# List of people from Toronto

This is a list of notable people who are from Toronto, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.
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* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Abdominal – hip hop musician
* Natalie Achonwa – WNBA player
* Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits)
* Oluniké Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint)
* Jeremie Albino - musician
* Chris Alexander – diplomat
* Nickeil Alexander-Walker – NBA player
* Robbie Amell – actor
* Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow)
* Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist
* Shamier Anderson – actor
* Gordon Stewart Anderson – author
* John Andrews – architect
* Mark Andrews – swimmer
* Lou Angotti – former NHL player
* Kent Angus – businessman
* Steve Anthony – television host
* Danny Antonucci – animator and creator of Ed, Edd n Eddy
* Andreas Apostolopoulos – businessman
* Alfred Apps – businessman, lawyer and political activist
* Syl Apps – former NHL player
* Will Arnett – actor
* Amy Ashmore Clark – vaudeville performer, songwriter, composer
* Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist
* Ayria – musician
* Yank Azman – actor

## B

* Andrew Bachelor – actor, comedian, and internet personality
* Aaron Badgley – music journalist and radio host
* Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia
* Frederick Banting – medical scientist and doctor, co-discoverer of insulin, 1923 Nobel laureate
* Dalano Banton – NBA player, currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers
* RJ Barrett – NBA player, currently plays for the Toronto Raptors
* Thomas J. Bata – businessman
* Robert Bateman – painter
* Eric Bauza – voice actor (Bunnicula, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Tiny Toons Looniversity)
* Isabel Bayrakdarian – opera singer
* Jake Beale – voice actor
* Samantha Bee – actress and comedian
* Jeanne Beker – fashion television personality and reporter
* John Wilson Bengough – cartoonist
* Alfred David Benjamin – Australian-born businessman and philanthropist
* Anthony Bennett – NBA player
* Christine Bentley – CTV news anchor
* Nikki Benz – pornographic film actress
* Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality
* Charles Best – medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin
* Sim Bhullar – professional basketball player
* Alfred J. Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
* J. William Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire
* Josh Binstock – Olympic volleyball player
* Conrad Black – media mogul
* Jully Black – R&B singer
* Rachel Blanchard – actress
* Lloyd Bochner – actor (Dynasty)
* Andy Borodow – Olympic wrestler
* Devon Bostick – actor, known for playing Rodrick in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
* Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic
* John McEntee Bowman – founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp.
* Liona Boyd – classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer
* Shary Boyle – artist
* Diana Braithwaite – electric blues singer, songwriter and screenwriter
* Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 and mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley
* Christopher Britton – actor, stage actor, and voice actor
* Daniel Brooks – theatre director, actor and playwright
* Chester Brown – alternative cartoonist and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate
* Clifton Brown – kickboxer
* Billy Bryans – musician
* Rob Burgess – tech CEO
* Marty Burke – former NHL player
* Theresa Burke – journalist
* Matthew Burnett – record producer
* Martha Burns – actress
* Jackie Burroughs – actress
* Jim Butterfield – computer programmer
* Mikey Bustos – youtuber

## C

* Daniel Caesar – singer
* Barry Callaghan – historian
* Morley Callaghan – journalist, writer
* June Callwood – social activist, journalist
* Bill Cameron – journalist
* Fred Cameron – soccer player
* Christian Campbell – actor
* Neve Campbell – actress (Party of Five, Scream series)
* Nicholas Campbell – actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
* Sterling Campbell – former MPP
* John Candy – comic actor
* Jim Carrey – actor and comedian
* Shelley Carroll – municipal politician
* Anson Carter – professional hockey player
* Luciana Carro – actress
* Gino Cavallini – former NHL player
* Lucas Cavallini – soccer player
* Paul Cavallini – former NHL player
* Michael Cera – actor, singer, musician
* Patrick Chan – figure skater
* Christopher Chapman – film director, writer, and cinematographer
* Ann Y. K. Choi – author
* Hayden Christensen – actor
* Choclair – hip hop musician
* Ping Chong – contemporary theatre director
* Olivia Chow – 66th Mayor of Toronto, Former New Democratic Party Member of Parliament, former Toronto city councillor
* George Chuvalo – boxer
* Jerry Ciccoritti – film, TV, and theatre director
* Casey Cizikas – NHL player
* William Robinson Clark – theologian, Fellow and President of the Royal Society of Canada
* Austin Clarke – writer
* Adrienne Clarkson – journalist, broadcaster and former Governor General of Canada
* David Clarkson – NHL player
* Paul Clatney – Canadian football player
* Sebastian Cluer – director, producer, writer
* Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn – recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Andrew Cogliano – NHL player for the Dallas Stars
* Matt Cohen – writer
* Dusty Cohl – filmmaker, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame
* Carlo Colaiacovo – NHL player
* Enrico Colantoni – actor (Veronica Mars, Flashpoint)
* John Colicos – actor
* James Collip – scientist
* John Colapinto – journalist, author and novelist
* Alex Colville – painter
* Brian Conacher – former NHL player
* Charlie Conacher – former NHL player
* Pete Conacher – former NHL player
* Roy Conacher – former NHL player
* Kurtis Conner – comedian and youtuber
* Jesse Cook – Juno Award winning guitarist
* Stephen Cook – computer scientist
* Jack Kent Cooke – industrialist
* Adam "Edge" Copeland – Independent, WWE, and AEW professional wrestler
* Barry Cort – former MLB player
* Douglas Coupland – writer, artist
* Alyson Court – actor
* Christina Cox – actress, stuntwoman
* Deborah Cox – singer
* Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter – world's best known geometer
* Laura Creavalle – Guyanese-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
* Rob Crifo – Canadian football player
* J. Howard Crocker – educator and sports executive with the YMCA and Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
* Jonathan Crombie – actor
* Neil Crone – actor, comedian
* David Cronenberg – film director
* Jim Cuddy – musician, lead singer of Blue Rodeo
* Ayesha Curry – entrepreneur
* Henry Czerny – actor

