List of people from British Columbia

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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[]

  • Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Alfred Scow, First Status Indian judge BC Provincial Court

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
  • 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 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 (film))
  • 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 (TV series))
  • Thomas Middleditch, actor (Silicon Valley (TV series))
  • 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 (film), Pineapple Express (film))
  • 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 (band))
  • 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)
  • Lights (musician), musician
  • Evangeline Lilly, actress (Lost (TV series), The Hurt Locker)
  • Jessica Lowndes, actress (90210)
  • Jessica Lucas, actress
  • Alexander Ludwig, actor (Vikings (2013 TV series), 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 (franchise))
  • 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 (band))
  • Mike Reno, musician, songwriter
  • Ryan Reynolds, actor (Green Lantern (film), Deadpool (film))
  • Donnelly Rhodes, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
  • Emily Bett Rickards, actress
  • Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, writer, producer (Pineapple Express (film), 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 (Room (2015 film))
  • Daniel Wesley, musician
  • Finn Wolfhard, actor, voice actor, musician (Stranger Things, It)
  • Glenn Wool, stand-up comedian

Athletes[]

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, cult leader
  • 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
  • Jessica Yaniv, transgender activist


References[]

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