List of Famous people born in British Columbia, Canada
Cameron Bright
Cameron Bright is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films The Butterfly Effect, Godsend, Birth, Running Scared, Ultraviolet, X-Men: The Last Stand, Thank You for Smoking and three installments of The Twilight Saga.
Chief Dan George
Chief Dan George, OC was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was also an actor, musician, poet and author; his best-known written work was "My Heart Soars". As an actor, he is best remembered for portraying Old Lodge Skins opposite Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; also for his role in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), as Lone Watie, opposite Clint Eastwood.
William Hardy McNeill
William Hardy McNeill was a historian and author, noted for his argument that contact and exchange among civilizations is what drives human history forward, first postulated in The Rise of the West (1963). He was the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1947 until his retirement in 1987.
Ryan Nicholson
Ryan Nicholson was a Canadian special effects makeup artist and filmmaker.
Aaron Guiel
Aaron Colin Guiel is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder.
Tristan Jarry
Tristan Jarry is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jarry was selected by the Penguins in the second round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
Jon Mikl Thor
Jon Mikl Thor, better known as Thor, is a bodybuilding champion, actor, songwriter, screenwriter, historian, vocalist and musician.
Bernie Shaw
Bernard "Bernie" Shaw is a Canadian-English singer, and since 1986, the lead vocalist of British rock band Uriah Heep.
Ryan Robbins
Ryan John Currier, better known as Ryan Robbins, is a Canadian actor.
Katie Stuart
Katherine Anne Stuart is a Canadian actress and stunt performer. She played lead character Meg Murry in the 2003 television film A Wrinkle in Time. She is also known for her recurring role of Zoe Monroe in The 100 and in the 2017 webseries Inconceivable.