List of personalities of the city of Ottawa

This list includes people who were born in the Canadian capital, Ottawa .

1801-1900

Elkanah Billings
(1820–1876)

Theodore Arthur Burrows
(1857-1929)

Frank Ahearn
(1886–1962)

Jack Darragh
(1890-1924)

• Elkanah Billings (1820–1876), paleontologist; Lawyer and journalist
• Hector-Louis Langevin (1826-1906), politician
• Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857–1929), politician and entrepreneur
• Alexander Cameron Rutherford (1857–1941), politician
• Alfred Ernest Fripp (1866–1938), politician
• Andrew Taylor (1875-1945), mountaineer
• William Smith (1877-1953), marksman
• James McGee (1879-1904), ice hockey and Canadian football player
• Fred Lambart (1880-1946), mountaineer
• Frank McGee (1882-1916), ice hockey player
• JR Tremblay (1883–1959), actor and author
• Éva Gauthier (1885–1958), singer
• Frank Patrick (1885–1960), ice hockey player, trainer and official
• Frank Ahearn (1886–1962), ice hockey manager
• Tommy Gorman (1886–1961), ice hockey player
• Jack Darragh (1890-1924), ice hockey player
• Eddie Gerard (1890–1937), ice hockey player and coach
• Clint Benedict (1892–1976), ice hockey player
• Punch Broadbent (1892–1971), ice hockey player
• Oscar O'Brien (1892–1958), composer, arranger, organist, pianist and music teacher
• Duncan Campbell Scott (1892–1947), poet and storyteller
• Dai Vernon (1894-1992), magician
• Henri Belleau (1896–1976), Roman Catholic religious, Vicar Apostolic of James Bay
• Buck Boucher (1896–1960), ice hockey player
• Bill Rooney (1896-1988) American football player
• John Christopher Cody (1899–1963), Roman Catholic Bishop of London, Ontario

1901-1930

John Tuzo Wilson
(1908-1993)

Lorne Greene
(1915-1987)

• Frank Boucher (1901–1977), ice hockey player
• Aurèle Joliat (1901–1986), ice hockey player
• Alex Connell (1902-1958), ice hockey player
• King Clancy (1903–1986), ice hockey player
• Francis Amyot (1904–1962), canoeist and Olympic champion in 1936
• Ebbie Goodfellow (1906–1985), ice hockey player
• Thomas Moon (1908–1986), American ice hockey player
• John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993), geophysicist and geologist
• John Newman (1910-1967), ice hockey player
• Syd Howe (1911–1976), ice hockey player
• George Tremblay (1911–1982), composer
• Johana Harris (1912–1995), pianist, composer and music teacher
• Kilby MacDonald (1914–1986), ice hockey player
• Lorne Greene (1915-1987), actor
• Albert Renaud (1920–2012), ice hockey player and coach
• John Michael Beahen (1922–1988), Auxiliary Bishop in Ottawa
• Jeanne Landry (1922–2011), pianist and composer
• Lorenzo Rodolfo Guibord Lévesque (1923-2007), Roman Catholic bishop
• Bill Richards (1923–1995), violinist and composer
• Ted Hibberd (1926-2017), ice hockey player
• Suzanne Cloutier (1927–2003), actress
• Robert Marie Gay (1927-2016), bishop
• Clayton Kenny (1928-2015), boxer
• Barbara Ann Scott (1928–2012), figure skater

1931-1950

Margaret Atwood
(* 1939)

Anne Heggtveit
(* 1939)

Gérald Tremblay
(* 1942)

Margriet of Orange-Nassau
(* 1943)

Jean Potvin
(* 1949)

• Donald Stovel Macdonald PC CC (1932–2018), lawyer and Liberal Party politician
• Brian Kilrea (born 1934), ice hockey player
• Leneen Forde (* 1935), Australian-Canadian politician
• Rich Little (born 1938), comedian
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939), writer
• Anne Heggtveit (* 1939), ski racer
• Jean-Louis Plouffe (* 1940), Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop emeritus of Sault Sainte Marie
• Paul Anka (* 1941), singer
• Timothy Bond (* 1942), film director and screenwriter
• Frances Itani (* 1942), writer and poet
• Gérald Tremblay (* 1942), politician and manager
• François Dompierre (* 1943), composer
• Nancy Greene (* 1943), ski racer
• Margriet von Oranien-Nassau (* 1943), Princess of the Netherlands
• Sasha Sokolov (* 1943), Russian writer
• Barbara Keyfitz (* 1944), mathematician
• Peter Leitch (* 1944), jazz guitarist
• Gary Smith (born 1944), ice hockey player
• Bruce Cockburn (* 1945), folk musician
• Shulamith Firestone (1945-2012), feminist
• William Halperin (* 1945), Canadian-American experimental low-temperature physicist
• Roger Spottiswoode (* 1945), film director
• Gordon Thomson (born 1945), film actor
• Danuta Gleed (1946–1996), writer
• John Michael Miller (* 1946), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver
• John Ralston Saul (born 1947), novelist and essayist
• Wayne Thomas (born 1947), ice hockey player
• Bob Rae (born 1948), politician
• Larry O'Brien (* 1949) politician
• Jean Potvin (born 1949), ice hockey player
• John Manley (born 1950), politician

