List of people from London, Ontario

This is a list of people who were born in, residents of, or are otherwise connected to the city of London, Ontario. A person from London is referred to as a Londoner.

A-B

• D. Craig Aitchison, Canadian Army officer, current commander of Combat Training Centre, at CFB Gagetown
• Kelley Armstrong, author of fiction
• Article One, Christian pop-rock band
• Philip Aziz, painter, sculptor, designer, heritage preservationist
• Karen Dianne Baldwin, Miss Universe 1982
• Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, practiced in London and has both a museum dedicated to him and a high school named after him
• Joan Barfoot, author of fiction
• John Davis Barnett, 19th and 20th-century railroad engineer and curator-librarian
• Joe Bartoch, Olympian swimmer
• Sir Adam Beck, instrumental in setting up the early grid to deliver hydro-electric publicly owned power from Niagara Falls to the rest of Ontario; former mayor of London
• Marc Bell, artist
• Justin Bieber (born 1994), singer, moved to Stratford, Canada
• Craig Richard Billington, professional ice hockey player for New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals
• The Birthday Massacre, synth-rock band
• Trevor Blumas, actor
• Bill Brady, broadcast journalist and media executive, Member of the Order of Canada, former national director of The Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• Greg Brady, sports radio personality (Sportsnet 590, The Fan)
• Richard Maurice Bucke, 19th-century pioneer in the modern treatment of the mentally ill
• Adam Buckley, comedian, radio and internet personality

C-D

• Gregory Campbell, NHL forward for the Boston Bruins
• Sir John Carling, Thomas' son, provincial and federal politician
• Jeff Carter, NHL forward for the Los Angeles Kings
• Eleanor Catton, author, winner of 2013 Man Booker Prize
• Jack Chambers, painter, filmmaker
• Margaret Chan, president of World Health Organization
• John H. Chapman, physicist
• Al Christie and his brother Charles Christie, Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood who built their own film studio
• Warren Christie, television and film actor, known for role as Ray Cataldo on the ABC drama October Road and as Aidan "Greggy" Stiviletto on the ABC series Happy Town
• Frank Colman, pro baseball player in 1940s with Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees; co-founded Eager Beaver Baseball Association in 1955
• Ward Cornell, radio drama and sports, television sports, host of Hockey Night in Canada, teacher (Pickering College)
• Logan Couture, NHL forward for the San Jose Sharks
• Hume Cronyn, Sr., politician
• Hume Cronyn, actor
• Greg Curnoe, painter, musician, member of the Nihilist Spasm Band, and author
• Lolita Davidovich, actress
• Chris Daw, gold medalist in Turin 2006 Paralympics; wheelchair curling (skip)
• Laura Dennis, professional wrestler better known as Cherry Bomb
• Peter Desbarats, former Global-TV anchor, author, former dean of journalism, University of Western Ontario
• Alexander Dewdney, mathematician
• Christopher Dewdney, poet
• Chris Doty (1966–2006), award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and playwright
• Drew Doughty, NHL defenseman with the Los Angeles Kings

E-J

• Marc Emery, marijuana activist and libertarian
• The Essentials, a cappella group
• Paterson Ewen, painter
• Murray Favro, artist and musician in the Nihilist Spasm Band
• Max Ferguson, CBC radio and TV personality, 1950s and 1960s
• Charley Fox, credited with strafing German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's car and seriously injuring him in the process
• Sam Gagner, NHL forward for the Edmonton Oilers
• The Gandharvas, alternative rock band from the 1990s
• Victor Garber, actor
• Ted Giannoulas, the Famous Chicken/San Diego Chicken mascot
• George Gibson (Mooney), 1880–1967, catcher, Pittsburgh Pirates, won the World Series in 1909; manager in MLB
• Ryan Gosling, actor
• Jeff Hackett, former NHL hockey goaltender (ret. 2004)
• Matt Hackett, goaltender prospect of the Buffalo Sabres
• Paul Haggis, Academy Award-winning Hollywood screenwriter, director
• Jeremy Hansen, astronaut
• Richard B. Harrison (1864–1935), groundbreaking Black actor
• Jamelie Hassan, artist
• Frank Hawley (b. 1954), two-time World champion drag racing driver
• Robert Hall Haynes (1931-1998), scientist, first chair of the Department of Biology at York University, who coined the term ecopoeisis
• William C. Heine, author, newspaper editor
• Mark Hominick (b. 1982), mixed martial artist
• Chris Horodecki (b. 1987), mixed martial artist
• Garth Hudson, keyboard player in The Band
• Tommy Hunter, country singer
• J.D. Jackson, physicist
• Doug Jarrett, former NHL defenceman (ret. 1976)
• Jenny Jones, TV talk show host

