List of Famous people born in British Columbia, Canada

Darren Huston

First Name Darren
Last Name Huston
Born on January 3, 1966 (age 60)

Darren R. Huston is a Canadian businessman and the former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Priceline and Booking.com.

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Kyle Turris

First Name Kyle
Last Name Turris
Born on August 14, 1989 (age 36)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Kyle Turris is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected third overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Phoenix Coyotes. He has also played with the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators.

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Rick Celebrini

First Name Rick
Last Name Celebrini
Born on October 16, 1967 (age 58)

Rick Celebrini is a retired Canadian soccer defender who is the physiotherapist and head of sports medicine & science for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer. Celebrini played for the Canadian U-20 national team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played professionally for the Vancouver 86ers. Celebrini is also a founder and the Director of Sport Medicine and Science for the Fortius Institute.

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Torrance Coombs

First Name Torrance
Last Name Coombs
Born on June 14, 1983 (age 42)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Torrance Coombs is a Canadian-American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Thomas Culpepper in Tudors (2007–2010) and as Sebastian "Bash" de Poitiers, the illegitimate son of King Henry II of France and his chief mistress Diane de Poitiers in Reign (2013–2017).

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Martin Jones

First Name Martin
Last Name Jones
Born on January 10, 1990 (age 36)
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Martin Jones is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). A standout goaltender in junior with the Calgary Hitmen, Jones was named the Western Hockey League's goaltender of the year in 2009–10 and won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

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Noel Fisher

Noel Roeim Fisher
First Name Noel
Last Name Fisher
Born on March 13, 1984 (age 42)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Noel Roeim Fisher is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Mickey Milkovich on the Showtime series Shameless, as well as his portrayal of Cael Malloy on the FX series The Riches. He played Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts in the Emmy Award–winning miniseries Hatfields & McCoys as well as Vladimir, a 1,500-year-old vampire in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, and Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. He also has had roles in shows such as Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Lie to Me, Bones, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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Gil Bellows

First Name Gil
Last Name Bellows
Born on June 28, 1967 (age 58)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Gil Bellows is a Canadian character actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for the roles of Tommy Williams in The Shawshank Redemption, Billy Thomas in the television series Ally McBeal, and as CIA agent Matt Callan in the television series The Agency. In 2016–2017, he was a regular cast member in the USA Network series Eyewitness.

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Nicolas Petan

First Name Nicolas
Last Name Petan
Born on March 22, 1995 (age 31)

Nicolas Petan is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League. Petan was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round, 43rd overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

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John Horgan

First Name John
Last Name Horgan
Born on August 7, 1959 (age 66)

John Joseph Horgan is a Canadian politician who has served as the 36th and current premier of British Columbia since 2017. He has been leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party since 2014 and the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the constituency of Langford-Juan de Fuca and its predecessors since 2005.

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Alexis Smith

First Name Alexis
Last Name Smith
Born on June 8, 1921
Died on June 9, 1993 (aged 72)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Margaret Alexis Smith was a Canadian-born stage, film, and television actress and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Award in 1972 for the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical Follies.

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