1951-1960

Dan Aykroyd
(* 1952)

• Fred Barrett (born 1950), ice hockey player
• Dan Aykroyd (born 1952), film actor
• Betsy Clifford (* 1953), ski racer
• Denis Potvin (* 1953), ice hockey player
• David Reddaway (* 1953), British diplomat
• Steven Glenwood MacLean (born 1954), astronaut
• Thomas Mulcair (* 1954), politician
• Timothy Sullivan (* 1954), composer and music teacher
• Dalton McGuinty (born 1955), politician
• Doug Wilson (born 1957), ice hockey player and official
• John Barrett (born 1958), ice hockey player
• Angela Hewitt (* 1958), pianist
• Tim Higgins (* 1958), ice hockey player and scout
• Mike Gartner (born 1959), ice hockey player
• John Ogrodnick (born 1959), ice hockey player
• Rick Vaive (born 1959), ice hockey player
• Stewart Gavin (* 1960), ice hockey player and scout
• Pierre Jubinville (* 1960), Roman Catholic religious and bishop
• Lise Meloche (* 1960), kayaker, cross-country skier and biathlete
• Robert J. Sawyer (* 1960), author

1961-1970

Kelly Rowan
(born 1965)

Donal Logue
(born 1966)

Rod Brind'Amour
(born 1970)

• Mike Bullard (born 1961), ice hockey player
• Horst Bulau (* 1962), ski jumper
• Jill Henselwood (* 1962), show jumper
• Thomas Cavanagh (born 1963), actor
• Paul Dewar (1963–2019), teacher and politician
• Claude Loiselle (* 1963), ice hockey player and official
• Doug Smith (born 1963), ice hockey player
• Jeff Capello (born 1964), ice hockey player
• Jim Kyte (born 1964), ice hockey player
• Bruce Cassidy (born 1965), ice hockey player and coach
• Kelly Rowan (born 1965), film actress
• Brian Walton (born 1965), racing cyclist
• Jeff Brown (born 1966), ice hockey player
• Donal Logue (born 1966), actor
• Jeff Waters (born 1966), rock musician
• DD Jackson (* 1967), jazz musician
• KC Martel (born 1967), actor
• Marc Potvin (1967–2006), ice hockey player
• Renn Crichlow (* 1968), canoeist
• Sue Foley (* 1968), blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
• Gordon Fraser (* 1968), racing cyclist
• Michael Geist (* 1968), legal scholar and blogger
• Geoffrey B. Greatrex (* 1968), ancient historian
• Luke Richardson (born 1969), ice hockey player
• Bettina Trabert (* 1969), chess grandmaster
• Rod Brind'Amour (* 1970), ice hockey player and coach

1971-1975

Justin Trudeau
(* 1971)

• Tom Green (born 1971), comedian
• Sean O'Donnell (born 1971), ice hockey player
• Shawn Rivers (born 1971), ice hockey player
• Vik Sahay (born 1971), actor
• Justin Trudeau (* 1971), politician and leader of the Liberal Party
• Virginie Besson-Silla (* 1972), French film producer
• Fred Brathwaite (born 1972), ice hockey player
• Pierre Dorion (* 1972), ice hockey official
• Ron Pasco (born 1972), ice hockey player
• Derek Armstrong (born 1973), ice hockey player
• Adrian Aucoin (1973), ice hockey player
• Matthew Barnaby (born 1973), ice hockey player
• David Cooper (born 1973), ice hockey player
• Brad Smyth (born 1973), ice hockey player
• Chris Lipsett (* 1974), ice hockey player
• Alanis Morissette (* 1974), Canadian-American singer and musician
• Stéphane Yelle (* 1974), ice hockey player
• Tyler Moss (born 1975), ice hockey player
• Jamie Rivers (* 1975), ice hockey player and coach
• Randy Robitaille (* 1975), ice hockey player
• Andre Savage (born 1975), ice hockey player
• Derek Shirley (* 1975), jazz bassist
• Steve Washburn (* 1975), ice hockey player

