# List of people from Richmond Hill, Ontario

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

## Actors

* Lisa Berry, actor
* Ramin Karimloo, actor and singer
* Drew Marshall, television personality
* Dylan Neal, actor
* Steve Patterson, comedian
* Italia Ricci, actor
* Cristine Rotenberg, actor and YouTube personality
* Mag Ruffman, actor
* R.H. Thomson, actor
* Jonathon Young, actor
* Noam Zylberman, voice actor

## Athletes

* Mobolade Ajomale, Olympic sprinter
* Bill Armstrong, ice hockey player
* Charles Assmann, football player
* Lee Bentham, racing driver
* Jordan Binnington, ice hockey player, 2019 Stanley Cup Champion
* Josh Binstock, Olympic beach volleyball player
* Luciano Borsato, ice hockey player
* Cassie Campbell, former ice hockey player, current broadcaster
* Michael Cammalleri, ice hockey player
* Daniel Catenacci, ice hockey player
* Rick Cornacchia, general manager of the National Training Rinks in Richmond Hill
* Jonathan D'Aversa, ice hockey player
* Michael Dal Colle, ice hockey player
* David Davidson, baseball player
* Stefan Della Rovere, ice hockey player
* Anthony Di Biase, soccer player
* Curtis Joseph, ice hockey player
* Mara Jones, rower
* Derek Joslin, ice hockey player
* Scott Kosmachuk, ice hockey player
* Christine Peng-Peng Lee, artistic gymnast
* David Levin, Israeli ice hockey player
* Ryan Lomberg, ice hockey player, 2024 Stanley Cup Champion
* Connor McDavid, ice hockey player
* John McFarland, ice hockey player
* Julian Melchiori, ice hockey player
* Alexandra Najarro, former figure skater
* Frank Nigro, ice hockey player
* Jeff O'Neill, ice hockey player
* Emeka Ononye, soccer player
* Pete Orr, baseball player
* Matthew Palleschi, soccer player
* Theo Peckham, ice hockey player
* Taylor Pendrith, PGA golfer
* Merlyn Phillips, ice hockey player
* Keith Redmond, former ice hockey player
* Austin Ricci, soccer player
* Andrei Rogozine, figure skater
* Rob Rusnov, Olympic archer
* Emmanuel Sandhu, figure skater
* Sam Schachter, Olympic beach volleyball player
* Denis Shapovalov, tennis player
* Elvis Stojko, World Champion figure skater
* Trish Stratus, retired WWE wrestler
* Ryan Tverberg, ice hockey player
* Bob Wall, ice hockey player
* Jason Wilson, ice hockey player
* Carol Zhao, tennis player

## Entrepreneurs

* Isai and Mark Scheinberg, co-founders of PokerStars

## Musicians

* The Flatliners, music band
* Andy Hull, singer
* Dallas Good, The Sadies
* Kim Richardson, singer
* Marlee Scott, singer
* Steve Sexton, composer
* Wendy Son, singer in Korean pop girl group Red Velvet

## Politicians

* Leona Alleslev, former Member of Parliament
* Dave Barrow, former mayor of Richmond Hill
* William F. Bell, former mayor of Richmond Hill
* Isaac Crosby, politician
* William Harrison, politician
* Majid Jowhari, politician
* James Langstaff, politician
* Abraham Law, politician
* Costas Menegakis, politician
* Don Meredith, politician
* Reza Moridi, politician
* William H. Pugsley, politician
* Peter G. Savage, politician
* Alfred Stong, politician
* William Trench III, politician
* Daisy Wai, politician
* David West (Canadian politician), Mayor of Richmond Hill
* Bryon Wilfert, politician
* Kathleen Wynne, former Premier of Ontario

## Sciences

* Tom Bolton, astronomer

## Writers

* Tracy Moore, journalist
* Farley Mowat, novelist
* Craig Walker, writer

## Other

* Hannah Alper, teen activist and blogger
* Grace Marks, convicted 19th century murderer
* Susannah Maxwell, one of the city's first Black residents and Canada's oldest citizen at the time of her death in 1923
* Poorya Nazari, poker player
* Henri Nouwen, worked in L'Arche community in Richmond Hill
* Kevin Robertson, bishop
* Anastasia Synn, performer
* Matthew Teefy, historical figure
* Mariana Valente, beauty pageant title holder