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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
Other politicians
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Emery Barnes
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Wesley Drewett Black, Provincial Secretary 1952-1972
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Richard Blanshard, first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island
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Rosemary Brown
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Frank Arthur Calder, First Nations MLA and Nisga'a politician
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Sir James Douglas, colonial governor (all colonies)
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Jennifer Granholm, Canadian/American politician and former
Governor of Michigan (2003-2011); naturalized US citizen
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Ginger Goodwin, Labour organizer
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Guujaaw, Haida politician, activist and cultural leader
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Edward John
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Arthur Kennedy, governor of the united colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
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David Lam, philanthropist and
Lieutenant-Governor
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Rafe Mair
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Grace McCarthy
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Joy McPhail
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Frederick Seymour, Governor of Vancouver Island and of British Columbia
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William Fraser Tolmie
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Joseph Trutch, colonial Lieutenant-Governor and first Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia
Scientists
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Ian Affleck, physicist
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Robert Edward Bell, nuclear physicist
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Margaret Benston, chemist, computer scientist
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Michael Bigg, marine biologist
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Jim Chamberlin, aerodynamicist
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Wade Davis, ethnobotanist
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Ryan C.N. D'Arcy, neuroscientist
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James E. Gill, geologist
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John R. Hendricks, mathematician
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Abram Hoffer, biochemist, physician
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Frances Oldham Kelsey, pharmacologist
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Vit Klemes, hydrologist
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Mel Krajden, medical scientist
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Robert T. Lackey, fisheries scientist, ecologist, zoologist
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Robert Langlands, mathematician
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Jerrold E. Marsden, applied mathematician
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Bill Mathews, geologist, volcanologist, engineer
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Brian McConaghy, forensic scientist
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Ian McTaggart-Cowan, ecologist
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Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, meteorologist
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Faron Moller, computer scientist
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Barth Netterfield, astrophysicist
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Edward Faraday Odlum, geologist
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Santa J. Ono, biologist
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Robert Methven Petrie, astronomer
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Jerilynn Prior, medical scientist, endocrinologist
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Scott D. Sampson, paleontologist
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Martin Schechter, epidemiologist
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Robert Fletcher Shaw, engineer
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John Alexander Sinton, medical scientist, doctor, malariologist
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Frank Smith, psycholinguist
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Michael Smith, biochemist
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Wayne Smith, statistician
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David Suzuki, biologist, ecologist
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Robert Thirsk, engineer, physician, astronaut
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John Lancelot Todd, physician, parasitologist
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Bjarni Tryggvason, engineer, astronaut
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Paul Tseng, applied mathematician
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William Vickrey, Nobel Prize-winning economist
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Andrew Weaver, climate scientist
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Franklin White, public health scientist
Television/film actors and musicians
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Daniel Adair, drummer
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Bryan Adams, singer
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Evan Adams, First Nations actor (
Smoke Signals)
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Pamela Anderson, actress (
Baywatch, V.I.P.)
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Aaron Ashmore, actor (Warehouse 13)
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Shawn Ashmore, actor (
X-Men)
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Long John Baldry, musician, songwriter
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Gil Bellows, actor
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Michael Bublé, singer
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Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason)
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Jim Byrnes, musician, actor (Highlander)
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Nicholas Campbell, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
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Chris Carter, screenwriter, producer, director (X-Files)
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Anna Cathcart, actress
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Kim Cattrall, actress (
Sex and the City)
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Sarah Chalke, actress (
Scrubs)
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Tommy Chong, actor, comedian, cannabis rights activist (
Cheech & Chong)
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Hayden Christensen, actor (
Star Wars)
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Amanda Crew, actress (
Silicon Valley)
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Thomas Middleditch, actor (
Silicon Valley)
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Mackenzie Davis, actress (
Terminator: Dark Fate)
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William B. Davis, actor (
X-Files)
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Yvonne De Carlo, actress (The Munsters)
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Mac Demarco, musician, multi-instrumentalist
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Edward Dmytryk, film director
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James Doohan, actor (
Star Trek)
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Atom Egoyan, film director
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Aryana Engineer, actress (Orphan)
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Jodelle Ferland, actress
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Noel Fisher, actor (The Twilight Saga)
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Roy Forbes (Bim), musician
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Judith Forst, opera singer
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David Foster, songwriter, record producer
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Michael J Fox, actor, producer and health activist
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Nelly Furtado, singer-songwriter
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Chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man, Cariboo Cowboy)
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Evan Goldberg, screenwriter (
Superbad,
Pineapple Express)
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Matthew Good, musician
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Grimes (musician), musician
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June Havoc, actress
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Carter Hayden, actor and voice actor (
Bakugan: New Vestroia,
Total Drama)
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Bill Henderson (Canadian singer), musician (
Chilliwack)
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Ben Heppner, opera singer
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Matt Hill, Canadian-American voice actor
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Jacob Hoggard, musician (Hedley)
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John Ireland, actor
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Robert Ito, actor
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Joshua Jackson, actor (
Dawson’s Creek)
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Carly Rae Jepsen, musician
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Alexz Johnson, singer, actress
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Avan Jogia, actor
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Joe Keithley, musician, songwriter (D.O.A.)