K-M

• Nazem Kadri, NHL centre with the Toronto Maple Leafs
• John Kapelos, character actor, frequently featured in John Hughes' films
• Ingrid Kavelaars, actress
• Kittie, all female heavy metal band
• John Labatt, pioneer brewer
• Sarah Lafleur
• Brett Lindros, former NHL hockey forward, brother of Eric Lindros (ret. 1996)
• Eric Lindros, former NHL forward (ret. 2007), drafted 1st overall in the 1991 Entry Draft by Quebec, brother of Brett Lindros
• John William Little, businessman and former mayor of London
• Gene Lockhart, actor who appeared in the first Blondie and Dagwood films
• Guy Lombardo, world-famous bandleader and hydroplane racer, and his brothers Carmen, Lebert, and Victor
• Donald Luce, former NHL center (ret. 1982)
• Luke Macfarlane, actor
• Craig MacTavish, former NHL hockey player (ret. 1997); former Edmonton Oilers head coach (2000–2009); Edmonton Oilers GM as of 2013
• Robert Madronic, professor, researcher and writer
• Joseph Marks, labour activist and creator of the newspaper the Industrial Banner
• Brad Marsh, former NHL defenceman (ret. 1993)
• Amber Marshall, actress (Amy Fleming from Heartland)
• Vaughn Martin, 2009 draft pick by the NFL's San Diego Chargers
• Rachel McAdams, actress
• Rob McConnell, Music Hall-of-Fame jazz musician of Boss Brass fame
• Cody McCormick, NHL player with the Buffalo Sabres
• Roy McDonald, poet, diarist, local street-person and personality
• David McLellan, Olympic freestyle swimmer
• Charles Meredith, President of the Montreal Stock Exchange, 1902
• John Walsingham Cooke Meredith J.P., father of the "Eight London Merediths"
• Chief Justice The Hon. Richard Martin Meredith Q.C., founder of The University of Western Ontario
• Thomas Graves Meredith Q.C., President of Canada Life Assurance Company
• Sir Vincent Meredith 1st Baronet, of Montreal, President of the Bank of Montreal
• Chief Justice Sir William Ralph Meredith Q.C., M.P., Chancellor of the University of Toronto
• Orlo Miller, author
• Scott Moir, ice dancer and 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist with his partner Tessa Virtue
• Masasa Moyo, actress and voice actress

N-P

• Kate Nelligan, actress
• Christine Nesbitt, Olympic gold and silver-medal winning speed-skater (women's 1000m, and women's team pursuit, respectively)
• Nihilist Spasm Band, pioneering noise music band
• Bert and Joe Niosi (brothers), band members of radio's Happy Gang
• Ocean, Christian folk rock band
• Bryan Lee O'Malley, comic book artist and writer, award-winning cartoonist and creator of Scott Pilgrim
• OVERWERK, DJ, producer, graphic designer
• Megan Park, actress
• Casey Patton, boxer
• Paul Peel, painter
• David Peterson, premier of Ontario, 1985–1990
• Chris Potter, actor
• Skip Prokop, rock drummer and songwriter, founder of the band Lighthouse
• Brandon Prust, NHL forward with the Montreal Canadiens

R-S

• Jack Richardson, C.M., award-winning record producer, Lifetime Achievement Juno Award recipient, Order of Canada recipient, and educator at Fanshawe College
• Michael Riley, television actor
• John P. Robarts, premier of Ontario, 1961–1971
• Jesse Ronson, professional mixed martial artist
• Vic Roschkov Sr., newspaper editorial cartoonist/illustrator
• J. Philippe Rushton, researcher and academician at University of Western Ontario
• Jude St. John, veteran, all-star player with Toronto Argonauts
• Lara St. John, violinist, sister of Scott St. John
• Scott St. John, violinist and violist, brother of Lara St. John
• Charles Edward Saunders, agricultural scientist, principal developer of Marquis wheat
• William Saunders, agricultural scientist, founder of Canada's Experimental Farm system
• Shad, hip-hop musician
• Nick Shaw, musician
• David Shore, writer or producer for the television program House
• Craig Simpson, former NHL hockey player and coach
• Dave Simpson, former player with London Knights and current professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business
• George Sipos, writer
• Meaghan Smith, singer-songwriter
• Timothy Snelgrove, founder of Timothy's World Coffee
• Ross Somerville, six-time Canadian Amateur Championship winner in golf, first Canadian to win U.S. Amateur in 1932
• Jonny Staub, radio personality
• Barry Steers, Canadian Ambassador to Brazil (1971–1976), High Commissioner to Bermuda (1976–1979), Ambassador to Japan (1981–1989)
• Janaya Stephens, actress, star of the Left Behind movie series

Adam Stern

• Adam Stern, Major League Baseball player with the Baltimore Orioles
• Sam Stout, Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor
• David Suzuki, geneticist, environmentalist, writer and broadcaster

T-Z

• Salli Terri, mezzo soprano
• Thine Eyes Bleed, metal band featuring Johnny Araya, brother of Slayer bassist, and vocalist Tom Araya
• Jim Thompson, businessman, philanthropist, and sportsman
• Scott Thornton, former NHL player (ret. 2008)
• Tim Tindale, former American football player with Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears
• Five of the six Tolpuddle Martyrs, convicted in England for forming the first trade union there, settled in London
• Jason Tunks, Olympian, discus thrower
• Two Crown King, alternative rock and alternative hip hop band
• Mike Van Ryn, former NHL player (ret. 2010)
• Jolene Van Vugt, first female to perform a backflip on a dirt bike
• Tessa Virtue, ice dancer and 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist with her partner Scott Moir
• Brian Vollmer, lead singer of Helix
• Damian Warner, Olympian in the decathlon 5th place in 2012 Summer Olympics
• Jack L. Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios
• Jeff Willmore, visual and performance artist
• Tomasz Winnicki, white supremacist, anti-Semite and subject of complaints before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
• David C. Woodman, historian and author
• Marion Woodman, Jungian and feminist writer
• Jessica Zelinka, Olympian in the heptathlon