Wikipedia:
List of British Columbians
This is a list of notable people born, raised, or long-time resident to the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Premiers
- John Foster McCreight
- Amor De Cosmos
- George Anthony Walkem
- Andrew Charles Elliott
- Robert Beaven
- William Smithe
- A.E.B. Davie
- John Robson
- Theodore Davie
- John Herbert Turner
- Charles Augustus Semlin
- Joseph Martin
- James Dunsmuir
- Edward Gawler Prior
- Richard McBride
- William John Bowser
- Harlan Carey Brewster
- John Oliver
- John Duncan MacLean
- Simon Fraser Tolmie
- Thomas "Duff" Pattullo
- John Hart
- Byron "Boss" Johnson
- W. A. C. Bennett
- Dave Barrett
- William Richards Bennett
- William Vander Zalm
- Rita Johnston
- Michael Harcourt
Dan Miller - Glen Clark
- Ujjal Dosanjh
- Gordon Campbell
Members of Parliament
- Jim Abbott
- David Anderson
- Thomas Speakman Barnett
- Dave Barrett - former Premier of British Columbia
- Ron Basford
- Don Bell
- Thomas Berger
- Hewitt Bostock
- Margaret Bridgman
- Chuck Cadman
- Iona Campagnolo - later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
- Kim Campbell - also Prime Minister of Canada
- Pat Carney
- Raymond Chan
- Mary Collins
- Chuck Cook
- Jean Crowder
- Nathan Cullen
- John Cummins
- Libby Davies
- Stockwell Day
- Amor De Cosmos - second Premier of British Columbia
- Edgar Dewdney - later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
- Herb Dhaliwal
- Ujjal Dosanjh
- Tommy Douglas
- John Duncan
- David Emerson
- Paul Forseth
- Hedy Fry
- Jim Gouk
- Gurmant Grewal
- Nina Grewal
- Herbert Wilfred Herridge
- Russ Hiebert
- Jay Hill
- Betty Hinton
- Frank Howard
- William Irvine
- Pauline Jewett
- Peter Julian
- Douglas Jung
- Jim Karpoff
- Sophia Leung
- Gary Lunn
- Gerry McGeer
- Roy MacLaren
- Grace MacInnis
- Ian Alistair Mackenzie
- Len Marchand
- Keith Martin
- James Moore
- Henry Nathan, Jr.
- Stephen Owen
- George Pearkes - later Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
- Art Phillips - former mayor of Vancouver
- Elmore Philpott
- John Reynolds
- Nelson Riis
- Svend Robinson
- Paul St. Pierre
- Tom Siddon
- Bill Siksay
- Bob Skelly
- Darrel Stinson
- Chuck Strahl
- John Turner - also Prime Minister of Canada
- Ian Waddell
- Mark Warawa
- Randy White
Jurists
- Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Other politicians
- Sir James Douglas
- Rafe Mair
- Joy McPhail
- Emery Barnes
- Grace McCarthy
- Rosemary Brown
- Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan; natz. US citizen
- William Fraser Tolmie
Scientists
- Dr. David T. Suzuki, biologist/ecologist
- Wade Davis, ethnobotanist
- Patrick McGeer, neuroscientist (and Social Credit cabinet minister)
Show Business personalities
- Richard Cummins, singer/songwriter
- Bryan Adams, singer
- Pamela Anderson, actress (Baywatch, V.I.P.)
- Randy Bachman, musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
- Long John Baldry, musician/songwriter
- Fairuza Balk, actress (The Wizard of Oz)
- Gil Bellows, actor
- Michael Bublé, singer
- Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason)
- Peter Breck, actor
- Jim Byrnes, musician/actor (Highlander)
- Nicholas Campbell, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
- Yvonne De Carlo, actress (The Munsters)
- Chris Carter, screenwriter/producer/director (X-Files)
- William B. Davis, actor (X-Files)
- Edward Dmytryk, film director
- James Doohan, actor (Star Trek)
- Roy Forbes (Bim), musician
- Judith Forst, opera singer
- David Foster, songwriter, record producer
- Matthew Good, musician
- Michael J. Fox, actor (Back to the Future)
- Nelly Furtado, singer
- Chief Dan George, actor (Little Big Man, Cariboo Cowboy)
- June Havoc, actress
- Ben Heppner, opera singer
- John Ireland, actor
- Robert Ito, actor
- Alexz Johnson, singer/actress
- Joe Keithley, musician/songwriter (D.O.A.)
