List of personalities of the city of Vancouver
This list enumerates people who were born in the Canadian city of Vancouver or are of particular importance to the public or cultural life of the city.
Sons and Daughters of the City of Vancouver
The following personalities were born in Vancouver. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth.
1801-1900
- Leolyn Dana Wilgress (1892-1969), diplomat
- Clarence Wallace (1893–1982), shipbuilding entrepreneur and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- John Qualen (1899–1987), theater and film actor
- Hubert Wallace (1899–1984), regatta sailor
1901-1920
- Jack Underhill (1902-1974), badminton player
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (1906–1992), politician
- Gerald Wilson (1906–1945), regatta sailor
- Gardner Boultbee (1907–1980), regatta sailor
- Jean Coulthard (1908–2000), composer and music teacher
- Philip Rogers (1908–1961), regatta sailor
- Percy Williams (1908-1982), track and field athlete
- Katherine DeMille (1911–1995), actress
- June Havoc (1912-2010), American actress
- Glen Stewart Morley (1912–1996), conductor, cellist and composer
- Henry Pybus Bell-Irving (1913–2002), entrepreneur and officer
- Lillian Palmer (1913-2001), track and field athlete
- John Ireland (1914-1992), actor
- James Francis Carney (1915–1990), Archbishop of Vancouver
- Peter Newell (1915-2008), basketball coach
- Ivan M. Niven (1915–1999), American-Canadian mathematician
- Robert F. Christy (1916–2012), American physicist
- William Hardy McNeill (1917-2016), historian
- Ann Rutherford (1917–2012), actress
- Ronald Bladen (1918–1988), painter and sculptor
- Edmund Hockridge (1919-2009), singer
- Douglas Albert Munro (1919–1942), American soldier
- Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990), educator
- James Doohan (1920–2005), actor
1921-1930
- Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007), actress
- John Gelder Horler Halstead (1922-1998), diplomat
- Arthur Erickson (1924–2009), architect
- Wally Fawkes (* 1924), clarinetist and cartoonist
- Barbara Kelly (1924–2007), actress
- Al Neil (1924-2017), jazz musician
- Doug Hepburn (1926-2000), weightlifter
- Dolores Claman (* 1927), composer
- Jack Cowan (1927-2000), football player
- Shirley Gordon (1927-2019), high jumper
- Diane Foster (born 1928), sprinter
- Donald G. Higman (1928-2006), mathematician
- David Barrett (1930-2018), politician
- Allan King (1930–2009), film director
1931-1940
- FRC Clarke (1931–2009), organist, choir director, composer and music teacher
- Robert Ito (born 1931), actor
- Don Francks (1932–2016), actor and musician
- Bob Houbregs (1932-2014), basketball player
- David McTaggart (1932-2001), Greenpeace activist
- Thomas Rolston (1932–2010), violinist, conductor and music teacher
- Doug McGrath (born 1935), actor
- Tom Drake (1936–2008), singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director
- Ian Hacking (* 1936), science theorist
- David Suzuki (born 1936), environmental activist
- Donald Ethell (born 1937), officer
- Norman McLeod (born 1938), football player
- Wayson Choy (1939-2019), writer
- Frank Davey (* 1940), poet, writer and former university professor
- Wayne Macdonnell (born 1940), badminton player
- Clifford Robert Olson (1940-2011), serial killer
1941-1950
- Jack Darcus (* 1941), director, screenwriter, painter and writer
- David Monroe (* 1941), emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Kamloops
- Willard Phelps (* 1941), politician
- April Glaspie (* 1942), American diplomat
- Barbara Parkins (born 1942), actress
- David Rimmer (* 1942), film director
