Provincial flag of British Columbia Map and location of British Columbia in Canada This is a list of notable people who are from British Columbia, Canada , or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.
Premiers See List of premiers of British Columbia .
Members of Parliament
Jurists
Other politicians Emery Barnes Wesley Drewett Black , Provincial Secretary 1952-1972 Richard Blanshard , first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island Rosemary Brown Frank Arthur Calder , First Nations MLA and Nisga'a politician Sir James Douglas, colonial governor (all colonies) Jennifer Granholm , Canadian/American politician and former Governor of Michigan (2003-2011); naturalized US citizen Ginger Goodwin , Labour organizer Guujaaw , Haida politician, activist and cultural leader 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 Ryan C.N. D'Arcy , neuroscientist 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 Ian McTaggart-Cowan , ecologist Patrick McTaggart-Cowan , meteorologist Faron Moller , computer scientist Barth Netterfield , astrophysicist Edward Faraday Odlum , geologist Santa J. Ono , biologist 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 Weaver , climate scientist Franklin White , public health scientist
Television/film actors and musicians Daniel Adair , drummer Bryan Adams , singer Evan Adams , First Nations actor (Smoke Signals ) Pamela Anderson , actress (Baywatch , V.I.P. ) Aaron Ashmore , actor (Warehouse 13 ) Shawn Ashmore , actor (X-Men ) Long John Baldry , musician, songwriter Gil Bellows , 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 ) Anna Cathcart , actress Kim Cattrall , actress (Sex and the City ) Sarah Chalke , actress (Scrubs ) Tommy Chong , actor, comedian, cannabis rights activist (Cheech & Chong ) Hayden Christensen , actor (Star Wars ) Amanda Crew , actress (Silicon Valley ) Thomas Middleditch , actor (Silicon Valley ) Mackenzie Davis , actress (Terminator: Dark Fate ) William B. Davis , actor (X-Files ) Yvonne De Carlo , actress (The Munsters ) Mac Demarco , musician, multi-instrumentalist Edward Dmytryk , film director James Doohan , actor (Star Trek ) Atom Egoyan , film director Aryana Engineer , actress (Orphan ) Jodelle Ferland , actress Noel Fisher , actor (The Twilight Saga ) Roy Forbes (Bim), musician Judith Forst , opera singer David Foster , songwriter, record producer Michael J Fox , actor, producer and health activist Nelly Furtado , singer-songwriter Chief Dan George , actor (Little Big Man , Cariboo Cowboy ) Evan Goldberg , screenwriter (Superbad , Pineapple Express ) Matthew Good , musician Grimes (musician), musician June Havoc , actress Carter Hayden , actor and voice actor (Bakugan: New Vestroia , Total Drama ) Bill Henderson (Canadian singer), musician (Chilliwack ) Ben Heppner , opera singer Matt Hill , Canadian-American voice actor Jacob Hoggard , musician (Hedley) John Ireland, actor Robert Ito , actor Joshua Jackson , actor (Dawson’s Creek ) Carly Rae Jepsen , musician Alexz Johnson , singer, actress Avan Jogia , actor Joe Keithley , musician, songwriter (D.O.A.) Allan King , film director Taylor Kitsch , actor and model (Friday Night Lights ) Elias Koteas , actor (The Thin Red Line ) Diana Krall , musician Kristin Kreuk , actress (Smallville ) Nicholas Lea , actor (X-Files ) Darryl Lenox , comedian Lights (musician), musician Evangeline Lilly , actress (Lost , The Hurt Locker ) Jessica Lowndes , actress (90210 ) Jessica Lucas , actress Alexander Ludwig , actor (Vikings , The Hunger Games ) Leon Mandrake , illusionist (Mandrake the Magician) Sarah McLachlan , musician Brandon Jay McLaren , actor (Power Rangers: S.P.D. , She's The Man ) Rosa Mendes , model, professional wrestler Shay Mitchell , actress (Pretty Little Liars ) Carrie-Anne Moss , actress (The Matrix ) Meghan Ory , actress Molly Parker , actress (House of Cards ) Barbara Parkins , actress Daniel Powter , musician, singer-songwriter, and pianist Jason Priestley , actor Kirsten Prout , actress John Qualen , actor Josh Ramsay , musician (Marianas Trench ) Mike Reno , musician, songwriter Ryan Reynolds , actor (Green Lantern , Deadpool ) Donnelly Rhodes , actor (Da Vinci's Inquest ) Emily Bett Rickards , actress Seth Rogen , actor, comedian, writer, producer (Pineapple Express , Superbad , Knocked Up ) Will Sasso , actor (Mad TV ) Pablo Schreiber , actor (The Wire , Orange is the New Black ) Michael Shanks , actor Nell Shipman , actress, film director Alexis Smith , actress Dallas Smith, musician Cobie Smulders , actress (How I Met Your Mother ) Jewel Staite , actress Ryan Stiles , comedian, producer (Whose Line Is It Anyway? ) Dorothy Stratten , actress, model Bobby Taylor , Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers) Jon Mikl Thor , singer, performer and bodybuilder Meg Tilly , actress Jacob Tremblay , actor Daniel Wesley , musician Finn Wolfhard , actor, voice actor, musician (Stranger Things , It ) Glenn Wool , stand-up comedian Sophia Reid-Gantzert , actress and dancer[ 1]
