100 Notable alumni of
Ryerson University

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Ryerson University is 396th in the world, 157th in North America, and 11th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Ryerson University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Nina Dobrev

    Nina Dobrev
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1989-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    film actoractorfilm directormodeldancer
    Biography

    Nikolina Kamenova Dobreva, known professionally as Nina Dobrev, is a Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce in the CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2015).

  2. Mena Massoud

    Mena Massoud
    Born in
    Egypt Flag Egypt
    Years
    1991-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    singeractortelevision actor
    Biography

    Mena Mansour Massoud is an Egyptian-born Canadian actor. He made his film debut in the 2017 Canadian dramatic thriller Ordinary Days. His breakthrough came with playing the title character in the Disney fantasy film Aladdin (2019), which earned him nominations for a Teen Choice Award and two National Film & TV Awards.

  3. Katherine Ryan

    Katherine Ryan
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    television presenteractorcomedian
    Biography

    Katherine Louisa Ryan is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, actress and singer. She has appeared on British TV and radio panel shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats,, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, A League of Their Own, Mock the Week, Would I Lie to You?, QI, Just a Minute, Safeword, and Have I Got News for You. In 2015 she replaced Steve Jones as the presenter of Hair on BBC Two. As an actress, Ryan has appeared on several television sitcoms in the UK, including Campus, Episodes, and her Netflix show The Duchess.

  4. Eric McCormack

    Eric McCormack
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm directoractortelevision actorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Eric James McCormack is a Canadian and American actor known for his roles as Will Truman in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Netflix's Travelers, and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the TNT crime drama Perception. Born in Toronto, McCormack started acting by performing in high school plays. He left Ryerson University in 1985 to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he spent five years performing in many stage productions.

  5. Hannah Simone

    Hannah Simone
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    modelactor
    Biography

    Hannah Simone is a British-born Canadian actress, television host, and former VJ and fashion model. She portrayed Cece Parikh on the Fox sitcom New Girl.

  6. Nia Vardalos

    Nia Vardalos
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm directordirector
    Biography

    Antonia Eugenia Vardalos is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. She starred in and wrote the romantic comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), which garnered her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and which went on to spawn a media franchise.

  7. Hilary Labow

    Hilary Labow
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    interior designertelevision presenteractor
    Biography

    Hilary Elizabeth Farr is a British-Canadian designer, businesswoman, television host and former actress. She is known as the co-host of the HGTV and W Network television series Love It or List It with David Visentin.

  8. Hawick Lau

    Hawick Lau
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    actorsingertelevision actor
    Biography

    Hawick Lau Hoi-wai is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He was named as one of the "Five Fresh Tigers of TVB" and is best known for his performances in the series A Kindred Spirit (1995), Virtues of Harmony (2001) and My Family (2005).

  9. David James Elliott

    David James Elliott
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actorfilm directoractor
    Biography

    David William Smith, known professionally as David James Elliott, is a Canadian actor. He was the star of the series JAG, playing lead character Harmon Rabb Jr. from 1995 to 2005.

  10. Gail Kim

    Gail Kim
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    film actormodelprofessional wrestleractor
    Biography

    Gail Kim-Irvine is a Canadian-American semi-retired professional wrestler, signed to TNA Wrestling, where she serves as a producer and occasional on-screen talent. In TNA she was the inaugural and record setting seven-time Knockouts Champion and she also was a one-time Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Madison Rayne. She is also known for her two stints in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she won the WWE Women's Championship in her first match.

  11. Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

    Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1987-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    disc jockeymodelsingeractor
    Biography

    Jacqueline MacInnes Wood is a Canadian actress, musician, model and television personality. She is best known for playing the fashion executive and heiress Steffy Forrester Finnegan on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, for which she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series three times in 2019, 2021, and 2023.

