Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist
- Ayria – musician
- Yank Azman – actor
B
- Andrew Bachelor – actor, comedian, and internet personality
- Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia
- Robert Bateman – painter
- Elise Bauman – actress
- Isabel Bayrakdarian – opera singer
- Samantha Bee – actress and comedian
- Jeanne Beker – fashion television personality and reporter
- John Wilson Bengough – cartoonist
- Nikki Benz – pornographic film actress
- Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality
- Conrad Black – media mogul
- Jully Black – R&B singer
- Rachel Blanchard – actress
- Lloyd Bochner – actor (Dynasty)
- Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic
- Liona Boyd – classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer
- Shary Boyle – artist
- Diana Braithwaite – electric blues singer, songwriter and screenwriter
- Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 and mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley
- Christopher Britton – actor, stage actor, and voice actor
- Daniel Brooks – theatre director, actor and playwright
- Chester Brown – alternative cartoonist and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate
- Billy Bryans – musician
- Martha Burns – actress
- Jackie Burroughs – actress
C
- Sebastian Cluer – director, producer, writer
- Barry Callaghan – historian
- Morley Callaghan – journalist, writer
- Christian Campbell – actor
- Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
- Nicholas Campbell – actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
- John Candy – comic actor
- Jim Carrey – actor and comedian
- Christopher Chapman – film director, writer, and cinematographer
- Hayden Christensen – actor
- Choclair – hip hop musician
- Ping Chong — contemporary theatre director
- Jerry Ciccoritti – film, TV, and theatre director
- Austin Clarke – writer
- Adrienne Clarkson – journalist, broadcaster and former Governor-General of Canada
- Matt Cohen – writer
- Dusty Cohl – filmmaker, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame
- Enrico Colantoni – actor (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint)
- John Colicos – actor
- Alex Colville – painter
- Jesse Cook – Juno Award winning guitarist
- Adam Copeland – retired WWE professional wrestler
- Douglas Coupland – writer, artist
- Christina Cox – actress, stuntwoman
- Deborah Cox – singer
- Jonathan Crombie – actor
- Neil Crone – actor, comedian
- David Cronenberg – film director
- Jim Cuddy – musician, lead singer of Blue Rodeo
- Henry Czerny – actor
- Catalina Yue – singer
D
- Cynthia Dale – actress
- Jennifer Dale – actress
- Cathy Daley – visual artist, educator
- Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning film composer (Life of Pi)
- Matthew de Lacey Davidson – pianist, composer, poet
- Robertson Davies – writer
- William B. Davis – actor (The X Files)
- deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ
- Michael DeForge – comics artist and illustrator
- Sergio Di Zio – actor (Flashpoint)
- Chris Diamantopoulos – actor and comedian
- Diamond Rings – music artist
- DL Incognito – hip hop musician
- Nina Dobrev – actress
- Fefe Dobson – singer
- Cory Doctorow – blogger, journalist and science fiction author
- Fateh Doe – rapper, singer, and lyricist
- Andy Donato – editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
- Max Douglas a.k.a. Salgood Sam – comic artist, author, and weblog|blogger
- John Drainie – actor
- Drake – rapper
- Dream Warriors – hip hop group
- Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer
- George Dunning – animator, director
E
- Jayne Eastwood – actress
- Atom Egoyan – film director
- David James Elliott – actor (JAG)
- Nneka Elliott – TV news anchor/reporter for CP24
- Emma-Lee – singer-songwriter and photographer
- George Evans – jazz singer, producer, recording artist
- Gil Evans – jazz musician
- Dylan Everett – actor
F
- Percy Faith – composer
- George Faludy – poet
- Hilary Farr – home designer, Love It or List It
- Holly Farrell - self-taught outsider artist; Barbie & Ken series
- Leslie Feist – singer/songwriter
- Louis Ferreira – actor
- Timothy Findley – writer
- Melanie Fiona – R&B musician
- Joe Flaherty – comic actor
- Dave Foley – comedian
- Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables)
- Evan Fong – YouTube Personality also called VanossGaming
- Rick Fox – NBA basketball player and actor
- Barbara Frum – journalist, news anchor
- Ajay Fry – television host/personality
- Northrop Frye – literary critic, academic
- David Furnish – filmmaker and producer, civil partner of Elton John
G
- Sarah Gadon – actress
- Ed Gass-Donnelly – film director, screenwriter and producer
- General Idea – art collective
- Eric Genuis - pianist and composer
- Jian Ghomeshi – radio and TV broadcaster, writer, musician
- Graeme Gibson – writer
- Sky Gilbert – writer, actor, drag performer
- Malcolm Gladwell – writer (Tipping Point, Blink!)
