List of people from Toronto

This is a list of notable people who are from Toronto, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.

A

Abdominal (Andy Bernstein)– hip hop musician Natalie Achonwa – WNBA player Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits) Oluniké Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint) Ali Ahmed – soccer player Jeremie Albino – musician"Jeremie Albino : de la ferme à la scène". CJBC, October 30, 2019. Jim Aldred – ice hockey player and coach Chris Alexander – diplomat Nickeil Alexander-Walker – NBA player Robbie Amell – actor Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow) Faith Amour, jazz singer Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist Shamier Anderson – actor Gordon Stewart Anderson – author John Andrews – architect Mark Andrews – swimmer Lou Angotti – former NHL player Kent Angus – businessman Steve Anthony – television host Danny Antonucci – animator and creator of Ed, Edd n Eddy Andreas Apostolopoulos – businessman Alfred Apps – businessman, lawyer and political activist Syl (Charles) Apps – former NHL player Will Arnett – actor Amy Ashmore Clark – vaudeville performer, songwriter, composer Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist Ayria (Jennifer Parkin)– musician Yank Azman – actor

B Andrew Bachelor – actor, comedian, and internet personality Aaron Badgley – music journalist and radio host Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia Dalano Banton – NBA player, currently plays for the Boston Celtics RJ Barrett – NBA player, currently plays for the Toronto Raptors Thomas J. Bata – businessman Robert McLELLAN Bateman – painter Eric Bauza – voice actor (Bunnicula, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Tiny Toons Looniversity) Isabel Bayrakdarian – opera singer Jake Beale – voice actor Samantha Bee – actress and comedian Jeanne Beker – fashion television personality and reporter John Wilson Bengough – cartoonist Alfred David Benjamin – Australian-born businessman and philanthropist Anthony Bennett – NBA player Christine Bentley – CTV news anchor Nikki Benz – pornographic film actress Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality Charles Herbert Best – medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin Sim Bhullar – professional basketball player Alfred J. Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire J. William Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire Josh Binstock – Olympic volleyball player Conrad Black – media mogul Jully Black – R&B singer Rachel Blanchard – actress Lloyd Wolf Bochner – actor (Dynasty) Andy Borodow – Olympic wrestler Devon Bostick – actor, known for playing Rodrick in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic John McEntee Bowman – founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp. 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 Oshae Brissett (born 1998) – Israeli Basketball Premier League, former NBA, basketball player 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 Clifton Brown – kickboxer Billy Bryans – musician Kadeisha Buchanan – Rob Burgess – tech CEO Marty Burke – former NHL player Theresa Burke – journalist Matthew Burnett – record producer Martha Burns – actress Jackie Burroughs – actress Jim Butterfield – computer programmer Mikey Bustos Fillipino-Canadian YouTuber

C Daniel Caesar – singer Barry Callaghan – historian Morley Callaghan – journalist, writer Jaime Callica – actor and dancer June Callwood – social activist, journalist Bill Cameron – journalist Fred Cameron – soccer player Christian Campbell – actor Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series) Nicholas Campbell – actor (Da Vinci's Inquest) Sterling Campbell – former MPP John Candy – comic actor Marsha Canham - novelist Jim Carrey – actor and comedian Shelley Carroll – municipal politician Anson Carter – professional hockey player Luciana Carro – actress Gino Cavallini – former NHL player Lucas Cavallini – soccer player Paul Cavallini – former NHL player Michael Cera – actor, singer, musician Katie Chan – professional ice hockey player Patrick Chan – figure skater Christopher Chapman – film director, writer, and cinematographer Ann Y. K. Choi – author Hayden Christensen – actor Choclair – hip hop musician Ping Chong – contemporary theatre director Mark Chung – soccer player who represented the United States national team Olivia Chow – 66th Mayor of Toronto, Former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament, former Toronto city councillor Rebecca M. Church (d. 1945), president, Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire George Chuvalo – boxer Jerry Ciccoritti – film, TV, and theatre director Casey Cizikas – NHL player William Robinson Clark – theologian, Fellow and President of the Royal Society of Canada Austin Clarke – writer Adrienne Clarkson – journalist, broadcaster and former Governor General of Canada David Clarkson – NHL player Paul Clatney – Canadian football player Sebastian Cluer – director, producer, writer Hampden Cockburn – recipient of the Victoria Cross Andrew Cogliano – NHL player for the Dallas Stars Matt Cohen – writer Dusty Cohl – filmmaker, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame Carlo Colaiacovo – NHL player Enrico Colantoni – actor (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint) John Colicos – actor James Collip – scientist John Colapinto – journalist, author and novelist Alex Colville – painter Brian Conacher – former NHL player Charlie Conacher – former NHL player Pete Conacher – former NHL player Roy Conacher – former NHL player Kurtis Conner – comedian and YouTuber Jesse Cook – Juno Award winning guitarist Stephen Cook – computer scientist Jack Kent Cooke – industrialist Adam "Edge" Copeland – Independent, WWE, and AEW professional wrestler Barry Cort – former MLB player Douglas Coupland – writer, artist Alyson Court – actor Christina Cox – actress, stuntwoman Deborah Cox – singer Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter – world's best known geometer Laura Creavalle – Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder Rob Crifo – Canadian football player J. Howard Crocker – educator and sports executive with the YMCA and Amateur Athletic Union of Canada Jonathan Crombie – actor Neil Crone – actor, comedian David Cronenberg – film director Jim Cuddy – musician, lead singer of Blue Rodeo Ayesha Curry – entrepreneur Henry Czerny – actor

