This is a list of notable people from Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Contents

• Military
• Film and television
• Literature and journalism
• Science
• The arts
• Politics
• Sportspeople
• Ice hockey players
• Other sports
• Other
• References

Military

• William Landymore, Commander Maritime Command (1964–1966)
• Percy W. Nelles, Chief of the Naval Staff (RCN) (1934–1944)
• Gordon Raphael, flying ace with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
• Geoffrey Walsh, Commander of the Canadian Army (1961–1965)

Film and television

• Andrea Brooks, actress
• Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor
• Shelley Niro, producer and director
• Michelle Nolden
• Jay Silverheels, actor; known for the role of Tonto on The Lone Ranger

Literature and journalism

• Peter Calamai, science journalist
• June Callwood, author and journalist
• Thomas B. Costain, author and journalist
• Sara Jeannette Duncan, author and journalist
• Pauline Johnson (also known in Mohawk as Tekahionwake), aboriginal poet
• John B. Lee, poet
• Marsha Skrypuch, author

Science

• Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone
• James Hillier, inventor of electron microscope

The arts

• Blanche Crozier, stage actress
• Lawren Harris, founder of the Group of Seven
• Wade Hemsworth, songwriter
• Paul Kneale, artist ^[1]
• Casey Mecija and Jennifer Mecija, musicians (Ohbijou)
• Shelley Niro, photographer and installation artist
• Garnet Rogers, musician, singer, songwriter, and composer
• Lonnie Szoke, musician and songwriter

Politics

• Alfred Apps, President, Liberal Party of Canada
• Henry Cockshutt, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario of Ontario
• Phil Gillies, Member of the Legislative Assembly and Cabinet Minister
• Arthur Sturgis Hardy, Premier of Ontario (1896–1899)
• Dave Levac, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and MPP for the electoral riding of Brant
• William Ross Macdonald, PC, OC, CD, QC (1891–1976), served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1968–1974); Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (1949–1953)
• Lawrence Pennell, Solicitor General of Canada (1965–1968); Ontario Supreme Court Judge (1968–1985)
• David Reville, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Riverdale, 1985–90
• Jane Stewart PC, served as MP and federal cabinet minister (Minister of Human Resources)

Sportspeople

Other

• Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad, Palestinian former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; deported ^[3]

References