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List of people from British Columbia

Last updated January 26, 2026

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 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
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
Bill Barlee, politician, TV host (Gold Trails and Ghost Towns)
Bbno$, rapper
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
Nathan Fielder, comedian, actor
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
Alex Lifeson, guitarist (Rush)
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 )
Moka Only, rapper, singer and record producer
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 )
Sophia Reid-Gantzert, actress and dancer^[1]
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

Athletes

Glenn Anderson, ice hockey player
Peter Bakonyi (1933–1997), Hungarian-born Canadian Olympic fencer
Tyson Barrie
Mathew Barzal
Jason Bay (born 1978), Canadian-American baseball player
Russell Baze
Connor Bedard
Jamie Benn, ice hockey player
Jordie Benn
Mitch Berger (born 1972)
Tyler Breeze
Rod Brind'Amour
Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player
Bowen Byram
Macklin Celebrini
Brandon Clarke
Chase Claypool
Jon Cooper, NHL head coach
Jon Cornish
John Davison
Ryan Dempster, baseball player
Brenden Dillon
Ryan Ellis, ice hockey player
Ray Ferraro
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
Chelsea Green
Nancy Greene
Dan Hamhuis
Rick Hansen
Rich Harden
Doug Hepburn, strongman
Ken Holland
Shawn Horcoff
Jordyn Huitema
Daniel Igali
Barret Jackman
Tristan Jarry
Harry Jerome
Teyo Johnson
Harry Jones
Evander Kane
Paul Kariya
Ethan Katzberg, Olympic Shot-Putter
Larry Kwong
Andrew Ladd
Silken Laumann
Brett Lawrie
Angela Lee, mixed martial artist
Christian Lee, mixed martial artist
Bob Lenarduzzi
Adam Loewen
Milan Lucic
Rory MacDonald
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
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Tyler O'Neill
Kyle O'Reilly
Pat Onstad
Lui Passaglia
James Paxton
Simon Pond
Vasek Pospisil
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
Brent Seabrook
Christine Sinclair
Paul Spoljaric, baseball player
Troy Stecher, ice hockey player
Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
John Tenta
Shea Theodore
Tiny Thompson
Cliff Thorburn
Devon Toews
Conor Trainor
John van't Schip
Larry Walker, baseball player
Shea Weber
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)
Emily St. John Mandel, novelist
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)
Linus Sebastian, technology YouTuber (Linus Tech Tips)
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
Terry Fox
Keith Hunter Jesperson, The Happy Face Killer
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
Robert Pickton, serial killer
Jack Pickup, physician, the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia"
Linus Sebastian, YouTuber (Linus Media Group)
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
Simon Nessman, model, activist
Chris and Patrick Vörös, Online personalities known as Da Vinki Twins

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.

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[Warren-1] 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.

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