List of people from Vancouver

This is a list of notable personalities/celebrities from or who spent considerable time living in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A
 Alison Acheson, writer
 Sean Anthony, basketball player
 Fardaws Aimaq, basketball player
 Daniel Adair, musician
 Bryan Adams, singer
 Robert Campbell Aitken, electrical engineer
 Vikky Alexander, artist
 Glenn Anderson, NHL hockey player
 Pamela Anderson, actress
 Aslam Anis, health economist
 Omer Arbel, multidisciplinary artist and designer, co-founder of Bocci
 Arteezy, professional Dota 2 player
B
 Nat Bailey, Restaurateur and Baseball team owner
 Ashleigh Ball, voice actress known for her lead role on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and lead singer of Hey Ocean
 James Barber, cookbook author a.k.a. "The Urban Peasant"
 Barry Beck, Hockey Player
 Ray Bethell, Master Multiple Kite Flier
 Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Actor
 Yannick Bisson, Actor
  Beau Bokan, Musician
 Linwood Boomer, Actor/Television producer/Writer
 Sage Brocklebank, Actor
 Rod Bruno, Musician
 Cameron Bright, Actor
 Michael Bublé, Singer
 Raymond Burr, Actor
 Jazzy B, Actor, singer

C
 Dayana Cadeau, Haitian-born Canadian/American professional bodybuilder
 Kim Campbell, former Canadian Prime Minister
 Paul Campbell, actor
 Erin Cebula, TV personality
 Erica Cerra, actress
 Sarah Chalke, actress
 Angela Chang, Mandopop singer
 Peter Chao, Comedian
 Osric Chau, actor
 Edison Chen, Hong Kong entertainer
 Ying Chen, Francophone author
 Fred Cheng, Hong Kong actor/musician
 Joyce Cheng, actress
 Kayi Cheung, actress, Miss Hong Kong 2007
 Evelyn Chew, actress
 Charlene Choi, actress and singer
 Tommy Chong, actor, comedian, musician
 Hayden Christensen, actor
 Linda Chung, actress/musician
 Christy Clark, provincial politician and Premier of British Columbia
 Torrance Coombs, actor
 Douglas Coupland, author
 Amanda Crew, actress
 Roger Cross, actor
 Seán Cummings, actor and playwright

D
 Brian Day, doctor
 Yvonne DeCarlo, actress
 Ryan Dempster, MLB baseball player
 Ranj Dhaliwal, writer
 Lexa Doig, actress
 James Doohan, actor ("Lt. Cmmdr. Montgomery Scott Scotty" from television show Star Trek)
 Audrey Capel Doray, artist
 Stan Douglas, artist
 Mac DeMarco, artist
 Jay DeMerit, MLS, World Cup soccer player

E
 Aileen Eaton, Boxing Promoter
 Aryana Engineer, Actress
 Arthur Erickson, Architect, Urban planner 
 Elise Estrada, Singer-Songwriter, Actress
 Eliza Sam, Hong Kong Actress

F
 Ed Fast, Canadian Politician and Federal Cabinet Minister
 Gordon Fee, New Testament scholar
 Fadi Awad, Artist, Musician, Producer, Art Projects Manager & Director 
 John Ferguson, Sr., Professional Hockey Player
 Jodelle Ferland, Actress
 Freddy Fuller, Canadian Boxing Champion
 Nathan Fielder, Comedian
 Rod Filbrandt, Cartoonist
 Nigel Findley, Fantasy, science fiction, and RPG author
 Noel Fisher, Actor
 Brendan Fletcher, Actor
 William Wasbrough Foster, mountaineer, soldier, politician, business executive, and chief constable of Vancouver.
 Michael J. Fox, Actor
 Jeff Francis, Major League Baseball Player
 Rhys Fulber, Musician, producer
 Nolan Gerard Funk, Actor

G
 Emmanuelle Schick Garcia, film director/writer
 Austin Gary, author/songwriter
 C. E. Gatchalian, playwright
 William Gibson, author
 Rodney Graham, artist
 Matthew Good, singer/songwriter
 Jennifer Granholm, Ex-governor of US State of Michigan
 Trevor Guthrie, singer
 Grimes, singer, songwriter, director, musician, actress
 Nancy Greene Raine, Olympic Champion and Canadian Senator

H
 Rich Harden, Major League Baseball Player
 Jillian Harris, ABC's 5th Bachelorette
 Laura Harris, Actress
 Chris Haslam, Professional Skateboarder
 Meghan Heffern, Actress
 Ed Hill (comedian) Award Winning Stand up Comedian
 Bert Hoffmeister, commander of the 5th Canadian Division in the Second World War, then president of MacMillan Bloedel
 Brent Hodge, film director and CEO of Hodgee Films
 Clive Holden, Poet, film director and visual artist
 Bob Houbregs, NBA player for the Milwaukee Hawks, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and the Fort Wayne Pistons, general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
 Elva Hsiao, Mandopop singer
 Jacob Hoggard, Lead singer of the band Hedley
 Antony Holland, actor

 Harrison Houde, composer, actor

I
 John Ireland, actor
 Britt Irvin, actress, musician and voice-over artist
 Katharine Isabelle, actress

J

 Jason Wu, fashion designer
 Joshua Jackson, actor
 Liam James, actor
 Jazzy B, actor, singer
 Sarah Jeffery, actress, dancer, singer
 E. A. Jenns, poet
 Jensen Ackles, actor, singer
 Carly Rae Jepsen, singer
 Justin Jin, entrepreneur
 Avan Jogia, actor
 Ryan Johansen, ice hockey player
 Alexz Johnson, actress, singer
 Vera Johnson, singer
 Manny Jacinto, actor, comedian
 Christopher Judge, actor
 Jenna Talackova, trans woman model, actress and television personality

