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VICTORIA
Most Famous People Born in Victoria, Canada
- Notable people
- 385
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1962
- Most distinctive
- Lacrosse 99.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Victoria during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Victoria Is Known For
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Hockey is Victoria's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (43).
Victoria over-indexes on lacrosse — 99.2× the global rate.
Victoria under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Victoria's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Film & TV
- Music
- Science
- Writing
- Other
Nelly Furtado
Born 1978
David Foster
Born 1949
Emily Carr
1871 - 1945
Meghan Ory
Born 1982
Cameron Bright
Born 1993
William Vickrey
1914 - 1996
Kat DeLuna
Born 1987
Shaun Sipos
Born 1981
Calum Worthy
Born 1991
Ryan Robbins
Born 1971
Bill Reid
1920 - 1998
Ryder Hesjedal
Born 1980
Tosaint Ricketts
Born 1987
Jamie Benn
Born 1989
Dan Payne
Born 1972
Chad Faust
Born 1980
Laurel Van Ness
Born 1991
Ian Tyson
Born 1933
Cliff Thorburn
Born 1948
Richard Day (art director)
1896 - 1972
Erin Fitzgerald
Born 1972
Nell Shipman
1892 - 1970
Stephen Shellen
Born 1957
Adam Straith
Born 1990
Ryan Cochrane (swimmer)
Born 1988
Helen Kelesi
Born 1969
Tyson Barrie
Born 1991
Roger Stanier
1916 - 1982
Michael Saunders
Born 1986
David Day (Canadian writer)
Born 1947
Sarah Kaufman (fighter)
Born 1985
Rich Harden
Born 1981
Simon Thomas (soccer)
Born 1990
Charles Piper
1867 - 1926
Warren Cann
Born 1950
Andrew Weaver
Born 1961
Ryan O'Byrne
Born 1984
Leah Gibson
Born 1985
Jordie Benn
Born 1987
Geoff Courtnall
Born 1962
Lynn Patrick
1912 - 1980
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Born 1956
Andrew Sabiston
Born 1965
Tara Moss
Born 1973
Ann Makosinski
Born 1997
Malcolm Howard (rower)
Born 1983
Nick Pivetta
Born 1993
Lori Hallier
Born 1959
Anthony Armstrong (writer)
1897 - 1976
Priscilla Faia
Born 1985
John Beckwith (composer)
Born 1927
Ian Bridge
Born 1959
Megan Tandy
Born 1988
Roland Green (cyclist)
Born 1974
Sophie Pemberton
1869 - 1959
Chase G. Woodhouse
1890 - 1984
George Pakos
Born 1952
Doug Peden
1916 - 2005
Lorne Loomer
1937 - 2017
John Nesbitt (announcer)
1910 - 1960
Richard Lipsey
Born 1928
Christopher Tunnard
1910 - 1979
Neil Swainson
Born 1955
Dario Zanatta
Born 1997
Michael Rogers (actor)
Born 1964
Jed Simon
Born 1964
Debbie Scott-Bowker
Born 1958
Donny Lalonde
Born 1960
Mike Pyke
Born 1984
Michael Cassidy (Canadian politician)
Born 1937
Norm Baker
1923 - 1989
Fred Winters
Born 1982
Lindsay Jennerich
Born 1982
Dylan Schmid
Born 1999
Patricia Obee
Born 1991
Kyle Greentree
Born 1983
Grant Main
Born 1960
Ryan Nicholson
1993 - 2019
Henry Angus
1891 - 1991
Aaron Olson
Born 1978
William Peden
1906 - 1980
Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross
1933 - 2010
Dean Crawford
Born 1958
David Anderson (British Columbia politician)
Born 1937
Jamie Broder