D

Chantal Da Silva – journalist residing in the U.K. Cynthia Dale – actress Jennifer Dale – actress Cathy Daley – visual artist, educator Claire Dalton – forward for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League, scored the first goal in franchise history for the Montreal Victoire. Leslie Dan – businessman Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning film composer (Life of Pi) Robertson Davies – writer Fred Davis – radio/TV broadcaster (Front Page Challenge) Janet Davis – municipal politician William B. Davis – actor (The X Files) Clifton Dawson – NFL player deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ Nicole de Boer – actress Michael DeForge – comics artist and illustrator Dana Dentata – musician and model Andre De Grasse – sprinter Laysla De Oliveira – actress Jack Devine – President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and radio personality Natalie Di Luccio - operatic singer Sergio Di Zio – actor (Flashpoint) Chris Diamantopoulos – actor and comedian Jack Diamond – architect Diamond Rings (John O'Regan)– music artist Wayne Dillon – former NHL player Rosie DiManno - journalist Cheri DiNovo – politician 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 Peter Donato – marathon runner Max Douglas a.k.a. Salgood Sam – comic artist, author, and blogger Naheed Dosani – doctor Riele Downs – actress John Drainie – actor Drake – rapper Kris Draper – NHL Dream Warriors – hip hop group Jamie Drysdale – ice hockey player Rob Ducey – MLB player Rick Dudley – former NHL player Filip Dujic – soccer referee Alexander Roberts Dunn – recipient of the Victoria Cross Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer George Dunning – animator, director Steve Durbano – former NHL player Arthur Jeffrey Dempster – physicist Julian Dzeko – DJ/producer and member of Dzeko & Torres with Luis Torres

E Jayne Eastwood – actress Timothy Eaton – retail proprietor Tim Ecclestone – former NHL player Tom Edur – former NHL player Gary Edwards – former NHL player Atom Egoyan – film director Oren Eizenman – Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player Kilian Elkinson (born 1990) – Bermudian footballer David James Elliott – actor (JAG) Emma-Lee – singer-songwriter and photographer Rik Emmett – guitarist, vocalist, original member of hard rock band Triumph. Bob Essensa – former NHL player George Evans – jazz singer, producer, recording artist Gil Evans – jazz musician Jake Evans – ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens Jordan Evans – record producer Dylan Everett – actor J. S. Ewart – advocate for Canadian independence

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 Perdita Felicien – hurdler Mario Ferraro – NHL player Louis Ferreira – actor Sharon Fichman – Canadian/Israeli tennis player Joy Fielding, writer Timothy Findley – writer Melanie Fiona – R&B musician John Fitzpatrick – track and fielder, football player, engineer and inventor Joe Flaherty – comic actor Lola Flanery - actress Patrick Flatley – former NHL player Ian Flynn – comic book writer Dave Foley – comedian Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables) Evan Fong – YouTube Personality also called VanossGaming Adam Foote – former NHL player Doug Ford Sr. – businessman and politician Doug Ford Jr. – politician and businessman Michael Ford – politician Rob Ford – 64th Mayor of Toronto Dwight Foster – former NHL player Liam Foudy – NHL player Sean Foudy – football player Rick Fox – NBA basketball player and actor Lou Franceschetti – former NHL player Mark Friedman – NHL player Barbara Frum – journalist, news anchor David Frum – political commentator Ajay Fry – television host/personality Northrop Frye – literary critic, academic David Furnish – filmmaker and producer, husband of Elton John

G Sarah Gadon – actress Bill Gardner – ice hockey player Ed Gass-Donnelly – film director, screenwriter and producer Daniel Gaudet – Olympic gymnast Frank Gehry – architect Jack Gelineau – NHL player General Idea – art collective Eric Genuis – pianist and composer Jian Ghomeshi – radio and TV broadcaster, writer, musician Tamara Giaquinto – PWHL player Graeme Gibson – writer Sky Gilbert – writer, actor, drag performer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – NBA player Piper Gilles olympian ice dancer Paul Gillis – former NHL player George Clay Ginty – Union Army Brigadier General Mark Giordano – NHL player for the Toronto Maple Leafs Ken Girard – NHL player Malcolm Gladwell – writer (Tipping Point, Blink!) Natalie Glebova – Miss Universe Canada 2005, Miss Universe 2005 Brian Glennie – NHL player Fred Glover – NHL player and coach Warren Godfrey – NHL player Ritika Goel – doctor, writer, academic, activist Thelma Golden – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Emma Goldman – political activist Kat Goldman – singer-songwriter