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.
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.
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
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.
At this point, I had to switch tasks, so... no content below this line, just some headers.
People from Montreal
(If needed, see also w:Category:Montreal in fiction)
Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Montreal.
- 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
- Gabriel Aubry -- model
- 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
- Sacha Dean Biyan -- fashion photographer, raised in Montreal, now based in New York
- 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
- Annie Brocoli -- real name Annie Grenier, children's performer
- 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
- Corinne Chaponnière -- writer, journalist
- Robert Charlebois -- singer/songwriter
- Gregory Charles -- musician and radio host
- 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
- Kim Cloutier -- fashion model
- 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
- Peter Cullen -- voice actor (voice of Optimus Prime in the film Transformers)
- Elisha Cuthbert -- actress
- Louis Cyr -- Strongman
- 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
- Jack Dunham -- animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascot
- Barbara Dunkelman -- voice actress for Rooster Teeth
- 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
- Daniel Gauthier -- co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil
- James Gelfand -- pianist, composer, arranger
- Yasmeen Ghauri -- supermodel
- 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
- Irina Lăzăreanu -- fashion model
- 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
- Maryse Ouellet -- glamour model and former WWE wrestler
- 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
- Paul Schoeffler -- voice actor, actor
- 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
Some famous Vancouverites:
- Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Vancouver.
If needed, see also w:Category:Vancouver in fiction
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 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.)
Some famous Halagonians:
- Wikipedia has a larger list of people from Halifax.