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Allan King, film director
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Taylor Kitsch, actor and model (
Friday Night Lights)
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Elias Koteas, actor (The Thin Red Line)
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Diana Krall, musician
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Kristin Kreuk, actress (Smallville)
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Nicholas Lea, actor (X-Files)
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Darryl Lenox, comedian
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Lights (musician), musician
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Evangeline Lilly, actress (
Lost,
The Hurt Locker)
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Jessica Lowndes, actress (
90210)
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Jessica Lucas, actress
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Alexander Ludwig, actor (
Vikings,
The Hunger Games)
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Leon Mandrake, illusionist (Mandrake the Magician)
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Sarah McLachlan, musician
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Brandon Jay McLaren, actor (
Power Rangers: S.P.D.,
She's The Man)
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Rosa Mendes, model, professional wrestler
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Shay Mitchell, actress (
Pretty Little Liars)
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Carrie-Anne Moss, actress (
The Matrix)
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Meghan Ory, actress
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Molly Parker, actress (House of Cards)
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Barbara Parkins, actress
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Daniel Powter, musician, singer-songwriter, and pianist
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Jason Priestley, actor
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Kirsten Prout, actress
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John Qualen, actor
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Josh Ramsay, musician (
Marianas Trench)
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Mike Reno, musician, songwriter
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Ryan Reynolds, actor (
Green Lantern,
Deadpool)
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Donnelly Rhodes, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
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Emily Bett Rickards, actress
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Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, writer, producer (
Pineapple Express,
Superbad,
Knocked Up)
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Will Sasso, actor (
Mad TV)
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Pablo Schreiber, actor (
The Wire,
Orange is the New Black)
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Michael Shanks, actor
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Nell Shipman, actress, film director
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Alexis Smith, actress
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Dallas Smith, musician
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Cobie Smulders, actress (
How I Met Your Mother)
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Jewel Staite, actress
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Ryan Stiles, comedian, producer (
Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
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Dorothy Stratten, actress, model
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Bobby Taylor, Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers)
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Jon Mikl Thor, singer, performer and bodybuilder
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Meg Tilly, actress
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Jacob Tremblay, actor
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Daniel Wesley, musician
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Finn Wolfhard, actor, voice actor, musician (
Stranger Things,
It)
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Glenn Wool, stand-up comedian
Athletes
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Glenn Anderson, ice hockey player
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Peter Bakonyi (1933–1997), Hungarian-born Canadian Olympic fencer
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Jason Bay (born 1978), Canadian-American baseball player
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Russell Baze
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Jamie Benn, ice hockey player
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Jordie Benn
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Mitch Berger (born 1972)
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Rod Brind'Amour
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Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player
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John Davison
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Ryan Dempster, baseball player
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Brenden Dillon
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Ryan Ellis, ice hockey player
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Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American NBA player
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Craig Forrest
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Jeff Francis
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Kaleigh Fratkin (born 1992), professional ice hockey player
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Freddy Fuller
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Danny Gare
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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
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Shaul Gordon (born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic fencer
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Nancy Greene
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Dan Hamhuis
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Rick Hansen
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Rich Harden
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Shawn Horcoff
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Jordyn Huitema
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Daniel Igali
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Barret Jackman
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Harry Jerome
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Teyo Johnson
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Harry Jones
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Paul Kariya
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Larry Kwong
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Andrew Ladd
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Silken Laumann
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Brett Lawrie
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Bob Lenarduzzi
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Adam Loewen
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Mark McMorris
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Willie Mitchell
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Greg Moore
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Justin Morneau (born 1981), baseball player
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Brendan Morrison
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Steve Nash (born 1974), basketball player
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Cam Neely
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Rob Niedermayer
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Scott Niedermayer
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Michael Nonni
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Tyler O'Neill
