British Columbia

British Columbia Famous

People listed are almost always native to the province. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within a province for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the province in their personal endeavors.

David Anderson politician, olympic medalist
Glenn "Andy" Anderson hockey player
Pamela Anderson actress
Carolyn Arends musician, songwriter

David "Dave" Barrett politician, social worker
Jason Bay baseball player
Russell Baze jockey
Don Bell politician
Gil Bellows actor
W.A.C. Bennett longest-serving B.C. premier
William "Bill" Bennett politician
Mitch Berger football player
Thomas R. Berger politician
Geoff Berner singer, songwriter
Jean-Luc Bilodeau actor
Bernard Braden actor
Cameron Bright actor
Dave Broadfoot comedian, actor
Michael Buble singer
Raymond Burr actor

Iona Campagnolo first woman lieutenant-governor
Gordon Muir Campbell politician
Avril "Kim" Campbell first female prime minister of Canada
Emily Carr artist, author
Brent Carver actor
Kim Cattrall actress (born in England)
Justin Chatwin actor
Hayden Christensen actor
Glen David Clark politician
Robert Clothier actor
Raymond Collishaw fighter pilot, squadron leader, officer Royal Naval Air Service, Air Force
Amanda Crew actress

Edmund Wade Davis anthropologist, author
John Davison cricket player
Yvonne De Carlo actress
Ryan Dempster baseball player
James "Jimmy" Doohan actor
James Dunsmuir industrialist, politician

E - F

Atom Egoyan director, screenwriter (born in Egypt)
Arthur Charles Erickson architect, urban planner
Jodelle Ferland actress
Roy Forbes singer, songwriter
Craig Forrest soccer player, commentator
Judith Forst opera singer
David Foster musician, singer, songwriter
Don Francks actor, musician
Nelly Furtado singer, songwriter

G - I

Danny Gare hockey player
Chief Dan George chief tsleil-waututh first nation
Evan Goldberg filmwriter, producer
Iris Graham actress
Jennifer Granholm U.S. politician
Jason Gray-Stanford actor
Rick Hansen spinal cord injuries activist
June Havoc actress, director
Ben Heppner tenor
Jay Hill politician
Clive Holden poet, multimedia artist
Shawn Horcoff hockey player
Frank Howard trade unionist, politician
John Ireland actor
Robert Ito actor

Barret Jackman hockey player
Joshua Jackson actor

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