List of Famous people born in Ontario, Canada
Cameron Stewart
Cameron Stewart is Canadian comic book creator, who has worked for DC Comics and other publishers. He is known for illustrating Catwoman and co-writing Batgirl, and illustrating several collaborations with writer Grant Morrison. His work has been nominated and won several comics industry awards, including Eisner and Shuster Awards for his self-published mystery web comic Sin Titulo, an Eisner nomination for The Other Side, and nominations for Eagle and Harvey Awards. In 2020 he was the subject of numerous sexual misconduct accusations involving teenagers and young women.
Barclay Plager
Barclay Graham Plager was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach for the St. Louis Blues.
Kari Skogland
Kari Skogland is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2016, she co-founded independent production company Mad Rabbit.
Dylan Strome
Dylan William Strome is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ahead of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Strome was considered a top prospect, and was selected third overall by the Arizona Coyotes. He is the brother of New York Rangers forward Ryan Strome and Philadelphia Flyers prospect Matthew Strome.
Nancy Dolman
Nancy Jane Dolman Short was a Canadian comedy actress and singer. She had a recurring role as Annie Selig Tate on the ABC sitcom Soap. She appeared in her husband Martin Short's 1985 cable television special Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas.
Silver Donald Cameron
Silver Donald Cameron was a Canadian journalist, author, playwright, and university teacher whose writing focused on social justice, nature, and the environment. His 15 books of non-fiction dealt with everything from history and politics to education and community development.
Paul Beeston
Paul McGill Beeston, is a Canadian former professional baseball executive. He was the president & chief operating officer of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 2002, and the president of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1989 to 1997, and again from 2008 to 2015. He also worked as the president of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1994.
Shroud
Michael Grzesiek, better known as shroud, is a Canadian streamer, YouTuber and former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He is known for playing first-person shooter and battle royale games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Apex Legends, Escape from Tarkov, Valorant, and more. Grzesiek is often recognized as one of the best "aimers". As of December 2020, his Twitch channel has reached over 8.7 million followers, ranking as the third most-followed channel on the platform, and his YouTube channel has over 6.66 million subscribers.
Brian Yang
Brian Yang is a Canadian badminton player. He was an integral part of the Team Alpha that won the mixed team relay gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. He clinched the men's singles title at the 2019 Canadian National Championships and became Canada's youngest national champion. Brian won his first senior international title at 2017 Suriname International in the men's singles. He represented Canada in 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Thomas Cup and 2019 Sudirman Cup. Brian was named to Canada's 2019 Pan American Games team, ended up winning silver in the men's singles competition.
Dan Maloney
Daniel Charles "Snowshoes" Maloney was a professional ice hockey left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) and NHL coach.