List of people from British Columbia

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

Beverley McLachlin, chief justice of Canada
Alfred Scow, First Status Indian judge BC Provincial Court

Other politicians

Emery Barnes
Wesley Drewett Black, Provincial Secretary 1952–1972
Richard Blanshard, first Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island
Rosemary Brown
Frank Arthur Calder, First Nations MLA and Nisga'a politician
Sir James Douglas, colonial governor
Jennifer Granholm, Canadian/American politician and former Governor of Michigan ; naturalized US citizen
Ginger Goodwin, Labour organizer
Guujaaw, Haida politician, activist and cultural leader
Edward John
Arthur Kennedy, governor of the united colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
David Lam, philanthropist and Lieutenant-Governor
Rafe Mair
Grace McCarthy
Joy McPhail
Frederick Seymour, Governor of Vancouver Island and of British Columbia
William Fraser Tolmie
Joseph Trutch, colonial Lieutenant-Governor and first Lieutenant-Governor of the province of British Columbia

Scientists

Ian Affleck, physicist
Robert Edward Bell, nuclear physicist
Margaret Benston, chemist, computer scientist
Michael Bigg, marine biologist
Jim Chamberlin, aerodynamicist
Wade Davis, ethnobotanist
Ryan C.N. D'Arcy, neuroscientist
James E. Gill, geologist
John R. Hendricks, mathematician
Abram Hoffer, biochemist, physician
Frances Oldham Kelsey, pharmacologist
Vit Klemes, hydrologist
Mel Krajden, medical scientist
Robert T. Lackey, fisheries scientist, ecologist, zoologist
Robert Langlands, mathematician
Jerrold E. Marsden, applied mathematician
Bill Mathews, geologist, volcanologist, engineer
Brian McConaghy, forensic scientist
Ian McTaggart-Cowan, ecologist
Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, meteorologist
Faron Moller, computer scientist
Barth Netterfield, astrophysicist
Edward Faraday Odlum, geologist
Santa J. Ono, biologist
Robert Methven Petrie, astronomer
Jerilynn Prior, medical scientist, endocrinologist
Scott D. Sampson, paleontologist
Martin Schechter, epidemiologist
Robert Fletcher Shaw, engineer
John Alexander Sinton, medical scientist, doctor, malariologist
Frank Smith, psycholinguist
Michael Smith, biochemist
Wayne Smith, statistician
David Suzuki, biologist, ecologist
Robert Thirsk, engineer, physician, astronaut
John Lancelot Todd, physician, parasitologist
Bjarni Tryggvason, engineer, astronaut
Paul Tseng, applied mathematician
William Vickrey, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Andrew Weaver, climate scientist
Franklin White, public health scientist

