List of Famous people born in British Columbia, Canada

Bill Switzer

First Name Bill
Last Name Switzer
Born on March 28, 1984 (age 42)

William Ashton Switzer is an American-Canadian voice actor. He is known for his work on the animated television series Mummies Alive! He had a leading role in Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension and he also performed in Sabrina: The Animated Series. While he has voiced several roles in anime, he was also Philthy from MythQuest and the voice of Harvey Kinkle from Sabrina: The Animated Series and Sam "Cannonball" Guthrie from X-Men: Evolution. He also voiced Billy's former friend Nick in the second season of Billy the Cat which he took over from Lee Tockar who also wrote one episode of the show.

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Ian Hughes

First Name Ian
Last Name Hughes
Born on April 8, 1969 (age 57)
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Philippos Sachinidis

First Name Philippos
Born on March 27, 1963 (age 63)

Filippos Sachinidis is a Greek politician of the Movement for Change. Elected on the list of his former party PASOK, he served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 2007 to 2014. In 2012, he briefly served as Minister of Finance in the Coalition Cabinet of Lucas Papademos.

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Kim Smith

First Name Kim
Last Name Smith
Born on May 7, 1984 (age 41)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Kim Smith Gaucher, née Kim Smith, is a Canadian professional women's basketball player, currently with the USO Mondeville in the championnat de France de basket-ball de Ligue féminine 2 (LF2).

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Zach Lipovsky

First Name Zach
Last Name Lipovsky
Born on April 13, 1984 (age 42)

Zach Lipovsky is a Canadian director, former child actor and visual effects specialist.

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Zak Santiago

First Name Zak
Last Name Santiago
Born on January 3, 1981 (age 45)

Zak Santiago is a Canadian actor and DJ.

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Ryder Hesjedal

First Name Ryder
Last Name Hesjedal
Born on December 9, 1980 (age 45)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Eric Ryder Hesjedal is a Canadian retired professional racing cyclist who competed in both mountain biking and road racing between 1998 and 2016. Hesjedal won a silver medal at the 1998 Junior, 2001 Under-23, and Elite world championship in mountain biking. He turned professional with U.S. Postal Service in 2004 after several years with the Rabobank continental team. Having previously finished in fifth place at the 2010 Tour de France, Hesjedal won his first and only Grand Tour at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, the first Grand Tour win by a Canadian. Other major wins include two stages at the Vuelta a España, the first such stage wins by a Canadian. Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen claimed in his autobiography that he taught Hesjedal how to take EPO. Ryder Hesjedal later admitted that this doping allegation was "the truth." "I chose the wrong path," he said. Hesjedal has not served a ban as a result of his confession to USADA. Hesjedal publicly expressed a desire to be honest and transparent. VeloNews reported in 2014 that "The 33-year-old Canadian, however, stopped short of explaining what drugs he took, and when.

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Valerie Tian

First Name Valerie
Last Name Tian
Born on April 21, 1989 (age 37)

Valerie Tian is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Su-Chin in Juno.

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Ronald Bladen

First Name Ronald
Last Name Bladen
Born on July 13, 1918
Died on February 3, 1988 (aged 69)

Ronald Bladen was an American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism, American Hard-Edge Painting, and sculptors such as Isamu Noguchi and David Smith. Bladen in turn had stimulating effect on a circle of younger artists including Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt and others, who repeatedly referred to him as one of the ‘father figures’ of Minimal Art.

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Derrick Ng

First Name Derrick
Last Name Ng
Born on September 21, 1987 (age 38)

Derrick Ng is a male Canadian badminton player from Vancouver, British Columbia. He has been the top ranked men's doubles player on the continent and a contender in major international competitions. He is the current and five consecutive times National champion in men's doubles and has won several national and international titles since 2010 in both men's and mixed doubles. He's also an entrepreneur who created Skinetex Kinesiology Tape and also spends time coaching advanced to elite level athletes.

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