British Columbia
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.
A
- 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
- 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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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.J - K
- Edward John first nations political leader
- Mary John, Sr. carrier leader, activist
- Alexz Johnson actress
- Byron Ingemar "Boss" Johnson former premier
- Teyo Johnson football player
- Peter Julian community activist, politician
- Paul Kariya hockey player
- Diana Krall singer, pianist
- Kristin Kreuk actress
- Andrew Ladd hockey player
- Nicholas Lea actor
- Robert "Bob" Lenarduzzi soccer player, coach
- Alex Lifeson musician
- Adam Loewen baseball player
- Roy MacLaren diplomat, historian, author, politician
- Leonard Marchand first indian parliament member
- Suleka Mathew actress (born in India)
- Sir Richard McBride founder B.C. conservative party
- Arthur Daniel Miller politician
- Willie Mitchell hockey player
- Moffatts (The) music group
- Greg Moore race car driver
- Justin Morneau baseball player
- Brendan Morrison hockey player
- Carrie-Anne Moss actress
- Lochlyn Munro actor
- Steven "Steve" Nash basketball player (born in South Africa)
- Cameron "Cam" Neely hockey player
- Robert "Rob" Niedermayer hockey player
- Patrick "Pat" Onstad soccer player
- Molly Parker actress
- Barbara Parkins actress
- Sophie Pemberton artist
- Barry Pepper actor
- Jason Priestley actor
- Kirsten Prout actress
- John Qualen actor
- Josh Ramsay singer, songwriter, producer
- Mark Recchi hockey player
- William "Bill" Reid artist
- Winston Rekert actor
- Mike Reno musician
- Ryan Reynolds actor
- Seth Rogen actor, comedian, producer
- Clifford "Cliff" Ronning hockey player
- Teryl Rothery actress
- Ann Rutherford actress
S
- Joseph "Joe" Sakic hockey player
- Will Sasso actor
- Devon Sawa actor
- Michael Shanks actor
- Carol Shields author
- Nell Shipman screenwriter, producer
- Chelan Simmons actress
- Robert "Bob" Skelly politician
- Alexis Smith actress
- Jacoba "Cobie" Smulders actress
- Jewel Staite actress
- Charles "Chuck" Strahl politician
- Sarah Strange actress
- David Suzuki science broadcaster, environmental activist, author
- John Tenta wrestler
- Ronald James Thom architect
- Reece Thompson actor
- Jon Miki Thor bodybuilder champion
- Cliff Thorburn snooker player
- Douglas Todd journalist, author
- Simon Fraser Tolmie former premier
- Margaret Sinclair Trudeau former first lady
- Deborah Kara Unger actress
- Emmanuelle Vaugier actress
- Larry Walker baseball player
- Percy Williams athlete, olympic medalist
- Stephen "Steve" Yzerman hockey player
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