K
 Evander Kane. National Hockey League player
 Paul Kariya, National Hockey League player
 Cevin Key, Musician
 Earl Keeley, football player
 Kristin Kreuk, actress
 Margot Kidder, actress

L
 Tyler Labine, Actor
 Evelyn Lau, Poet and Novelist
 Maggie Lawson, Actress
 Cory Lee, Singer
 Bill Leeb, Musician, singer
 Bob Lenarduzzi, Soccer Player
 Sherwood Lett, soldier, lawyer, chancellor of UBC.
 Trevor Linden, NHL hockey player
 Bernice Liu, Actress
 Mary Livingstone formerly Sadie Marks, Actress {Wife of Jack Benny}
 Rochelle Low, Field hockey player
 Crystal Lowe, Actress
 Jessica Lowndes, Actress
 Jessica Lucas, Actress
 Milan Lucic, NHL hockey player
 Alexander Ludwig, Actor

M
 Norma MacMillan, voice actress
 Karen Diane Magnussen, figure skater.
 Dan Mangan, musician
 Charles Marega, sculptor
 Terry McBride, CEO and founder, Nettwerk Music Group
 Shane McConkey, professional freestyle skier  
 Rick McCrank, professional skateboarder
 Dean McFadden, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
 Ashleigh McIvor, Olympic Champion skier
 Jim Meier, entertainment and software industry executive
 John H. Meier, financier and former business adviser to Howard Hughes
 Charles Merritt, winner of the Victoria Cross
 Shay Mitchell, actress
 Colin Mochrie, comedian
 Cory Monteith, actor
 Greg Moore, racecar driver
 James Moore, Canadian politician and senior Federal cabinet minister
 Justin Morneau, Major League Baseball player
 Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
 Jane Munro, poet

N
 Ira B. Nadel, biographer and literary critic
 Nardwuar the Human Serviette, radio host and musician
 Steve Nash, NBA Basketball Player
Cam Neely, NHL Hockey Player
 Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster
 Mayko Nguyen, Actress
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins NHL Hockey Player

O
 Brenna O'Brien, Actress
 Victor Odlum, Canadian journalist, soldier, and diplomat
 Nivek Ogre, Singer, musician
 Sandra Oh, Actress
 Pat Onstad, Soccer Player

P
 J. I. Packer, Anglican theologian
 Grace Park, Actress
 Jim Pattison, Entrepreneur
 Kit Pearson, Children's writer
 Missy Peregrym, Actress
 Emily Perkins, Actress
James Picard, Artist
 Carly Pope, Actress
 Daniel Powter, Singer
 William Pratt, aka Boris Karloff, Actor
 Jason Priestley, Actor
 Kirsten Prout, Actress

Q
Wanting Qu, singer-songwriter

R
 Josh Ramsay, lead singer of band Marianas Trench
 Rascalz, hip hop group
 Ryan Reynolds, actor
 Charlie Richmond, inventor
 Ryan Robbins, actor
 Rachel Roberts, actress, Fashion Model
 Spider Robinson, author
 Wayne Robson, actor
 Coco Rocha, fashion model
 James Roday, actor
 Seth Rogen, actor, writer, and comedian
 Teryl Rothery, television anchor, actress

S
 Joe Sakic, NHL hockey player ("Burnaby Joe")
 Devon Sawa, actor
 Drew Scott, Property Brothers (HGTV)
 Jonathan Scott, Property Brothers (HGTV)
 Conrad Schmidt, activist
 Michael Shanks, actor
 Kathryn Shaw, artistic director
 Lydia Shum Din-ha, elder sister of Alfred Sung and Hong Kong actress
 Nelson Skalbania, entrepreneur
 Gregory Smith, actor
 Trevor Smith, NHL ice hockey player
 Cobie Smulders, actress
 Rita Steblin, musicologist
 Dorothy Stratten, actress/model
 Social Deviantz, rap group
 John G. Stackhouse, Jr., writer and professor of religion
 Jewel Staite, actress
 Arran Stephens, entrepreneur, writer
 Ryan Stiles, comedian, actor
 Russell Stuart, CEO & founder, SuperBox Inc.
 Sean Stubbs, musician
 Billy Suede, professional wrestler
 David Suzuki, environmentalist, scientist, broadcaster
 Swollen Members, rap group
Sophie Schmidt, member of Canadian Women's National soccer team 
Christine Sinclair, member of Canadian Women's National soccer team
Sammy Strong, actor and voice artist

T
 Amanda Tapping, Actress
 Reece Thompson, Actor
 Brent Titcomb, Actor/Singer, member of the Canadian band 3's a Crowd
 Alex To, Mandopop Singer
 Eckhart Tolle, Spiritual teacher
 Ziya Tong, television personality
 Nicholas Tse, Cantopop Singer
 Devin Townsend, Singer, Musician
 Margaret Trudeau (now Margaret Trudeau Kemper), Former wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
 John Turner, Former Canadian Prime Minister

U

V
 Adrien Van Viersen, Storyboard artist
 Emmanuelle Vaugier, Actress
 The Veer Union, Band

W
 Larry Walker, Major-league Baseball player
 Jeff Wall, Artist
 Ian Wallace, Artist
 Nolan Watson, Entrepreneur and philanthropist
 Daniel Wesley, Musician
 Brian Wong, Technology entrepreneur
 Kris Wu, Chinese K-Pop Singer of EXO

Y
 Benny Yau, Television presenter, Singer
 Françoise Yip, Actress

Z
Alex Zahara, actor

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