## D

* Chantal Da Silva – journalist residing in the U.K.
* Cynthia Dale – actress
* Jennifer Dale – actress
* Cathy Daley – visual artist, educator
* Claire Dalton – forward for Montreal of the Professional Women's Hockey League, scored the first goal in franchise history
* Leslie Dan – businessman
* Mychael Danna – Academy Award-winning film composer (Life of Pi)
* Robertson Davies – writer
* Fred Davis – radio/TV broadcaster (Front Page Challenge)
* Janet Davis – municipal politician
* William B. Davis – actor (The X Files)
* Clifton Dawson – NFL player
* deadmau5 – electronic music producer and DJ
* Nicole de Boer – actress
* Michael DeForge – comics artist and illustrator
* Dana Dentata – musician and model
* Andre De Grasse – sprinter
* Laysla De Oliveira – actress
* Jack Devine – President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and radio personality
* Sergio Di Zio – actor (Flashpoint)
* Chris Diamantopoulos – actor and comedian
* Jack Diamond – architect
* Diamond Rings – music artist
* Wayne Dillon – former NHL player
* Cheri DiNovo – politician
* DL Incognito – hip hop musician
* Nina Dobrev – actress
* Fefe Dobson – singer
* Cory Doctorow – blogger, journalist and science fiction author
* Fateh Doe – rapper, singer, and lyricist
* Andy Donato – editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
* Peter Donato – marathon runner
* Max Douglas a.k.a. Salgood Sam – comic artist, author, and blogger
* Naheed Dosani – doctor
* Riele Downs – actress
* John Drainie – actor
* Drake – rapper
* Kris Draper – NHL
* Dream Warriors – hip hop group
* Jamie Drysdale – ice hockey player
* Rob Ducey – MLB player
* Rick Dudley – former NHL player
* Alexander Roberts Dunn – recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, performer
* George Dunning – animator, director
* Steve Durbano – former NHL player
* Arthur Jeffrey Dempster – physicist
* Julian Dzeko – DJ/producer and member of Dzeko & Torres with Luis Torres

## E

* Jayne Eastwood – actress
* Timothy Eaton – retail proprietor
* Tim Ecclestone – former NHL player
* Tom Edur – former NHL player
* Gary Edwards – former NHL player
* Atom Egoyan – film director
* Oren Eizenman – Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player
* Kilian Elkinson (born 1990) – Bermudian footballer
* David James Elliott – actor (JAG)
* Emma-Lee – singer-songwriter and photographer
* Rik Emmett – guitarist, vocalist, original member of hard rock band Triumph.
* Bob Essensa – former NHL player
* George Evans – jazz singer, producer, recording artist
* Gil Evans – jazz musician
* Jake Evans – ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens
* Jordan Evans – record producer
* Dylan Everett – actor
* J. S. Ewart – advocate for Canadian independence

## F

* Percy Faith – composer
* George Faludy – poet
* Hilary Farr – home designer, Love It or List It
* Holly Farrell – self-taught outsider artist; Barbie & Ken series
* Leslie Feist – singer-songwriter
* Perdita Felicien – hurdler
* Mario Ferraro – NHL player
* Louis Ferreira – actor
* Sharon Fichman – Canadian/Israeli tennis player
* Joy Fielding, writer
* Timothy Findley – writer
* Melanie Fiona – R&B musician
* John Fitzpatrick – track and fielder, football player, engineer and inventor
* Joe Flaherty – comic actor
* Patrick Flatley – former NHL player
* Ian Flynn – comic book writer
* Dave Foley – comedian
* Megan Follows – actress (Anne of Green Gables)
* Evan Fong – YouTube Personality also called VanossGaming
* Adam Foote – former NHL player
* Doug Ford Sr. – businessman and politician
* Doug Ford Jr. – politician and businessman
* Michael Ford – politician
* Rob Ford – 64th Mayor of Toronto
* Dwight Foster – former NHL player
* Liam Foudy – NHL player
* Sean Foudy – football player
* Rick Fox – NBA basketball player and actor
* Lou Franceschetti – former NHL player
* Mark Friedman – NHL player
* Barbara Frum – journalist, news anchor
* David Frum – political commentator
* Ajay Fry – television host/personality
* Northrop Frye – literary critic, academic
* David Furnish – filmmaker and producer, husband of Elton John

