List of Famous people born in Ontario, Canada

Neal Bledsoe

First Name Neal
Last Name Bledsoe
Born on March 26, 1981 (age 45)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Neal Bledsoe is a Canadian and American actor, writer, and filmmaker.

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Rob Baker

First Name Rob
Last Name Baker
Born on April 12, 1962 (age 64)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Rob Baker is a Canadian guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. He has also released an album with the side project Stripper's Union in 2005.

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Akil Thomas

First Name Akil
Last Name Thomas
Born on January 2, 2000 (age 26)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Akil Thomas is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Ontario Reign in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Los Angeles Kings. Prior to the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Thomas was projected as a top eligible draft pick. He was eventually drafted in the second round, 51st overall, by the Los Angeles Kings.

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T. J. Brodie

First Name T.
Last Name Brodie
Born on June 7, 1990 (age 35)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Thomas James Brodie is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a fourth round selection of the Calgary Flames, 114th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Brodie played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) prior to turning professional in 2010. Internationally, he has represented Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.

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Natalie Spooner

First Name Natalie
Last Name Spooner
Born on October 17, 1990 (age 35)
Born in Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Natalie Marie Spooner is a Canadian ice hockey player for the now defunct Toronto Furies, who played for the Canadian National women's ice hockey team from 2007 to 2008, and rejoined the program in 2010.

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Sophie Nélisse

First Name Sophie
Last Name Nélisse
Born on March 27, 2000 (age 26)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Sophie Nélisse is a Canadian actress. She is known for her Genie Award–winning performance in Monsieur Lazhar, and as Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak. Her sister Isabelle Nélisse is also an actress, best known for her roles in Mama and HBO's controversial film The Tale; the sisters also played together in Mirador, Wait Till Helen Comes and Worst Case, We Get Married.

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Paul Henderson

First Name Paul
Last Name Henderson
Born on January 28, 1943 (age 83)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Paul Garnet Henderson, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A left winger, Henderson played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames and five in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls. He played over 1,000 games between the two major leagues, scoring 376 goals and 758 points. Henderson played in two NHL All-Star Games and was a member of the Memorial Cup-winning Hamilton Red Wings team as a junior.

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Nickeil Alexander-Walker

First Name Nickeil
Born on September 2, 1998 (age 27)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Nickeil Alexander-Walker is a Canadian professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies. A shooting guard and a point guard, he was drafted 17th overall by the Brooklyn Nets in the 2019 NBA draft.

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Shane Smith

First Name Shane
Last Name Smith
Born on November 30, 1969 (age 56)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Shane Smith is a Canadian journalist and media executive. He is executive chairman of the international media company Vice Media—originally joining a year after its founding—operating an international network of digital channels, a television production studio, a record label, an in-house creative services agency, a book-publishing house, and a feature film division. Smith served as CEO of Vice from its founding until March 2018. Former A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc was named CEO 13 March 2018. In his role as Executive Chairman, "Smith will now be focused on creating content and strategic deals and partnerships to help grow the company."

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George Stroumboulopoulos

First Name George
Last Name Stroumboulopoulos
Born on August 16, 1972 (age 53)
Born in Canada, Ontario

George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos is a Canadian media personality. He is best known as formerly being a VJ for the Canadian music television channel MuchMusic and being the host of the CBC Television talk show George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight from 2005 to 2014. From 2014 to 2016, Stroumboulopoulos worked for Rogers Media, anchoring Hockey Night in Canada and the NHL on Rogers. He is currently a radio host on CBC Music. Most recently, he joined Apple Music Radio as host of a Monday to Thursday live show.

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