List of Famous people born in British Columbia, Canada
Milan Lučić
Milan Lucic is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He also is part owner of the Edmonton Oilers. He played major junior hockey with the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for three seasons and captured a Memorial Cup, while being named tournament MVP in 2007. He was selected 50th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and made the Boston Bruins' roster as a 19-year-old in 2007–08. Three years later, he won a Stanley Cup with the Bruins. He spent the first eight seasons of his NHL career with Boston prior to being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in June 2015. After a single season in California, Lucic signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers in July 2016, playing three seasons for the club before being dealt to Calgary in July 2019.
Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi Tsoek-jin is a Hong Kong-Canadian actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.
Tyson Barrie
Tyson Barrie is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Colorado Avalanche and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted by the Avalanche in the third round, 64th overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Daniel Cudmore
Daniel Cudmore is a Canadian actor and stuntman. He is perhaps best known for his roles as the superhero Peter Rasputin / Colossus in the X-Men film series, and as the Volturi Felix in The Twilight Saga film series.
Buddy Roberts
Dale Hey was a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buddy Roberts. Primarily a tag team wrestler, Roberts is known for his appearances as one of The Hollywood Blonds in the 1970s and as one of The Fabulous Freebirds in the 1980s. He was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016.
Taylor Hickson
Taylor Delaney Hickson is a Canadian actress and singer-songwriter. Raised in Kelowna, British Columbia, Hickson began singing at talent shows at the age of 11. After graduating from high school, she was granted an acting audition with a casting agent, who signed her the same day.
Joey Cramer
Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer is a Canadian actor who had a briefly successful career in Canadian television and Hollywood in the mid-1980s, most notably for his role in the film Flight of the Navigator.
Emilija Baranac
Emilija Baranac is a Serbian-Canadian actress and model. She is known for her portrayal of Midge Klump in The CW drama series Riverdale and as Genevieve in the To All the Boys I've Loved Before film series.
Serinda Swan
Serinda Swan is a Canadian actress. She is known for her work on television. In 2017, she starred in Marvel's Inhumans and HBO's Ballers, and also portrayed Anne Bancroft in the first season of Feud (2017). Previously, she guest starred on the Warner Bros. television series Smallville as Zatanna Zatara, she also starred as Paige Arkin in the USA Network series Graceland (2013–2015) and as Erica Reed in the A&E series Breakout Kings (2011–2012). She currently stars as Jenny Cooper in the CBC series Coroner.
Joely Collins
Joely Collins is a Canadian-English actress and producer. She is the daughter of Andrea Bertorelli and English musician Phil Collins.