## G

* Sarah Gadon – actress
* Bill Gardner - ice hockey player
* Ed Gass-Donnelly – film director, screenwriter and producer
* Daniel Gaudet – Olympic gymnast
* Frank Gehry – architect
* Jack Gelineau – former NHL player
* General Idea – art collective
* Eric Genuis – pianist and composer
* Jian Ghomeshi – radio and TV broadcaster, writer, musician
* Graeme Gibson – writer
* Sky Gilbert – writer, actor, drag performer
* Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – NBA player
* Paul Gillis – former NHL player
* George Clay Ginty – Union Army Brigadier General
* Mark Giordano – NHL player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
* Ken Girard – former NHL player
* Malcolm Gladwell – writer (Tipping Point, Blink!)
* Natalie Glebova – Miss Universe Canada 2005, Miss Universe 2005
* Brian Glennie – former NHL player
* Fred Glover – former NHL player and coach
* Warren Godfrey – former NHL player
* Ritika Goel – doctor, writer, academic, activist
* Thelma Golden – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Emma Goldman – political activist
* Kat Goldman – singer-songwriter
* Glenn Goldup – former NHL player
* Sasha Gollish – competitive runner
* Larry Goodenough – former NHL player
* Barclay Goodrow – NHL ice hockey player
* Allan Gotlieb – ex-Canadian diplomat
* Sondra Gotlieb – writer
* Glenn Gould – pianist
* Katherine Govier – writer
* Lawrence Gowan – musician, lead vocalist of the band Styx (1999–present)
* Barbara Gowdy – writer, fiction
* Dakota Goyo – actor
* Arthur Edward Grasett – commander of VIII Corps during the Second World War
* Saya Gray – musician
* Edward Greenspan – lawyer and politician
* Barbara Greenwood – educator and children's author
* Kathryn Greenwood – actress
* John Greyson – filmmaker (Proteus)
* Lynne Griffin – actress
* Shenae Grimes – actress
* Paul Gross – actor, producer, director
* Allan Grossman – politician
* Group of Seven – art collective
* Peter Gzowski – radio broadcaster (CBC Radio's Morningside) and writer

## H

* Ian Hacking – philosopher
* Corey Haim – actor
* George Hainsworth – former NHL player
* Michael Hainsworth – business reporter
* Barbara Hamilton – actress
* Dougie Hamilton – NHL player, currently with the New Jersey Devils
* Moshe Hammer – violinist
* Rick Hampton (born 1956) – former NHL player
* Ned Hanlan – rower
* Yuzuru Hanyu – figure skater
* Stephen Harper (born 1959) – 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
* Billy Harris (1935–2001) – former NHL player
* Billy Harris (born 1952) – former NHL player
* Lawren Harris – Group of Seven artist
* Richard Harrison – poet
* Don Harron – comedian, actor, director, radio/TV host, author and composer
* Leon Hatziioannou – Canadian football player
* Asante Haughton – mental health worker and activist
* Dale Hawerchuk – former NHL player
* Brent Hawkes – clergyman, gay rights activist
* Ronnie Hawkins – musician
* Jeff Healey – musician
* Steven Heighton – novelist, poet
* Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. – politician, author, publisher
* Karl Brooks Heisey – mining engineer and executive
* Lawrence Heisey – publisher
* Katherine Henderson – president and CEO of Curling Canada and Hockey Canada
* Murray Henderson – former NHL player
* Adam Henrich (born 1984) – ice hockey player
* Michael Henrich (born 1980) – ice hockey player
* Sheila Heti – author
* Foster Hewitt – sports broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada)
* W. A. Hewitt – sports executive and journalist, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
* Dan Hill – singer-songwriter
* George Hislop – gay activist
* Lionel Hitchman – former NHL player
* Abby Hoffman – track and field
* Joshua Ho-Sang (born 1996) – ice hockey player
* Nadia L. Hohn – children's book writer
* Clive Holden – poet, film director and visual artist
* Laurie Holden – actress (The Walking Dead)
* Jason Hook - Guitarist
* Mike Hoolboom – filmmaker
* Kenny Hotz – actor (Kenny vs Spenny)
* Lauren Howe – Miss Universe Canada 2017
* Andrew Huang – musician / Youtuber
* Jack Hughes (born 2001) – NHL player
* Stuart Hughes – actor
* Walter Huston – Academy Award-winning actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
* William Hutt – actor (Stratford Festival)
* Zach Hyman – NHL ice hockey player

## I

* Marci Ien – journalist and politician
* Michael Ignatieff – federal Liberal leader, academic, journalist
* George "Punch" Imlach – former NHL coach and general manager
* Robin Ingle – CEO and chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies
* Malcolm Ingram – independent film director and podcaster
* Gary Inness – former NHL player
* Harold Innis – economist and university professor
* Michael Ironside – actor
* Kenneth E. Iverson – computer scientist