- Elias Koteas, actor (The Thin Red Line)
- Diana Krall, musician
- Kristin Kreuk, actress (Smallville)
- Nicholas Lea, actor (X-Files)
- Eric McCormack, actor
- Sarah McLachlan, musician
- Leon Mandrake, illusionist (Mandrake the Magician)
- Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter
- Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
- Barbara Parkins, actress
- Jason Priestley, actor
- John Qualen, actor
- Mike Reno, musician/songwriter
- Ryan Reynolds, actor
- Coco Rocha, fashion model
- Donnelly Rhodes, actor (Da Vinci's Inquest)
- Michael Shanks, actor
- Nell Shipman, actress, film director
- Alexis Smith, actress
- Dorothy Stratten, actress/model
- Bobby Taylor, Motown singer (Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers)
- Koko Taylor, blues singer
- Jon Mikl Thor, singer/performer and bodybuilder
- Jennifer Tilly, actress
- Meg Tilly, actress
- Tina Tyler, adult actress
Sports personalities
- Glenn Anderson
- Jason Bay
- Russell Baze
- Rod Brind'Amour
- Mitch Berger
- John Davison
- Ryan Dempster
- Craig Forrest
- Terry Fox
- Jeff Francis
- Danny Gare
- Rick Hansen
- Sean Horcoff
- Daniel Igali
- Barret Jackman
- Teyo Johnson
- Paul Kariya
- Andrew Ladd
- Bob Lenarduzzi
- Adam Loewen
- Willie Mitchell
- Greg Moore
- Justin Morneau
- Brendan Morrison
- Steve Nash
- Cam Neely
- Rob Niedermayer
- Scott Niedermayer
- Pat Onstad
- Simon Pond
- Mark Recchi
- Gareth Rees
- Cliff Ronning
- Joe Sakic
- Paul Spoljaric
- John Tenta
- Cliff Thorburn
- John van't Schip
- Larry Walker
- Percy Williams
- Steve Yzerman
Artists
- Emily Carr, artist
- Sarah Lindley Crease, artist
- Fred Herzog, photographer
- Attila Richard Lukacs, artist
- Len Norris, editorial cartoonist
- Sophie Pemberton), painter
- Bill Reid, artist
- Jack Shadbolt, artist
- Neil Wedman, artist
Journalists and Writers
- Bill Bissett, poet
- Maeve Blanchet (the Circle of Time)
- Robert Bringhurst, poet
- Douglas Coupland, author (genX fiction)
- Philip K. Dick, author (science fiction)
- Isaac "Ikey" Dixon, columnist (Cariboo Sentinel, 1860s-90s)
- Ralph Edwards, naturalist/author (Caruso of Lonesome Lake)
- Allan Fotheringham, columnist (politics, often satirical)
- Bruce Hutchison, editor/columnist and author (The Fraser)
- Timothy Findley, author
- Terry Glavin, columnist/author and naturalist (ecology, fisheries, politics)
- W.P. Kinsella, author/columnist (Shoeless Joe Goes To Iowa)
Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray , editor/columnist- Malcolm Lowry, novelist (Under the Volcano, October Ferry To Gabriola)
- Alan Morley, journalist and historian (Vancouver: From Milltown to Metropolis)
- Susan Musgrave, poet
- Spider Robinson, author (science fiction)
- George Ryga, playwright (The Ecstasy Of Rita Joe)
- Paul St. Pierre (Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse)
- Paddy Sherman, editor/publisher and columnist
- Robin Skelton, poet
- Margaret Trudeau, author
- Jack Wasserman, columnist (society, show biz, politics)
Others
- Brother Twelve, cult leader
- David Lam, philanthropist and Lieutenant-Governor
- Masajiro Miyazaki, osteopath, coroner and "bush doctor"
- Jim Pattison, businessman and Fortune 500 member
- Caspar Phair, Lillooet pioneer and first government agent
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