List of Famous people born in Ontario, Canada
Rod Phillips
Rodney Allan Phillips is a Canadian businessman and politician. Since the 2018 Ontario election, he has sat as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the Durham Region riding of Ajax, representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. Previously a provincial Cabinet minister, Philips was appointed finance minister in 2019. He resigned from that role in 2020 after taking a vacation to St. Barts, contrary to his government's public health advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, but continued in his role as MPP. Prior to his role in finance, he held the environment, conservation and parks portfolio from 2018 to 2019.
John Roberts
John David Roberts is a Canadian-American television journalist currently working for the Fox News Channel, as the co-anchor of "America Reports". Roberts formerly worked as the Fox News Chief White House Correspondent from 2017 to 2021, covering the Donald Trump presidency.
deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman, known professionally as Deadmau5, is a Canadian electronic music producer, DJ, and musician. Zimmerman mainly produces progressive house music, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. Zimmerman has received six Grammy Award nominations for his work.
Shawn Spears
Ronnie William Arneill is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Shawn Spears. He is also known for his time with WWE under the ring name Tye Dillinger.
Steven Stamkos
Steven Stamkos is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). After a successful OHL career, Stamkos was selected first overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Lightning. He is a two-time Maurice Richard Trophy winner as the NHL's leading goal-scorer, is a two-time NHL Second Team All-Star, and has been named to six NHL All-Star Games. He has scored the most points among players born in the 1990s decade. Stamkos captained the Lightning to a Stanley Cup championship in 2020, winning his first title and the franchise's second.
Nik Stauskas
Nikolas Tomas Stauskas is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. A native of Mississauga, Ontario, Stauskas played two seasons of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition for the Michigan Wolverines ending with the 2013–14 team before declaring for the NBA draft. Stauskas was drafted eighth overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, for which he began his NBA career. Towards the end of his rookie season, Stauskas was tagged with the nickname Sauce Castillo after a closed captioning error resulted in a social media meme. Stauskas, whose family is of Lithuanian heritage, is a member of the Canadian national basketball team.
Marie Avgeropoulos
Marie Avgeropoulos is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her role as Octavia Blake on The CW’s post-apocalyptic science fiction television series The 100 (2014–2020).
Ellen Joyce Loo
Ellen Joyce Loo Hoi Tung was a Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. She was the guitarist, backing vocalist and a co-founder of the folk-pop rock group at17.
Melissa Coates
Melissa Coates was a Canadian professional wrestler, bodybuilder, fitness model, and actress. She was best known for appearing in the first two seasons of the Game Show Network show Extreme Dodgeball. In professional wrestling, she was known for her appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling, NWA Anarchy, and Women Superstars Uncensored. On the independent circuit, she was the valet of Sabu, under the ring name Super Genie.
Paul Haggis
Paul Edward Haggis is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners: Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005), the latter of which he also directed. Haggis also co-wrote the war film Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). He is the creator of the television series Due South (1994–1999) and co-creator of Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001), among others. Haggis is a two-time Academy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner, and seven-time Gemini Award winner. He also assisted in the making of the "We Are the World 25 For Haiti" music video.