List of people from Ontario

• Troy Brooks (born 1972 in Chatham, Ontario) – painter ==Comedians==

• Kurtis Conner – Hamilton • Derek Edwards – Timmins • Dave Foley – Etobicoke • Evan Fong – Toronto • Tom Green – Pembroke • Phil Hartman – Brantford • Jenny Jones – London • Mike MacDonald – Ottawa • Norm Macdonald – Ottawa • Howie Mandel – Toronto • Mark McKinney – Ottawa • Russell Peters – Brampton • Katherine Ryan – Sarnia • Ron Sparks – Chatham-Kent • Scott Thompson – North Bay • Harland Williams – Toronto • John Wing Jr. – Sarnia ==Professional athletes==

• Caleb Agada (born 1994) – Nigerian-Canadian basketball player in the Israeli Premier League and for the Nigerian national basketball team • Bolade Ajomale – Olympic sprinter from Richmond Hill • Kyle Alexander (born 1996) – basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League • Sean Avery – retired hockey player from North York • Alon Badat (born 1989) – Israeli soccer player from Thornhill • Josh Bailey – hockey player, New York Islanders – Bowmanville • Rowan Barrett – basketball player from Scarborough, top scorer in the 2002 Israel Basketball Premier League • Anthony Bennett – basketball player from Toronto • Sam Bennett – hockey player from Holland Landing • Shane Bergman – CFL player from Waterford • Reno Bertoia (1935–2011) – Major League baseball player from Windsor • Tajon Buchanan (born 1999) – soccer player – Brampton • Marcus Carr (born 1999) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League • Tomer Chencinski (born 1984) – Israeli-Canadian football player from Thornhill • Steve Christie – NFL placekicker – Hamilton • Mike Craig – NHL player – Thorndale • Laura Creavalle – bodybuilder – Toronto • Nick Denis – mixed martial artist – North Bay • Andre De Grasse – Olympic sprinter from Scarborough • Zach Edey – basketball player from Toronto • Phil Esposito – Sault Ste. Marie • Tony Esposito – Sault Ste. Marie • Simon Farine – basketball player from Toronto • Sharon Fichman (born 1990) – Canadian/Israeli tennis player from Toronto • Mike Fisher – hockey player from Peterborough • Rick Fox – NBA player – Toronto • Mark Friedman (born 1995) – NHL player from Toronto • Greg Gardner (born 1975) – ice hockey player and coach • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (born 1998) – Toronto • Doug Gilmour – NHL player – Kingston • Claude Giroux – NHL player – Hearst • Wayne Gretzky (born 1961) – Brantford • Brooke Henderson (born 1997) – Smiths Falls • Jack Hendrickson (born 1936) – National Hockey League player from Kingston, Ontario and Midland, Ontario • James Hinchcliffe – Oakville • Tim Horton – Cochrane • Jack Hughes (born 2001) – NHL ice hockey player from Toronto • Zach Hyman (born 1992) – NHL ice hockey player from Forest Hill • Cory Joseph – Pickering • Curtis Joseph – Keswick • Nazem Kadri (born 1990) – NHL player – London • David Levin (born 1999) – Israeli ice hockey player – Toronto • Jesse Levine (born 1987) – American-Canadian tennis player – Ottawa • Alex "Mine Boy" Levinsky (1910–1990) – NHL hockey player – Toronto • Eric Lindros (born 1973) – London • Jamaal Magloire – Toronto • Frank Mahovlich – Timmins • Connor McDavid – Newmarket • Jamal Murray – basketball, Kitchener • Rick Nash – Brampton • Bo Naylor - Mississauga • Josh Naylor – Mississauga • Daniel Nestor – Toronto • Bobby Orr – Parry Sound • Pete Orr – Richmond Hill • Bob Plager – hockey player, Kirkland Lake • Milos Raonic – tennis player – Thornhill • Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987) – ice hockey player – Sudbury • Jim Rutherford – Beeton • Samuel Schachter (born 1990) – Olympic volleyball player • Denis Shapovalov (born 1999) – Israeli-Canadian tennis player – Vaughan • Patrick Sharp – NHL player – Thunder Bay • Marial Shayok (born 1995) – basketball player in the NBA and currently in the Israeli Premier Basketball League • Simisola Shittu (born 1999) – British-born Canadian basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League - Burlington • Darryl Sittler (born 1950) – Kitchener • Trevor Smith (born 1985) – hockey player – Ottawa • Eric Staal – Thunder Bay • Jordan Staal – Thunder Bay • Marc Staal – Thunder Bay • Steven Stamkos – Markham • Andrew Sznajder (born 1967) – English-born Canadian tennis player – Oakville • Tristan Thompson – Brampton • Joe Thornton – St. Thomas • Raffi Torres – Toronto • Paul Tracy – Scarborough • Mike Veisor (born 1952) – hockey player – Toronto • Joey Votto (born 1983) – baseball player – Etobicoke • Andrew Wiggins (born 1995) – NBA player – Toronto • Nigel Wilson (born 1970) – Oshawa ==Politicians==