- Michael Hayden (* 1943), sculptor
- Tom Keene (* 1943), musician, arranger and record producer
- David Miller (* 1943), regatta sailor
- Bruce Rollick (1943-2008), badminton player
- Terry Clarke (born 1944), jazz drummer
- Paul Côté (1944–2013), peace activist and sailor
- Keath Fraser (born 1944), writer
- Wayne Pullen (born 1945), archer
- Buddy Roberts (1945-2012), wrestler
- Steven Truscott (born 1945), justice victim
- Sharon Brown (born 1946), writer
- Alan Laurillard (* 1946), jazz musician
- Michael Ontkean (born 1946), actor
- Wayne Robson (1946-2011), actor
- Jeff Wall (born 1946), artist
- John R. Anderson (born 1947), psychologist
- Gordon Campbell (born 1948), politician
- Dennis Gassner (* 1948), film architect
- Jay Humphry (born 1948), figure skater
- Marc Singer (* 1948), actor
- Elisabeth Bowers (* 1949), writer
- Bruce Fairbairn (1949–1999), music producer
- David Geddes (* 1949), cameraman
- Alexina Louie (* 1949), composer
- Larry Romanchych (born 1949), ice hockey player
- Brian Brett (born 1950), writer and poet
- Robert Elsie (1950-2017), albanologist
1951-1960
- Diane Konihowski (* 1951), pentathlete, long jumper, hurdler and shot putter
- Ian Affleck (* 1952), theoretical physicist
- Christopher Butterfield (* 1952), composer, music teacher, performance artist and rock guitarist
- Richard Hambleton (* 1952 / 54–2017), painter and graffiti artist
- Karen Magnussen (* 1952), figure skater
- Peter McNab (* 1952), ice hockey player
- Garry Ayre (born 1953), football player
- Linda A. Morabito-Kelly (* 1953), engineer, discovered volcanism on Jupiter's moon Io
- Dave Murray (1953–1990), ski racer
- Paul Plimley (* 1953), jazz musician
- Darcy Rota (* 1953), ice hockey player, coach and official
- Paul Patrick Chomnycky (* 1954), Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Stamford in the USA
- Rory MacLean (born 1954), writer
- Linda Moore (* 1954), curler
- Brian Ogilvie (1954-2004), jazz musician
- Bob Rock (* 1954), record producer and sound engineer
- Keith Scott (* 1954), rock guitarist
- Linwood Boomer (born 1955), television producer, screenwriter and actor
- Barry Beck (born 1957), ice hockey player
- David Seven Deers (* 1957), Canadian-Indian sculptor
- John Dronsella (born 1957), basketball player
- Gary M. Gordon (* 1957), Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of the Diocese of Victoria
- John Howe (born 1957), book illustrator
- Dave Mann (born 1957), archer
- Wes McLeod (born 1957), football player
- Tricia Smith (* 1957), rower and sports official
- Jennifer Granholm (* 1959), politician
- Gwen Hoebig (* 1959), violinist and music teacher
- Mike Jackel (born 1959), basketball player
- Mart Laanemäe (* 1959), Estonian diplomat
- John Oliver (* 1959), composer
- Wyndham St. John (* 1959), dressage rider
- Glenn Anderson (born 1960), ice hockey player
- Stan Douglas (born 1960), artist
- Doug Morrison (born 1960), ice hockey player
- Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980), Playmate
1961-1970
- Allen Berg (* 1961), racing driver
- Mark Hagemoen (* 1961), Roman Catholic Bishop of Saskatoon
- Hans Kossmann (* 1962), Swiss-Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Turner (* 1962), musician and writer
- Teryl Rothery (* 1962), actress and voice actress
- Réal Andrews (born 1963), actor
- Stephen Fearing (born 1963), singer and songwriter
- Lori Fung (* 1963), gymnast
- Merrilyn Gann (born 1963), actress
- Filippos Sachinidis (* 1963), Greek politician and economist
- Janice Fiamengo (* 1964), literary scholar and university lecturer
