List of people from Greater Sudbury
This is a list of people from the Canadian city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It includes people from all communities within the current city boundaries.
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Kelley Armstrong
Todd Bertuzzi
Robert Esmie
Brian Savage
Alex Trebek
A
- Eve Adams, politician
- Chuck Adamson
- Robert Adetuyi, screenwriter (Stomp the Yard)
- Al Arbour, NHL coach
- George Armstrong
- Kelley Armstrong, author, creator of the Women of the Otherworld book series
- Brian Ashton
- Larry Aurie, former captain of the Detroit Red Wings
- Marcel Aymar, musician
B
- John Baby
- Robert Bain, politician
- Drew Bannister
- Andy Barbe
- Rick Bartolucci, politician
- Alex Baumann, Olympic gold medalist (1984)
- William S. Beaton, politician
- Jean Robert Beaulé, politician
- Rhéal Bélisle, politician
- Robert Charles Bell
- Richard E. Bennett
- Christian Bernier
- Larry Berrio, country musician
- Tyler Beskorowany
- Silvio Bettio
- Murray Biggar, politician
- Brian Bigger, politician
- Ryan Bishops, musician
- Hector "Toe" Blake, NHL player, coached eight Stanley Cup teams
- Al Blanchard
- Sean Blanchard
- Harry Bloy, politician
- Frank Blum
- Michel Bock, historian and winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for French language non-fiction
- Fred Boimistruck
- Kerry Bond
- Tessa Bonhomme, member of Team Canada women's hockey
- Raymond Bonin, politician
- Phillip Boudreault
- Joe Bowen, Canadian sportscaster (Molson Leafs Hockey)
- Randy Boyd
- Brian Bradley
- Jim Bradley, politician
- Lysette Brochu
- Mark Browning, musician
- Andrew Brunette, NHL player
- Cummy Burton, NHL player with Detroit Red Wings; OHL with Sudbury Wolves
- Jeffrey Buttle
C
- Lorenzo Cadieux, historian
- Bryan Campbell
- Sterling Campbell, politician
- Lucien Campeau, cardiologist
- Robert Campeau, financier
- Wayne Carleton
- Robert Carlin, politician
- Randy Carlyle, NHL player, NHL coach
- Judy Feld Carr, humanitarian who rescued over 3,000 Jewish people from war-torn Syria in the 1970s and 1980s
- Susan Carscallen
- Rita Celli, journalist
- Gene Ceppetelli
- Marie Charette-Poulin, politician
- Diane Chase
- Ray Chénier, politician
- Margaret Christakos, poet
- Joe Cimino, politician
- Kevin Closs, singer-songwriter
- Francis Cochrane, politician
- Tim Conlon, comedian
- Bob Cook
- Cindy Cook, children's entertainer and former host of Polka Dot Door
- James Cooper, politician
- Pedro Costa
- Sean Costello, author
- D'Arcy Coulson
- David Courtemanche, politician
- Gary Croteau
- Troy Crowder, hockey player
- Bud Cullen, politician
D
- Jean-Marc Dalpé, dramatist and two-time winner of the Governor General's Award
- Gaston Demers
- Andrew Desjardins, NHL player with the Chicago Blackhawks
- Jacqueline Desmarais, billionaire[1]
- Jean Noël Desmarais
- Louis Desmarais
- Paul Desmarais, businessman
- Paul Desmarais, Jr.