Television/film actors and musicians

Daniel Adair, drummer
Bryan Adams, singer
Evan Adams, First Nations actor
Pamela Anderson, actress
Aaron Ashmore, actor
Shawn Ashmore, actor
Long John Baldry, musician, songwriter
Bill Barlee, politician, TV host
Bbno$, rapper
Gil Bellows, actor
Michael Bublé, singer
Raymond Burr, actor
Jim Byrnes, musician, actor
Nicholas Campbell, actor
Chris Carter, screenwriter, producer, director
Anna Cathcart, actress
Kim Cattrall, actress
Sarah Chalke, actress
Tommy Chong, actor, comedian, cannabis rights activist
Hayden Christensen, actor
Amanda Crew, actress
Thomas Middleditch, actor
Mackenzie Davis, actress
William B. Davis, actor
Yvonne De Carlo, actress
Mac Demarco, musician, multi-instrumentalist
Edward Dmytryk, film director
James Doohan, actor
Atom Egoyan, film director
Aryana Engineer, actress
Jodelle Ferland, actress
Nathan Fielder, comedian, actor
Noel Fisher, actor
Roy Forbes, musician
Judith Forst, opera singer
David Foster, songwriter, record producer
Michael J Fox, actor, producer and health activist
Nelly Furtado, singer-songwriter
Chief Dan George, actor
Evan Goldberg, screenwriter
Matthew Good, musician
Grimes (musician), musician
June Havoc, actress
Carter Hayden, actor and voice actor
Bill Henderson (Canadian singer), musician
Ben Heppner, opera singer
Matt Hill, Canadian-American voice actor
Jacob Hoggard, musician
John Ireland, actor
Robert Ito, actor
Joshua Jackson, actor
Carly Rae Jepsen, musician
Alexz Johnson, singer, actress
Avan Jogia, actor
Joe Keithley, musician, songwriter
Allan King, film director
Taylor Kitsch, actor and model
Elias Koteas, actor
Diana Krall, musician
Kristin Kreuk, actress
Nicholas Lea, actor
Darryl Lenox, comedian
Alex Lifeson, guitarist
Jessica Lowndes, actress
Jessica Lucas, actress
Alexander Ludwig, actor
Leon Mandrake, illusionist
Sarah McLachlan, musician
Brandon Jay McLaren, actor
Rosa Mendes, model, professional wrestler
Shay Mitchell, actress
Moka Only, rapper, singer and record producer
Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
Meghan Ory, actress
Molly Parker, actress
Barbara Parkins, actress
Daniel Powter, musician, singer-songwriter, and pianist
Jason Priestley, actor
Kirsten Prout, actress
John Qualen, actor
Josh Ramsay, musician
Sophia Reid-Gantzert, actress and dancer
Mike Reno, musician, songwriter
Ryan Reynolds, actor
Donnelly Rhodes, actor
Emily Bett Rickards, actress
Seth Rogen, actor, comedian, writer, producer
Will Sasso, actor
Pablo Schreiber, actor
Michael Shanks, actor
Nell Shipman, actress, film director
Alexis Smith, actress
Dallas Smith, musician
Cobie Smulders, actress
Jewel Staite, actress
Ryan Stiles, comedian, producer
Dorothy Stratten, actress, model
Bobby Taylor, Motown singer
Jon Mikl Thor, singer, performer and bodybuilder
Meg Tilly, actress
Jacob Tremblay, actor
Daniel Wesley, musician
Finn Wolfhard, actor, voice actor, musician
Glenn Wool, stand-up comedian

Athletes

Glenn Anderson, ice hockey player
Peter Bakonyi, Hungarian-born Canadian Olympic fencer
Tyson Barrie
Mathew Barzal
Jason Bay, Canadian-American baseball player
Russell Baze
Connor Bedard
Jamie Benn, ice hockey player
Jordie Benn
Mitch Berger
Tyler Breeze
Rod Brind'Amour
Hy Buller, All Star NHL ice hockey player
Bowen Byram
Macklin Celebrini
Brandon Clarke
Chase Claypool
Jon Cooper, NHL head coach
Jon Cornish
John Davison
Ryan Dempster, baseball player
Brenden Dillon
Ryan Ellis, ice hockey player
Ray Ferraro
Craig Forrest
Jeff Francis
Kaleigh Fratkin, professional ice hockey player
Freddy Fuller
Danny Gare
Leah Goldstein, Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion
Shaul Gordon, Canadian-Israeli Olympic fencer
Chelsea Green
Nancy Greene
Dan Hamhuis
Rick Hansen
Rich Harden
Doug Hepburn, strongman
Ken Holland
Shawn Horcoff
Jordyn Huitema
Daniel Igali
Barret Jackman
Tristan Jarry
Harry Jerome
Teyo Johnson
Harry Jones
Evander Kane
Paul Kariya
Ethan Katzberg, Olympic Shot-Putter
Larry Kwong
Andrew Ladd
Silken Laumann
Brett Lawrie
Angela Lee, mixed martial artist
Christian Lee, mixed martial artist
Bob Lenarduzzi
Adam Loewen
Milan Lucic
Rory MacDonald
Mark McMorris
Willie Mitchell
Greg Moore
Justin Morneau, baseball player
Brendan Morrison
Steve Nash, basketball player
Cam Neely
Rob Niedermayer
Scott Niedermayer
Michael Nonni
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Tyler O'Neill
Kyle O'Reilly
Pat Onstad
Lui Passaglia
James Paxton
Simon Pond
Vasek Pospisil
Carey Price
Mark Recchi
Gareth Rees
Morgan Rielly
Griffin Reinhart
Max Reinhart
Sam Reinhart
Kevin Reynolds, figure skater; 2013 Four Continents champion and 2014 Winter Olympics team silver medalist
Cliff Ronning
Joe Sakic
Eli Schenkel, Olympic fencer
Brent Seabrook
Christine Sinclair
Paul Spoljaric, baseball player
Troy Stecher, ice hockey player
Ari Taub, Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
John Tenta
Shea Theodore
Tiny Thompson
Cliff Thorburn
Devon Toews
Conor Trainor
John van't Schip
Larry Walker, baseball player
Shea Weber
Percy Williams, sprinter
Steve Yzerman, ice hockey player