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Pat Onstad
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Simon Pond
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Carey Price
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Mark Recchi
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Gareth Rees
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Morgan Rielly
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Griffin Reinhart
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Max Reinhart
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Sam Reinhart
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Kevin Reynolds, figure skater; 2013
Four Continents champion and 2014
Winter Olympics team silver medalist
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Cliff Ronning
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Joe Sakic
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Eli Schenkel (born 1992), Olympic fencer
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Christine Sinclair
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Paul Spoljaric, baseball player
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Troy Stecher, ice hockey player
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Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
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John Tenta
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Cliff Thorburn
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Conor Trainor
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John van't Schip
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Larry Walker, baseball player
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Percy Williams, sprinter
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Steve Yzerman (born 1965), ice hockey player
Artists
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Hank Bull, painter
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Emily Carr, artist
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Kate Craig, artist
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Olea Marion Davis, ceramist, sculptor
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Iris Hauser (born 1956), painter
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Fred Herzog, photographer
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Clive Holden, poet, film director and visual artist
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Karen Jamieson, dancer and choreographer
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Beatrice Lennie, painter, sculptor
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Glenn Lewis
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Attila Richard Lukacs, artist
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Charles Marega, sculptor
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Len Norris, editorial cartoonist
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Sophie Pemberton, painter
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Bill Reid, artist
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David Rimmer, filmmaker
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Jack Shadbolt, artist
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Godfrey Stephens, artist
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Shane Wilson, artist
Journalists and writers
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Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
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Bill Bissett, poet
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George Bowering, author
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Robert Bringhurst, poet
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Douglas Coupland, author (genX fiction)
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Janice Cowan
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Ranj Dhaliwal, author (crime-fiction)
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Ralph Edwards, naturalist/author (Caruso of Lonesome Lake)
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Timothy Findley, author
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Allan Fotheringham, columnist (politics, often satirical)
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Austin Gary, author
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William Gibson, author (Neuromancer)
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Terry Glavin, columnist/author and naturalist (ecology, fisheries, politics)
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John Stephen Hill, playwright Steve Hill (When I'm 64)
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Bruce Hutchison, editor/columnist and author (The Fraser)
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W.P. Kinsella, author/columnist (Shoeless Joe Goes To Iowa)
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Mark Leiren-Young, author/playwright/screenwriter (Never Shoot a Stampede Queen)
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Malcolm Lowry, novelist (Under the Volcano, October Ferry To Gabriola)
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Eswyn Lyster, genealogist and war bride author (Most Excellent Citizens, Trafford Press 2010)
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Keith Maillard, novelist, poet (Gloria, Motet, Two Strand River)
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Daphne Marlatt, poet
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Alan Morley, journalist and historian (Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis)
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Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, editor, columnist
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Susan Musgrave, poet
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Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster
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Rohan O'Grady, novelist (Let's Kill Uncle, Pippin's Journal)
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Stan Persky, author and journalist
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Eden Robinson, novelist (Monkey Beach)
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Spider Robinson, author (science fiction)
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George Ryga, playwright (The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe)
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Omar Sachedina, journalist and news anchor (CTV National News)
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Paul St. Pierre (Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse)
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Robin Skelton, poet
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Lauren Southern, right-wing activist and YouTuber
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William Fraser Tolmie, HBC Fur trade employee, medical doctor and later politician
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Margaret Trudeau, author
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Jack Wasserman, columnist (society, show biz, politics)
Others
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Brother Twelve
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Mary John Sr.
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Masajiro Miyazaki, osteopath, coroner and "bush doctor"
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Jim Pattison, businessman and
Fortune 500 member
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Caspar Phair,
Lillooet, pioneer and first government agent
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Jack Pickup, physician, the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia"
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Arran Stephens, author; founder of
Nature's Path
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Amy Soranno, animal rights activist
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Skip Triplett, former president of
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Jessica Yaniv, transgender activist
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