  12. Louise Penny

    Louise Penny
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Enrolled in Ryerson University
    In 1979 graduated with Bachelor of Applied Arts
    Occupations
    radio personalitywriternovelistjournalist
    Biography

    Louise Penny CM OQ is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. Penny's first career was as a radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). After she turned to writing, she won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha Award for best mystery novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2007–2010), and the Anthony Award for best novel of the year five times, including four consecutive years (2010–2013). Her novels have been published in 23 languages.

  13. Raymond Ablack

    Raymond Ablack
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1989-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actoractorcomedian
    Biography

    Raymond Ablack is a Canadian actor and comedian. He began his career in the early 2000s as a child actor on stage, performing as Young Simba in The Lion King at the Princess of Wales Theatre. He later gained recognition for playing Sav Bhandari in the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2007 to 2011.

  14. Sarah Carter

    Sarah Carter
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Sarah Sanguin Carter is a Canadian actress. She is known for her recurring role as Alicia Baker in the superhero series Smallville (2004–2005), Madeleine Poe in Shark (2006–2008), and main role as Maggie in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies (2011–2015).

  15. Ellen Wong

    Ellen Wong
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1985-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    film actoractortaekwondo athlete
    Biography

    Ellen Wong is a Canadian actress. She portrayed Knives Chau in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and the animated Netflix series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Jill "Mouse" Chen in The CW's series The Carrie Diaries, Jenny Chey in the Netflix series GLOW and Hope while starring in In the Life of Music.

  16. David Hayter

    David Hayter
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    film actorscreenwriterfilm directortelevision actorvoice actor
    Biography

    David Hayter is a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake in the Metal Gear video game series. He wrote the film X-Men and co-wrote X2 and Watchmen, and was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Writing in 2000 for his work on X-Men. Hayter voiced King Shark on The Flash.

  17. Jason Jones

    Jason Jones
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm producercomediantelevision actorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Jason Pierre Jones is a Canadian and American actor, comedian and writer. He was a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2005 to 2015. From 2016 to 2019 Jones starred in the TBS comedy series The Detour, which he created with his wife Samantha Bee.

  18. Brandon Cronenberg

    Brandon Cronenberg
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    writerfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Brandon Cronenberg is a Canadian director and screenwriter. He is the son of renowned filmmaker David Cronenberg and the brother of Caitlin Cronenberg. He is known for his science fiction horror films Antiviral (2012), Possessor (2020), and Infinity Pool (2023). He has won several accolades for his work.

  19. Natalie Glebova

    Natalie Glebova
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    modelbeauty pageant contestant
    Biography

    Natalie Glebova is a Canadian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2005. She had previously won the Miss Universe Canada 2005 title.

  20. Vincenzo Natali

    Vincenzo Natali
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    directorfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Vincenzo Natali is an American-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, known for writing and directing science fiction and horror films such as Cube, Cypher, Nothing, and Splice.

  21. John Saunders

    John Saunders
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1955-2016 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    journalistice hockey player
    Biography

    John Peterson Saunders was a Canadian-American sports journalist. He worked for ESPN and ABC from 1986 until his death in 2016.

  22. Rebecca Liddiard

    Rebecca Liddiard
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1991-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Rebecca Liddiard is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Constable Adelaide Stratton in the 2016 trans-Atlantic mystery series Houdini & Doyle and as morality officer Mary Shaw in Frankie Drake Mysteries.

  23. Kristin Booth

    Kristin Booth
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Kristin Booth is a Canadian actress.

  24. Debra McGrath

    Debra McGrath
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Debra McGrath is a Canadian actress and comedian.

  25. Scott McCord

    Scott McCord
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision actorvoice actor
    Biography

    William Scott McCord is a Canadian actor. He has performed on film, television, animation and on stage. He is a member of The Actors Studio. On television he has appeared in series regular, recurring and guest starring roles.

