This is a list of notable people who were either born or lived in Ontario, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.

Film, television, and voice actors

Artists

*Troy Brooks (born 1972 in Chatham, Ontario) — painter

Comedians

*Kurtis Conner – Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton *Derek Edwards – Timmins *Dave Foley – Etobicoke *Evan Fong – Toronto *Tom Green – Pembroke, Ontario, Pembroke *Phil Hartman – Brantford *Jenny Jones (presenter), Jenny Jones – London, Ontario, London *Mike MacDonald (comedian), Mike MacDonald – Ottawa *Norm Macdonald – Ottawa *Howie Mandel – Toronto *Mark McKinney – Ottawa *Russell Peters – Brampton *Katherine Ryan – Sarnia *Ron Sparks (comedian), Ron Sparks - Chatham-Kent *Scott Thompson (comedian), Scott Thompson – North Bay, Ontario, North Bay *Harland Williams – Toronto *John Wing Jr. – Sarnia

Professional athletes

*Caleb Agada (born 1994) - Nigerian-Canadian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, Israeli Premier League and for the Nigeria national basketball team, Nigerian national basketball team *Bolade Ajomale – Olympic sprinter from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Richmond Hill *Sean Avery – retired hockey player from North York *Alon Badat (born 1989) - Israeli soccer player from Thornhill *Josh Bailey - hockey player, New York Islanders – Bowmanville, Ontario, Bowmanville *Rowan Barrett - basketball player from Scarborough, Israeli Basketball Premier League Statistical Leaders, top scorer in the 2002 Israel Basketball Premier League *Anthony Bennett (basketball), Anthony Bennett – basketball player from Toronto *Sam Bennett (ice hockey), Sam Bennett – hockey player from Holland Landing *Shane Bergman – CFL player from Waterford, Ontario, Waterford *Reno Bertoia (1935–2011) – Major League baseball player from Windsor, Ontario, Windsor *Tajon Buchanan (born 1999) – soccer player – Brampton *Tomer Chencinski (born 1984) – Israeli-Canadian football player from Thornhill, Ontario, Thornhill *Steve Christie – Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton *Mike Craig (ice hockey, born 1971), Mike Craig – Thorndale, Ontario, Thorndale *Laura Creavalle – Toronto *Nick Denis – North Bay, Ontario, North Bay *Andre De Grasse – Olympic sprinter from Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough *Phil Esposito – Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie *Tony Esposito – Sault Ste. Marie *Simon Farine – basketball player from Toronto * Sharon Fichman (born 1990) – Canadian/Israeli tennis player from Toronto *Mike Fisher (ice hockey), Mike Fisher – hockey player from Peterborough, Ontario, Peterborough *Rick Fox – Toronto * Mark Friedman (born 1995) - NHL player from Toronto *Greg Gardner (born 1975) - ice hockey player and coach *Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (born 1998) – Toronto *Doug Gilmour – Kingston, Ontario, Kingston *Claude Giroux – Hearst, Ontario, Hearst *Wayne Gretzky (born 1961) – Brantford *Brooke Henderson (born 1997) - Smiths Falls, Ontario, Smiths Falls *Jack Hendrickson (born 1936) - National Hockey League player from Kingston, Ontario and Midland, Ontario *James Hinchcliffe – Oakville, Ontario, Oakville *Tim Horton – Cochrane, Ontario, Cochrane *Jack Hughes (ice hockey, born 2001), Jack Hughes (born 2001) – NHL ice hockey player from Toronto *Zach Hyman (born 1992) – NHL ice hockey player from Forest Hill, Toronto, Forest Hill *Cory Joseph – Pickering, Ontario, Pickering *Curtis Joseph – Keswick, Ontario, Keswick * Nazem Kadri (born 1990) – NHL player – London * David Levin (ice hockey), David Levin (born 1999) - Israeli ice hockey player – Toronto * Jesse Levine (born 1987) - American-Canadian tennis player – Ottawa * Alex Levinsky, Alex "Mine Boy" Levinsky (1910–1990) – NHL hockey player – Toronto *Eric Lindros (born 1973) – London, Ontario, London *Jamaal Magloire – Toronto *Frank Mahovlich – Timmins *Connor McDavid – Newmarket, Ontario, Newmarket *Jamal Murray – basketball, Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener *Rick Nash – Brampton *Josh Naylor – Mississauga *Daniel Nestor – Toronto *Bobby Orr – Parry Sound, Ontario, Parry Sound *Pete Orr – Richmond Hill, Ontario, Richmond Hill * Bob Plager – hockey player, Kirkland Lake *Milos Raonic – tennis player – Thornhill, Ontario, Thornhill * Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987) – ice hockey player – Sudbury *Jim Rutherford – Beeton, Ontario, Beeton *Samuel Schachter (born 1990), Olympic volleyball player *Denis Shapovalov (born 1999) – Israeli-Canadian tennis player – Vaughan *Patrick Sharp – Thunder Bay, Ontario, Thunder Bay * Simisola Shittu (born 1999) - British-born Canadian basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona B.C., Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League - Burlington *Darryl Sittler (born 1950) – Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener *Trevor Smith (ice hockey), Trevor Smith (born 1985) – hockey player – Ottawa *Eric Staal – Thunder Bay *Jordan Staal – Thunder Bay *Marc Staal – Thunder Bay *Steven Stamkos – Markham, Ontario, Markham * Andrew Sznajder (born 1967) – English-born Canadian tennis player – Oakville *Tristan Thompson – Brampton *Joe Thornton – St. Thomas, Ontario, St. Thomas *Raffi Torres – Toronto *Paul Tracy – Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough * Mike Veisor (born 1952) – hockey player – Toronto *Joey Votto (born 1983) – baseball player – Etobicoke, Ontario, Etobicoke *Andrew Wiggins (born 1995) – Toronto *Nigel Wilson (born 1970) – Oshawa

