List of people from British Columbia

This is a list of notable people born, raised, or long-time resident in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
==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 the Supreme Court of Canada
*Anthony Palmer, justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
==Other politicians==
* Emery Barnes
* Wesley Drewett Black (Provincial Secretary 1952-1972)
* Richard Blanshard, first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island
* Rosemary Brown
* Sir James Douglas, colonial governor (all colonies)
* Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan; naturalized US citizen
* 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
* 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
* Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, meteorologist
* Faron Moller, computer scientist
* Barth Netterfield, astrophysicist
* Edward Faraday Odlum, geologist
* Santa J. Ono, biologist
* David Pearson, computer scientist
* 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 J. Weaver, climate scientist
* Franklin White, public health scientist
==Show business personalities==
* Bryan Adams, singer (Kingston Ont)
* Pamela Anderson, actress (Baywatch, V.I.P.)
* Aaron Ashmore, actor (Warehouse 13)
* Shawn Ashmore, actor (X-Men)
* Fadi Awad, artist, musician, producer, art projects manager, director 
* Randy Bachman, musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) (Winnipeg)
* Long John Baldry, musician, songwriter
* Fairuza Balk, actress (The Wizard of Oz)
* Gil Bellows, actor
* Peter Breck, 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)
* Kim Cattrall, actress (Sex in the City)
* Sarah Chalke, actress (Scrubs)
* William B. Davis, actor (X-Files)
* Yvonne De Carlo, actress (The Munsters)
* Edward Dmytryk, film director
* James Doohan, actor (Star Trek)
* Aryana Engineer, actress (Orphan)
* Roy Forbes (Bim), musician
* Judith Forst, opera singer
* David Foster, songwriter, record producer
* Nelly Furtado, singer
* Chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man, Cariboo Cowboy)
* Matthew Good, musician
* June Havoc, actress
* Ben Heppner, opera singer
* Jacob Hoggard, musician (Hedley)
* John Ireland, actor
* Robert Ito, actor
* Carly Rae Jepsen, musician
* Alexz Johnson, singer, actress
* Joe Keithley, musician, songwriter (D.O.A.)
* Elias Koteas, actor (The Thin Red Line)
* Diana Krall, musician
* Kristin Kreuk, actress (Smallville)
* Nicholas Lea, actor (X-Files)
* Leon Mandrake, illusionist (Mandrake the Magician)
* Eric McCormack, actor
* Sarah McLachlan, musician
* Rosa Mendes, professional wrestler
* Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter
* Cory Monteith, actor, singer
* Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
* Barbara Parkins, actress
* Jason Priestley, actor
* John Qualen, actor
* Mike Reno, musician, songwriter
* Ryan Reynolds, actor
* Donnelly Rhodes, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
* Coco Rocha, fashion model, Jehovah's Witness
* Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, writer, producer (The 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Zack & Miri Make A Porno)
* Michael Shanks, actor
* Nell Shipman, actress, film director
* Alexis Smith, actress
* Cobie Smulders, actress (How I Met Your Mother)
* Dorothy Stratten, actress, model
* Bobby Taylor, Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers)
* Jon Mikl Thor, singer, performer and bodybuilder
* Meg Tilly, actress
* Tina Tyler, pornographic actress
==Sports personalities==
* Glenn Anderson
* Jason Bay
* Russell Baze
* Mitch Berger
* Rod Brind'Amour
* John Davison
* Ryan Dempster
* Craig Forrest
* Terry Fox
* Jeff Francis
* Freddy Fuller
* Danny Gare
* Nancy Greene
* Rick Hansen
* Rich Harden
* Shawn Horcoff
* Daniel Igali
* Barret Jackman
* Harry Jerome
* Teyo Johnson
* Paul Kariya
* Andrew Ladd
* Silken Laumann
* Bob Lenarduzzi
* Trevor Linden
* Adam Loewen
* Willie Mitchell
* Greg Moore
* Justin Morneau
* Brendan Morrison
* Steve Nash
* Cam Neely
* Rob Niedermayer
* Scott Niedermayer
* Pat Onstad
* Simon Pond
* Mark Recchi
* Gareth Rees
* Cliff Ronning
* Joe Sakic
* Paul Spoljaric
* John Tenta
* Cliff Thorburn
* John van't Schip
* Larry Walker
* Percy Williams
* Steve Yzerman
==Artists==
* Emily Carr, artist
* Fred Herzog, photographer
* Clive Holden, poet, filmdirector and visual artist
* Attila Richard Lukacs, artist
* Len Norris, editorial cartoonist
* Sophie Pemberton, painter
* Bill Reid, artist
* Jack Shadbolt, artist
* Godfrey Stephens, artist
* Shane Wilson, artist
==Journalists and writers==
* Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
* Bill Bissett, poet
* Robert Bringhurst, poet
* Douglas Coupland, author (genX fiction)
* Ranj Dhaliwal, author (crime-fiction)
* Philip K. Dick, author (science 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)
* Malcolm Lowry, novelist (Under the Volcano, October Ferry To Gabriola)
* Eswyn Lyster, genealogist and war bride author (Most Excellent Citizens, Trafford Press 2010)
* Alan Morley, journalist and historian (Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis)
* Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, editor, columnist
* Susan Musgrave, poet
* Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster
* Spider Robinson, author (science fiction)
* George Ryga, playwright (The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe)
* Paul St. Pierre (Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse)
* Robin Skelton, poet
* Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun religion reporter
* Margaret Trudeau, author
* Jack Wasserman, columnist (society, show biz, politics)
==Others==
* Brother Twelve, cult leader
* Mary John, Sr.
* David Lam, philanthropist and Lieutenant-Governor
* Masajiro Miyazaki, osteopath, coroner and "bush doctor"
* Jim Pattison, businessman and Fortune 500 member
* Caspar Phair, Lillooet pioneer and first government agent
* Arran Stephens, author; founder of Nature's Path
==References==
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