## J

* A.Y. Jackson – Group of Seven artist
* Harvey "Busher" Jackson – former NHL player
* Jane Jacobs – economist, urban theorist and activist
* Lisa Jakub – former child actress
* Stephan James – actor
* Gary Jarrett – former NHL player
* Maureen Jennings – novelist
* Peter Jennings – ABC News anchor
* Connor Jessup – actor, short film director
* Norman Jewison – film director (Moonstruck)
* Joël – singer-songwriter, dancer
* Harold E. Johns – medical physicist
* Amy Jo Johnson – actress
* Ben Johnson – sprinter, stripped of 100m gold medal at 1988 Summer Olympics for doping
* Molly Johnson – singer-songwriter
* Jamie Johnston – actor
* George Jonas – writer, journalist
* Cory Joseph – NBA player for the Orlando Magic
* Demetrius Joyette – actor
* Just John x Dom Dias – musical duo

## K

* William Kahan – mathematician and computer scientist
* Irving Kaplansky – mathematician
* Moez Kassam – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group
* Hadley Kay – actor
* Guy Gavriel Kay – writer
* Sherry Kean – singer
* Trenna Keating – actress
* Ben Kerr – busker
* Mart Kenney – jazz musician and bandleader
* Michael Kerzner – Solicitor General of Ontario
* The Kids in the Hall – television comedy troupe
* Gail Kim – female professional wrestler
* William Lyon Mackenzie King – 10th Prime Minister of Canada
* Gord Kirke – lawyer and sports executive
* Mia Kirshner – actor
* Naomi Klein – journalist, author (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) and social activist
* K'naan – hip hop musician
* Mike Knuble – former NHL player
* Chris Kontos – former NHL player
* Terry Koumoudouros – strip club owner-operator
* K-os – hip hop musician
* Ted Kotcheff – director
* George Kottaras – MLB player
* H. David Kotz – attorney
* Anton Kuerti – pianist
* Aggie Kukulowicz – former NHL player, Air Canada travel agent
* Maya Kulenovic – painter
* Floyd Kuptana – Inuk artist
* Faisal Kutty – lawyer, writer, Muslim activist
* Bruce Kuwabara – architect
* Nick Kypreos – former NHL player

## L

* George Lagogianes – news anchor, reporter and TV personality
* Don Lake – actor and writer
* Maurice LaMarche – voice actor (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures)
* Heath Lamberts – theatre actor
* Laurene Landon – actress
* Michele Landsberg – journalist, author, public speaker, feminist and social activist
* Tory Lanez – rapper
* Richie Laryea – soccer player
* Mel Lastman – 62nd Mayor of Toronto; businessman
* Henry Lau – singer, musician, actor, and ex-member of South Korean boy band Super Junior M
* Ashley Lawrence – soccer player for the Canada national team
* Jack Layton – politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party
* Mike Layton – municipal politician, son of Jack Layton
* Michael Lazarovitch – actor
* Stephen Leacock – writer, humourist
* Christine Peng-Peng Lee – Olympic and NCAA gymnast
* Dennis Lee – children's author, poet
* Geddy Lee – musician, lead singer of Rush
* Mark Lee – musician, member of South Korean band NCT (group), Canadian South Korean singer
* Sook-Yin Lee – media personality
* Michael Lee-Chin – businessman, investor
* Manny Legace – former NHL player
* Peter C. Lemon – recipient of the Medal of Honor
* E.J. Lennox – architect
* Sean Leon – rapper
* Dan Lett – actor
* David Levin – Israeli ice hockey player
* Baruch Levine – singer and entertainer
* Alex "Mine Boy" Levinsky (1910–1990) – NHL hockey player
* Tamara Levitt – author, mindfulness instructor, and voice over artist most widely known as the narrator for the Calm app
* Dan Levy – TV host and actor
* Avi Lewis – documentary filmmaker and radio/TV broadcaster
* Dana Lewis – journalist
* Glenn Lewis – R&B singer
* Ivor Lewis – sculptor
* Larnell Lewis – musician
* Marc Lewis – neuroscientist and author
* Sharon Lewis – journalist
* Stephen Lewis – former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, former politician, humanitarian and academic
* Tau Lewis -- artist
* Alex Lifeson – musician, guitarist of Rush
* Lights – musician
* Thea Lim – writer
* Elena Lobsanova – ballet dancer
* Jason Logan – illustrator, writer, graphic designer, and art director
* Robert K. Logan – author and academic
* Bob Lorimer – former NHL player
* Steve Ludzik – former NHL player
* James Lumbers – painter
* Erica Luttrell – actress
* Laurie Lynd – Canadian screenwriter and director
* George Seymour Lyon – gold medalist in golf at St. Louis Olympics 1904; reigning champion for 112 years