  26. Ari Millen

    Ari Millen
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    stage actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Ari Millen is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performance as numerous clones in the Space and BBC America science fiction television series Orphan Black (2014–2017), for which he won a Canadian Screen Award in 2016.

  27. Daniel DeSanto

    Daniel DeSanto
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Daniel DeSanto is a Canadian actor.

  28. Wendy Mesley

    Wendy Mesley
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Wendy Mesley is a Canadian television journalist, podcaster, and blogger. She worked for CBC News from 1981 to 2021 in roles including national correspondent at the Quebec Legislature and the Ottawa Parliamentary Bureau. She was the anchor of The National, host of Undercurrents, Disclosure, and Marketplace, and from 2018 to 2020, she hosted the Sunday morning talk show The Weekly with Wendy Mesley.

  29. Adam Hemati

    Adam Hemati
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1995-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Adam Hemati is an Iranian-Canadian soccer player who is currently working at Platinum Condo Deals as a real estate agent. He signed his first professional contract with Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League where they reached the Asian Champions League Final in 2018.

  30. Robert J. Sawyer

    Robert J. Sawyer
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    writerscience fiction writerscreenwriter
    Biography

    Robert James Sawyer CM OOnt is a Canadian and American science fiction writer. He has had 25 novels published and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and numerous anthologies. He has won many writing awards, including the best-novel Nebula Award (1995), the best-novel Hugo Award (2003), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006), the Robert A. Heinlein Award (2017), and more Aurora Awards than anyone else in history.

  31. Marci Ien

    Marci Ien
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    journalistpolitician
    Biography

    Marci Ien PC MP is a Canadian politician serving as the minister for women and gender equality and youth since October 26, 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Ien represents Toronto Centre in the House of Commons. Previously, she was a broadcast journalist for CTV. She co-hosted the CTV daytime talk show The Social from 2017 until 2020. Previously, she was a reporter for CTV News and a co-anchor on the CTV morning program Canada AM. As a child she appeared regularly on the Christian children's show Circle Square.

  32. Liane Balaban

    Liane Balaban
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    screenwritermodelactor
    Biography

    Liane Balaban is a Canadian actress. Her film debut was in New Waterford Girl (1999) as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie. She has since appeared in the films Definitely, Maybe (2008), Last Chance Harvey (2008), and the independent drama One Week (2008). She has guest-starred on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles, Covert Affairs and Alphas, and joined the cast of Supernatural for its eighth season.

  33. Isadore Sharp

    Isadore Sharp
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1931-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Isadore "Issy" Sharp, OC is a Canadian hotelier and philanthropist. He is founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. He organized the Terry Fox Run.

  34. Wendy L. Walsh

    Wendy L. Walsh
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Enrolled in Ryerson University
    In 1987 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in journalism
    Occupations
    actorradio personalitypsychotherapistlecturerjournalist
    Biography

    Wendy Lee Walsh is a Canadian author, lecturer, radio host and television commentator.

  35. Marco Brambilla

    Marco Brambilla
    Born in
    Italy Flag Italy
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    photographerfilm directorvideo artist
    Biography

    Marco Brambilla is an Italian-born Canadian contemporary artist and film director, known for directing Demolition Man and Dinotopia as well as re-contextualizations of popular and found imagery, and use of 3D imaging technologies in public installations and video art.

  36. Katie Griffin

    Katie Griffin
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    voice actoractor
    Biography

    Katie Griffin is a Canadian actress who has appeared on television, films and voiced animations. Her roles include the voices of Sailor Mars in the original English Canadian dub of Sailor Moon, Alex in Totally Spies!, Laugh-a-Lot Bear in Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot and Farmer Shire in Corn & Peg. She currently voices Ma Barker in Go, Dog. Go!