Athletes Glenn Anderson , ice hockey player Peter Bakonyi (1933–1997), Hungarian-born Canadian Olympic fencer Jason Bay (born 1978), Canadian-American baseball player Russell Baze Jamie Benn , ice hockey player Jordie Benn Mitch Berger (born 1972) Rod Brind'Amour Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player John Davison Ryan Dempster , baseball player Brenden Dillon Ryan Ellis , ice hockey player Brandon Clarke , Canadian-American NBA player Craig Forrest Jeff Francis Kaleigh Fratkin (born 1992), professional ice hockey player Freddy Fuller Danny Gare Leah Goldstein (born 1969), Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America , World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion Shaul Gordon (born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic fencer Nancy Greene Dan Hamhuis Rick Hansen Rich Harden Shawn Horcoff Jordyn Huitema Daniel Igali Barret Jackman Harry Jerome Teyo Johnson Harry Jones Paul Kariya Larry Kwong Andrew Ladd Silken Laumann Brett Lawrie Bob Lenarduzzi Adam Loewen Mark McMorris Willie Mitchell Greg Moore Justin Morneau (born 1981), baseball player Brendan Morrison Steve Nash (born 1974), basketball player Cam Neely Rob Niedermayer Scott Niedermayer Michael Nonni Tyler O'Neill Pat Onstad Simon Pond Carey Price Mark Recchi Gareth Rees Morgan Rielly Griffin Reinhart Max Reinhart Sam Reinhart Kevin Reynolds, figure skater; 2013 Four Continents champion and 2014 Winter Olympics team silver medalist Cliff Ronning Joe Sakic Eli Schenkel (born 1992), Olympic fencer Christine Sinclair Paul Spoljaric , baseball player Troy Stecher , ice hockey player Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler John Tenta Cliff Thorburn Conor Trainor John van't Schip Larry Walker , baseball player Percy Williams, sprinter Steve Yzerman (born 1965), ice hockey player
Artists Hank Bull , painter Emily Carr , artist Kate Craig , artist Olea Marion Davis , ceramist, sculptor Iris Hauser (born 1956), painter Fred Herzog , photographer Clive Holden , poet, film director and visual artist Karen Jamieson , dancer and choreographer Beatrice Lennie , painter, sculptor Glenn Lewis Attila Richard Lukacs , artist Charles Marega , sculptor Len Norris , editorial cartoonist Sophie Pemberton , painter Bill Reid , artist David Rimmer , filmmaker Jack Shadbolt , artist Godfrey Stephens , artist Shane Wilson , artist
Journalists and writers Doug Beardsley , poet and educator Bill Bissett , poet George Bowering , author Robert Bringhurst , poet Douglas Coupland , author (genX fiction) Janice Cowan Ranj Dhaliwal , author (crime-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 ) Mark Leiren-Young , author/playwright/screenwriter (Never Shoot a Stampede Queen ) Malcolm Lowry , novelist (Under the Volcano, October Ferry To Gabriola ) Eswyn Lyster , genealogist and war bride author (Most Excellent Citizens , Trafford Press 2010) Keith Maillard , novelist, poet (Gloria , Motet , Two Strand River ) Daphne Marlatt , poet Alan Morley , journalist and historian (Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis ) Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray , editor, columnist Susan Musgrave , poet Kliph Nesteroff , writer, broadcaster Rohan O'Grady , novelist (Let's Kill Uncle , Pippin's Journal ) Stan Persky , author and journalist Eden Robinson , novelist (Monkey Beach) Spider Robinson , author (science fiction) George Ryga , playwright (The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe ) Omar Sachedina , journalist and news anchor (CTV National News ) Paul St. Pierre (Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse ) Robin Skelton , poet Lauren Southern , right-wing activist and YouTuber William Fraser Tolmie , HBC Fur trade employee, medical doctor and later politician Margaret Trudeau , author Jack Wasserman , columnist (society, show biz, politics)
Others Brother Twelve Mary John Sr. Masajiro Miyazaki , osteopath, coroner and "bush doctor" Jim Pattison , businessman and Fortune 500 member Caspar Phair , Lillooet , pioneer and first government agent Jack Pickup , physician, the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia" Arran Stephens , author; founder of Nature's Path Amy Soranno , animal rights activist Skip Triplett , former president of Kwantlen Polytechnic University Rick Hansen , athlete (Paralympic Games), activist, and philanthropist for people with disabilities
References ^ Warren, Janis (April 5, 2016). "Port Coquitlam Ballerina Dazzles Vienna". Tri-City News . Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021 . Canada Africa
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