List of personalities of the city of Hamilton (Ontario)
This list enumerates those in the Canadian city of Hamilton ( Ontario were born) or have a special meaning for the public and cultural life of the city.
Sons and Daughters of the City of Hamilton
The following personalities were born in Hamilton. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth.
1801-1900
- Joseph Hopkins Millard (1836–1922), politician and banker
- James McMillan (1838–1902), American politician of Canadian origin
- Robert Stanley Weir (1856-1926), poet ( O Canada )
- William Douw Lighthall (1857–1954), poet and writer
- William Blair Bruce (1859–1906), painter
- John Charles Fields (1863-1932), mathematician
- William Parks (1868-1936), paleontologist
- Louise Duffield Cummings (1870–1947), mathematician
- Harry Macdonough (1871-1931), singer
- Jean Adair (1873–1953), actress
- Billy Sherring (1878–1964), track and field athlete
- Jack Caffery (1879-1919), track and field athlete
- Otto Roehm (1882-1958), Canadian-American wrestler
- Florence Lawrence (1886–1938), actress
- Henry Crerar (1888–1965), general in World War II
- Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974), Canadian-American actor
- Charles Coughlin (1891–1979), priest of the Roman Catholic Church
- Babe Dye (1898–1962), ice hockey player
1901-1940
- Earl Eastwood (1905-1968), oarsman
- Ellen Fairclough (1905-2004), politician
- George MacDonald (1906-1997), rower
- Robert Beatty (1909-1992), actor
- Ray Lewis (1910-2003), track and field athlete
- Jack Kent Cooke (1912-1997), media entrepreneur
- Joseph John Harris (1912–1974), rower
- Jackie Callura (1914-1993), featherweight boxer
- Win Mortimer (1919–1998), comic book artist
- Jackie Washington (1919–2009), blues musician
- Jonathan Frid (1924–2012), theater, television and film actor
- Louis Nirenberg (1925-2020), mathematician
- Rick Wilkins (* 1927), composer, arranger, saxophonist and conductor
- Gene Lees (1928-2010), journalist
- Peter Broeker (1929–1980), racing car driver
- Robert N. Clayton (1930–2017), Canadian-American geochemist and cosmochemist
- William H. Jarvis (1930–2016), lawyer and politician
- John Munro (1931–2003), lawyer and politician
- Harry Howell (1932-2019), ice hockey player
- Ken Laufman (born 1932), ice hockey player
- Ron Murphy (1933-2014), ice hockey player and coach
- George Marskell (1935–1998), Roman Catholic religious, prelate of Itacoatiara in Brazil
- Sonny Greenwich (* 1936), jazz guitarist
- Murray Oliver (1937–2014), ice hockey player, coach and scout
1941-1960
- Dave Dryden (born 1941), ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
- Pat Quinn (1943–2014), ice hockey player and coach
- Skip Prokop (1943 / 44–2017), drummer, songwriter, band leader, producer and radio host
- Linda Thom (* 1943), marksman
- James Arthur (* 1944), mathematician
- Wendy Griner (* 1944), figure skater
- Hugh Hartwell (born 1945), composer
- Eugene Levy (born 1946), actor
- Clifford Will (* 1946), physicist
- Ken Dryden (born 1947), ice hockey player and politician
- Great Cranston (1949-2015), figure skater
- Stan Rogers (1949-1983), folk singer
- Al McDonough (born 1950), ice hockey player
- Martin Short (* 1950), screenwriter
- Karen Kain (* 1951), ballet dancer
- Sheila Copps (* 1952), politician
- Steve Negus (born 1952), drummer
- Neil Peart (1952-2020), drummer and lyricist for the rock band Rush
- Patrick Pugliese (1952-2020), water polo player
- Frank Augustyn (* 1953), ballet dancer
- Blake Dunlop (born 1953), ice hockey player
- Dennis Ververgaert (* 1953), ice hockey player
- Gordon W. Zealot (born 1954), artist
- Don Edwards (born 1955), ice hockey player and coach
- Wendy Crewson (born 1956), actress
- Jimmy Nicholl (* 1956), Northern Irish football player and coach
- Dave Sim (* 1956), comic artist
- John Tonelli (born 1957), ice hockey player
- Al Jensen (born 1958), ice hockey player
1961-1980
- Gregory Bittman (born 1961), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Nelson
- Jamie Macoun (born 1961), ice hockey player
- Emilio Iovio (* 1962), Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Steve Mann (* 1962), computer scientist
- Chris McSorley (* 1962), ice hockey player, coach and co-owner of Genève-Servette HC
- Ric Nattress (born 1962), ice hockey player
- Dave Andreychuk (born 1963), ice hockey player
- Joe Cirella (* 1963), ice hockey player and coach
