• Source: List of people from British Columbia

This is a list of notable people who are from British Columbia, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.




Premiers


See List of premiers of British Columbia.




Members of Parliament


Jim Abbott
David Anderson
Thomas Speakman Barnett
Dave Barrett, former Premier of British Columbia
Ron Basford
Don Bell
Thomas Berger
Hewitt Bostock
Margaret Bridgman
Chuck Cadman
Iona Campagnolo, later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
Kim Campbell, also Prime Minister of Canada
Pat Carney
Raymond Chan
Mary Collins
Chuck Cook
Jean Crowder
Nathan Cullen
John Cummins
Libby Davies
Stockwell Day
Amor De Cosmos, second Premier of British Columbia
Edgar Dewdney, later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
Herb Dhaliwal
Ujjal Dosanjh, former Premier of British Columbia
Tommy Douglas
John Duncan
David Emerson
Paul Forseth
Hedy Fry
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Nina Grewal
Herbert Wilfred Herridge
Russ Hiebert
Jay Hill
Betty Hinton
Frank Howard
William Irvine
Pauline Jewett
Peter Julian
Douglas Jung
Jim Karpoff
Sophia Leung
Gary Lunn
Grace MacInnis
Ian Alistair Mackenzie
Roy MacLaren
Len Marchand
Keith Martin
Gerry McGeer
James Moore
Henry Nathan Jr.
Stephen Owen
George Pearkes, later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
Art Phillips, former mayor of Vancouver
Elmore Philpott
John Reynolds
Nelson Riis
Svend Robinson
Paul St. Pierre
Tom Siddon
Bill Siksay
Bob Skelly
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
John Turner, also Prime Minister of Canada
Ian Waddell
Mark Warawa
Randy White




Jurists


Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of Canada
Alfred Scow, First Status Indian judge BC Provincial Court




Other politicians


Emery Barnes
Wesley Drewett Black, Provincial Secretary 1952-1972
Richard Blanshard, first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island
Rosemary Brown
Frank Arthur Calder, First Nations MLA and Nisga'a politician
Sir James Douglas, colonial governor (all colonies)
Jennifer Granholm, Canadian/American politician and former Governor of Michigan (2003-2011); naturalized US citizen
Ginger Goodwin, Labour organizer
Guujaaw, Haida politician, activist and cultural leader
Edward John
Arthur Kennedy, governor of the united colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
David Lam, philanthropist and Lieutenant-Governor
Rafe Mair
Grace McCarthy
Joy McPhail
Frederick Seymour, Governor of Vancouver Island and of British Columbia
William Fraser Tolmie
Joseph Trutch, colonial Lieutenant-Governor and first Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia




Scientists


Ian Affleck, physicist
Robert Edward Bell, nuclear physicist
Margaret Benston, chemist, computer scientist
Michael Bigg, marine biologist
Jim Chamberlin, aerodynamicist
Wade Davis, ethnobotanist
Ryan C.N. D'Arcy, neuroscientist
James E. Gill, geologist
John R. Hendricks, mathematician
Abram Hoffer, biochemist, physician
Frances Oldham Kelsey, pharmacologist
Vit Klemes, hydrologist
Mel Krajden, medical scientist
Robert T. Lackey, fisheries scientist, ecologist, zoologist
Robert Langlands, mathematician
Jerrold E. Marsden, applied mathematician
Bill Mathews, geologist, volcanologist, engineer
Brian McConaghy, forensic scientist
Ian McTaggart-Cowan, ecologist
Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, meteorologist
Faron Moller, computer scientist
Barth Netterfield, astrophysicist
Edward Faraday Odlum, geologist
Santa J. Ono, biologist
Robert Methven Petrie, astronomer
Jerilynn Prior, medical scientist, endocrinologist
Scott D. Sampson, paleontologist
Martin Schechter, epidemiologist
Robert Fletcher Shaw, engineer
John Alexander Sinton, medical scientist, doctor, malariologist
Frank Smith, psycholinguist
Michael Smith, biochemist
Wayne Smith, statistician
David Suzuki, biologist, ecologist
Robert Thirsk, engineer, physician, astronaut
John Lancelot Todd, physician, parasitologist
Bjarni Tryggvason, engineer, astronaut
Paul Tseng, applied mathematician
William Vickrey, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Andrew Weaver, climate scientist
Franklin White, public health scientist