## M

* Raine Maida – folk singer
* Eddie MacCabe – sports journalist and writer
* Ann-Marie MacDonald – playwright, novelist, actor and journalist
* J. E. H. MacDonald – Group of Seven artist
* Norm Macdonald – comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
* Daniel MacIvor – playwright, actor and theatre/film director
* Steve Mackall – voice actor
* William Lyon Mackenzie – first Mayor of Toronto; first president of the Republic of Canada; a leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion
* John Macleod – biochemist and physiologist
* Margaret MacMillan – historian and expert of leader international relationships
* Maestro – hip-hop musician
* Daniel Magder – actor
* Christine Magee – spokesperson and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada
* Arnaud Maggs – artist
* Jamaal Magloire – former NBA player
* Kevin Maguire – former NHL player
* Victor Malarek – journalist
* Giorgio Mammoliti – municipal politician
* Manafest – Christian rapper/singer-songwriter
* Erik Mana – magician
* Howie Mandel – actor, comedian, writer, producer
* Dylan Mandlsohn – stand-up comedian
* Peter Mansbridge – CBC News chief correspondent
* Jay Manuel – make-up artist/fashion photographer
* Lisa Marcos – actress (Played, The Listener)
* Simon Marcus – kickboxer
* Hector Marinaro – soccer coach and former forward
* Rob Marinaro – soccer coach and former goalkeeper
* Amanda Marshall – singer-songwriter
* Ruth Marshall – actress (Flashpoint)
* Mae Martin – comedian, writer, actor (Feel Good)
* Russell Martin – MLB player
* Dennis Maruk – former NHL player
* Ron Marzel – lawyer
* James Mason – banker, Senator and soldier
* Mark Masri – tenor and gospel singer
* Mena Massoud – actor
* Raymond Massey – actor
* Vincent Massey – 18th Governor General of Canada
* Walter Massey – actor
* Pat Mastroianni – actor (Degrassi franchise)
* Cameron Mathison – actor
* Bruce Mau – designer (S,M,L,XL)
* James Mavor – economist and social figure
* Brad May – former NHL player
* Sanaz Mazinani – artist
* Rachel McAdams – actress
* Wallace McCain – McCain foods and Maple leaf foods
* Sheila McCarthy – actress
* Eric McCormack – actor (Will and Grace)
* Ernest McCulloch – cellular biologist
* Dean McDermott – actor and reality show personality (Tori & Dean: Inn Love)
* Bruce McDonald – film director
* Kevin McDonald – comedian, actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
* Michael McGowan – film director
* Don McKellar – actor, screenwriter and film director
* Ella N. McLean, Countess Norraikow – author and metaphysician
* Seaton McLean – film and TV producer
* Marshall McLuhan – academic and writer (Understanding Media)
* Evgenia Medvedeva – Russian figure skater
* Gerry Meehan – former NHL player
* Shawn Mendes – musician, singer
* Heather Menzies – actress (The Sound of Music)
* Lindsay G Merrithew – actor, producer, fitness entrepreneur
* Lorne Michaels – producer and creator of Saturday Night Live
* Michie Mee – hip hop musician
* Rick Middleton – former NHL player
* Ramona Milano – actress (Due South)
* Greg Millen – former NHL player
* Minhi Wang - drag performer and model
* David Mirvish – theatrical impresario
* Ed Mirvish – theatrical impresario, founder of Honest Ed's
* Rohinton Mistry – writer
* Stacie Mistysyn – actress (Degrassi franchise)
* Joni Mitchell – musician
* Kim Mitchell – musician
* Shay Mitchell – actress
* Colin Mochrie – actor and improvisational comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
* Geraldine Moodie – photographer
* Dora Mavor Moore – founder of Canada's professional theater
* Mavor Moore – pioneer of Canadian television
* Rick Moranis – actor, comedian, writer, producer
* Jeffrey Morgan – writer, photographer, authorized biographer (Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop & The Stooges)
* Raymond Moriyama – architect
* Greg Morris – Canadian football player
* Dylan Moscovitch – Olympic medalist pair skater
* James Motluk – filmmaker
* Murray Douglas Morton – lawyer, trustee and chair of Toronto Board of Education, Member of Parliament
* Farley Mowat – writer
* Mr. Attic – hip hop musician
* Rania El Mugammar – writer, educator, activist
* Hope Muir – artistic director designate of National Ballet of Canada
* Craig Muni – former NHL player
* Peter Munk – founder of Barrick Gold
* Robert Munsch – children's author
* Mike Murphy – former NHL player
* Anne Murray – singer
* Mathew Murray – writer, web series creator
* Barton Myers – architect
* Mike Myers – comic actor (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers)
* Alannah Myles – singer
* Mysterion the Mind Reader – mentalist

## N

* Mark Napier – former NHL player
* Nash the Slash – musician
* Nasri – pop singer
* Nav – musician and record producer
* Natasha Negovanlis – actress, singer and songwriter
* Daniel Negreanu – professional poker player
* Donald Gordon Medd Nelson – 23rd Canadian Surgeon General
* David Nemirovsky – former NHL player
* Lance Nethery – former NHL player
* John Neville – English actor
* Kevin Newman – journalist and news anchor
* Evelyn Ng – professional poker player
* Andrew Nicholson – National Basketball Association, Orlando Magic
* Jayde Nicole – model and former Playboy Playmate
* Danny Nykoluk – former CFL player
* Mike Nykoluk – former NHL player

