This is a list of notable people who are from Guelph, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.
A Rick Allain, former ice hockey coach Chad Archibald, producer Edward Robert Armstrong, engineer Ron Asselstine, NHL linesman Annie Damer, public health nurse
B Charles L. Baine Carroll BakerGuelph has its share of famous residents | GuelphMercury.com Baracuda, rapper Kimberly Barber, vocal pedagogue Shaun Benson, actor Lois Betteridge, silversmith Katherine Bobak, skater Ralph Bowen, musician, educator Jeffry Hall Brock, businessman Alison Brooks, architect
C Neve Campbell, actress Dom Cardillo, politician Dick Carroll, ice hockey coach Miranda Chartrand and Adam Nichols, musical duo Lionel Herbert Clarke, businessman and politician Jim Cockman, baseball player Thomas Christopher Collins, cardinal of the Catholic Church Bunk Congalton, baseball player Logan Couture, hockey player Arthur W. Cutten, businessman David Card, Nobel prize winning economist
D Noah Danby, actor Ken Danby, painter Victor Davis, Olympic swimmer Brian Dickinson, pianist Crawford Douglas, politician
E Bob Emslie, baseball player
F Graham Fach, professional ten-pin bowler, first Canadian to win a title on the PBA Tour Rick Ferraro, former politician Albert Fish, politician Derek Fletcher, former politician Lou Fontinato, hockey player Charley Fox, former Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force Karen Fralich, world sand sculpting champion J.M. Frey, novelist
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Gregory Gallant Beth Goobie, poet Jim Guthrie, singer-songwriter James Gordon, singer-songwriter
H Micheal Haley, ice hockey player Esther Hill, architect Peter Howitt (economist), winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Albert Hughes, ice hockey player Mike Hudson, hockey player and amateur race car driver
I John Inglis, founder of John Inglis and Company
J Clifford Jackman, lawyer and writer Aurora James, creative director, activist, and fashion designer Edward Johnson, tenor Paddy Johnson, art critic David Jones, hockey player
K Zoë Keating, cellist Patrick Kerwin, 10th Chief Justice of Canada Donnie Keshawarz, actor Thomas King, novelist Tim Kingsbury, musician Charles Kingsmill, former first director of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada Luke Kirby, actorGuelph has its share of famous residents | GuelphMercury.com Henry Kock, horticulturalist
L Lionel (artist), anonymous street artist Gary Leadston, politician Laura Lemon, composer Andrea Lindsay, singer-songwriter Jean Little, writer Livestock, rapper Douglas Lochhead, poet Lloyd Longfield, politician Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, fashion designer David Lush, politician
M John Kenneth Macalister, World War II personnel Andrew Paul MacDonald, composer Dan MacKenzie, sports administrator and marketing executive Dorothy Maclean, writer and educator Brian MacLellan, general manager of 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals Earl MacNaughton, founding dean of the College of Physics at the University of Guelph William Austin Mahoney, architect Des McAnuff, artistic director Doug McCaig, hockey player David Ross McCord, lawyer John McCrae, soldier, poet and physician Ambre McLean, singer-songwriter George McPhee, president of hockey operations for the Vegas Golden Knights and former general manager for the Washington Capitals Jean Mills, children's author Miranda Mulholland, fiddle player and singer Robert Munsch, children's author
N Joe Neilands, biochemist Noah23, hip hop artist Craig Norris, rock singer
O Kady O'Malley, journalist Jenny Omnichord, musician George Turner Orton, politician
P Arthur Palmer, scholar Gregory Pepper, musician Joseph Petric, accordionist Alexander Fraser Pirie, journalist Brad Pirie, former ice hockey player George Pirie, newspaper publisher Zachary Pollari, football player
R Mark Radoja, Professional poker player Jus Reign, YouTuber Tommy Reilly, harmonica player Sue Richards, artist Kelly Richardson, artist Aaron Riches, sing/songwriter Doug Risebrough, hockey player Thomas F. Ryan, sportsman and entrepreneur
S Sandra Sabatini, writer Liz Sandals, politician Joe Sawyer, actor Ray Scapinello, linesman Henry Scholfield, politician James Schroder, politician Ron Scott, hockey player Andrea Seccafien, Olympic athlete Surendra Seeraj, cricket player Seth, cartoonist T. Sher Singh, lawyer Joey Slinger, journalist and author Gavin Smith, poker player John Snobelen, former politician Dave Somerville, singer J. Dewey Soper, ornithologist Ned Sparks, actor Doug Stinson, mathematician David Stirton, politician Donna Strickland, Nobel Prize winner Mary Swan, novelist Bill Sweeney, hockey player
T Janis Tarchuk, politician Chuck Tatham, screenwriter Percy A. Taverner, ornithologist
V Frank Valeriote, politician Reg Vermue, musician
W Charles Wilson, composer Robert Wickens, race car driver Al Wiley, Canadian football player Corey Wood, musician Joshua Workman, political consultant
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