This is a list of notable people who are from Toronto, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.
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Abdominal – hip hop musician
Patrick J. Adams – actor (Suits) Oluniké Adeliyi – actress (Flashpoint) Chris Alexander diplomat Robbie Amell – actor Stephen Amell – actor (Arrow) Enza Anderson – writer, transgender rights activist Shamier Anderson – actor Gordon Stewart Anderson – author John Andrews – architect Mark Andrews – swimmer Lou Angotti – former NHL player Kent Angus – businessman Steve Anthony – television host Danny Antonucci – animator and creator of Ed, Edd n Eddy Andreas Apostolopoulos – businessman Alfred Apps – businessman, lawyer and political activist Syl Apps – former NHL player Will Arnett – actor Amy Ashmore Clark – vaudeville performer, songwriter, composer Margaret Atwood – Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, literary critic and essayist Ayria – musician Yank Azman – actor
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Andrew Bachelor – actor, comedian, and internet personality
Jake Beale – voice actor
Jay Bahadur – journalist and author, known for his reporting on piracy in Somalia Frederick Banting – medical scientist and doctor, co-discoverer of insulin, 1923 Nobel laureate Thomas J. Bata – businessman Robert Bateman – painter RJ Barrett – NBA player Isabel Bayrakdarian – opera singer Samantha Bee – actress and comedian Jeanne Beker – fashion television personality and reporter John Wilson Bengough – cartoonist Alfred David Benjamin – Australian-born businessman and philanthropist Anthony Bennett – NBA player Christine Bentley – CTV news anchor Nikki Benz – pornographic film actress Pierre Berton – author, historian, journalist and TV personality Charles Best – medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin Sim Bhullar – professional basketball player Alfred J. Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire J. William Billes – co-founder of Canadian Tire Josh Binstock – Olympic volleyball player Conrad Black – media mogul Jully Black – R&B singer Rachel Blanchard – actress Lloyd Bochner – actor (Dynasty) Andy Borodow – Olympic wrestler Devon Bostick – actor, known for playing Rodrick in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series Hédi Bouraoui – poet, novelist and academic John McEntee Bowman – founding president of Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corp. Liona Boyd – classical guitarist, composer, songwriter and singer Shary Boyle – artist Diana Braithwaite – electric blues singer, songwriter and screenwriter Cindy Breakspeare – Miss World 1976 and mother of Grammy-winning reggae musician Damian Marley Christopher Britton – actor, stage actor, and voice actor Daniel Brooks – theatre director, actor and playwright Chester Brown – alternative cartoonist and Libertarian Party of Canada candidate Clifton Brown – kickboxer Billy Bryans – musician Rob Burgess – tech CEO Marty Burke – former NHL player Theresa Burke – journalist Matthew Burnett – record producer Martha Burns – actress Jackie Burroughs – actress Jim Butterfield – computer programmer Mikey Bustos youtuber