• Laura Curran • Philip Downing • Stephen Harper – 22nd Prime Minister of Canada (2006–2015) and former Conservative Party leader – Leaside • John T. Jarvis • Michael Kerzner – Solicitor General of Ontario • William Lyon Mackenzie King – 10th prime minister of Canada (1921–26, 1926–30, 1935–48), longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history – Berlin now Kitchener. • Paul Martin – 21st prime minister of Canada (2003–2006) – Windsor • James McMillan – Hamilton • Lester B. Pearson – 14th prime minister of Canada (1963–1968) – Newtonbrook • Justin Trudeau – 23rd prime minister of Canada (2015–2025) – Ottawa ==Olympic athletes==

• Alex Baumann – Sudbury • Nathan Brannen – Cambridge • Patrick Chan – Ottawa • Gabrielle Daleman – Newmarket • Victor Davis – Guelph • Meagan Duhamel – Sudbury • Lori Dupuis – South Glengarry • John Fitzpatrick – Toronto • Chris Jarvis – Grimsby • Becky Kellar – Hagersville • Rosie MacLennan – King City • Conlin McCabe – Brockville • Scott Moir – London • Penny Oleksiak – Toronto • Brian Orser – Belleville • Elvis Stojko – Richmond Hill • Adam van Koeverden – Oakville • Tessa Virtue – London • Simon Whitfield – Kingston ==Other notable celebrities==

• Thalia Assuras – London • Samantha Bee – Toronto • Gavin Michael Booth – Amherstburg • William J. Bruce III – St. Catharines • Don Cherry – Kingston • William Winer Cooke – Brantford • Adam Copeland – Orangeville • Linda Evangelista – St. Catharines • Melyssa Ford – Toronto • Frank Gehry – Toronto • Danielle Graham – Guelph • Chris Hadfield – astronaut, Sarnia and Milton • Shalom Harlow – Oshawa • James Hobson – engineer and YouTuber, Kitchener • Michiel Horn – Toronto • Peter Jennings – Toronto • Lynn Johnston – Collingwood • Jason Jones – Hamilton • Gail Kim – Toronto • Lisa LaFlamme – Kitchener • Ferdinand Larose – created the Larose Forest, Prescott and Russell • Lainey Lui – Toronto • Steve Mackall – Toronto • Lorne Michaels – Toronto • Daniel Negreanu – poker player, Toronto • Kevin Newman – Toronto • Jordan Peterson – professor, Toronto • Quddus – Toronto • James Randi – Toronto • Ivan Reitman – Hamilton • Jason Reso – Orangeville • Sandie Rinaldo – Toronto • John Roberts – Toronto • Lloyd Robertson – Stratford • Morley Safer – Toronto • David Shore – London • Lilly Singh – Toronto • Trish Stratus – Richmond Hill • John Saunders – sports reporter, from Ajax and other cities • Alex Trebek – Sudbury • Jack L. Warner – London • Ken Westerfield – disc sports (Frisbee) pioneer, from Toronto • Lauren Williams – Toronto ==Bands, musicians, singers, and rappers==

