List of Famous people born in British Columbia, Canada

Christian Lee

First Name Christian
Last Name Lee
Born on June 21, 1998 (age 27)

Christian Lee is a Canadian–American mixed martial artist of Chinese–Singaporean and Korean heritage who competes in ONE Championship. He holds Canadian and American citizenship. He is the current ONE Lightweight World Champion and the 2019 ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix Champion. Lee is also currently ranked #3 in the ONE featherweight rankings.

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Graham Wardle

First Name Graham
Last Name Wardle
Born on September 6, 1986 (age 39)

Graham Wardle is a Canadian actor, filmmaker and photographer best known for his role as Ty Borden on the long running CBC series Heartland.

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Veronica Ivy

First Name Veronica
Last Name Ivy
Born on July 18, 1982 (age 43)

Veronica Ivy, formerly Rachel McKinnon, is a Canadian philosophy professor, competitive cyclist, and transgender rights activist. In 2018, she became the first transgender world track cycling champion by placing first at the UCI Women’s Masters Track World Championship for the women's 35–44 age bracket.

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Burkely Duffield

First Name Burkely
Born on August 9, 1992 (age 33)

Burkely Duffield is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Eddie Miller in House of Anubis and as Holden Matthews in Beyond. His sister is actress and singer Victoria Duffield.

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Evan Dunfee

First Name Evan
Last Name Dunfee
Born on September 28, 1990 (age 35)

Evan Dunfee is a Canadian race walker and Olympian. An Olympic and World medalist, Dunfee first set the Canadian record in the 50 kilometres race walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he placed fourth. He went on to win bronze medals at the 2019 World Athletics Championships and the 2020 Summer Olympics, both of those the last time the 50 km was to be featured as an event.

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Dave Broadfoot

First Name Dave
Last Name Broadfoot
Born on December 5, 1925
Died on November 1, 2016 (aged 90)

Dave Broadfoot was a Canadian comedian and satirist. He is best known for his performances as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce.

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Michael Ontkean

Michael Leonard Ontkean
First Name Michael
Last Name Ontkean
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Michael Leonard Ontkean is a Canadian retired actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ontkean relocated to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire on a hockey scholarship before pursuing a career in acting in the early 1970s.

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Amanda Todd

Amanda Michelle Todd
First Name Amanda
Last Name Todd
Born on November 27, 1996
Died on October 10, 2012 (aged 15)

Amanda Michelle Todd was a 15-year-old Canadian student and victim of cyberbullying who hanged herself at her home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. Before her death, Todd posted a video on YouTube in which she used a series of flash cards to tell her experience of being blackmailed into exposing her breasts via webcam, and of being bullied and physically assaulted. The video went viral after her death, resulting in international media attention. The video has had more than 14 million views as of February 2021. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and British Columbia Coroners Service launched investigations into the suicide.

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Jack Black

First Name Jack
Last Name Black
Born on January 1, 1871
Died on November 30, 1931 (aged 60)

Jack Black (1871–1932) was a hobo and professional burglar. Born in 1871 in New Westminster, British Columbia, he was raised from infancy in the U.S. state of Missouri. He wrote You Can't Win, a memoir or sketched autobiography describing his days on the road and life as an outlaw. Black's book was written as an anti-crime book urging criminals to go straight, but it is also his statement of belief in the futility of prisons and the criminal justice system, hence the title of the book. Jack Black was writing from experience, having spent thirty years as a traveling criminal and offers tales of being a cross-country stick-up man, home burglar, petty thief, and opium fiend. He gained fame through association with William S. Burroughs.

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Troy Brouwer

First Name Troy
Last Name Brouwer
Born on August 17, 1985 (age 40)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Troy Brouwer is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames and Florida Panthers. The Blackhawks selected him in the seventh round, 214th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

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