List of Famous people born in Ontario, Canada

Horatio Nelson Jackson

First Name Horatio
Born on March 25, 1872
Died on January 14, 1955 (aged 82)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Horatio Nelson Jackson was an American physician and automobile pioneer. In 1903, he and driving partner Sewall K. Crocker became the first people to drive an automobile across the United States.

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Vanessa James

First Name Vanessa
Last Name James
Born on September 27, 1987 (age 38)
Born in Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Height 162 cm | 5'4

Vanessa James is a French-Canadian former competitive pair skater. With her skating partner, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medalist, the 2017 European bronze medalist, the 2018 Grand Prix Final champion and a six-time French national champion. They have also won medals in Grand Prix and Challenger Series competitions. James and Ciprès represented France at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Joe Murphy

First Name Joe
Last Name Murphy
Born on October 16, 1967 (age 58)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Joseph Patrick Murphy is a Canadian former professional hockey player who was chosen first overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Murphy won Calder Cup and NCAA championships before being a member of the Edmonton Oilers' Stanley Cup-winning team in 1990.

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Caterina Scorsone

First Name Caterina
Born on October 16, 1981 (age 44)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Caterina Scorsone is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2010–present) and its spin-offs Private Practice (2010–2013) and Station 19 (2018–present). Prior to this, she made her debut as a child actor on the Canadian children's program, Mr. Dressup. She also appeared in a number of films, including 2010's Edge of Darkness and 2014's The November Man. Other television credits include Jess Mastriani on Missing, Callie Wilkinson on Crash, and Alice Hamilton on Alice.

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Eddie Shack

First Name Eddie
Last Name Shack
Born on February 11, 1937
Died on July 25, 2020 (aged 83)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Edward Steven Phillip Shack, also known by his nicknames "the Entertainer" and "the Nose", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for six National Hockey League (NHL) teams from 1959 to 1975. He spent eight and a half seasons of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1967.

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Tyler Toffoli

First Name Tyler
Last Name Toffoli
Born on April 24, 1992 (age 34)
Born in Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Tyler Toffoli is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round, 47th overall, of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

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Tamara Taylor

First Name Tamara
Last Name Taylor
Born on September 27, 1970 (age 55)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Tamara Taylor is a Canadian actress. She appeared in the role of Dr. Camille Saroyan, head of the Forensic Division, in the forensic crime drama Bones. She also appeared in season seven of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., in which she played the secondary antagonist Sibyl.

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Smoke Dawg

Jahvante Smart
First Name Smoke
Last Name Dawg
Born on November 18, 1996
Died on June 30, 2018 (aged 21)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Jahvante Jahqwane Sheldon Smart, known professionally as Smoke Dawg, was a Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter. Smoke Dawg was a part of hip hop collective Halal Gang alongside Puffy L'z, Safe and Mo-G who come together with the Prime Boys to make the supergroup Full Circle. His debut and only studio album Struggle Before Glory was released posthumously on November 29, 2018, and was rated 8/10 by Exclaim!.

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Kylie Bunbury

First Name Kylie
Born on January 30, 1989 (age 37)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Kylie Bunbury is a Canadian-American actress.

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Coco Rocha

First Name Coco
Last Name Rocha
Born on September 10, 1988 (age 37)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Mikhaila "Coco" Rocha is a Canadian fashion model. She is known as one of the first "digital" supermodels, and is known for her advocacy for younger models. As an author, she collaborated on the 2014 book Study of Pose. Rocha is also the founder of the Coco Rocha Model Camp and co-owner of the Nomad Management Modeling Agency.

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