List of Famous people born in British Columbia, Canada
Chris McNally
Chris McNally, also known as Christopher McNally, is a Canadian-born actor most noted for his role as Lucas Bouchard in the Hallmark Channel series When Calls the Heart (2019-present).
Rafe Mair
Kenneth Rafe Mair was a Canadian lawyer, political commentator, radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as the member for Kamloops from 1975 to 1981 in the caucus of the Social Credit Party.
Sasha Lakovic
Sasha Gordon Lakovic was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for 17 different professional teams during his career. Lakovic also played for four roller hockey teams in the mid-1990s.
Linna Huynh
Linna Huynh is a Canadian television presenter, actress and model currently based in Hong Kong under contract with TVB.
Jake Virtanen
Jacob "Jake" Virtanen is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Shotgun Jake" by Canucks fans, Virtanen was drafted by the Canucks sixth overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist, speaker, television host, and author. She has spoken around the world about environmental issues, urging listeners to define their values, act with the future in mind, and take individual responsibility. She is the daughter of Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki.
Sean McColl
Sean McColl is a professional rock climber from North Vancouver, Canada. He competes in the lead climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering disciplines, and has won major competitions in all three.
David Suzuki
David Takayoshi Suzuki is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things, seen in over 40 countries. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment.
Jodelle Ferland
Jodelle Micah Ferland is a Canadian actress. She made her debut at the age of four, with the television movie Mermaid (2000) for which she received a Daytime Emmy Nomination, making her the youngest to be nominated. She has since appeared in several films, which include Tideland (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Good Luck Chuck (2007), Case 39 (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), and The Tall Man (2012). Aside from her film roles, she has starred as Mary Jensen in the television series Kingdom Hospital (2004), and as Five in the television series Dark Matter (2015–2017).
Michael Saunders
Michael Edward Brett Saunders is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, and Philadelphia Phillies.