- Kat Goldman – singer-songwriter
- Sondra Gotlieb – writer
- Glenn Gould – pianist
- Katherine Govier – writer
- Lawrence Gowan – musician, lead vocalist of the band Styx (1999–present)
- Barbara Gowdy – writer, fiction
- Dakota Goyo – actor
- Barbara Greenwood – educator and children's author
- Kathryn Greenwood – actress
- John Greyson – filmmaker (Proteus)
- Lynne Griffin – actress
- Shenae Grimes – actress
- Paul Gross – actor, producer, director
- Group of Seven – art collective
- Peter Gzowski – radio broadcaster (CBC Radio's Morningside) and writer
H
- Corey Haim – actor
- Barbara Hamilton – actress
- Moshe Hammer – violinist
- Lawren Harris – Group of Seven artist
- Richard Harrison – poet
- Don Harron – comedian, actor, director, radio/TV host, author and composer
- Ronnie Hawkins – rocker
- Jeff Healey – musician
- Steven Heighton – novelist, poet
- Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. – politician, author, publisher
- Lawrence Heisey – publisher
- Sheila Heti – author
- Foster Hewitt – sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
- Dan Hill – singer, songwriter
- Clive Holden – poet, film director and visual artist
- Laurie Holden – actress (The Walking Dead)
- Mike Hoolboom – filmmaker
- Kenny Hotz – actor (Kenny vs Spenny)
- Alexander Hryshko – photographer
- Stuart Hughes – actor
- Walter Huston – Academy Award-winning actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
- William Hutt – actor (Stratford Festival)
I
- Malcolm Ingram – independent film director and podcaster
- Michael Ironside – actor
J
- A.Y. Jackson – Group of Seven artist
- Lisa Jakub – former child actress
- Maureen Jennings, novelist
- Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
- Connor Jessup – actor, short film director
- Norman Jewison – film director (Moonstruck)
- Molly Johnson – singer/songwriter
- Jamie Johnston – actor
- George Jonas – writer, journalist
- Demetrius Joyette – actor
K
- Kardinal Offishall – hip hop musician
- Hadley Kay – actor
- Sherry Kean – singer
- Trenna Keating – actress
- Ben Kerr – busker
- The Kids in the Hall – television comedy troupe
- Mia Kirshner – actor
- Naomi Klein – journalist, author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) and social activist
- K'naan – hip hop musician
- K-os – hip hop musician
- Ted Kotcheff – director
- Anton Kuerti – pianist
- Maya Kulenovic – painter
- Floyd Kuptana – Inuit artist
- Faisal Kutty – lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
- Bruce Kuwabara – architect
L
- Don Lake – actor and writer
- Maurice LaMarche – voice actor (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures)
- Heath Lamberts – theatre actor
- Michele Landsberg – journalist, author, public speaker, feminist and social activist
- Tory Lanez – rapper
- Henry Lau – member of Korean boy band Super Junior M, the third official sub-unit of popular Korean boy band Super Junior
- Michael Lazarovitch – actor
- Stephen Leacock – writer, humourist
- Dennis Lee – children's author, poet
- Geddy Lee – musician, lead singer of Rush
- Mark Lee - musician, member of NCT group, Canadian South Korean singer
- Sook-Yin Lee – media personality
- Kristin Lehman – actress
- Dan Lett – actor
- Dan Levy – TV host and actor
- Avi Lewis – documentary filmmaker and radio/TV broadcaster
- Glenn Lewis – R&B singer
- Ivor Lewis – sculptor
- Sharon Lewis – journalist
- Alex Lifeson – musician, guitarist of Rush
- Lights – musician
- Robert K. Logan – author and academic
- James Lumbers – painter
M
- Ann-Marie MacDonald – playwright, novelist, actor and journalist
- J.E.H. MacDonald – Group of Seven artist
- Norm Macdonald – comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
- Daniel MacIvor – playwright, actor and theatre/film director
- Steve Mackall – voice actor
- Maestro – hip-hop musician
- Daniel Magder – actor
- Arnaud Maggs – artist
- Victor Malarek – journalist
- Manafest – Christian rapper/singer-songwriter
- Howie Mandel – actor, comedian, writer, producer
- Peter Mansbridge – CBC News chief correspondent
- Lisa Marcos – actress, former model
