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.
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 - see w:Category:Ottawa in fiction for a starter list. I think this list is ready to go, though.)
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Ottawa.
Actors
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
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
At this point, I had to switch tasks, so... no content below this line, just some headers.
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.