List of Famous people born in Vancouver, Canada
Rossif Sutherland
Rossif Sutherland is a Canadian actor. He, along with his brothers Angus and Roeg and half-brother Kiefer, are the sons of Donald Sutherland.
Rafe Mair
Kenneth Rafe Mair was a Canadian lawyer, political commentator, radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as the member for Kamloops from 1975 to 1981 in the caucus of the Social Credit Party.
Sarah Edmondson
Sarah Edmondson is a Canadian actress.
Sean McColl
Sean McColl is a professional rock climber from North Vancouver, Canada. He competes in the lead climbing, speed climbing, and bouldering disciplines, and has won major competitions in all three.
David Suzuki
David Takayoshi Suzuki is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things, seen in over 40 countries. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment.
Jonathan Scott
John Ian Scott better known as Jonathan Silver Scott is a Canadian reality television personality, construction contractor, illusionist, and television and film producer.
Burkely Duffield
Burkely Duffield is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Eddie Miller in House of Anubis and as Holden Matthews in Beyond. His sister is actress and singer Victoria Duffield.
Michael Ontkean
Michael Leonard Ontkean is a Canadian retired actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ontkean relocated to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire on a hockey scholarship before pursuing a career in acting in the early 1970s.
Jack Black
Jack Black (1871–1932) was a hobo and professional burglar. Born in 1871 in New Westminster, British Columbia, he was raised from infancy in the U.S. state of Missouri. He wrote You Can't Win, a memoir or sketched autobiography describing his days on the road and life as an outlaw. Black's book was written as an anti-crime book urging criminals to go straight, but it is also his statement of belief in the futility of prisons and the criminal justice system, hence the title of the book. Jack Black was writing from experience, having spent thirty years as a traveling criminal and offers tales of being a cross-country stick-up man, home burglar, petty thief, and opium fiend. He gained fame through association with William S. Burroughs.
Troy Brouwer
Troy Brouwer is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Washington Capitals, Calgary Flames and Florida Panthers. The Blackhawks selected him in the seventh round, 214th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.