- Marty McSorley (born 1963), ice hockey player and coach
- Allan Bester (* 1964), ice hockey player
- Ray Lazdins (* 1964), discus thrower
- Angela Featherstone (born 1965), actress
- Rufus Cappadocia (* 1967), cellist
- Nelson Emerson (* 1967), ice hockey player and coach
- Bryan Genesse (born 1967), actor
- Currie Graham (* 1967), Canadian-American actor
- Derek King (* 1967), ice hockey player and coach
- Doug Saunders (* 1967), British-Canadian journalist and author
- Gordon Michael Woolvett (born 1970), actor
- Catherine McKenna (* 1971), politician
- Ryan Kuwabara (* 1972), Canadian-Japanese ice hockey player
- Kathleen Robertson (* 1973), actress
- Steve Staios (* 1973), Canadian ice hockey defender and official of Macedonian origin
- Nicole Stevenson (* 1973), track and field athlete
- Manjul Bhargava (* 1974), Canadian mathematician of Indian origin
- Todd Harvey (born 1975), ice hockey player
- Jessica Rakoczy (born 1977), boxer
- Stana Katić (* 1978), Canadian-American actress
- Luke Kirby (born 1978), actor
- Adam Mair (* 1979), ice hockey player
1981-2000
- James Gillingham (born 1981), basketball player
- Brian McGrattan (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Melissa Tancredi (* 1981), soccer player
- Ray Emery (1982-2018), ice hockey player
- Brian Melo (born 1982), singer
- Kathleen Munroe (* 1982), actress
- Josh Soares (* 1982), Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
- TJ Sakaluk (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Joey Tenute (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Wade MacNeil (* 1984), singer and guitarist
- Jeremiah Brown (born 1985), rower
- Austin Collie (born 1985), American football player
- Ashley Leggat (born 1986), actress
- Renard Queenston (* 1988), electronic musician and game designer
- Kylie Bunbury (born 1989), actress
- Teal Bunbury (* 1990), American-Canadian soccer player
- Ben Chiarot (born 1991), ice hockey player
- Ryan Ellis (born 1991), ice hockey player
- Laura Fortino (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Ryan O'Connor (born 1992), ice hockey player
- Mark Visentin (* 1992), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Mark Jankowski (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Ben Harpur (born 1995), ice hockey player
- Darnell Nurse (born 1995), ice hockey player
Individuals related to Hamilton
1801-1900
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- John Morison Gibson (1842–1929), officer and politician
- Thomas Willson (1860–1915), inventor and entrepreneur
- Robert Kerr (1882–1963), track and field athlete, Olympic champion and sports official
- Jonathan Hale (1891–1966), film actor
1901-2000
- Harold Johns (1915–1998), medical physicist and pioneer of radiation therapy
- Bertram Brockhouse (1918–2003), physicist
- Devan Nair (1923–2005), President of Singapore
- Fraser Mustard (1927-2011), medical doctor
- Tim Horton (1930–1974), ice hockey player
- Alan Walker (* 1930), British-Canadian musicologist and Liszt researcher
- David Sackett (1934-2015), medical doctor
- Barbara Amiel (* 1940), British-Canadian journalist and writer
- Dave Young (* 1940), double bass player
- Leon Pownall (1943–2006), actor, author and acting teacher
- Steve Smith (* 1945), comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer and director
- Ivan Reitman (* 1946), film director and producer
- Daniel Lanois (* 1951), musician and music producer
- Willie Huber (1958–2010), Canadian ice hockey defender of German origin
- Stephen Elop (born 1963), manager
- Floria Sigismondi (* 1965), Italian-Canadian photographer and director
- Keith Primeau (born 1971), ice hockey striker
- Nick Cordero (1978-2020), actor and musician
- Matt Campbell (* 1989), darts player
Web links
Commons : People of Hamilton, Ontario - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ^ Weir, Robert Stanley , id.loc.gov
- ↑ Earl Eastwood in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Les MacDonald in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Joe Harris in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ^ The Honorable Catherine McKenna ( Memento April 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), ourcommons.ca
- ↑ Jeremiah Brown in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Laura Fortino in the database of Sports-Reference (English)