  37. Bryn McAuley

    Bryn McAuley
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1989-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    voice actorsinger
    Biography

    Bryn McAuley is a Canadian actress. She is best known for playing Caillou on the television series of the same name, Anne Shirley on Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series, Gina Lash in Angela Anaconda, Skye Blue in Carl², Becky Lopez in George Shrinks, Harriet in Franklin, Laney Penn in Grojband, Suzi in Camp Lakebottom, Quills in Numb Chucks, Amy and Samey in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island, Taylor in Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Mavis Dracula in Hotel Transylvania: The Series, Eleanor in The Day My Butt Went Psycho! and Bea in Top Wing.

  38. Omar Alghabra

    Omar Alghabra
    Born in
    Saudi Arabia Flag Saudi Arabia
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    engineerpolitician
    Biography

    Omar Alghabra PC MP is a Saudi-born Syrian-Canadian politician who served as Canada's minister of transport from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, he has represented the riding of Mississauga Centre in the House of Commons since the 2015 election. He was previously the member of Parliament (MP) for Mississauga—Erindale from 2006 to 2008.

  39. Tyler Stewart

    Tyler Stewart
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    musician
    Biography

    Tyler Joseph Stewart is the drummer for the Canadian music group Barenaked Ladies.

  40. Sue Gardner

    Sue Gardner
    Born in
    Barbados Flag Barbados
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    writermanagerjournalistbusinessperson
    Biography

    Sue Gardner is a Canadian journalist, not-for-profit executive and business executive. She was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from December 2007 until May 2014, and before that was the director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website and online news outlets.

  41. Jay Onrait

    Jay Onrait
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    television presentersports commentator
    Biography

    Jay Michael Onrait is a Canadian television personality and sports anchor who hosts SC with Jay Onrait on TSN. From 2003 to 2021, he was frequently paired with fellow Canadian broadcaster Dan O'Toole.

  42. Caitlin Cronenberg

    Caitlin Cronenberg
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    photographerfilm directorNFT artist
    Biography

    Caitlin Cronenberg is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker, known for her celebrity portraits and editorials. She is David Cronenberg's daughter and Brandon Cronenberg's sister.

  43. Zanele Muholi

    Zanele Muholi
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    photographervideo artistsocial activist
    Biography

    Zanele Muholi FRPS is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race, gender and sexuality with a body of work that dates back to the early 2000s, documenting and celebrating the lives of South Africa's Black Lesbian, Gay, transgender, and intersex communities. Muholi is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, explaining that "I'm just human".

  44. Erdem Moralıoğlu

    Erdem Moralıoğlu
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    fashion designer
    Biography

    Erdem Moralıoğlu is a Creative Director and founder of eponymous London-based fashion label Erdem, which he established in 2005.

  45. Edward Burtynsky

    Edward Burtynsky
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    photographerfilm director
    Biography

    Edward Burtynsky OC RCA is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large format photographs of industrial landscapes. His works depict locations from around the world that represent the increasing development of industrialization and its impacts on nature and the human existence. It is most often connected to the philosophical concept of the sublime, a trait established by the grand scale of the work he creates, though they are equally disturbing in the way they reveal the context of rapid industrialization.

  46. Natalie Lisinska

    Natalie Lisinska
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Natalie Lisinska is a British-Canadian actress.

  47. Simina Grigoriu

    Simina Grigoriu
    Born in
    Romania Flag Romania
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    disc jockeyelectronic musician
    Biography

    Ana Simina Grigoriu married Paul Kalkbrenner is a Romanian-Canadian DJ and music producer from Toronto specializing in electronic techno music. She has lived and worked in Berlin, Germany, since 2008.

  48. Bob McKenzie

    Bob McKenzie
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    journalistsports commentator
    Biography

    Robert Malcomson McKenzie is a Canadian hockey commentator who has covered hockey since joining TSN in 1986. As a TSN Hockey Insider and TSN's Draft Expert, McKenzie provides analysis for NHL on TSN telecasts, as well as for the IIHF World Junior Championships, NHL Draft, NHL Trade Deadline, Free Agency, and for six Olympic Winter Games.