Television/film actors and musicians


Daniel Adair, drummer
Bryan Adams, singer
Evan Adams, First Nations actor (Smoke Signals)
Pamela Anderson, actress (Baywatch, V.I.P.)
Aaron Ashmore, actor (Warehouse 13)
Shawn Ashmore, actor (X-Men)
Long John Baldry, musician, songwriter
Gil Bellows, actor
Michael Bublé, singer
Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason)
Jim Byrnes, musician, actor (Highlander)
Nicholas Campbell, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
Chris Carter, screenwriter, producer, director (X-Files)
Anna Cathcart, actress
Kim Cattrall, actress (Sex and the City)
Sarah Chalke, actress (Scrubs)
Tommy Chong, actor, comedian, cannabis rights activist (Cheech & Chong)
Hayden Christensen, actor (Star Wars)
Amanda Crew, actress (Silicon Valley)
Thomas Middleditch, actor (Silicon Valley)
Mackenzie Davis, actress (Terminator: Dark Fate)
William B. Davis, actor (X-Files)
Yvonne De Carlo, actress (The Munsters)
Mac Demarco, musician, multi-instrumentalist
Edward Dmytryk, film director
James Doohan, actor (Star Trek)
Atom Egoyan, film director
Aryana Engineer, actress (Orphan)
Jodelle Ferland, actress
Noel Fisher, actor (The Twilight Saga)
Roy Forbes (Bim), musician
Judith Forst, opera singer
David Foster, songwriter, record producer
Michael J Fox, actor, producer and health activist
Nelly Furtado, singer-songwriter
Chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man, Cariboo Cowboy)
Evan Goldberg, screenwriter (Superbad, Pineapple Express)
Matthew Good, musician
Grimes (musician), musician
June Havoc, actress
Carter Hayden, actor and voice actor (Bakugan: New Vestroia, Total Drama)
Bill Henderson (Canadian singer), musician (Chilliwack)
Ben Heppner, opera singer
Matt Hill, Canadian-American voice actor
Jacob Hoggard, musician (Hedley)
John Ireland, actor
Robert Ito, actor
Joshua Jackson, actor (Dawson’s Creek)
Carly Rae Jepsen, musician
Alexz Johnson, singer, actress
Avan Jogia, actor
Joe Keithley, musician, songwriter (D.O.A.)
Allan King, film director
Taylor Kitsch, actor and model (Friday Night Lights)
Elias Koteas, actor (The Thin Red Line)
Diana Krall, musician
Kristin Kreuk, actress (Smallville)
Nicholas Lea, actor (X-Files)
Darryl Lenox, comedian
Lights (musician), musician
Evangeline Lilly, actress (Lost, The Hurt Locker)
Jessica Lowndes, actress (90210)
Jessica Lucas, actress
Alexander Ludwig, actor (Vikings, The Hunger Games)
Leon Mandrake, illusionist (Mandrake the Magician)
Sarah McLachlan, musician
Brandon Jay McLaren, actor (Power Rangers: S.P.D., She's The Man)
Rosa Mendes, model, professional wrestler
Shay Mitchell, actress (Pretty Little Liars)
Carrie-Anne Moss, actress (The Matrix)
Meghan Ory, actress
Molly Parker, actress (House of Cards)
Barbara Parkins, actress
Daniel Powter, musician, singer-songwriter, and pianist
Jason Priestley, actor
Kirsten Prout, actress
John Qualen, actor
Josh Ramsay, musician (Marianas Trench)
Mike Reno, musician, songwriter
Ryan Reynolds, actor (Green Lantern, Deadpool)
Donnelly Rhodes, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
Emily Bett Rickards, actress
Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, writer, producer (Pineapple Express, Superbad, Knocked Up)
Will Sasso, actor (Mad TV)
Pablo Schreiber, actor (The Wire, Orange is the New Black)
Michael Shanks, actor
Nell Shipman, actress, film director
Alexis Smith, actress
Dallas Smith, musician
Cobie Smulders, actress (How I Met Your Mother)
Jewel Staite, actress
Ryan Stiles, comedian, producer (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
Dorothy Stratten, actress, model
Bobby Taylor, Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers)
Jon Mikl Thor, singer, performer and bodybuilder
Meg Tilly, actress
Jacob Tremblay, actor
Daniel Wesley, musician
Finn Wolfhard, actor, voice actor, musician (Stranger Things, It)
Glenn Wool, stand-up comedian
Sophia Reid-Gantzert, actress and dancer




