List of Famous people born in Ontario, Canada
Serena Ryder
Serena Lauren Ryder is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Born in Toronto, she grew up in Millbrook, Ontario. Ryder first gained national recognition with her ballad "Weak in the Knees" in 2007 and has released eight studio albums.
Bender
Alexander Buchanan, better known by his stage name Bender, was a Canadian underground hip hop artist.
Kevin Durand
Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Vasiliy Fet in The Strain, Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes / The Blob in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Barry Burton in Resident Evil: Retribution, Gabriel in Legion, Little John in Robin Hood, Jeeves Tremor in Smokin' Aces, and Carlos in The Butterfly Effect. He received a 2012 Best Supporting Actor Genie nomination for his portrayal of Lenny Jackson in Citizen Gangster.
Ayo Akinola
Grant "Ayo" Jesus-Sultan-Akinola Ogundimu is an American-Canadian soccer player who currently plays as a forward for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
Peaches
Merrill Nisker, better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian musician, producer, director, visual artist, and performance artist.
Emily Batty
Emily Batty is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Championships. Batty is the current Pan American Games champion and was the silver medalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She won the gold medal at the Pan Am games in Toronto in 2015 in her home country.
Dan Hill
Daniel Grafton Hill IV is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major international hits with his songs "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard, as well as a number of other charting singles in Canada and the United States. He also established himself as a songwriter who produced hit songs for artists such as George Benson and Celine Dion.
Linda Thorson
Linda Thorson is a Canadian actress, known for playing Tara King in The Avengers (1968–69).
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. As an aunt of the reigning monarch, King Willem-Alexander, she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eighth and last in the line of succession to the throne.
Clare Stone
Clare Stone is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in such films and television works as Would Be Kings, The Jane Show, Breach, Mom at Sixteen, Samantha: An American Girl Holiday, Godsend, Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion, Beautiful Girl, and Mr. Nobody. Stone has also starred in CBC Television's Wild Roses as Charlotte Henry and in the episode "Run to Me" of CTV's Flashpoint series as Sarah Porter. Stone was nominated for a Gemini Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, in 2008.