- Don Mattrick (* 1964), manager and computer game developer
- Robbi Chong (born 1965), actress
- Bernie Coulson (born 1965), actor
- Paul Dalla Lana (* 1966), entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Stu Grimson (born 1965), ice hockey player
- Ross MacDonald (born 1965), sailor
- Sook-Yin Lee (born 1966), rock singer and film actress
- Deborah Kara Unger (born 1966), actress
- Simon Wheeldon (born 1966), ice hockey player
- Shawn Atleo (* 1967), leader of the First Nations Congregation since 2009
- Gil Bellows (born 1967), actor
- Theresa Luke (* 1967), rower
- Link Gaetz (* 1968), ice hockey player
- Veda Hille (* 1968), singer-songwriter
- Marnie McBean (* 1968), rower
- Nardwuar the Human Napkin (* 1968), reporter, musician, comedian
- Pat Onstad (* 1968), football player
- Debbie Rochon (born 1968), actress
- Louise Stratten (* 1968), actress
- Jeff van Dyck (* 1969), composer
- Ian Hughes (born 1969), New Zealand actor
- Jeff McLean (born 1969), ice hockey player
- Jason Priestley (born 1969), Canadian-American actor and director
- Thea Gill (born 1970), actress
- Jason Gray-Stanford (born 1970), actor
- Darrin Klimek (* 1970), film actor
- Jed Rees (born 1970), actor
- Michael Shanks (born 1970), actor
- Rekha Sharma (born 1970), actress
- Joe Williamson (* 1970), jazz and improvisation musician
1971-1975
- Geoff Berner (* 1971), singer and accordion player
- Dan Kesa (* 1971), ice hockey player and coach
- Ross Rebagliati (born 1971), snowboarder
- Peter Stebbings (* 1971), actor, film director and screenwriter
- Suzie Ungerleider (* 1971), singer-songwriter
- Gabe Khouth (1972-2019), actor and voice actor
- Joey Cramer (* 1973), Canadian-American actor, child actor
- Joaquin Gage (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Chelah Horsdal (* 1973), model and actress
- Kimberley Joseph (born 1973), actress
- Gabrielle Miller (born 1973), actress
- Stefanie von Pfetten (* 1973), actress
- Todd Simpson (born 1973), ice hockey player
- Lisa Vultaggio (* 1973), Canadian actress of Italian origin
- Geoff Gustafson (born 1974), actor
- Paul Kariya (* 1974), ice hockey player
- Kid Koala (* 1974), DJ and music producer
- Rachel Marsden (* 1974), columnist
- Sarah Strange (born 1974), actress
- Madeleine Thien (* 1974), writer
- Daniel Adair (* 1975), drummer
- Darcy James Argue (* 1975), jazz pianist
- Sébastien Bordeleau (* 1975), ice hockey player
- Michelle Lang (1975–2009), journalist
1976-1980
- Laura Harris (* 1976), actress
- Steve Kelly (born 1976), ice hockey player
- David Lewis (born 1976), actor
- Enuka Okuma (born 1976), actress
- Ryan Reynolds (born 1976), actor
- Jody Thompson (born 1976), actress
- Emmanuelle Vaugier (* 1976), actress
- Ben Wendel (* 1976), jazz musician
- Davey Barr (born 1977), freestyle skier
- Julian Clarke (* 1977), film editor
- Stephanie McCann (* 1977), pole vaulter
- Sharolta Nonen (* 1977), soccer player and coach
- Emily Perkins (born 1977), actress
- Jorgito Vargas junior (born 1977), actor
- Sage Brocklebank (born 1978), actor
- Adam Frost (born 1978), actor
- Joshua Jackson (* 1978), actor
- Victor Noriega (* 1978), jazz pianist
- David Paetkau (* 1978), actor
- Rachel Roberts (* 1978), model and actress
- Devon Sawa (born 1978), actor
- Rossif Sutherland (born 1978), actor
- John Alessio (born 1979), MMA fighter
- Julia Benson (* 1979), actress
- Paul Campbell (born 1979), actor
- Jesse Capelli (* 1979), photo model and porn actress
- Erica Cerra (* 1979), actress
- Kaj-Erik Eriksen (* 1979), actor
- Michael Ibrahim (* 1979), saxophonist
- Kevin Light (* 1979), rower
- Darcy Marquardt (* 1979), rower