  49. Christie Blatchford

    Christie Blatchford
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1951-2020 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    columnistjournalist
    Biography

    Christie Marie Blatchford was a Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster. She published four non-fiction books.

  50. Liza Fromer

    Liza Fromer
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    Liza Fromer is a former cohost of The Morning Show on the Global Television Network and Breakfast Television at Citytv in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  51. Hayden

    Hayden
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    record producersongwriterguitaristsinger
    Biography

    Paul Hayden Desser, who records as Hayden, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Thornhill, Ontario.

  52. Debra W. Soh

    Debra W. Soh
    Years
    1990-.. (age 35)
    Enrolled in Ryerson University
    In 2010 graduated with Master of Arts
    Occupations
    psychologistneuroscientistopinion journalistcolumnistjournalist
    Biography

    Debra W. Soh is a Canadian columnist, author, and former academic sex researcher.

  53. Tanya Huff

    Tanya Huff
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    fantasy authorwriterscience fiction writernovelist
    Biography

    Tanya Sue Huff is a Canadian fantasy author. Her stories have been published since the late 1980s, including five fantasy series and one science fiction series. One of these, her Blood Books series, featuring detective Vicki Nelson, was adapted for television under the title Blood Ties.

  54. Bruce McDonald

    Bruce McDonald
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    directorscreenwriterproducerfilm producerfilm director
    Biography

    Bruce McDonald is a Canadian film and television director, writer, and producer. Born in Kingston, Ontario, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as part of the loosely-affiliated Toronto New Wave.

  55. Aurora James

    Aurora James
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    businesspersonart directorsocial entrepreneur
    Biography

    Aurora James is a Canadian creative director, activist, and fashion designer. In 2013, she founded the fashion label Brother Vellies, with the goal of promoting traditional African design practices and techniques. In 2020, James founded the 15 Percent Pledge as a non-profit organization to support Black-owned businesses. Her memoir Wildflower was released in 2023.

  56. Adam Vaughan

    Adam Vaughan
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Adam G. Vaughan is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2014 until 2021. Vaughan represented the Toronto area riding of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Liberal Party. He previously sat on Toronto City Council, representing Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina from 2006 until he resigned in 2014 to run in a federal by-election for Trinity—Spadina.

  57. Jamie Campbell

    Jamie Campbell
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    sports journalist
    Biography

    Jamie Campbell is a Canadian sportscaster with Sportsnet. He is currently the host of Toronto Blue Jays telecasts and previously provided the play-by-play from 2005 to 2009.

  58. Linda Ballantyne

    Linda Ballantyne
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1964-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    voice actor
    Biography

    Linda Anne Ballantyne is a Canadian voice actress, who is best known for voicing the title role of Serena Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the second half of the original English version of Sailor Moon.

  59. Tanya Kim

    Tanya Kim
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    Tanya Kim is a Canadian television personality, best known as the co-host of etalk from 2003 to 2014.

  60. Emily Andras

    Emily Andras
    Occupations
    screenwritershowrunnertelevision producer
    Biography

    Emily Andras is a Canadian television screenwriter, showrunner, and producer. She is known for creating the beloved cult genre television series Wynonna Earp and serving as executive producer and showrunner of Lost Girl.

  61. Majid Jowhari

    Majid Jowhari
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Majid Jowhari MP is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament for the electoral district of Richmond Hill in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. He is a member of the Liberal Party. He was the first federal nominee and candidate of Iranian heritage. Jowhari is the first Iranian-born member of Parliament of Iranian heritage. Jowhari is one of the first two Iranian-Canadian members of parliament, with the other being Ali Ehsassi.

  62. Joseph Motiki

    Joseph Motiki
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    voice actortelevision presenter
    Biography

    Joseph Frederick Motiki is a Canadian actor and television host. He is best known for hosting the TVOntario children's block The TVOKids Crawlspace and the Food Network game show Ice Cold Cash.

