List of Famous people born in Kitchener, Canada
Jamal Murray
Jamal Murray is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Canadian national team. He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being drafted by the Nuggets with the seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.
Amanda White
Amanda White is a Canadian producer. She is a partner in iam8bit, a production company, marketing boutique and artist collective, along with Jon M. Gibson.
Christian
William Jason Reso is a Canadian professional wrestler, actor and host. He is currently signed to a WWE media contract under the ring name Christian.
Sarah Pavan
Sarah Lindsey Pavan is a Canadian beach volleyball and former indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. With Melissa Humana-Paredes she won the women's gold medal at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships.
Mike Hoffman
Michael Hoffman is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hoffman previously played for the Ottawa Senators, by whom he was drafted, 130th overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, and the Florida Panthers.
Milt Schmidt
Milton Conrad Schmidt was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, coach and general manager, mostly for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), where he was a member of the Kraut Line. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961. In 2017 Schmidt was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Tanner Pearson
Tanner Pearson is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pearson was drafted 30th overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, commonly known as Mackenzie King or WLMK, was a Canadian statesman and politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921–1926, 1926–1930 and 1935–1948. A Liberal, he was the dominant politician in Canada during the interwar period from the 1920s through the 1940s. He is best known for his leadership of Canada throughout the Second World War (1939–1945) when he mobilized Canadian money, supplies and volunteers to support Britain while boosting the economy and maintaining morale on the home front. With a total of 21 years and 154 days in office, he remains the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history. Trained in law and social work, he was keenly interested in the human condition, and played a major role in laying the foundations of the Canadian welfare state.
Chris Viehbacher
Chris Viehbacher is a German-Canadian businessman. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi and Chairman of Genzyme until 29 October 2014. Viehbacher is currently Managing Partner of Gurnet Point Capital, a healthcare venture capital and private equity fund backed by Ernesto Bertarelli and his family.
Ryan Roth
Ryan Roth is a Canadian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for Canadian amateur team Hamilton United.