List of Famous people born in Ontario, Canada

Derek Roy

First Name Derek
Last Name Roy
Born on May 4, 1983 (age 43)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Derek Leonard Roy is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is currently playing with EHC München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Roy has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators and the Edmonton Oilers. He was originally drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

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Ellen Wong

First Name Ellen
Last Name Wong
Born on January 13, 1985 (age 41)
Born in Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Height 157 cm | 5'2

Ellen Wong is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Knives Chau in the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Jill "Mouse" Chen in The CW's series The Carrie Diaries, and Jenny Chey in the Netflix series GLOW.

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Michael Chong

First Name Michael
Last Name Chong
Born on November 22, 1971 (age 54)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Michael David Chong is a Canadian politician. He has represented the riding of Wellington—Halton Hills in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Sport, as well as the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada from February 6, 2006, to November 27, 2006. Chong is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, and was a candidate for its leadership election in 2017. On September 8, 2020, Chong was appointed Official Opposition Critic for Foreign Affairs.

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Howard Pawley

First Name Howard
Last Name Pawley
Born on November 21, 1934
Died on December 30, 2015 (aged 81)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Howard Russell Pawley was a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th Premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988. Prior to his premiership, Pawley served in various ministerial positions after his tenure in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

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Casey Cizikas

First Name Casey
Last Name Cizikas
Born on February 27, 1991 (age 35)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Casey Cizikas is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent four seasons with the Mississauga St. Michaels Majors of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he had two 20-goal seasons. Cizikas was selected by the Islanders in the fourth round, 92nd overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He began playing for their minor league affiliate, the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Bridgeport Sound Tigers, two years after the draft, during the 2011–12 season; he was recalled to the Islanders' NHL roster mid-season, where he has played since.

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Alyssa Ashton

First Name Alyssa
Last Name Ashton
Born on April 1, 2011 (age 15)
Born in Canada, Ontario
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Natalie Brown

First Name Natalie
Last Name Brown
Born on May 17, 1973 (age 53)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Natalie Brown is a Canadian actress and model.

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A. M. Rosenthal

First Name A.
Last Name Rosenthal
Born on May 2, 1922
Died on May 10, 2006 (aged 84)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Abraham Michael Rosenthal was an American journalist who served as The New York Times executive editor from 1977 to 1988. Previously he was the newspaper's city editor and managing editor. Near the end of his tenure as executive editor, he became a columnist (1987–1999). Later, he had a column for the New York Daily News (1999–2004).

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Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

First Name Max
Last Name Beaverbrook
Born on May 25, 1879
Died on June 9, 1964 (aged 85)
Born in Canada, Ontario

William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, PC, ONB, generally known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His base of power was the largest circulation newspaper in the world, the Daily Express, which appealed to the conservative working class with intensely patriotic news and editorials. During the Second World War, he played a major role in mobilising industrial resources as Winston Churchill's Minister of Aircraft Production.

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Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet

First Name Kenneth
Born on September 1, 1923
Died on June 12, 2006 (aged 82)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by Forbes as the richest person in Canada and the ninth richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately US $19.6 billion.

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