- Amanda Marshall – singer-songwriter
- Ruth Marshall – actress (Flashpoint)
- Raymond Massey – actor
- Walter Massey – actor
- Pat Mastroianni – actor (Degrassi Junior High)
- Cameron Mathison – actor
- Rachel McAdams – actress
- Sheila McCarthy – actress
- Eric McCormack – actor (Will and Grace)
- Dean McDermott – actor and reality show personality (Tori & Dean: Inn Love)
- Bruce McDonald – film director
- Kevin McDonald – comedian, actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
- Michael McGowan – film director
- Don McKellar – actor, screenwriter and film director
- Marshall McLuhan – academic and writer (Understanding Media)
- Shawn Mendes – musician, singer
- Heather Menzies – actress (The Sound of Music)
- Lindsay G Merrithew – actor, producer, fitness entrepreneur
- Lorne Michaels – producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
- Michie Mee – hip hop musician
- Ramona Milano – actress (Due South)
- David Mirvish – theatrical impresario
- Ed Mirvish – theatrical impresario, founder of Honest Ed's
- Rohinton Mistry – writer
- Stacie Mistysyn – actress (Degrassi Junior High)
- Joni Mitchell – musician
- Kim Mitchell – musician
- Shay Mitchell – actress
- Colin Mochrie – actor and improvisational comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
- Geraldine Moodie – photographer
- Dora Mavor Moore – founder of Canada's professional theater
- Mavor Moore – pioneer of Canadian television
- Rick Moranis – actor, comedian, writer, producer
- Jeffrey Morgan – writer
- James Motluk – filmmaker
- Farley Mowat – writer
- Mr. Attic – hip hop musician
- Robert Munsch – children's author
- Anne Murray – singer
- Mathew Murray – writer, web series creator
- Mike Myers – comic actor (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
- Alannah Myles – singer
- Seaton McLean - Canadian Film and TV Producer
N
- Nash the Slash – musician
- Nav – musician and record producer
- Natasha Negovanlis – actress, singer and songwriter
- John Neville – English actor
- Kevin Newman – journalist and news anchor
- Jayde Nicole – model and former Playboy Playmate
O
- Catherine O'Hara – comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
- Mary Margaret O'Hara – singer/songwriter
- Sidney Olcott – director
- Michael Ondaatje – Booker Prize-winning writer (The English Patient)
- Kenneth Oppel – author (Silverwing saga, Airborn trilogy)
- Peter Outerbridge – actor
- Seiji Ozawa – conductor
P
- Charles Pachter – artist
- Owen Pallett – violinist and singer
- Alice Panikian – model and (Miss Universe Canada 2006)
- Gerard Parkes – Irish-born actor
- Sean Paul – reggae artist
- Peaches – musician
- Miklos Perlus – actor, screenwriter
- Russell Peters – comedian
- Lauren Phoenix – former pornographic film actress
- Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists
- Cara Pifko – actress
- Alison Pill – actress
- Lido Pimienta – Polaris Prize winning musician and artist
- Christopher Plummer – actor
- Jeremy Podeswa – film director
- Brett Polegato – Grammy Award-winning operatic baritone
- Sarah Polley – actress, screenwriter and film director (Away from Her)
- Carole Pope – rock singer
- Anna Porter – publisher
- Chris Potter – actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), musician, pitchman
- Victoria Pratt – actress
- Robert Priest – poet, children's author and singer/songwriter
- Jason Priestley – actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)
Q
- Joel Quarrington – musician (Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra)
- Paul Quarrington – author, screenwriter and musician
R
- David Rakoff – author
- James Randi – magician
- Lisa Ray – actress
- Raheel Raza – author
- Michael Redhill – writer
- Keanu Reeves – actor (The Matrix)
- Ivan Reitman – director
- Liisa Repo-Martel – actress
- Gloria Reuben – actress
- Jessie Reyez – singer
- Nino Ricci – writer
- Spencer Rice – actor/entertainer (Kenny vs Spenny)
- Daniel Richler – broadcaster and writer
- Anastasia Rizikov – pianist
- Robbie Robertson – musician
- Coco Rocha – model
- Rino Romano – actor, voice actor
