• Source: List of people from Ontario

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




Professional athletes


Caleb Agada (born 1994) – Nigerian-Canadian basketball player in the Israeli Premier League and for the Nigerian national basketball team
Bolade Ajomale – Olympic sprinter from Richmond Hill
Kyle Alexander (born 1996) – basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
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
Rowan Barrett – basketball player from Scarborough, top scorer in the 2002 Israel Basketball Premier League
Anthony Bennett – basketball player from Toronto
Sam Bennett – hockey player from Holland Landing
Shane Bergman – CFL player from Waterford
Reno Bertoia (1935–2011) – Major League baseball player from Windsor
Tajon Buchanan (born 1999) – soccer player – Brampton
Marcus Carr (born 1999) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Tomer Chencinski (born 1984) – Israeli-Canadian football player from Thornhill
Steve Christie – Hamilton
Mike Craig – Thorndale
Laura Creavalle – Toronto
Nick Denis – North Bay
Andre De Grasse – Olympic sprinter from Scarborough
Phil Esposito – 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 – hockey player from 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
Claude Giroux – Hearst
Wayne Gretzky (born 1961) – Brantford
Brooke Henderson (born 1997) – Smiths Falls
Jack Hendrickson (born 1936) – National Hockey League player from Kingston, Ontario and Midland, Ontario
James Hinchcliffe – Oakville
Tim Horton – Cochrane
Jack Hughes (born 2001) – NHL ice hockey player from Toronto
Zach Hyman (born 1992) – NHL ice hockey player from Forest Hill
Cory Joseph – Pickering
Curtis Joseph – Keswick
Nazem Kadri (born 1990) – NHL player – London
David Levin (born 1999) – Israeli ice hockey player – Toronto
Jesse Levine (born 1987) – American-Canadian tennis player – Ottawa
Alex "Mine Boy" Levinsky (1910–1990) – NHL hockey player – Toronto
Eric Lindros (born 1973) – London
Jamaal Magloire – Toronto
Frank Mahovlich – Timmins
Connor McDavid – Newmarket
Jamal Murray – basketball, Kitchener
Rick Nash – Brampton
Josh Naylor – Mississauga
Daniel Nestor – Toronto
Bobby Orr – Parry Sound
Pete Orr – Richmond Hill
Bob Plager – hockey player, Kirkland Lake
Milos Raonic – tennis player – Thornhill
Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987) – ice hockey player – Sudbury
Jim Rutherford – Beeton
Samuel Schachter (born 1990) – Olympic volleyball player
Denis Shapovalov (born 1999) – Israeli-Canadian tennis player – Vaughan
Patrick Sharp – Thunder Bay
Simisola Shittu (born 1999) – British-born Canadian basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League - Burlington
Darryl Sittler (born 1950) – Kitchener
Trevor Smith (born 1985) – hockey player – Ottawa
Eric Staal – Thunder Bay
Jordan Staal – Thunder Bay
Marc Staal – Thunder Bay
Steven Stamkos – Markham
Andrew Sznajder (born 1967) – English-born Canadian tennis player – Oakville
Tristan Thompson – Brampton
Joe Thornton – St. Thomas
Raffi Torres – Toronto
Paul Tracy – Scarborough
Mike Veisor (born 1952) – hockey player – Toronto
Joey Votto (born 1983) – baseball player – 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 leader – Leaside
John T. Jarvis
Michael Kerzner – Solicitor General of Ontario
William Lyon Mackenzie King - 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-26, 1926-30, 1935-48) Longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history - Berlin now Kitchener.
Paul Martin – 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006) – Windsor
James McMillan – 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 – Sudbury
Nathan Brannen – Cambridge
Patrick Chan – Ottawa
Gabrielle Daleman – Newmarket
Victor Davis – Guelph
Meagan Duhamel – Sudbury
Lori Dupuis – South Glengarry
John Fitzpatrick – Toronto
Chris Jarvis – Grimsby
Becky Kellar – Hagersville
Rosie MacLennan – King City
Conlin McCabe – Brockville
Scott Moir – London
Penny Oleksiak – Toronto
Brian Orser – Belleville
Elvis Stojko – Richmond Hill
Adam van Koeverden – Oakville
Tessa Virtue – London
Simon Whitfield – Kingston




Other notable celebrities


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




Bands, musicians, singers, and rappers






Authors


Margaret Atwood – Ottawa and Toronto
James Cameron – Kapuskasing and Niagara Falls
Julie Czerneda – Mississauga
Robertson Davies – Thamesville
Earl Doherty – Ottawa
J. S. Ewart (1849–1933) – advocate for Canadian independence, from Toronto
Malcolm Gladwell – Kitchener-Waterloo
Alistair MacLeod – Windsor
Alice Munro (1931–2024) – Wingham
Michael Ondaatje – Toronto
Robert J. Sawyer – Mississauga
Eric Walters – Toronto




Scientists and physicians


Sir Frederick Banting – co-discoverer of insulin
Charles Best – co-discoverer of insulin
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
Roberta Bondar – astronaut, neurologist, from Sault Ste. Marie
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
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
James Naismith – physician, inventor of basketball
Daniel David Palmer – founder of chiropractic




Businesspeople






Criminals


Paul Bernardo
Edwin Alonzo Boyd – led the Boyd Gang in Toronto
Karla Homolka
Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad – Palestinian former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; deported
Johnny Papalia




Others


Margaret Hyndman – lawyer and women's rights advocate




See also


List of University of Toronto people




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