• Lee Aaron – Belleville • Annihilator (band) – Ottawa • Bryan Adams – Kingston • Alexisonfire – St. Catharines • Paul Anka – Ottawa • Eva Avila – Ottawa • Barenaked Ladies – Scarborough • Justin Bieber – Stratford • Billy Talent – Mississauga • Jully Black – Toronto • Blue Rodeo – Toronto • Broken Social Scene – Toronto • Cancer Bats – Toronto • Candi & The Backbeat – North York • Alessia Cara – Mississauga • Keshia Chanté – Ottawa • Bruce Cockburn – Ottawa • Deborah Cox – Toronto • deadmau5 – Niagara Falls; real name Joel Thomas Zimmerman • Hugh Dillon – Kingston • Fefe Dobson – Scarborough • Drake – Toronto • Finger Eleven – Burlington • Five Man Electrical Band – Ottawa • J.D. Fortune – Mississauga • Nelly Furtado – Forest Hill, Toronto • Glenn Gould – Toronto • Dallas Green – St. Catharines • Hail the Villain – Oshawa • Sarah Harmer – Burlington • illScarlett – Mississauga • Jeon Somi (born 2001) – Windsor • Kardinal Offishall – Toronto • Vikas Kohli – Mississauga • James LaBrie – Penetanguishene • Henry Lau – Toronto • Avril Lavigne – Belleville and Greater Napanee • Gordon Lightfoot – Orillia • Lights – Timmins • Little X – Toronto • Guy Lombardo – London • Brian Melo – Hamilton • Shawn Mendes – Pickering • Alice Merton – Oakville • Metric – Toronto • Kim Mitchell – Sarnia • Alanis Morissette – Ottawa • My Darkest Days – Toronto • The Partland Brothers – Colgan • One to One – Ottawa • Our Lady Peace – Toronto • Peaches – Toronto • Protest the Hero – Whitby • Anastasia Rizikov – Toronto • Rush – Toronto • Saga – Oakville • Paul Shaffer – Thunder Bay • Sheriff – Toronto • Silverstein – Burlington • Snow – Toronto • Wendy Son – Richmond Hill • Sum 41 – Ajax • Skye Sweetnam – Bolton • Teenage Head – Hamilton • Three Days Grace – Toronto • Tokyo Police Club – Newmarket • The Tragically Hip – Kingston • Shania Twain – Windsor • U.S.S. (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) – Stouffville, Markham and Toronto • Vanity – Niagara Falls • Walk off the Earth – Burlington • Tamia Washington – Windsor • The Weeknd – Scarborough • Michelle Wright – Merlin • Neil Young – Toronto • Daniel Caesar – Toronto ==Authors==

• Margaret Atwood – Ottawa and Toronto • James Cameron – Kapuskasing and Niagara Falls • Julie Czerneda – Mississauga • Robertson Davies – Thamesville • William Arthur Deacon – Pembroke • Earl Doherty – Ottawa • J. S. Ewart (1849–1933) – advocate for Canadian independence, from Toronto • Malcolm Gladwell – Kitchener-Waterloo • Alistair MacLeod – Windsor • Alice Munro (1931–2024) – Wingham • Michael Ondaatje – Toronto • Robert J. Sawyer – Mississauga • Clara E. Speight-Humberston – Acton • Eric Walters – Toronto ==Scientists and physicians==

• Sir Frederick Banting – co-discoverer of insulin • Charles Best – co-discoverer of insulin • Norman Bethune – physician, pioneered the use of in-field blood transfusions during the Spanish Civil War, joined the Communist guerillas in China in the 1930s • Roberta Bondar – astronaut, neurologist, from Sault Ste. Marie • Robert Buckman – oncologist, president of Humanist Association of Canada • Mathew Evans – inventor, created and patented the first incandescent light bulb in 1874, five years before Thomas Edison's US patent • Wilbur Franks – physician and inventor; developed first anti-gravity or "G-suit" now used by air crews and astronauts; also noted for his work in cancer research • James Naismith – physician, inventor of basketball • Daniel David Palmer – founder of chiropractic ==Businesspeople==

• Paul Bernardo • Edwin Alonzo Boyd – led the Boyd Gang in Toronto • Karla Homolka • Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad – Palestinian former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; deported • Johnny Papalia ==Others==

• Margaret Hyndman – lawyer and women's rights advocate ==See also==