- Bobby Roode – professional wrestler
- Goody Rosen – former MLB player
- Lukas Rossi – singer
- The Royal Canadian Air Farce – comedy troupe
- Jan Rubeš – opera singer and actor
- Anna Russell – concert comedian
- Ann Rutherford – actress
S
- Rob Stewart (actor) – actor
- Rob Stewart (filmmaker) – filmmaker
- Morley Safer – journalist (60 Minutes)
- Saukrates – hip hop musician
- John Ralston Saul – writer
- Booth Savage – actor
- Tyrone Savage – actor (Wind at My Back)
- Monika Schnarre – supermodel and actress
- Kim Schraner – actress (Spynet)
- Albert Schultz – actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company
- Linda Schuyler – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
- Caterina Scorsone – actress
- Michael Seater – actor
- Derek Sharp – lead singer for The Guess Who
- 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
- Gordon Sinclair – journalist, writer and commentator
- Lilly Singh – youtuber, actress, motivational speaker, model, rapper, vlogger, comedian and founder of Girllove
- Rachel Skarsten – actress (Birds of Prey, Lost Girl)
- Josef Škvorecký – writer
- Colin Simpson – author
- Gregory Smith – actor
- Steve Smith – comedian, actor and writer
- Snow – musician
- Michael Snow – artist
- Jessica Steen – actress
- Mark Steyn – journalist
- Amanda Stepto – actress (Degrassi Junior High)
- Stephen Stohn – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
- Teresa Stratas – opera singer
- 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
- Charlotte Sullivan – actress
- Kevin Sullivan - writer, director and producer (Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea, Wind at My Back)
- Moez Surani – poet
- Sonja Smits - Canadian actress
T
- Jeremy Taggart – musician; drummer
- Mark Taylor – actor (Student Bodies, Flashpoint)
- R. Dean Taylor – singer/songwriter ("Indiana Wants Me")
- Ty Templeton – cartoonist and writer
- R. H. Thomson – actor (Road to Avonlea)
- Tom Thomson – Group of Seven artist
- Judith Thompson – playwright
- Talan Torriero – actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
- Alex Trebek – game show host (Jeopardy!)
U
- Richard Underhill – jazz musician
- Jane Urquhart – author
V
- Billy Van – comedian, actor and singer
- Laura Vandervoort – actress (Smallville)
- Nia Vardalos – actress and writer, stage and film (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
- M. G. Vassanji – author
- Nerene Virgin – actress, journalist and teacher
- David Visentin – real estate agent, Love It or List It
- Vonny the Ken Doll – TV host, reality TV personality
- Prvoslav Vujcic – author
W
- George F. Walker – playwright
- Alberta Watson – actress
- Al Waxman – actor
- Johnny Wayne – comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
- The Weeknd – R&B singer
- Samantha Weinstein – actress
- Danny Wells – actor (The Jeffersons) and voice actor
- Wendy – member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet
- Zoe Whittall – Giller Prize-nominated author
- Ben Wicks – cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
- Joyce Wieland – filmmaker
- Healey Willan – composer
- Angel Williams – TNA Knockout
- Fred Williams – journalist, historian
- Harland Williams – actor
- Bree Williamson – actress
- Jeff Wincott – actor (Night Heat)
- Michael Wincott – actor
- Katheryn Winnick – actress
- Maurice Dean Wint – actor
- Ralph E. Winters – film editor (Ben-Hur)
- Ellen Wong – actress
- Hawksley Workman – singer/songwriter
Y
- Alissa York – writer
- Neil Young – rock musician
- Renee Young – host of multiple WWE programs
- Scott Young – sportswriter, journalist and novelist; father of Neil Young
- Andrew Younghusband – TV personality, writer and journalist
- David Yudelman – South African-born writer
- Catalina Yue – singer
Z
- Zanta – performance artist
- Zappacosta – singer/songwriter
- Brigitte Zarie – jazz singer/songwriter
- Paul Zaza – film score musician and songwriter
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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, and ... what else?)
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Halifax.