  63. Andrew Alexander

    Andrew Alexander
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1944-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    film producer
    Biography

    Andrew Alexander is an English theatre and television producer best known for his previous leadership and co-ownership of The Second City, and co-developing and producing the television show SCTV.

  64. Keith Pelley

    Keith Pelley
    Years
    1964-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    businesspersonchief executive officer
    Biography

    Keith W. Pelley is a sports executive who is the president & CEO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE). He has previously served as & president of the PGA European Tour, the CEO of Rogers Media, team president of the Toronto Argonauts, the president of The Sports Network (TSN).

  65. Tonya Williams

    Tonya Williams
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    television produceractivistfilm directoractor
    Biography

    Tonya Williams is a Canadian actress, producer, and activist. Sometimes credited as Tonya Lee Williams, she is best known for her role as Dr. Olivia Barber Winters on the American daytime drama The Young and the Restless from 1990 to 2005 and 2007 to 2012. She is the founder and executive director of Reelworld Film Festival.

  66. Suhana Meharchand

    Suhana Meharchand
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Suhana Meharchand is a Canadian retired journalist who was most recently a CBC News Network anchor and host of CBC News Now.

  67. Don Meredith

    Don Meredith
    Born in
    Jamaica Flag Jamaica
    Years
    1964-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politicianpastor
    Biography

    Donald Meredith is a Canadian Pentecostal minister and former politician. Meredith was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 18 December 2010 as a Conservative. He was expelled from the Conservative caucus on 17 June 2015, however, following allegations that he had groomed a teenager for two years, starting when the girl was 16. He was found guilty of ethics violations by the Senate ethics office in March 2017.

  68. Aditya Jha

    Aditya Jha
    Born in
    Nepal Flag Nepal
    Occupations
    entrepreneur
    Biography

    Aditya Jha CM is an Indo-Nepalese Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist and social activist. A globetrotter, his business portfolio consists of several startups and company turnarounds with interests in Canada, Nepal, Thailand and India. He also runs several philanthropic initiatives through his Private Charitable Foundation, promoting education and nurturing entrepreneurship to increase opportunities for the less fortunate. Jha takes special interest in nurturing prosperity and financial independence amongst Canadian First Nations (aboriginal) communities and individuals through education scholarships at top Canadian universities and a project (Project Beyshick) that nurtures entrepreneurship. Jha is 2012 inductee to the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian award.

  69. Pat Mills

    Pat Mills
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directoractor
    Biography

    Kevin Patrick Mills is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and actor, whose feature film debut Guidance was released in 2015.

  70. Dominic Panganiban

    Dominic Panganiban
    Born in
    Philippines Flag Philippines
    Years
    1990-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    animatortelevision producerYouTuber
    Biography

    Dominic "Dom" Panganiban, better known online as Domics, is a Filipino-born Canadian YouTuber, animator, and cartoonist.

  71. George Lagogianes

    George Lagogianes
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    George Lagogianes is a Canadian television personality, best known as a longtime now former reporter and anchor for CP24.

  72. Robyn Doolittle

    Robyn Doolittle
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    writerjournalistbiographer
    Biography

    Robyn Doolittle is a Canadian investigative reporter for The Globe and Mail.

  73. Sara Singh

    Sara Singh
    Years
    1985-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sara Singh is a Canadian politician. She was one of the two Deputy Leaders of the Ontario New Democratic Party, alongside John Vanthof, and also Opposition Critic for Attorney General from 2018 until 2022. Singh was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election at the age of 33. She represented the riding of Brampton Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party until her defeat in the 2022 Ontario general election.

  74. Valerie Pringle

    Valerie Pringle
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Valerie Pringle CM is a Canadian television host and journalist, hosting the Canadian edition of Antiques Roadshow on CBC since 2006. Pringle was born in Windsor, Ontario.

