List of Canadian sports personalities
The following is a list of Canadian sports personalities.
Olympic athletes
- Jean-Paul Banos, fencer
- Alex Baumann, Sudbury, swimmer
- Josh Binstock, volleyball player
- Patrick Chan, Ottawa
- Victor Davis, Guelph, swimmer
- Andre De Grasse, Scarborough/Markham
- Sarah Douglas, Burlington sailor
- Lori Dupuis, Cornwall, hockey player
- Dave Edge, British-Canadian Olympic long-distance runner
- Terry Farnsworth, Olympic judoka
- Mark Fawcett, Nelson, British Columbia
- Shaul Gordon, Canadian-Israeli Olympic sabre fencer
- Alex Harvey, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, cross-country skier
- Wendy Lumby, Calgary, Alberta
- Rosie MacLennan, King City
- Conlin McCabe, Brockville, rower
- Scott Moir, London
- Dylan Moscovitch, medallist pairs skater
- Garth Pischke, indoor beach volleyball player
- Sam Schachter, Olympic beach volleyball player
- Elvis Stojko, Richmond Hill
- Adam van Koeverden, Oakville, kayaker
- Tessa Virtue, London, ice dancer
- Simon Whitfield, Kingston
- Curt Harnett, Thunder Bay, cyclist
[Australian rules football]
- Mike Pyke, former Canada rugby union international and first Canadian to play for an AFL premiership team
[Automobile racing]
- Patrick Carpentier
- Ron Fellows, 24 Hours of Le Mans GTS class winner
- Scott Goodyear
- James Hinchcliffe
- Nicholas Latifi
- Raphaël Lessard
- Greg Moore
- Bruno Spengler, DTM winner
- Lance Stroll, Italian F4 champion in 2014, Toyota Racing Series champion in 2015, and 2016 FIA European Formula 3 champion
- Alex Tagliani
- Paul Tracy CART Champion 2003
- Gilles Villeneuve
- Jacques Villeneuve, son of Gilles, Formula 1 World Champion 1997, Indy 500 Winner 1995, CART Champion 1995
- Robert Wickens
[Baseball]
- Jason Bay, 3x MLB All Star, 2004 NL Rookie of the Year
- Érik Bédard
- Reggie Cleveland
- Rhéal Cormier
- Jesse Crain, All Star
- Tom Daly, Major League Baseball player and coach
- Ryan Dempster, 2x MLB All Star
- Scott Diamond
- Jeff Francis
- Éric Gagné, 3x MLB All Star, Cy Young Award winner
- Aaron Guiel
- Rich Harden
- Blake Hawksworth
- Ferguson Jenkins, 3x MLB All Star, first Canadian to gain election to National Baseball Hall of Fame
- George Kottaras
- Pete Laforest
- Joseph Lannin, owner of the Boston Red Sox who signed Babe Ruth
- Brett Lawrie
- Adam Loewen
- Russell Martin, 4x All Star
- Scott Mathieson
- Kirk McCaskill
- Justin Morneau, 2006 American League MVP, 4x All Star
- Mike Nickeas
- Pete Orr
- Terry Puhl, MLB All Star, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
- Paul Quantrill, All Star
- Ryan Radmanovich
- Chris Reitsma
- Goody Rosen, MLB All-Star outfielder, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
- George Selkirk, succeeded Babe Ruth in right field for NY Yankees
- Matt Stairs
- Adam Stern
- Mark Teahen
- Scott Thorman
- Larry Walker, first Canadian to win the Most Valuable Player Award of Major League Baseball, 5x All Star
- Nigel Wilson
- Jeff Zimmerman, All Star
- Joey Votto, Canadian-American, 2010 National League MVP, 6x MLB All Star
Current players
- John Axford
- Freddie Freeman, Canadian-American, 8x MLB All Star
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Canadian-Dominican, 4x MLB All Star
- Bo Naylor
- Josh Naylor, All Star
- Tyler O'Neill
- James Paxton, pitched a no hitter in 2018
- Nick Pivetta
- Zach Pop
- Abraham Toro
- Andy Yerzy, catcher/first baseman
[Basketball]
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker
- Dalano Banton
- RJ Barrett
- Chris Boucher
- Oshae Brissett
- Dillon Brooks
- Luguentz Dort
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- Cory Joseph
- Trey Lyles
- Jamal Murray
- Andrew Nembhard
- Kelly Olynyk
- Dwight Powell
- Tristan Thompson
- Andrew Wiggins
- Kia Nurse
- Caleb Agada
- Kyle Alexander
- Khem Birch
- Marcus Carr
- Levon Kendall
- Elijah Mitrou-Long
- Andrew Nicholson
- Kevin Pangos
- Ari Rosenberg
- Marial Shayok
- Simisola Shittu
- Lindell Wigginton
- Sim Bhullar, notable as the first person of Indian descent to play in the NBA
- Tyler Ennis
- Jay Triano, first Canadian-born coach
Retired
- Jordan Adams
- Norm Baker, inducted into Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979
- Rowan Barrett
- Hank Biasatti, inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001
- Ron Crevier
- Samuel Dalembert
- Stacey Dales, former WNBA player; currently a host on the NFL Network
- Rick Fox, won three NBA Championship rings in 2000, 2001 and 2002 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers
- Stewart Granger
- Lars Hansen
- Bob Houbregs, inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 1987
- Todd MacCulloch
- Jamaal Magloire
- James Naismith, teacher; invented the game of basketball
