List of people from Guelph explained

This is a list of notable people who are from Guelph, Ontario, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city.

A

• Rick Allain, former ice hockey coach
• Chad Archibald, producer
• Edward Robert Armstrong, engineer
• Ron Asselstine, NHL linesman
• Annie Damer, public health nurse

B

• Carroll Baker^[1]
• Baracuda, rapper
• Kimberly Barber, vocal pedagogue
• Shaun Benson, actor
• Lois Betteridge, silversmith
• Katherine Bobak, skater
• Ralph Bowen, musician, educator
• Jeffry Hall Brock, businessman
• Alison Brooks, architect

C

• Neve Campbell, actress
• Dom Cardillo, politician
• Dick Carroll, ice hockey coach
• Miranda Chartrand and Adam Nichols, musical duo
• Lionel Herbert Clarke, businessman and politician
• Jim Cockman, baseball player
• Thomas Christopher Collins, cardinal of the Catholic Church
• Bunk Congalton, baseball player
• Logan Couture, hockey player
• Arthur W. Cutten, businessman
• David Card, Nobel prize winning economist

D

• Noah Danby, actor
• Ken Danby, painter
• Victor Davis, Olympic swimmer
• Brian Dickinson, pianist
• Crawford Douglas, politician

E

• Bob Emslie, baseball player

F

• Rick Ferraro, former politician
• Albert Fish, politician
• Derek Fletcher, former politician
• Lou Fontinato, hockey player
• Charley Fox, former Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force
• Karen Fralich, world sand sculpting champion
• J.M. Frey, novelist

G

• Gregory Gallant
• Beth Goobie, poet
• Jim Guthrie, singer-songwriter
• James Gordon, singer-songwriter

H

• Micheal Haley, ice hockey player
• Esther Hill, architect
• Albert Hughes, ice hockey player
• Mike Hudson, hockey player and amateur race car driver

J

• Clifford Jackman, lawyer and writer
• Aurora James, creative director, activist, and fashion designer
• Edward Johnson, tenor
• Paddy Johnson, art critic
• David Jones, hockey player

K

• Zoë Keating, cellist
• Donnie Keshawarz, actor
• Thomas King, novelist
• Tim Kingsbury, musician
• Charles Kingsmill, former first director of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada
• Luke Kirby, actor^[2]
• Henry Kock, horticulturalist

L

• Gary Leadston, politician
• Laura Lemon, composer
• Andrea Lindsay, singer-songwriter
• Jean Little, writer
• Livestock, rapper
• Douglas Lochhead, poet
• Lloyd Longfield, politician
• Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, fashion designer
• David Lush, politician

M

• John Kenneth Macalister, World War II personnel
• Andrew Paul MacDonald, composer
• Dan MacKenzie, sports administrator and marketing executive
• Dorothy Maclean, writer and educator
• Brian MacLellan, general manager of 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals
• Earl MacNaughton, founding dean of the College of Physics at the University of Guelph
• William Austin Mahoney, architect
• Des McAnuff, artistic director
• Doug McCaig, hockey player
• David Ross McCord, lawyer
• John McCrae, soldier, poet and physician
• Ambre McLean, singer-songwriter
• George McPhee, president of hockey operations for the Vegas Golden Knights and former general manager for the Washington Capitals
• Jean Mills, children's author
• Miranda Mulholland, fiddle player and singer
• Robert Munsch, children's author

N

• Joe Neilands, biochemist
• Noah23, hip hop artist
• Craig Norris, rock singer

O

• Kady O'Malley, journalist
• Jenny Omnichord, musician
• George Turner Orton, politician

P

• Arthur Palmer, scholar
• Gregory Pepper, musician
• Joseph Petric, accordionist
• Alexander Fraser Pirie, journalist
• Brad Pirie, former ice hockey player
• George Pirie, newspaper publisher
• Zachary Pollari, football player

R

• Mark Radoja, Professional poker player
• Jus Reign, Youtuber
• Tommy Reilly, harmonica player
• Sue Richards, artist
• Kelly Richardson, artist
• Aaron Riches, sing/songwriter
• Doug Risebrough, hockey player
• Thomas F. Ryan, sportsman and entrepreneur

S

• Sandra Sabatini, writer
• Liz Sandals, politician
• Joe Sawyer, actor
• Ray Scapinello, linesman
• Henry Scholfield, politician
• James Schroder, politician
• Ron Scott, hockey player
• Andrea Seccafien, Olympic athlete
• Surendra Seeraj, cricket player
• Seth, cartoonist
• T. Sher Singh, lawyer
• Joey Slinger, journalist and author
• Gavin Smith, poker player
• John Snobelen, former politician
• Dave Somerville, singer
• J. Dewey Soper, ornithologist
• Ned Sparks, actor
• Doug Stinson, mathematician
• David Stirton, politician
• Donna Strickland, Nobel Prize winner
• Mary Swan, novelist
• Bill Sweeney, hockey player

T

• Janis Tarchuk, politician
• Chuck Tatham, screenwriter
• Percy A. Taverner, ornithologist

V

• Frank Valeriote, politician
• Reg Vermue, musician

W

• Charles Wilson, composer
• Robert Wickens, race car driver
• Corey Wood, musician
• Joshua Workman, political consultant

Notes and References

1. https://www.guelphmercury.com/community-story/7413481-guelph-has-its-share-of-famous-residents/ Guelph has its share of famous residents | GuelphMercury.com
2. https://www.guelphmercury.com/community-story/7413481-guelph-has-its-share-of-famous-residents/ Guelph has its share of famous residents | GuelphMercury.com