Born 1985
Darren Barber
Born 1968
Colin Angus (explorer)
Born 1971
Connor Braid
Born 1990
Mike Lewis (rower)
Born 1981
Owen Beattie
Born 1949
Boss Johnson
1890 - 1964
Cheryl Noble
Born 1956
Alastair Gillespie
1922 - 2018
Stephen Bosustow
1911 - 1981
Art Chapman (basketball)
1912 - 1986
Rick Lapointe
1955 - 1999
Don Barber
Born 1964
Jim Armstrong (curler)
Born 1950
Richard Margison
Born 1953
Greg Scott (ice hockey)
Born 1988
John Horgan
Born 1959
Aliyah O'Brien
Born 1981
Ron Grahame
Born 1950
Joe Reekie
Born 1965
Bruce Cowick
Born 1951
Maggie Blue O'Hara
Born 1975
Robert Powell (tennis)
1881 - 1917
Patricia Young
Born 1954
Adam de Vos
Born 1993
Ian Carr-Harris
Born 1941
Heather Wurtele
Born 1980
John Wright (musician)
Born 1962
David Jensen
Born 1950
Shannon Larratt
1973 - 2013
Simon Fraser Tolmie
1867 - 1937
Bruce Ogilvie
1920 - 2003
Brittany Reimer
Born 1988
Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)
Born 1957
Anna Banana
Born 1940
Myfanwy Pavelic
1916 - 2007
Christopher Wylie
Born 1989
Megan Danso
Born 1990
Muzz Patrick
1916 - 1998
Jeff Batters
1970 - 1996
Erinne Willock
Born 1981
Bryce Soderberg
Born 1980
Riley McCormick
Born 1991
Barry Flatman
Born 1950
Tudi Wiggins
1935 - 2006
Thomas R. Berger
Born 1933
Hugh Fraser (musician)
1958 - 2020
John Alexander Sinton
1884 - 1956
Melanie McQuaid
Born 1973
Rocke Robertson
1912 - 1998
Marjorie Celona
Born 1981
Munroe Bourne
1910 - 1992
Sean Melvin
Born 1994
Vikky Alexander
Born 1959
Harriet Gibbs Marshall
1868 - 1941
Paul Crowder (ice hockey)
Born 1985
Sean O'Connor (ice hockey)
Born 1981
Bruce Ford (rower)
Born 1954
Gary Gait
Born 1967
Barry M. Gough
Born 1938
Shane Sutcliffe
Born 1975
Jesse Fibiger
Born 1978
Neal Marshall
Born 1969
Mike Green (ice hockey, born 1979)
Born 1979
Michael Bryant (politician)
Born 1966
Paul Gait
Born 1967
Charley Thomas
Born 1986
Martin O'Connell (politician)
1916 - 2003
Dave Spicer
Born 1985
Winston Stanley (rugby union, born 1974)
Born 1974
Paul Becker
Born 1985
Stacie Anaka
Born 1987
Phyllis Webb
Born 1927
Caileigh Filmer
Born 1996
Justine Priestley
Born 1969
Michael Michalchuk
Born 1977
Kate Craig
1947 - 2002
Tim Kehler
Born 1971
Tom Martin (ice hockey, born 1964)
Born 1964
Lisa Bettany
Born 1981
Nikki Chooi
Born 1989
Lew Rush
Born 1912
Sara Topham
Born 1976
Keanau Post
Born 1992
Andreas Hestler
Born 1970
William Beynon
1888 - 1958
Taya Valkyrie
Born 1986
Ken Garraway
Born 1956
Agnes Deans Cameron
1863 - 1912
Steven Price (writer)
Born 1976
Art Kuehn
Born 1953
Ernie Parkes
1894 - 1948
Zara Barring
Born 1988
Anne Marriott
1913 - 1997
Corey William Large
Born 1975
Jesse Roper
Born 1982
Jay Lamoureux
Born 1995
John Lancelot Todd
1876 - 1949
Aidan Knight
Born 1986
Jon Thiel
Born 1975
Kira Tozer
Born 1984
Anna-Marie de Zwager
Born 1976
Devon Larratt
Born 1975
Dan Albas
Born 1976
Alfred Karney Young
1864 - 1942
Ravi Kahlon
Born 1979
J. F. Foulkes
1872 - 1948
Billy Reid (Canadian songwriter)
Born 1977
Orpheo McCord
Born 1979
Brian Smith (politician)
Born 1934
Ronald Kirkbride
1912 - 1973