## O

* Ed Ochiena – Canadian football player
* Kardinal Offishall – rapper/record producer
* John "Peanuts" O'Flaherty – former NHL player
* Catherine O'Hara – comedic actress (SCTV, Beetlejuice, Best in Show)
* Bryan Lee O'Malley – cartoonist (Scott Pilgrim)
* Heather Ogden – principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada
* Mary Margaret O'Hara – singer/songwriter
* Sidney Olcott – director
* Jamie Oleksiak – NHL player
* Penny Oleksiak – swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
* Kelly Olynyk – NBA player for the Toronto Raptors
* Michael Ondaatje – Booker Prize-winning writer (The English Patient)
* Kenneth Oppel – author (Silverwing saga, Airborn trilogy)
* Alexandra Orlando – gymnast
* Johnny Orlando – singer
* Mark Osborne – former NHL player
* Jonathan Osorio – soccer player
* Peter Outerbridge – actor
* Seiji Ozawa – conductor

## P

* Charles Pachter – artist
* Owen Pallett – violinist and singer
* Mike Palmateer – former NHL player
* Jesse Palmer – NFL football player and reality show personality (The Bachelor)
* Alice Panikian – model and Miss Universe Canada 2006
* Rachel Parent – activist
* Sarina Paris – dance/pop singer-songwriter
* Brad Park – former NHL player
* Gerard Parkes – Irish-born actor
* Amy Parkinson – poet
* John Part – three times World Darts Champion in both the PDC and BDO
* Tom Pashby – ophthalmologist, sport safety advocate and chairman of the Canadian Standards Association
* Alyy Patel - LGBTQ+ activist and writer
* Larry Patey – former NHL player
* Steve Payne – former NHL player
* Peaches – musician
* Miranda de Pencier – director film and TV
* Lester B. Pearson – 14th Prime Minister of Canada; 1957 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
* Michael Peca – former NHL player
* Adam Pelech – NHL player
* Mike Pelyk – former NHL player
* Miklos Perlus – actor, screenwriter
* Russell Peters – comedian
* Vera Peters OC – scientist, oncologist
* Luca Petrasso – soccer player
* Michael Pezzetta – NHL player
* Parichay (singer) – Bollywood/ Hip Hop/ R&B and Pop music producer and artist
* Nathan Phillips – 52nd Mayor of Toronto
* Rina Piccolo – cartoonist
* Mary Pickford – actress, co-founder of United Artists
* Alex Pierzchalski – CFL player
* Cara Pifko – actress
* Alison Pill – actress
* Lido Pimienta – Polaris Prize winning musician and artist
* Alex Pirus – former NHL player
* Christopher Plummer – actor
* Jeremy Podeswa – film director
* John Charles Polanyi – 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
* Brett Polegato – Grammy Award-winning operatic baritone
* Sarah Polley – actress, screenwriter and film director (Away from Her)
* Carole Pope – rock singer
* Anna Porter – publisher
* Chris Potter – actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), musician, pitchman
* Russ Powers – former politician
* Victoria Pratt – actress
* Robert Priest – poet, children's author and singer/songwriter
* Alice Priestley – children's writer and illustrator
* Jason Priestley – actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)
* Uno Prii – architect

## Q

* Bill Quackenbush – former NHL player
* Joel Quarrington – musician (Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra)
* Paul Quarrington – author, screenwriter and musician
* Quinn – soccer player

## R

* Emma RaducanuEmma Raducanu – tennis player
* Kyle Rae – consultant, former municipal politician
* Nisha Rajagopal – singer
* David Rakoff – author
* James Randi – magician
* Milos Raonic – tennis player
* Dennis Raphael – professor
* Leo Rautins – broadcaster and former NBA player
* Lisa Ray – actress
* Raheel Raza – author
* Michael Redhill – writer
* Keanu Reeves – actor
* Albert Reichmann – businessman
* Paul Reichmann – businessman
* Noah Reid – actor
* Ivan Reitman – director
* John Relyea – opera singer
* Renforshort – singer
* Liisa Repo-Martel – actress
* Gloria Reuben – actress
* Jessie Reyez – singer
* Nino Ricci – writer
* Spencer Rice – actor/entertainer (Kenny vs Spenny)
* Daniel Richler – broadcaster and writer
* Sandie Rinaldo – journalist, TV anchor for CTV News
* Roam – Musician
* Anastasia Rizikov – pianist
* Martin Roach – actor
* John D. Roberts – news anchor for Fox News Channel
* Megan Roberts – gymnast for the Georgia Gym Dogs
* Robbie Robertson – musician
* Coco Rocha – model
* Edward "Ted" Rogers – founder and CEO of Rogers Communications
* Edward S. Rogers III – Chairman of Rogers Communications and Rogers Control Trust
* Edward S. Rogers Sr. – Rogers batteryless radio, genius inventor
* Rino Romano – actor, voice actor
* Bobby Roode – professional wrestler
* Goody Rosen – former MLB player
* Lukas Rossi – singer
* Marty Roth – race car driver
* The Royal Canadian Air Farce – comedy troupe
* Jan Rubeš – opera singer and actor
* Baņuta Rubess – playwright and theatre director
* Anna Russell – concert comedian
* Ann Rutherford – actress

