List of people from Vancouver

This is a list of notable personalities/celebrities from or who spent considerable time living in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Bryan Adams, Singer
Vikky Alexander, Artist
Pamela Anderson, Actress
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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 Buble, Singer
Raymond Burr, Actor
Jazzy B, Actor, singer
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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
Sean Cummings, actor and playwright
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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
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Aileen Eaton, Boxing Promoter
Aryana Engineer, Actress
Arthur Erickson, Architect, Urban planner
Elise Estrada, Singer-Songwriter, Actress
Eliza Sam, Hong Kong Actress
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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
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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
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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
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John Ireland, actor
Britt Irvin, actress, musician and voice-over artist
Katharine Isabelle, actress
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Joshua Jackson, actor
Liam James, actor
Sarah Jeffery, actress, dancer, singer
Avan Jogia, actor
Christopher Judge, actor
Carly Rae Jepsen, singer
Alexz Johnson, actress, singer
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Brenna O'Brien, Actress
Victor Odlum, Canadian journalist, soldier, and diplomat
Nivek Ogre, Singer, musician
Sandra Oh, Actress
Pat Onstad, Soccer Player
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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
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Wanting Qu, singer-songwriter
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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
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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
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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
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Adrien Van Viersen, Storyboard artist
Emmanuelle Vaugier, Actress
The Veer Union, Band
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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
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Benny Yau, Television presenter, Singer
Francoise Yip, Actress
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Alex Zahara, actor
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