List of personalities of the city of London (Ontario)
This list includes people who were born in the Canadian city of London ( Ontario ) and those who worked in London but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
sons and daughters of the town
1841-1900
- David Howard Harrison (1843-1905), politician
- James Hamilton Ross (1856-1932), politician; senator
- Paul Peel (1860-1892), painter
- Gordon Jennings Laing (1869–1945), American classical philologist
- Harry Puddicombe (1870–1953), music teacher and composer
- Frederick Albert Saunders (1875–1963), physicist
- Craig Campbell (1878–1965), singer (tenor)
- John S. Robertson (1878–1964), American film director
- Cora Tracey (1878 - after 1960), singer
- Al Christie (1881–1951), director, film producer and screenwriter
- Gene Lockhart (1891–1957), actor
- Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), film producer, co-founder of Warner Bros.
1901-1940
- Ernest White (1901–1980), organist and organ builder, choir director and music teacher
- Vera Guilaroff (1902–1976), pianist and composer
- Guy Lombardo (1902–1977), big band leader and violinist
- Carmen Lombardo (1903–1971), composer and saxophonist
- Bert Niosi (1909–1987), band leader, clarinetist, saxophonist and composer
- John Wendell Holmes (1910–1988), Ambassador
- Hume Cronyn (1911-2003), actor
- Salli Terri (1922–1996), singer and vocal teacher
- John David Jackson (1925–2016), Canadian-American theoretical physicist
- Rowland Pack (1927–1964), cellist, organist and choirmaster
- Gustav Ciamaga (1930–2011), composer
- Jack Chambers (1931–1978), painter and filmmaker
- Graeme Gibson (1934–2019), ornithologist, writer and conservationist
- Rob McConnell (1935-2010), jazz musician
- Garnet Brooks (1937–2009), singer and vocal teacher
- Tommy Hunter (born 1937), country singer
- Elaine Keillor (* 1939), pianist and musicologist
1941-1960
- Alexander K. Dewdney (* 1941), computer scientist, book author
- Robert C. Dynes (* 1942), Canadian-American physicist
- Frederick Bernard Henry (* 1943), emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Calgary
- Hugh C. Williams (born 1943), mathematician
- Doug Jarrett (1944-2014), ice hockey player
- Walt McKechnie (born 1947), ice hockey player
- Don Luce (* 1948), ice hockey player and coach
- Pat O'Brien (born 1948), politician
- Victor Garber (born 1949), actor
- David Gilmour (* 1949), writer and film critic
- Kate Nelligan (born 1950), actress
- Christopher Dewdney (* 1951), poet and writer
- Paul Haggis (* 1953), screenwriter, producer and film director
- John Kapelos (born 1956), Canadian-American actor
- William Terrence McGrattan (* 1956), Roman Catholic Bishop of Calgary
- Randy Neal (born 1956), ice hockey player
- Craig MacTavish (* 1958), ice hockey player, coach and official
- Brad Marsh (born 1958), ice hockey player
- David Shore (* 1959), film producer, screenwriter and director
1961-1970
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- Lolita Davidovich (born 1961), actress
- Will Kymlicka (* 1962), political scientist
- Michael McManus (born 1962), actor
- Michael Riley (born 1962), actor
- Karen Dianne Baldwin (born 1963), actress and Miss Universe 1982
- Thomas Bernauer (* 1963), Swiss-Canadian political scientist
- Ken Hammond (born 1963), ice hockey player
- Lisa Howard (born 1963), actress
- Craig Billington (* 1966), ice hockey goalkeeper and official
- Judith A. Merkies (* 1966), Dutch politician (PvdA), MEP
- Joe Murphy (born 1967), ice hockey player
- Craig Simpson (born 1967), ice hockey player
- Jeff Hackett (* 1968), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Trevor Morris (* 1970), film composer
1971-1980
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- Mike Craig (born 1971), ice hockey player
- Scott Thornton (born 1971), ice hockey player
- Michael Dowse (* 1973), film director
- Eric Lindros (* 1973), ice hockey player
- Robert Budreau (* 1974), producer, director and screenwriter
- Jon Beare (* 1974), rower
- Trevor Gallant (* 1975), ice hockey player
- Brett Lindros (* 1975), ice hockey player