## S

* Moshe Safdie – architect
* Morley Safer – journalist (60 Minutes)
* F. A. Sampson – war hero (RCAF WWII)
* Saukrates – hip hop musician
* John Ralston Saul – writer
* Booth Savage – actor
* Tyrone Savage – actor (Wind at My Back)
* Monika Schnarre – supermodel and actress
* Kim Schraner – actress (Spynet)
* Albert Schultz – actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company
* Linda Schuyler – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
* Caterina Scorsone – actress
* Emma Priscilla Scott – educator and author
* Sara Seager – astronomer and planetary scientist
* Michael Seater – actor
* Lance Secretan – leadership theorist, writer and consultant
* Derek Sharp – lead singer for The Guess Who
* Isadore Sharp – businessman
* Ken Shaw – former CTV news anchor
* Domee Shi – Academy Award-winning director (Bao, Turning Red)
* Howard Shore – Academy Award-winning film composer (The Lord of the Rings)
* Martin Short – actor
* Frank Shuster – comedian (Wayne and Shuster)
* Joe Shuster – creator of Superman
* Rosie Shuster – writer
* Steve Shutt – former NHL player
* Jane Siberry – musician
* Khaleel Seivwright – carpenter and activist
* Carmen Silvera – actress ('Allo 'Allo!)
* John Graves Simcoe – first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada; founder of the town of York (now Toronto)
* Al Sims – former NHL player
* Gail Simmons – food author, cookbook writer and judge on TV series Top Chef
* Gordon Sinclair – journalist, writer and commentator
* Lilly Singh – actress, motivational speaker, model, rapper, vlogger, comedian and founder of Girllove
* Darryl Sittler – former NHL player
* Rachel Skarsten – actress (Birds of Prey, Lost Girl)
* Inga Skaya – Miss Universe Canada 2007
* Josef Škvorecký – writer
* Amy Sky – country singer
* Willis C. Silverthorn – Wisconsin politician
* Colin Simpson – author
* Chantal Singer – internationally ranked competitive water skier
* Smiley – rapper
* Glenn Smith – former NHL player
* Gregory Smith – actor
* Reginald "Hooley" Smith – former NHL player
* Sid Smith – former NHL player
* Steve Smith – comedian, actor and writer
* Sonja Smits – Canadian actress
* Snow – musician
* Michael Snow – artist
* James Sommerville – hornist and conductor
* David Soren – film director
* Jason Spezza – NHL player
* Fred Stanfield – former NHL player
* Larry M. Starr – consultant, academic administrator, university professor, and research scientist
* Jessica Steen – actress
* Shelley Steiner – Olympic fencer
* Mark Steyn – journalist
* Amanda Stepto – actress (Degrassi franchise)
* Rob Stewart (actor) – actor
* Rob Stewart (filmmaker) – filmmaker
* Stephen Stohn – television producer (Degrassi franchise)
* Elvis Stojko – former Olympic figure skater
* John Strachan – first Anglican Bishop of Toronto; founder of Trinity College at the University of Toronto
* David Stratas – Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
* Diane Stratas – former Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre (electoral district)
* Teresa Stratas – opera singer
* Trish Stratus (born Patrica Stratigias) – former WWE wrestler and fitness model
* Tara Strong – voice actress, actress and singer (Rugrats, New Batman Adventures, Teen Titans, The Fairly OddParents, The Powerpuff Girls)
* Les Stroud – survivalist
* George Stroumboulopoulos – TV/radio personality and VJ
* Malcolm Subban – NHL player
* P.K. Subban – former NHL player
* Charlotte Sullivan – actress
* Jack Sullivan – journalist for The Canadian Press
* Kevin Sullivan – writer, director and producer (Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea, Wind at My Back)
* Moez Surani – poet

## T

* Rick Tabaracci – former NHL player
* Jeremy Taggart – musician, drummer
* Samantha Tajik – Miss Universe Canada 2008
* Brandon Tanev – NHL player
* Chris Tanev – NHL player
* Tony Tanti – former NHL player
* Don Tapscott – writer and consultant, technology and business
* John Tavares – lacrosse player
* Mark Taylor – actor (Student Bodies, Flashpoint)
* R. Dean Taylor – singer/songwriter ("Indiana Wants Me")
* Tamara Taylor – actress
* Tanya Taylor – Canadian fashion designer
* Kat Teasdale – auto racing driver
* Ty Templeton – cartoonist and writer
* Menaka Thakkar – dancer, choreographer
* Colin Thatcher – politician and convicted murderer
* David Thomson – Canada's wealthiest person; media magnate; 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
* Kenneth Thomson – media magnate and art collector; 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
* R. H. Thomson – actor (Road to Avonlea)
* Roy Thomson – media magnate; 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
* Tom Thomson – Group of Seven artist
* Claire Thompson – ice hockey player for the Minnesota Frost, Olympic gold medalist
* Judith Thompson – playwright
* Tristan Thompson – power forward/center, Cleveland Cavaliers
* James E. Till – biophysicist
* Frederick Albert Tilston – recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Morris Titanic – former NHL player
* Frederick George Topham – recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Raffi Torres – NHL player
* Talan Torriero – actor (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)
* John Tory – 65th mayor of Toronto
* Paul Tracy – 2003 Champ Car champion
* Justin Trottier – commentator and atheist leader
* Endel Tulving – cognitive psychologist, world authority on human memory function
* Sheldon Turcott – journalist
* Slim Twig – singer