Artists

Hank Bull, painter
Emily Carr, artist
Kate Craig, artist
Olea Marion Davis, ceramist, sculptor
Iris Hauser, painter
Fred Herzog, photographer
Clive Holden, poet, film director and visual artist
Karen Jamieson, dancer and choreographer
Beatrice Lennie, painter, sculptor
Glenn Lewis
Attila Richard Lukacs, artist
Charles Marega, sculptor
Len Norris, editorial cartoonist
Sophie Pemberton, painter
Bill Reid, artist
David Rimmer, filmmaker
Jack Shadbolt, artist
Godfrey Stephens, artist
Shane Wilson, artist

Journalists and writers

Doug Beardsley, poet and educator
Bill Bissett, poet
George Bowering, author
Robert Bringhurst, poet
Douglas Coupland, author
Janice Cowan
Ranj Dhaliwal, author
Ralph Edwards, naturalist/author
Timothy Findley, author
Allan Fotheringham, columnist
Austin Gary, author
William Gibson, author
Terry Glavin, columnist/author and naturalist
John Stephen Hill, playwright Steve Hill
Bruce Hutchison, editor/columnist and author
W.P. Kinsella, author/columnist
Mark Leiren-Young, author/playwright/screenwriter
Malcolm Lowry, novelist
Eswyn Lyster, genealogist and war bride author
Keith Maillard, novelist, poet
Emily St. John Mandel, novelist
Daphne Marlatt, poet
Alan Morley, journalist and historian
Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, editor, columnist
Susan Musgrave, poet
Kliph Nesteroff, writer, broadcaster
Rohan O'Grady, novelist
Stan Persky, author and journalist
Eden Robinson, novelist
Spider Robinson, author
George Ryga, playwright
Omar Sachedina, journalist and news anchor
Paul St. Pierre
Linus Sebastian, technology YouTuber
Robin Skelton, poet
Lauren Southern, right-wing activist and YouTuber
William Fraser Tolmie, HBC Fur trade employee, medical doctor and later politician
Margaret Trudeau, author
Jack Wasserman, columnist

Others

Brother Twelve
Terry Fox
Keith Hunter Jesperson, The Happy Face Killer
Mary John Sr.
Masajiro Miyazaki, osteopath, coroner and "bush doctor"
Jim Pattison, businessman and Fortune 500 member
Caspar Phair, Lillooet, pioneer and first government agent
Robert Pickton, serial killer
Jack Pickup, physician, the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia"
Linus Sebastian, YouTuber
Arran Stephens, author; founder of Nature's Path
Amy Soranno, animal rights activist
Skip Triplett, former president of Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Rick Hansen, athlete, activist, and philanthropist
Simon Nessman, model, activist
Chris and Patrick Vörös, Online personalities known as Da Vinki Twins