- Steve Nash, 2005, 2006 NBA MVP, 2007 MVP runner-up
- Leo Rautins
- Mike Smrek
- Gino Sovran
- Ernie Vandeweghe
- Bill Wennington, won three championships with the Chicago Bulls
- Jim Zoet
[Biathlon]
- Myriam Bédard, Olympic gold medallist
- Zina Kocher
[Bobsleigh]
- Lascelles Brown, Olympic silver medal, 2006
- Vic Emery, Olympic gold medal, 1964
- Kaillie Humphries, Olympic gold medal, 2010
- Pierre Lueders, Olympic gold medal, 1998 and silver medal, 2006
- David MacEachern, Olympic gold medal, 1998
- Heather Moyse, Olympic gold medal, 2010
[Boxing]
- Trevor Berbick, former WBC heavyweight champion
- Maxie Berger, world champion junior welterweight
- Tommy Burns, world heavyweight boxing champion
- George Chuvalo, heavyweight, five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
- Willie DeWitt, heavyweight
- Yvon Durelle, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, and Heavyweight
- Al Foreman, won the Canadian lightweight title, British Boxing Board of Control British lightweight title, and British Empire lightweight title
- Freddy Fuller, light welterweight
- Arturo Gatti, former WBC world Super Lightweight champion
- Otis Grant, WBC Super Middleweight international champion
- Moe Herscovitch, middleweight, Olympic bronze medal winner
- Kirk Johnson, heavyweight
- Sam Langford, Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight, and Heavyweight
- Mark Leduc, Light Welterweight
- Lennox Lewis, grew up in Canada; competed for Canada in the Olympics in 1988, winning a gold medal
- Eric Lucas, former WBC supermiddleweight world champion
- Sammy Luftspring, welterweight boxing champion, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
- Steve Molitor, former IBF Super Bantamweight champion, record of 33–3 as of September 2012
- Tokunbo Olajide, light middleweight boxer
- Jean Pascal, former IBO, WBC, Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Champion of the World
- Donovan Ruddock, heavyweight
- Bert Schneider, welterweight, Olympic gold medal winner
- Shane Sutcliffe, Canadian former heavyweight champion, defeated former world champion "Neon" Leon Spinks by 8-round decision in 1994
[Cricket]
- Ashish Bagai
- Ian Billcliff
- Rizwan Cheema
- John Davison
- Navneet Dhaliwal
- Nikhil Dutta
- Romesh Eranga
- Jeremy Gordon
- Dillon Heyliger
- Abraash Khan
- Nicholas Kirton
- Nitish Kumar
- Junaid Siddiqui
- Ravinderpal Singh
- Hamza Tariq
- Rodrigo Thomas
- Srimantha Wijeratne
- Saad Bin Zafar
Cross-country skiing">Cross-country skiing (sport)">Cross-country skiing
- Shirley Firth
- Drew Goldsack, cross country skier, 2x Olympian
- Brian McKeever, multiple Paralympic gold and silver medals
- Robin McKeever, multiple Paralympic gold and silver medals
- Esther Miller
- Beckie Scott, Olympic gold medal, 2002
- Irvin Servold
[CrossFit]
- Jeffrey Adler
- Brent Fikowski
- Emma Lawson
- Patrick Vellner
[Curling]
- Sherry Anderson
- Dawn Askin
- Matt Baldwin
- Cheryl Bernard
- Jan Betker
- Suzanne Birt
- Marilyn Bodogh
- Terry Braunstein, World Championship silver medalist
- Kerry Burtnyk
- Garnet Campbell
- Chelsea Carey
- Jim Cotter
- Andrea Crawford
- Mark Dacey
- Lyall Dagg
- Mabel DeWare
- Don Duguid
- John Epping
- Randy Ferbey
- Rick Folk
- Rob Fowler
- Kerry Galusha
- Hec Gervais
- Alison Goring
- Ab Gowanlock
- Brad Gushue
- Al Hackner
- Jenn Hanna
- Mike Harris
- Richard Hart
- Ben Hebert
- Guy Hemmings
- Amber Holland
- Rachel Homan
- Heather Houston
- Glenn Howard
- Russ Howard
- Gordon Hudson
- Brad Jacobs
- Colleen Jones
- Jennifer Jones
- Marc Kennedy
- Cathy King
- Shannon Kleibrink
- Jamie Koe
- Kevin Koe
- Brent Laing
- Connie Laliberte
- Penny LaRocque
- Marie-France Larouche
- Kelley Law
- Kaitlyn Lawes
- Stefanie Lawton
- Ed Lukowich
- Jack MacDuff
- Murray Macneill
- Cliff Manahan
- Kevin Martin
- Greg McAulay
- Krista McCarville
- Mike McEwen
- Joyce McKee
- Orest Meleschuk
- Jean-Michel Ménard
- Sherry Middaugh
- Wayne Middaugh
- Marj Mitchell
- Linda Moore
- John Morris
- Barry Naimark, world champion
- Dave Nedohin
- Heather Nedohin
- Ron Northcott
- Jill Officer
- Scott Patterson
- Vic Peters
- Vera Pezer
- Ernie Richardson
- Pat Ryan
- Pat Sanders
- Craig Savill
- Sandra Schmirler
- Kelly Scott
- Julie Skinner
- Heather Smith-Dacey
- Lindsay Sparkes
- Jeff Stoughton
- Billy Walsh
- Ed Werenich
- Pappy Wood
Cycling">Cycle sport">Cycling
- Steve Bauer
- Hugo Donais, Mountain bike, four-cross and BMX cyclist
- Derek Gee, racing cyclist
- Leah Goldstein, Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion
- Ryder Hesjedal, 7th overall at the 2010 Tour de France, winner of 2012 Giro d'Italia
- Andreas Hestler
- Clara Hughes, two-sport athlete, six Olympic medals total
- Alison Sydor