List of Famous people born in Toronto, Canada
Peter Polansky
Peter Polansky is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010 until January 17, 2011 in the ATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008 until June 21, 2010, with the exception of one week. In 2018, he became the first player in the Open Era to qualify for all four Grand Slam tournaments as a lucky loser within the same calendar year.
Joël Lautier
Joël Lautier is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer (2006). He is a two-time French Chess Champion.
Monika Schnarre
Monika Schnarre is a Canadian model, actress and television host. She is reportedly 6'1" tall.
Ellen Wong
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.
Lisa Bentley
Lisa Bentley is a Canadian triathlete. She has been competing on the Ironman race series since late in the 1990s. In 1988, Bentley was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Despite this, she has won 11 Ironman competitions. In 2006, Bentley placed third at the Ironman World Championship, her best showing and finished second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, Florida three weeks later.
Graham Yost
Graham John Yost is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. His best-known works are the films Speed, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain and the TV series Justified. In 2002, he created the television drama series Boomtown.
Paul Martini
Paul Lloyd Martini is a Canadian former pair skater. With partner Barbara Underhill, he is the 1979-1983 Canadian national champion, the 1984 World champion, and the 1978 World Junior champion. They represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics, where they placed 9th, and at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where they placed 7th.
Jeff Wincott
Jeffrey Wincott is a Canadian actor and martial artist best known for his lead role in the television series Night Heat.
James Gallanders
James Gallanders is a Canadian actor. He studied at York University's Faculty of Fine Arts.
Gillian Carleton
Gillian Carleton is a Canadian road and track cyclist. Carleton won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the women's team pursuit. In preparation for the Olympics she finished second in the team pursuit at the Track Cycling World Cup in London in February 2012.