List of people from Oshawa
Appearance
This list of people from Oshawa tracks those with biographies on Wikipedia.
A
[edit]- Philip Akin, actor
- Sean Avery, NHL hockey player
B
[edit]- Aaron Badgley, music journalist and radio host[1][2]
- Sherwood Bassin, general manager in the Ontario Hockey League
- Wren Blair, hockey player, and NHL coach and General Manager
- Ed Broadbent, politician
- Arnie Brown, NHL player
- Sean Brown, NHL player
- Kat Burns, musician
C
[edit]- Antonio Carvalho, UFC fighter
- Daniel Caesar, singer-songwriter
- Lloyd Chadburn, Canadian World War II fighter pilot
- Stefan Charles, NFL player
- A. J. Cook, actress
D
[edit]- Mitch de Snoo, professional lacrosse player
E
[edit]- Dennis Edmonton, songwriter Born to be Wild
- Jerry Edmonton, member of Steppenwolf
- Michael Elgin, professional wrestler
- Shirley Eikhard, songwriter Something to Talk About
- Evangeline Lydia Emsley, nurse in World War I
F
[edit]- John H. Foote, film critic
- Elijah Fisher, basketball player
- Owen Fulton, athlete
H
[edit]- John Hanson, actor and singer
- Shalom Harlow, Canadian supermodel and actress
- Dale Hawerchuk, NHL hockey player
- Sandy Hawley, horse jockey
- Harry Hess, singer in rock group Harem Scarem.
- Matthew Hughes, Olympian in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Kathryn Humphreys, sports anchor
J
[edit]- Donald Jackson, figure skater who won the bronze at the 1960 Olympics
K
[edit]- Greg Kean, actor
- Derek Keenan, former lacrosse player, and current head coach and General Manager of the Edmonton Rush of the National Lacrosse League
L
[edit]- Matt Leyden, manager of Oshawa Generals and Ontario Hockey Association president
- Paul Lowman, musician
- Alexandra Luke, artist
- John MacLean, NHL player
M
[edit]- Kevin McClelland, NHL player
- John J. McLaughlin, son of Robert McLaughlin and inventor of Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale
- Robert McLaughlin, founder of the McLaughlin Motor Car Company, which became a major part of General Motors Canada.
- Kate Moyer, actress
- Samantha Munro, actress
N
[edit]- James Neal, NHL hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers
- Andrew Nicholls, musician, writer, and producer
O
[edit]- John O'Regan, musician
P
[edit]- John Part, three time World Darts Champion
- Wayne Petti, musician
- Stephen Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada
R
[edit]- Darrin Rose, comedian
- Scott Russell, television sportscaster
- Paul Romanuk, television sportscaster Paul Romanuk
S
[edit]- Bill Siksay, politician and queer activist
- Lennon Stella, actress and musician
- Maisy Stella, actress and musician
T
[edit]- Janice Tanton, contemporary Canadian artist, and cousin to jockey Sandy Hawley (above)
- Jeff Teravainen, actor
- Shawn Thornton, NHL player
- Albert W. Tucker, mathematician
U
[edit]- Barbara Underhill, figure skater
V
[edit]- Darrell Vickers, musician, writer, and producer
- Angela Vint, actress
- Sacha Visagie, singer
W
[edit]- Tom Walmsley, writer
- Tonya Lee Williams, actress
- Jonathan Wilson, actor, comedian and playwright
- Nigel Wilson, major league baseball player
Y
[edit]- Lori Yates, country singer and songwriter
Musical groups
[edit]- Cuff the Duke, indie-rock band
- Dizzy, Juno Award-winning Indie pop band.
- Lennon & Maisy, country music duo, songwriters and actresses. Star as Maddie & Daphne Conrad on the ABC musical drama series Nashville
- The Stellas, country music duo and songwriters
- Wednesday, recording artists Paul Andrew Smith, Mike O'Neil, Randy Begg, John Dufek
References
[edit]- ^ Julien, Alexander (August 28, 2024). "An Interview With Music Journalist and Biographer Aaron Badgley". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Archived from the original on August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ Julien, Alexander (August 28, 2024). "An Interview With Music Journalist and Biographer Aaron Badgley". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Archived from the original on August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.