Politicians

*Laura Curran *Philip Downing *Stephen Harper – 22nd Prime Minister of Canada (2006–2015) and former Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party leader – Leaside *John T. Jarvis *William Lyon Mackenzie King - 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-26, 1926-30, 1935-48) Longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history - Berlin,_Ontario, Berlin now Kitchener,_Ontario, Kitchener. *Paul Martin – 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006) – Windsor, Ontario, Windsor *James McMillan (politician), James McMillan – Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton *Lester B. Pearson - 14th Prime Minister of Canada (1963-1968) - Newtonbrook *Justin Trudeau – 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (2015–present) – Ottawa

Olympic athletes

*Alex Baumann – Greater Sudbury, Sudbury *Nathan Brannen – Cambridge, Ontario, Cambridge *Patrick Chan – Ottawa *Gabrielle Daleman – Newmarket, Ontario, Newmarket *Victor Davis – Guelph *Meagan Duhamel – Greater Sudbury, Sudbury *Lori Dupuis – South Glengarry, Ontario, South Glengarry *John Fitzpatrick (athlete), John Fitzpatrick – Toronto *Chris Jarvis (rower), Chris Jarvis – Grimsby, Ontario, Grimsby *Becky Kellar – Hagersville, Ontario, Hagersville *Rosie MacLennan – King City, Ontario, King City *Conlin McCabe – Brockville, Ontario, Brockville *Scott Moir – London, Ontario, London *Penny Oleksiak – Toronto *Brian Orser – Belleville, Ontario, Belleville *Elvis Stojko – Richmond Hill, Ontario, Richmond Hill *Adam van Koeverden – Oakville, Ontario, Oakville *Tessa Virtue – London, Ontario, London *Simon Whitfield – Kingston, Ontario, Kingston

Other notable celebrities

*Thalia Assuras – London, Ontario, London *Samantha Bee – Toronto *Don Cherry (ice hockey), Don Cherry – Kingston, Ontario, Kingston *William Winer Cooke – Brantford *Adam Copeland – Orangeville, Ontario, Orangeville *Linda Evangelista – St. Catharines *Melyssa Ford – Toronto *Frank Gehry – Toronto *Danielle Graham – Guelph, Ontario, Guelph *Chris Hadfield – astronaut, Sarnia, Ontario, Sarnia and Milton, Ontario, Milton *Shalom Harlow – Oshawa *The Hacksmith, James Hobson – engineer and Youtuber, Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener *Michiel Horn – Toronto *Peter Jennings – Toronto *Lynn Johnston – Collingwood, Ontario, Collingwood *Jason Jones (actor), Jason Jones – Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton *Gail Kim – Toronto *Lisa LaFlamme – Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener *Ferdinand Larose – created the Larose Forest, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Prescott and Russell *Elaine Lui, Lainey Lui – Toronto *Steve Mackall – Toronto *Lorne Michaels – Toronto *Alice Munro – Wingham, Ontario, Wingham *Daniel Negreanu – poker player, Toronto *Kevin Newman (journalist), Kevin Newman – Toronto *Jordan Peterson – professor, Toronto *Quddus (MTV), Quddus – Toronto *James Randi – Toronto *Ivan Reitman – Hamilton *Jason Reso – Orangeville, Ontario, Orangeville *Sandie Rinaldo – Toronto *John Roberts (television reporter), John Roberts – Toronto *Lloyd Robertson – Stratford, Ontario, Stratford *Morley Safer – Toronto *David Shore – London, Ontario, London *Lilly Singh – Toronto *Trish Stratus – Richmond Hill, Ontario, Richmond Hill *John Saunders (journalist), John Saunders – sports reporter, from Ajax, Ontario, Ajax and other cities *Alex Trebek – Greater Sudbury, Sudbury *Jack L. Warner – London, Ontario, London *Ken Westerfield – Flying disc games, disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer, from Toronto *Angelina Love, Lauren Williams – Toronto

