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A Torontonian is a person who lives in, or was from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Contents

Science, math

Journalism

Architecture

Artists

Literature

Film

Business, finance

Entertainers

Musicians and bands

Sports

Professional wrestlers "billed" from Toronto

Other

Science, math

★ Sir Frederick Banting - 1923 Nobel Prize in Medicine

★ Charles Best

★ James Collip

★ Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter - the world's best known geometer

★ Harold E. Johns

★ John James Richard Macleod

★ Ernest McCulloch - cellular biologist

★ John Charles Polanyi - 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

★ Tak Wah Mak - Immunologist, discovered the T-Cell receptor, a key to the human immune system

★ Endel Tulving - Cognitive Psychologist, world authority on human memory function

Journalism

★ Bill Cameron

★ Barbara Frum - journalist, news anchor

★ Peter Jennings

★ George Jonas

★ Faisal Kutty - columnist, Lawyers Weekly

★ Victor Malarek

★ Mark Steyn

★ Pamela Wallin - journalist, former Canadian Consul-General to New York

★ See also List of Canadian Journalists

Architecture

★ Jack Diamond

★ Frank Gehry

★ Bruce Kuwabara

★ E.J. Lennox

★ Raymond Moriyama

★ Barton Myers

Artists

★ Robert Bateman - painter

★ Alex Colville - painter

★ Parker Gauld - painter

★ Lawren Harris

★ A.Y. Jackson

★ Ivor Lewis - sculptor

★ James Lumbers - painter

★ Barry Oretsky - painter

★ Charles Pachter

★ Joe Shuster - co-creator of "Superman"

★ Michael Snow - painter, sculptor, filmmaker

★ Tom Thomson

★ Joyce Wieland

Literature

★ Margaret Atwood

★ Barry Callaghan

★ Morley Callaghan

★ Austin Clarke

★ Matt Cohen

★ Robertson Davies

★ Pier Giorgio DiCicco Poet Laureate of Toronto

★ Joe Harsch

★ George Faludy - Nobel nominee for literature

★ Timothy Findley

★ Northrop Frye

★ Graeme Gibson

★ Malcolm Gladwell

★ Katherine Govier

★ Barbara Gowdy

★ Steven Heighton

★ Michael Ignatieff

★ Jane Jacobs

★ Ann-Marie MacDonald

★ Anand Mahadevan

★ Rohinton Mistry

★ Michael Ondaatje

★ Anna Porter

★ Michael Redhill

★ Nino Ricci

★ Daniel Richler

★ John Ralston Saul

★ Josef Škvorecký

★ Jane Urquhart

★ M. G. Vassanji

★ See also: List of Canadian writers, List of Canadian short story writers

Film

★ David Cronenberg

★ Atom Egoyan

★ Norman Jewison

★ Ted Kotcheff

★ Robert Lantos

★ James Motluk

★ Mary Pickford

★ Ivan Reitman

★ Michael Seater - star of Life With Derek

★ See also: List of Canadian directors

Business, finance

★ Thomas J. Bata

★ Conrad Black

★ Leslie Dan

★ Timothy Eaton

★ Michael Lee-Chin

★ David Mirvish

★ Ed Mirvish

★ Peter Munk

★ Albert Reichmann

★ Paul Reichmann

★ Ralph Reichmann

★ Edward Samuel Rogers

★ Isadore Sharp

★ Kenneth Thomson

★ George Vari

★ Galen Weston

Entertainers

★ Will Arnett - actor

★ Jimmy Broyden - stuntman

★ John Candy - actor, comedian

★ Jim Carrey - actor

★ Hayden Christensen - actor

★ Enrico Colantoni - actor

★ David Cronenberg - filmmaker, director, screenwriter

★ George Dunning - animator, director

★ Megan Follows - actress

★ Dave Foley - comedian

★ Ian Hodgkinson - professional wrestler (lived in Toronto)

★ Walter Huston - actor

★ Michael Ironside - actor

★ Peter Jennings - journalist, TV anchor

★ Norman Jewison - filmmaker, director

★ Gail Kim - female professional wrestler

★ Howie Mandel - actor, comedian, writer, producer

★ Raymond Massey - actor

★ Eric McCormack - actor

★ Rick Moranis - actor, comedian, writer, producer

★ Mike Myers - actor, comedian, screenwriter

★ Catherine O'Hara - actress, comedienne, writer

★ Sidney Olcott - director

★ Russell Peters - Comedian

★ Mary Pickford - actress

★ Christopher Plummer - actor

★ Sarah Polley - actress, director

★ Lisa Ray - actress

★ Gloria Reuben - actress

★ Ann Rutherford - actress

★ Morley Safer - journalist, reporter

★ Linda Schuyler - television producer (''Degrassi'')

★ Stephen Stohn - television producer (''Degrassi'')

★ Trish Stratus - WWE Diva, comedian

★ Wayne and Shuster

★ Al Waxman - actor

★ Angel Williams - female pro wrestler

★ David Zancai - street entertainer, actor

Musicians and bands

★ Barenaked Ladies

★ Our Lady Peace

★ Cowboy Junkies

★ Deborah Cox - R&B singer, songwriter

★ The Birthday Massacre

★ Simone Denny - singer

★ George Evans (Canadian jazz vocalist) - jazz singer, producer, recording artist

★ Gil Evans

★ Lorand Fenyves - violinist

★ John Fodi

★ Glenn Gould - pianist

★ Moshe Hammer - violinist

★ Jeff Healey Band

★ Dan Hill - singer, song writer

★ Irish Rovers

★ Geza de Kresz

★ Anton Kuerti - pianist

★ Gordon Lightfoot

★ Lamont Macandrewes

★ The Nylons

★ Amanda Marshall - singer, songwriter

★ Parachute Club

★ Platinum Blonde

★ Robbie Robertson - musician, writer, singer, producer

★ Lukas Rossi - singer

★ Rough Trade/Carole Pope

★ Rush

★ Billy Talent

★ Teresa Stratas - opera singer

★ Triumph

★ Neil Young - singer, song writer

★ Kardinal Offishall - rapper, song writer

★ Glenn Lewis - R&B singer

★ Broken Social Scene

★ Final Fantasy (band) - violinist and singer

★ Toronto (band)

★ Teenage Head

★ Death from Above 1979

★ Metric

★ The Soundbluntz

★ Seiji Ozawa

★ Healey Willan

★ Ronnie Hawkins

★ Cancer Bats

★ K-os

★ Choclair

★ The Dope Poet Society

★ Ghetto Concept

★ Dream Warriors

★ Maestro (rapper)

★ Mayhem Morearty

★ Three Days Grace - rock band, originally from Norwood

Sports

★ Lou Angotti - former NHL player

★ Steve Atkins - former NHL player

★ Vern Ayres - former NHL player

★ Marty Burke - former NHL player

★ Ned Hanlan

★ Jamaal Magloire - NBA player

★ Antoni Mcani - teacher of bundi jumping (2001)

★ Michael Peca - Hockey Player (Toronto Maple Leafs)

★ Marty Roth

★ Elvis Stojko

★ Raffi Torres

Professional wrestlers "billed" from Toronto

★ Adam Copeland, better known as Edge

★ Andrew Martin, better known as Test

★ Jason Reso, better known as Christian Cage

★ Trish Stratus

Other

★ Lester B. Pearson - politician (14th Prime Minister of Canada)

★ Russell Oliver - Well-known jewelery salesman