- Jason Tunks (* 1975), discus thrower
- Jeremy Hansen (* 1976), astronaut
- Dwayne Hay (born 1977), ice hockey player
- Caribou (* 1978), electro musician
- Steve Gallace (* 1978), Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Rachel McAdams (born 1978), actress
- Brian Willsie (born 1978), ice hockey player
- Stephen Kramer Glickman (* 1979), American actor and stand-up comedian
- Bryan Lee O'Malley (born 1979), cartoonist
- Joe Thornton (born 1979), ice hockey player
- Mike Van Ryn (* 1979), ice hockey player and coach
- Ryan Gosling (born 1980), actor
- Seamus Kotyk (* 1980), ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
- Adam Kreek (* 1980), rower
- Luke Macfarlane (born 1980), actor
- Jolene Van Vugt (* 1980), motocross driver
- Jason Williams (* 1980), ice hockey player and coach
1981-1990
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- Steven Grayhm (born 1981), actor
- Charlie Stephens (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Jessica Zelinka (* 1981), heptathlete
- David Duncan (* 1982), freestyle skier
- Joe Bartoch (born 1983), swimmer
- Gregory Campbell (* 1983), ice hockey player and coach
- Cody McCormick (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Curtis McElhinney (born 1983), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Brandon Prust (* 1984), ice hockey player and coach
- Bryan Rodney (born 1984), ice hockey player
- Jeff Carter (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Eleanor Catton (* 1985), New Zealand writer
- Tyler Hemming (* 1985), soccer player
- Mark Mancari (* 1985), Italian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Foluke Akinradewo (* 1987), American volleyball player
- Heather Bansley (* 1987), beach volleyball player
- Scott Moir (* 1987), ice dancer
- Brett MacLean (born 1988), ice hockey player
- Amber Marshall (born 1988), actress
- Jamie Robert MacQueen (born 1988), ice hockey player
- Drew Doughty (born 1989), ice hockey player
- Sam Gagner (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Tessa Virtue (* 1989), ice dancer
- Damian Warner (* 1989), decathlete
- Nazem Kadri (* 1990), ice hockey player
1991-2000
- Hilary Caldwell (* 1991), swimmer
- Rob Flick (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Shelina Zadorsky (* 1992), soccer player
- Dylan DeMelo (born 1993), ice hockey player
- Boone Jenner (born 1993), ice hockey player
- Andreas Athanasiou (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Justin Bieber (* 1994), pop & R'n'B musician
- Josh Brown (born 1994), ice hockey player
- Michael Clarke (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Alysha Newman (* 1994), pole vaulter
- Bo Horvat (* 1995), ice hockey player
- Travis Konecny (born 1997), ice hockey player
- Jessie Fleming (* 1998), soccer player
- Nick Suzuki (* 1999), ice hockey player
Personalities related to the city
- Richard Maurice Bucke (1837-1902), psychiatrist
- Frederick Banting (1891–1941), surgeon and physiologist
- John Robarts (1917–1982), lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Ontario from 1961 to 1971
- John H. Chapman (1921–1979), space explorer
- Robert Haynes (1931–1998), geneticist and biophysicist
- Garth Hudson (born 1937), musician
- John Philippe Rushton (1943–2012), British-Canadian psychologist
- Joan Barfoot (* 1946), writer and journalist
- Kelley Armstrong (* 1968), fantasy author
- Warren Christie (* 1975), Canadian actor of British origin
- Shad (* 1982), rapper
- Christine Nesbitt (* 1985), speed skater
- Megan Park (* 1986), actress and singer
Music bands
- The Nihilist Spasm Band (founded 1965), Noiseband
- Thine Eyes Bleed (founded in 2002), melodic death metal / metalcore band
- Two Crown King (founded 2009), rock band
Web links
Commons : People of London, Ontario - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Hamilton Ross , lop.parl.ca
- ^ Karen Elise Baldwin , imdb.com
- ↑ Jon Beare in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Joe Bartoch in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Hilary Caldwell in the database of Sports-Reference (English)