  75. Zarqa Nawaz

    Zarqa Nawaz
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    television producerscreenwriterfilm directorjournalist
    Biography

    Zarqa Nawaz is a Canadian creator and producer for film and television, a published author, public speaker, journalist, and former broadcaster.

  76. Stephen Dunn

    Stephen Dunn
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1989-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
    Biography

    Stephen Dunn is a Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2015 with Closet Monster, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

  77. Monita Rajpal

    Monita Rajpal
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Monita Rajpal is a Canadian journalist. She is a former news presenter for Citytv and CNN International.

  78. Carolyn Jarvis

    Carolyn Jarvis
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1979-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Carolyn Michelle Jarvis is a Canadian television journalist, currently the chief investigative correspondent for Global News. Jarvis was born in North York, Ontario and grew up in Richmond, British Columbia. She earned a degree in music, but established a career in investigative journalism and as a news anchor.

  79. Carol Anne Meehan

    Carol Anne Meehan
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    journalistcouncil member
    Biography

    Carol Anne Meehan is a former Ottawa City Councillor and former news anchor at CJOH.

  80. Terry O'Reilly

    Terry O'Reilly
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    broadcaster
    Biography

    Terry O'Reilly is a Canadian broadcast producer and radio personality best known as host of the CBC Radio One series O'Reilly on Advertising, The Age of Persuasion and Under the Influence, which examine the cultural and sociological impact of advertising and marketing on modern life.

  81. Tony Parsons

    Tony Parsons
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1939-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    news presenter
    Biography

    Tony Parsons is a Canadian broadcaster whose career has spanned more than 50 years, and he has anchored the second most-watched local evening Television newscast in North America, the News Hour on Global BC in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was the co-anchor of CBC News: Vancouver on CBUT-DT with Gloria Macarenko, and the 10:00 pm (22:00 military) newscast on CHEK-DT. He currently lives in Kelowna, British Columbia and hosts the podcast, The Tony Parsons Show.

  82. Heather Mallick

    Heather Mallick
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Heather Mallick is a Canadian columnist, author and lecturer. She has been a staff columnist for the Toronto Star since 2010, writing a news column on Saturday and on the opinion page on Monday and Wednesday. She writes about feminism, news and politics. She has previously written for the Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, and the Financial Post.

  83. Steven Hilliard Stern

    Steven Hilliard Stern
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1937-2018 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directortelevision producer
    Biography

    Steven Hilliard Stern was a Canadian television and documentary director, producer and writer.

  84. Waubgeshig Rice

    Waubgeshig Rice
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1979-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    writerjournalistpodcaster
    Biography

    Waubgeshig Isaac Rice is an Anishinaabe writer and journalist from the Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound, Ontario. Rice has been recognized for his work throughout Canada, including an appearance at Wordfest's 2018 Indigenous Voices Showcase in Calgary.

  85. D. W. Waterson

    D. W. Waterson
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Occupations
    drummerdisc jockeyfilm directortelevision director
    Biography

    D. W. Waterson is a Canadian DJ, drummer, writer, director, and web series creator. They are known for their work as a performer and for creating, writing, and directing the award-winning web series That's My DJ. Their feature-length directorial film debut, Backspot, was released in 2023.

  86. Chris Turner

    Chris Turner
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    journalistwriter
    Biography

    Chris Turner is a Canadian journalist and author.

  87. Kevin Yarde

    Kevin Yarde
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Kevin Yarde is a Canadian politician and former weather presenter who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election for the riding of Brampton North. Initially elected as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he eventually left the party to sit as an independent.

  88. Gemma Files

    Gemma Files
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her short story, "The Emperor's Old Bones", won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Story of 1999. Five of her short stories were adapted for the television series The Hunger.

  89. Harinder Malhi

    Harinder Malhi
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Harinder Kaur Malhi is a former Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the riding of Brampton—Springdale, and was a member of the Ontario provincial cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne.