- Steve Montador (1979-2015), ice hockey player
- Jud Tylor (born 1979), actress
- Laila Biali (* 1980), jazz singer and pianist
- Dylan Bruce (* 1980), actor and model
- Edison Chen (* 1980), actor and singer
- Kris Davis (* 1980), jazz musician
- Alaina Huffman (born 1980), actress
- Britt Janyk (* 1980), ski racer
- Mercedes McNab (* 1980), actress
- Mayko Nguyen (* 1980), Canadian actress of Vietnamese origin
- Darryl O'Young (* 1980), Chinese racing car driver
- Carly Pope (* 1980), actress
- Tanja Reichert (* 1980), actress
- Will Sanderson (born 1980), actor
- Lauren Lee Smith (born 1980), actress
1981-1985
- Hayden Christensen (born 1981), actor
- Daniel Cudmore (* 1981), actor and stuntman
- Luke Ford (born 1981), Australian actor
- Katharine Isabelle (* 1981), actress
- Martin Kariya (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Crystal Lowe (born 1981), actress
- Aaron Voros (born 1981), ice hockey player
- Shawn Buchanan (born 1982), poker player
- Terry Dunfield (born 1982), football player
- Daniella Evangelista (* 1982), actress
- Evan Goldberg (* 1982), screenwriter and film producer
- Michael Janyk (* 1982), ski racer
- Kristin Kreuk (* 1982), actress and model
- Andrea Lui (* 1982), actress
- Maggie Ma (* 1982), actress and singer
- Piotr Mazur (* 1982), Polish cyclist
- Brandon Jay McLaren (born 1982), actor
- Shaone Morrisonn (born 1982), ice hockey player
- Seth Rogen (born 1982), actor
- Tania Saulnier (* 1982), actress
- Chelan Simmons (born 1982), actress
- Cobie Smulders (born 1982), actress
- Angus Redford Sutherland (born 1982), actor
- Ashleigh Ball (born 1983), comedian and actress
- Amber Borycki (born 1983), actress
- Fred Cheng (* 1983), Chinese singer and actor
- Jeff Christie (* 1983), luge rider
- Nicki Clyne (born 1983), actress
- Torrance Coombs (born 1983), actor
- Jane McGregor (born 1983), actress
- Ashleigh McIvor (* 1983), freestyle skier
- Jesse Moss (born 1983), actor
- Mike Nickeas (born 1983), baseball player
- Noot Seear (born 1983), actress
- Tyler Dietrich (* 1984), ice hockey coach
- Noel Fisher (born 1984), actor
- Tiffany Foster (* 1984), show jumper
- Cory Lee (* 1984), singer and actress
- Melanie Papalia (* 1984), actress
- Anna Webber (* 1984), jazz musician
- Magda Apanowicz (* 1985), actress
- Brittany Baxter (born 1985), soccer player
- Dale Begg-Smith (born 1985), freestyle skier
- Troy Brouwer (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Chelsea Hobbs (born 1985), actress
- Chris Holt (* 1985), ice hockey player
- Jessica Lucas (born 1985), actress
- Toby Ng (* 1985), badminton player
- Riley O'Neill (born 1985), soccer player
- Mike Santorelli (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Katie Stuart (born 1985), actress
- Brandon Yip (born 1985), ice hockey player
1986-1990
- Osric Chau (* 1986), actor
- Luisa D'Oliveira (* 1986), actress
- James Kirk (born 1986), actor
- Rykka (* 1986), Swiss-Canadian singer
- Jonathan Sigalet (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Mackenzie Davis (born 1987), actress
- Zane Holtz (* 1987), actor and model
- Emily Zurrer (* 1987), soccer player
- Elizabeth Gleadle (* 1988), javelin thrower
- Grimes (* 1988), singer and music producer
- Jacob Lensky (* 1988), Czech-Canadian soccer player
- Jessica Lowndes (born 1988), actress
- Milan Lucic (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Conrad Pridy (* 1988), ski racer
- Reece Thompson (born 1988), actor
- Marcus Haber (* 1989), soccer player
- Carly McKillip (born 1989), actress
- Georgia Simmerling (* 1989), freestyle skier
- Valerie Tian (* 1989), actress