1976-1980

Sarah Chalke
(* 1976)

Kathleen Edwards
(* 1978)

Andrew Scheer
(* 1979)

• Dan Boyle (born 1976), ice hockey player
• Sarah Chalke (* 1976), actress
• Nick Fraser (* 1976), jazz and improvisation musician
• Kristina Groves (* 1976), speed skater
• Greg Reain (* 1977), racing cyclist
• Marc Savard (* 1977), ice hockey player
• Rachel Wilson (born 1977), actress
• Matthew Bradley (born 1978), ice hockey player
• Andrew Dabeka (* 1978), badminton player
• Kathleen Edwards (* 1978), musician and singer
• Marc St. Jean (* 1978), ice hockey player
• Pat Kavanagh (born 1979), ice hockey player
• Pierre-Yves Martel (* 1979), musician
• Andrew Scheer (* 1979), politician
• Éric Beaudoin (* 1980), ice hockey player
• Sandra Keith (* 1980), biathlete
• Valérie Marcoux (* 1980), figure skater
• Dawn McEwen (* 1980), curler
• Justin Papineau (born 1980), ice hockey player
• Stephan Wojcikiewicz (* 1980), badminton player

1981-1990

Melanie Scrofano
(* 1982)

Wallis Giunta
(* 1985)

• Jay Baruchel (* 1982), film actor
• Melanie Scrofano (* 1982), actress
• Drew Seeley (* 1982), actor and singer
• Brendan Bell (born 1983), ice hockey player
• Derek Roy (born 1983), ice hockey player
• Ben Eager (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Wallis Giunta (* 1985), opera singer and actress
• Marc Methot (* 1985), ice hockey player
• Trevor Smith (born 1985), ice hockey player
• Lisa Weagle (* 1985), curler
• Mark Fraser (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Nisha Kataria (* 1986), musician
• Jon Matsumoto (born 1986), ice hockey player
• Cody Sorensen (* 1986), bobsledder
• Michael Woods (* 1986), racing cyclist
• Jesse Levine (* 1987), Canadian-American tennis player
• Victor Bartley (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Jennifer Kish (* 1988), rugby player
• Philip Major (* 1988), racing driver
• Mark Borowiecki (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Paul Byron (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Dustin Cook (* 1989), ski racer
• Rachel Homan (* 1989), curler
• Emma Miskew (* 1989), curler
• Erica Wiebe (* 1989), wrestler
• Ivanie Blondin (* 1990), speed skater
• Patrick Chan (* 1990), figure skater
• Amanda Valentine (* 1990), Canadian-German figure skater

1991-2000

Gabriela Dabrowski
(* 1992)

• Éric Gélinas (* 1991), ice hockey player
• Kirsten Kasper (* 1991), triathlete
• Kaitlyn Alexander (* 1992), actress and screenwriter
• Gabriela Dabrowski (* 1992), tennis player
• Erik Gudbranson (* 1992), ice hockey player
• Vanessa Morgan (born 1992), actress
• Jean-Gabriel Pageau (* 1992), ice hockey player
• Melinda Shankar (born 1992), actress
• Ryan Spooner (born 1992), ice hockey player
• Cody Ceci (* 1993), ice hockey player
• Melisa Ertürk (* 1993), Canadian soccer player of Turkish origin
• Vincent De Haître (* 1994), speed skater and track cyclist
• Andrew D'Souza (* 1994), badminton player
• MacKenzie Weegar (* 1994), ice hockey player
• Nicholas Baptiste (* 1995), ice hockey player
• Mikaela Tommy (* 1995), ski racer
• Isabelle Weidemann (* 1995), speed skater
• Katherine Maine (born 1997), cyclist
• Zion Kuwonu (* 1999), singer

Year of birth unknown

• Dean Franke , violinist
• Anthony Lemke , actor
• Spookey Ruben , musician
• Jacqueline Samuda , actress

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frank Amyot in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
2. ↑ Clayton Kenny in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
3. ↑ Renn Crichlow in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
4. ↑ Rachel Wilson , imdb.com
5. ↑ Valérie Marcoux in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
6. ↑ Cody Sorensen in the database of Sports-Reference (English)