- Nancy Diamond, politician
- Robert Dickson, poet and winner of the 2002 Governor General's Award for French poetry
- Anne Ditchburn, ballet dancer, choreographer, and Golden Globe-nominated film actress
- Ron Duguay, NHL player
- Rand Dyck, academic
E
- Judy Erola, former federal cabinet minister and Member of Parliament
- Robert Esmie, Olympic gold medalist (1996)
F
- Joe Fabbro, politician
- Ronald Peter Fabbro
- Norman Fawcett, politician
- Peter Fenton, politician
- Bob Fitchner
- John Flesch
- Gerry Foley
- Marcus Foligno, OHL player; silver medalist at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
- Mike Foligno, NHL player, OHL coach
- Nick Foligno, NHL player
- Dave Fortier, NHL and OHL player
- Stephen Fournier, politician
- Jim Fox
- Jason Frederick
- Pete Friesen, guitarist and songwriter with Alice Cooper and The Almighty
- Doug Frith, politician
G
- Aaron Gavey, hockey player
- France Gélinas, MPP Nickel Belt politician
- Eddie Giacomin, hockey player
- Frank Giustra, business executive, particularly successful in the mining and filmmaking industries, philanthropist
- Gerald S. Graham, imperial and naval historian; University of London professor
- Gil Grand, country musician
- Claude Gravelle, MP Nickel Belt politician
- Martin Glaude, a successful YouTuber with the channel Quill18 who make's Let'sPlays and has over 300,000 subscribers
H
- Matthew Heiti, writer
- Keith Hennessy, San Francisco-based dancer, choreographer, and performance artist, regarded as a pioneer of queer and AIDS-themed expressionist dance
- Tracy Horgan, professional curler on the World Curling Tour, three time provincial junior champion.
J
- James Jerome, former federal Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Commons
- David Johnston, current Governor General of Canada
- Rebecca Johnston, Olympic gold medalist for Canada's women's hockey team
K
- Devon Kershaw, competitive cross-country skier
- Gary Kinsman, sociologist and professor at Laurentian University
L
- Marc Laforge, NHL player
- François Lamoureux, musician
- Pierre Lamoureux, musician
- Floyd Laughren, former Member of Provincial Parliament and Ontario Minister of Finance
- Nathan Lawr, singer-songwriter
- Mark Leslie, writer, author of Spooky Sudbury
- Dave Lowry, NHL player
M
- Derek MacKenzie, NHL player
- Kate Maki, singer-songwriter
- Troy Mallette, player
- Diane Marleau, Liberal politician
- Elie Martel, NDP politician
- Shelley Martel, NDP politician
- Jake Mathews, country musician
- Bruce Mau, designer
- Marc Mayer, art curator and director of the National Gallery of Canada[2]
- Dale McCourt, NHL player
- Ken McGowan, politician
- Ross McLaren, filmmaker and artist
N
- Angela Narth, children's author
O
- Terry O'Reilly, CBC Radio host, author
P
- B. P. Paquette, film director, screenwriter, producer, and academic
- Robert Paquette, singer-songwriter
- Stéphane Paquette, francophone singer-songwriter and actor (Météo+)
- Eli Pasquale, member of Canada's national basketball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Michael Persinger, cognitive neuroscience researcher and professor at Laurentian University
- Herb Petras, Major-General (Ret'd) Canadian Forces
- Reg Plummer, Olympic field hockey player
- Marie-Paule Poulin, Senator and president of the Liberal Party of Canada
R
- Alma Ricard, businesswoman and philanthropist, Officer of the Order of Canada
- F. Baxter Ricard, media proprietor
- Alex J. Robinson, country musician
- Kimberly Rogers, woman whose death in 2001, while under house arrest for a disputed welfare fraud conviction, became a major political issue in Ontario
- Art Ross, NHL player
- Sam Rothschild, NHL player; first Sudburian to play on a Stanley Cup winning team; first Jewish hockey player in the NHL; nominated to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
- Jeffrey Round, writer
S
- Frank St. Marseille, hockey player and coach
- Brian Savage, NHL player
- Sarah Selecky, writer[3]
- Eddie Shack, NHL player
- Sandra Shamas, comedian
- Irv Spencer, NHL player with the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and the Detroit Red Wings
- Frederick Squire, musician[4]
T
- Dave Taylor, NHL player
- Glenn Thibeault, politician
- Floyd Thomson, hockey player
- Jan Thornhill, children's writer and artist
- Alex Trebek, television host of Jeopardy!
- Jerry Toppazzini, hockey player
- Zellio Toppazzini, hockey player
References
- ↑ "Jacqueline Desmarais". Forbes. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "Sudbury native tapped for top post at National Gallery", Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Telling stories from the north". Northern Life, August 14, 2010.
- ↑ "Fred Squire and Kate Maki join forces". The Music Nerd Chronicles, June 17, 2011.
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