- Lauren Wilkinson (born 1989), rower
- Jean-Luc Bilodeau (* 1990), actor
- Adderly Fong (* 1990), racing driver
- Natalie Hall (* 1990), actress
- Matt Neumann (* 1990), biathlete
- Kirsten Prout (* 1990), actress
- Emily Tennant (born 1990), actress
1991-2000
- Stefan Elliott (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Evander Kane (born 1991), ice hockey player
- Shin Lim (* 1991), Canadian-American magician and card artist
- Emma Lunder (* 1991), biathlete
- Emily Bett Rickards (born 1991), actress
- Kacey Rohl (* 1991), actress
- Alexia Fast (* 1992), actress
- Avan Jogia (born 1992), actor
- Ryan Johansen (born 1992), ice hockey player
- Alexander Ludwig (* 1992), actor
- Melissa Roxburgh (born 1992), actress
- Francesca Farago (* 1993), influencer and reality TV actress
- Emily Hirst (* 1993), actress
- Alexander Kerfoot (* 1994), ice hockey player
- Paloma Kwiatkowski (* 1994), actress
- Nicole Muñoz (* 1994), actress
- Conchita Campbell (born 1995), actress
- Aidan Caves (* 1995), cyclist
- Liam James (born 1996), actor
- Sarah Jeffery (born 1996), actress
- Laine MacNeil (born 1996), actress
- Alex Ferris (born 1997), actor
- Cassandra Sawtell (born 1997), actress
2001-2010
- Aryana Engineer (* 2001), child actress
- Alisha Newton (* 2001), actress
- Finn Wolfhard (* 2002), actor
- Jacob Tremblay (* 2006), actor
Year of birth unknown
- Julia Kent , musician
- Ann Vriend , singer-songwriter and pianist
Vancouver-related individuals
1851-1960
- Joseph Capilano (Su-á-pu-luck, 1854–1910), Squamish chief
- William Wasbrough Foster (1875–1954), British politician, military and police officer; Chief Constable of the City of Vancouver
- Dan George (1899–1981), actor and chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- Claire Lovett (1910-2005), badminton player
- James Innell Packer (1926-2020), theologian in the Evangelical Anglican tradition
- George McWhirter (* 1939), writer and university professor
- Fred Wah (* 1939), poet, writer and former university professor
- Cynthia Flood (born 1940), writer
- Jamie Reid (1941–2015), poet, writer, and art activist
- Daphne Marlatt (* 1942), writer
- Joshy Peters (* 1957), German actor and voice actor
- Lisa Smedman (* 1959), fantasy and science fiction writer and newspaper editor
1961-2010
- Christopher Judge (born 1964), American actor
- Christy Clark (* 1965), politician
- Michelle MacLaren (* 1965), film and television producer and director
- Craig Forrest (born 1967), football player
- Suleka Mathew , actress
- Devin Townsend (* 1972), singer and guitarist
- Grace Park (* 1974), Canadian actress of Korean origin
- Sarah Chalke (* 1976), actress
- Tyler Seitz (* 1976), luge rider
- Evangeline Lilly (* 1979), actress
- Kandyse McClure (* 1980), actress
- Tegan Rain Quin (* 1980), singer
- Jewel Staite (born 1982), actress
- Wanting Qu (* 1983), Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
- Bronson Pelletier (born 1986), actor
- Agam Darshi (* 1987), actress
- Carey Price (born 1987), ice hockey player
- Zach Hamill (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Jacob Tremblay (* 2006), actor
Music bands
- State of Shock (formed in 1999), rock band
Web links
Commons : People of Vancouver - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniella Evangelista in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Noot Seear in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Melissa Roxburgh in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Alisha Newton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Alisha Newton , campamentomestizo.wikia.com