Elaine Silburn
Born 1928
Peter Wilkinson (priest)
Born 1940
Steve Sinclair
Born 1971
Unity Bainbridge
1916 - 2017
Glen Robbins
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Langdon Auger
Born 1979
Matt Margetts
Born 1988
Lynn Eves
Born 1942
Lhadon Tethong
Born 1976
James Bamford (stunt coordinator)
Born 1967
Steve Wilson (baseball)
Born 1964
Bob Bolitho
Born 1952
Claude L. Harrison
1886 - 1986
Ben Nemtin
Born 1984
Matt Hern
Born 1968
Rowland Langmaid
1897 - 1956
Briony Penn
Born 1960
William Henry Brown (aviator)
1894 - 1969
Michael Perrin
1905 - 1988
Bruce Gandy
Born 1962
Tom Marechek
Born 1968
Tyler Hughes
Born 1980
Kenneth Newby
Born 1956
Ricca Allen
1863 - 1949
Simon Roy
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Jim Rutledge
Born 1959
Tracie McAra
Born 1960
Richard Stevenson (poet)
Born 1952
Wendy Barlow
Born 1960
Marsha Hanen
1938 - 2019
Jeane Lassen
Born 1980
Daryn Jones
Born 1978
Spencer Carbery
Born 1981
Phil Mack
Born 1985
Mark Cardinal
Born 1961
Jonnie Penn
Born 1987
Douglas Jung
1924 - 2002
Peter Salmon (swimmer)
1929 - 2003
Emma Fletcher
Born 1995
Philip J. Thomas
1921 - 2007
Lindsay Shepherd
Born 1995
Ocean Hellman
Born 1971
Evan Carey
Born 1994
Colin Minihan
Born 1985
Martin Willock
Born 1954
Alex Fraser (politician)
1916 - 1989
Turlough O'Hare
Born 1969
Janet Fowler-Michel
Born 1965
Paul Rowe (Canadian football)
1917 - 1990
Rusty Peden
1916 - 1999
Joshua Howatson
Born 1984
Lillian Powell
1896 - 1992
Lee Baldwin (ice hockey)
Born 1988
Bruce Twamley
Born 1952
Elza Mayhew
1916 - 2004
Alan Lowe
Born 1961
Robin Hugh Farquhar
Born 1938
Mark Kosick
Born 1979
Vince Perkins
Born 1981
Ross Taggart
1967 - 2013
Katie Brambley
Born 1979
Rhys Duch
Born 1986
Tim O'Neill (Canadian football)
Born 1979
Michael Dunahee
1986 - 1991
Conor Morgan
Born 1994
Ryan Jenkins
1977 - 2009
Ray Gillis Williston
1914 - 2006
Geordie Robertson
Born 1959
Tim Crowder
Born 1986
Jessica Dovanne
Born 1986
Dick Patrick
Born 1946
Andrew Woodruff
Born 1985
Torrie Robertson
Born 1961
Robert McLaren (athlete)
Born 1945
Vernon Crompton Woodward
1916 - 2000
Kirk MacDonald (ice hockey)
Born 1983
Mark Bailey (diplomat)
Born 1951
Perry Banks
1877 - 1934
Drew Ray Tanner
Born 1992
Richard B. Wilson
1904 - 1991
Dean Joanisse
Born 1971
Kim Tomczak
Born 1952
Bernard Paul Gascoigne Beanlands
1897 - 1918
Yasuko Thanh
Born 1971
Gord Johns
Born 1969
Aaron Bold
Born 1985
Alistair MacGregor
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Paul Cram (Musiker)
1952 - 2018
Ida Chong
Born 1956
Karen Irving
Born 1957
Gina Wilkinson
1960 - 2010
Grenny Lansdell
1918 - 1984
Jordan Hughes
Born 1984
Mitch Fadden
1988 - 2017
Timothy Chooi
Born 1993
Bill Crawford (American football)
Born 1937
Bob Wheaton
Born 1941
Kandle (musician)
Born 1990
Alex Carroll
Born 1992
Lindsey Pollard
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Christopher Porter
Born 1970
Nancy Charlton
Born 1962
Deb Whitten
Born 1966
Quinn Ngawati
Born 1999
RJ Fetherstonhaugh
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