  90. Bob Barlen

    Bob Barlen
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
    Biography

    Robert George Barlen is a Canadian screenwriter and producer. He is best known for having co-written The Weinstein Company's animated film Escape from Planet Earth (2013), The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017), and Nickelodeon's Paw Patrol: The Movie (2021) and Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023), all are in collaboration with his business partner Cal Brunker, who served as the director for these films.

  91. Amanda Joy

    Amanda Joy
    Years
    1989-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    actorfilm director
    Biography

    Amanda Joy is a Canadian actress, screenwriter, comedian, satirist, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring in the Omni Television original series Second Jen.

  92. Camila Gonzalez

    Camila Gonzalez
    Born in
    Colombia Flag Colombia
    Years
    1997-.. (age 28)
    Occupations
    model
    Biography

    Camila Gonzalez is a Colombian-Canadian tv host, producer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss International Canada 2018 and represented her country at Miss International 2018. known for hosting the Serie A Halftime Show on TLN and as an entertainment and community news reporter on Univision Canada.

  93. Peter Mettler

    Peter Mettler
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    photographerscreenwriterfilm directorcinematographer
    Biography

    Peter Mettler is a Swiss-Canadian film director and cinematographer. He is best known for his unique, intuitive approach to documentary, evinced by such films as Picture of Light (1994), Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002), and The End of Time (2012). "His peripatetic lens is ever gravitating toward outsiders in search of ecstatic states", writes José Teodoro in Brick, "strange spectacles that defy straightforward documentation, and sacred places that promise some metaphysical deliverance. There are precedents for his methodologies—the films of Chris Marker and Werner Herzog come to mind—but Mettler’s gifts as an open and unobtrusive interviewer and his capacity to discover shared sensibilities between people of vastly diverse cultures and creeds feels singular."

  94. Julia Belluz

    Julia Belluz
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Julia Belluz is a Canadian journalist who specializes in health and science reporting. She is the senior health correspondent for American news website Vox, as of August 2020. Belluz is known for her reporting on various public health issues, including the anti-vaccine movement, the COVID-19 pandemic, and medical pseudoscience. Her Maclean's blog, "Science-ish" and her "Show Me the Evidence" series on Vox both do deep dives into the science behind common health claims. Belluz has also reported on celebrities who give unsubstantiated health advice, such as Dr. Oz, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Alex Jones.

  95. Gary Carr

    Gary Carr
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    ice hockey playerpolitician
    Biography

    Gary Carr is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2003, and served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal from 2004 to early 2006. Gary Carr is currently the Chair of the Regional Municipality of Halton.

  96. Mike Filey

    Mike Filey
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1941-2022 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    historian
    Biography

    Mike Filey was a Canadian historian, radio host, journalist and author. He was awarded the Jean Hibbert Memorial Award in 2009 for promoting the city of Toronto and its history.

  97. Nyla Innuksuk

    Nyla Innuksuk
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Enrolled in Ryerson University
    In 2009 studied filmmaking
    Occupations
    film director
    Biography

    Nyla Innuksuk is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer, and virtual reality content creator. She is the CEO of Mixtape VR.

  98. Yuri Dojc

    Yuri Dojc
    Born in
    Slovakia Flag Slovakia
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    photographer
    Biography

    Yuri Dojc is a Slovak-Canadian fine arts photographer. Dojc currently resides in Toronto, Canada, with work internationally exhibited in countries such as Brazil, Slovakia, Rwanda as well as across Canada.

  99. Nasra Agil

    Nasra Agil
    Born in
    Somalia Flag Somalia
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    businesspersoncivil engineer
    Biography

    Nasra Agile is a Somali-Canadian civil engineer and entrepreneur. She has been involved in a variety of community service programmes and initiative, and was awarded The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Canada.

  100. John L'Ecuyer

    John L'Ecuyer
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1966-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    John L'Ecuyer is a Canadian film and television director.