## U

* Katherine Uchida – rhythmic gymnast
* Richard Underhill – jazz musician
* Jane Urquhart – author

## V

* Ali Velshi – television journalist and anchor for NBC News and MSNBC
* Billy Van – comedian, actor and singer
* Laura Vandervoort – actress (Smallville)
* Pieter Vanden Bos – former CFL player
* Nia Vardalos – actress and writer, stage and film (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
* Gabriel Varga – kickboxer
* George Vari – developer and philanthropist
* M. G. Vassanji – author
* Mike Veisor – former NHL player
* Kim Venn – astrophysicist and professor
* Carter Verhaeghe - NHL player
* John Verwey – darts player
* Steve Vickers – former NHL player
* Nerene Virgin – actress, journalist and teacher
* Adnan Virk – sports anchor
* David Visentin – real estate agent, Love It or List It
* Joey Votto – MLB player
* Prvoslav Vujcic – author

## W

* The Weeknd – singer-songwriter, actor and director
* George F. Walker – playwright
* Pamela Wallin – Senator, former Canadian Consul-General to New York
* Jake Walman – NHL player
* Joel Ward – former NHL player
* Yasmin Warsame – supermodel
* Alberta Watson – actress
* Tom Watt – former NHL coach
* Daryl Watts – ice hockey player for the Toronto Sceptres
* Al Waxman – actor
* Johnny Wayne – comedian (of Wayne and Shuster)
* Kevin Weekes – broadcaster and former NHL player
* Samantha Weinstein – actress
* Stephen Weiss – former NHL player
* Danny Wells – actor (The Jeffersons) and voice actor
* Wendy – member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet
* Ken Westerfield – disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer, competitor, showman, promoter
* Galen Weston – Canada's second wealthiest man
* Galen Weston Jr. – businessman
* Denis Whitaker – commanded 1st Battalion The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in the Second World War
* Hobart Johnstone Whitley – real-estate developer, "Father of Hollywood"
* Zoe Whittall – Giller Prize-nominated author
* Ben Wicks – cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author
* Joyce Wieland – filmmaker
* Andrew Wiggins – NBA player for the Golden State Warriors, first overall draft pick in 2014 by the Cleveland Cavaliers before getting traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on draft night
* Brian Wilks (born 1966) – NHL hockey player
* Healey Willan – composer
* Elyse Willems – internet personality, comedian, writer
* Angel Williams – TNA Knockout pro wrestler
* Fred Williams – journalist, historian
* Genelle Williams – actress
* Harland Williams – actor
* Richard Williams – animator (of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Thief and the Cobbler)
* Bree Williamson – actress
* Behn Wilson – former NHL player
* Dunc Wilson – former NHL player
* Michael Wilson – former federal Minister of Finance (1984–1991), former Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2006–2009)
* Murray Wilson – former NHL player
* Ron Wilson – former NHL player
* Ross "Lefty" Wilson – former NHL player
* Tom Wilson – NHL player for the Washington Capitals
* Jeff Wincott – actor (Night Heat)
* Michael Wincott – actor
* Katheryn Winnick – actress
* Daniel Winnik – NHL player
* Maurice Dean Wint – actor
* Ralph E. Winters – film editor (Ben-Hur)
* Maria Torrence Wishart – medical illustrator and the founder of the University of Toronto's Art as Applied to Medicine program
* Karl Wolf – pop singer
* Ellen Wong – actress
* Kristyn Wong-Tam – municipal politician
* Jay Woodcroft – ice hockey coach
* Cam Woolley – former safety and traffic news reporter for CP24
* Hawksley Workman – singer-songwriter
* Roy "Shrimp" Worters – former NHL player
* Kathleen Wynne – 25th Premier of Ontario

## Y

* Sura Yekka – soccer player for Canada
* Yoon Keeho – member of South Korean boy group P1HARMONY
* Alissa York – writer
* Howie Young – former NHL player
* Neil Young – rock musician
* Renee Young – host of multiple WWE programs
* Scott Young – sportswriter, journalist and novelist; father of Neil Young
* Warren Young – former NHL player
* Andrew Younghusband – TV personality, writer and journalist
* David Yudelman – South African-born writer
* Catalina Yue – singer

## Z

* Saad Bin Zafar - professional cricket player
* Zanta – performance artist
* Ron Zanussi – former NHL player
* Zappacosta – singer-songwriter
* Brigitte Zarie – jazz singer-songwriter
* Paul Zaza – film score musician and songwriter
* Eberhard Zeidler – architect
* Peter Zezel – former NHL player
* Moses Znaimer – media mogul (CHUM, founder of Citytv)
* Robert J. Zydenbos – scholar in Indology and philosophy
* Zeds Dead – electronic music DJ duo