Athletes


Glenn Anderson, ice hockey player
Peter Bakonyi (1933–1997), Hungarian-born Canadian Olympic fencer
Jason Bay (born 1978), Canadian-American baseball player
Russell Baze
Jamie Benn, ice hockey player
Jordie Benn
Mitch Berger (born 1972)
Rod Brind'Amour
Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player
John Davison
Ryan Dempster, baseball player
Brenden Dillon
Ryan Ellis, ice hockey player
Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American NBA player
Craig Forrest
Jeff Francis
Kaleigh Fratkin (born 1992), professional ice hockey player
Freddy Fuller
Danny Gare
Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion
Shaul Gordon (born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic fencer
Nancy Greene
Dan Hamhuis
Rick Hansen
Rich Harden
Shawn Horcoff
Jordyn Huitema
Daniel Igali
Barret Jackman
Harry Jerome
Teyo Johnson
Harry Jones
Paul Kariya
Larry Kwong
Andrew Ladd
Silken Laumann
Brett Lawrie
Bob Lenarduzzi
Adam Loewen
Mark McMorris
Willie Mitchell
Greg Moore
Justin Morneau (born 1981), baseball player
Brendan Morrison
Steve Nash (born 1974), basketball player
Cam Neely
Rob Niedermayer
Scott Niedermayer
Michael Nonni
Tyler O'Neill
Pat Onstad
Simon Pond
Carey Price
Mark Recchi
Gareth Rees
Morgan Rielly
Griffin Reinhart
Max Reinhart
Sam Reinhart
Kevin Reynolds, figure skater; 2013 Four Continents champion and 2014 Winter Olympics team silver medalist
Cliff Ronning
Joe Sakic
Eli Schenkel (born 1992), Olympic fencer
Christine Sinclair
Paul Spoljaric, baseball player
Troy Stecher, ice hockey player
Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
John Tenta
Cliff Thorburn
Conor Trainor
John van't Schip
Larry Walker, baseball player
Percy Williams, sprinter
Steve Yzerman (born 1965), ice hockey player




Artists


Hank Bull, painter
Emily Carr, artist
Kate Craig, artist
Olea Marion Davis, ceramist, sculptor
Iris Hauser (born 1956), painter
Fred Herzog, photographer
Clive Holden, poet, film director and visual artist
Karen Jamieson, dancer and choreographer
Beatrice Lennie, painter, sculptor
Glenn Lewis
Attila Richard Lukacs, artist
Charles Marega, sculptor
Len Norris, editorial cartoonist
Sophie Pemberton, painter
Bill Reid, artist
David Rimmer, filmmaker
Jack Shadbolt, artist
Godfrey Stephens, artist
Shane Wilson, artist




Journalists and writers


Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
Bill Bissett, poet
George Bowering, author
Robert Bringhurst, poet
Douglas Coupland, author (genX fiction)
Janice Cowan
Ranj Dhaliwal, author (crime-fiction)
Ralph Edwards, naturalist/author (Caruso of Lonesome Lake)
Timothy Findley, author
Allan Fotheringham, columnist (politics, often satirical)
Austin Gary, author
William Gibson, author (Neuromancer)
Terry Glavin, columnist/author and naturalist (ecology, fisheries, politics)
John Stephen Hill, playwright Steve Hill (When I'm 64)
Bruce Hutchison, editor/columnist and author (The Fraser)
W.P. Kinsella, author/columnist (Shoeless Joe Goes To Iowa)
Mark Leiren-Young, author/playwright/screenwriter (Never Shoot a Stampede Queen)
Malcolm Lowry, novelist (Under the Volcano, October Ferry To Gabriola)
Eswyn Lyster, genealogist and war bride author (Most Excellent Citizens, Trafford Press 2010)
Keith Maillard, novelist, poet (Gloria, Motet, Two Strand River)
Daphne Marlatt, poet
Alan Morley, journalist and historian (Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis)
Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, editor, columnist
Susan Musgrave, poet
Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster
Rohan O'Grady, novelist (Let's Kill Uncle, Pippin's Journal)
Stan Persky, author and journalist
Eden Robinson, novelist (Monkey Beach)
Spider Robinson, author (science fiction)
George Ryga, playwright (The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe)
Omar Sachedina, journalist and news anchor (CTV National News)
Paul St. Pierre (Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse)
Linus Sebastian, technology YouTuber (Linus Tech Tips)
Robin Skelton, poet
Lauren Southern, right-wing activist and YouTuber
William Fraser Tolmie, HBC Fur trade employee, medical doctor and later politician
Margaret Trudeau, author
Jack Wasserman, columnist (society, show biz, politics)




Others


Brother Twelve
Mary John Sr.
Masajiro Miyazaki, osteopath, coroner and "bush doctor"
Jim Pattison, businessman and Fortune 500 member
Caspar Phair, Lillooet, pioneer and first government agent
Jack Pickup, physician, the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia"
Arran Stephens, author; founder of Nature's Path
Amy Soranno, animal rights activist
Skip Triplett, former president of Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Rick Hansen, athlete (Paralympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities




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