Bands, musicians, singers, and rappers

*Lee Aaron – Belleville, Ontario, Belleville *Annihilator (band) – Ottawa *Bryan Adams – Kingston, Ontario, Kingston *Alexisonfire – St. Catharines *Paul Anka – Ottawa *Eva Avila – Ottawa *Barenaked Ladies – Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough *Justin Bieber – Stratford, Ontario, Stratford *Billy Talent – Mississauga *Jully Black – Toronto *Blue Rodeo – Toronto *Broken Social Scene – Toronto *Cancer Bats – Toronto *Candi & The Backbeat – North York, Toronto, North York *Alessia Cara – Mississauga *Keshia Chanté – Ottawa *Bruce Cockburn – Ottawa *Deborah Cox – Toronto *deadmau5 – Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Falls; real name Joel Thomas Zimmerman *Hugh Dillon – Kingston, Ontario, Kingston *Fefe Dobson – Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough *Drake (musician), Drake – Toronto *Finger Eleven – Burlington, Ontario, Burlington *Five Man Electrical Band – Ottawa *J.D. Fortune – Mississauga *Nelly Furtado – Forest Hill, Toronto *Glenn Gould – Toronto *Dallas Green (musician), Dallas Green – St. Catharines *Hail the Villain – Oshawa *Sarah Harmer – Burlington, Ontario, Burlington *illScarlett – Mississauga *Jeon Somi (born 2001) – Windsor, Ontario, Windsor *Kardinal Offishall – Toronto *Vikas Kohli – Mississauga *James LaBrie – Penetanguishene *Henry Lau – Toronto *Avril Lavigne – Belleville, Ontario, Belleville and Greater Napanee *Gordon Lightfoot – Orillia *Lights (musician), Lights – Timmins *Little X – Toronto *Guy Lombardo – London, Ontario, London *Brian Melo – Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton *Shawn Mendes – Pickering, Ontario, Pickering *Alice Merton – Oakville, Ontario, Oakville *Metric (band), Metric – Toronto *Kim Mitchell – Sarnia *Alanis Morissette – Ottawa *My Darkest Days – Toronto *The Partland Brothers – Colgan, Ontario, Colgan *Our Lady Peace – Toronto *Peaches (musician), Peaches – Toronto *Protest the Hero – Whitby, Ontario, Whitby *Anastasia Rizikov – Toronto *Rush (band), Rush – Toronto *Saga (band), Saga – Oakville, Ontario, Oakville *Paul Shaffer – Thunder Bay *Sheriff (band), Sheriff – Toronto *Silverstein (band), Silverstein – Burlington, Ontario, Burlington *Snow (musician), Snow – Toronto *Wendy (singer), Wendy Son – Richmond Hill, Ontario, Richmond Hill *Sum 41 – Ajax, Ontario, Ajax *Skye Sweetnam – Bolton, Ontario, Bolton *Teenage Head (band), Teenage Head – Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton *Three Days Grace – Toronto *Tokyo Police Club – Newmarket, Ontario, Newmarket *The Tragically Hip – Kingston, Ontario, Kingston *Shania Twain – Windsor, Ontario, Windsor *U.S.S. (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) – Stouffville, Ontario, Stouffville, Markham, Ontario, Markham and Toronto *Vanity (singer), Vanity – Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Falls *Walk off the Earth – Burlington, Ontario, Burlington *Tamia Washington – Windsor, Ontario, Windsor *The Weeknd – Scarborough *Michelle Wright – Merlin, Ontario, Merlin *Neil Young – Toronto *Daniel Caesar – Toronto

Authors

*Margaret Atwood – Ottawa and Toronto *James Cameron – Kapuskasing and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Niagara Falls *Julie Czerneda – Mississauga *Earl Doherty – Ottawa *Malcolm Gladwell – Kitchener-Waterloo *Alistair MacLeod – Windsor, Ontario, Windsor *Michael Ondaatje – Toronto *Robert J. Sawyer – Mississauga *Eric Walters – Toronto

Scientists and physicians

*Sir Frederick Banting – co-discoverer of insulin *Dr. Charles Herbert Best, Charles Best – co-discoverer of insulin *Dr. Norman Bethune – physician, pioneered the use of in-field blood transfusions during the Spanish Civil War, joined the Communist guerillas in China in the 1930s *Dr. Roberta Bondar – astronaut, neurologist, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie *Dr. Rob Buckman, Robert Buckman – oncologist, president of Humanist Association of Canada *Mathew Evans – inventor, created and patented the first incandescent light bulb in 1874, five years before Thomas Edison's US patent *Dr. Wilbur Franks – physician and inventor; developed first anti-gravity or "G-suit" now used by air crews and astronauts; also noted for his work in cancer research *Dr. James Naismith – physician, inventor of basketball *Daniel David Palmer – founder of chiropractic

Business people

Criminals

* Paul Bernardo * Edwin Alonzo Boyd – led the Boyd Gang in Toronto * Karla Homolka

References

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