Who is famous that is from toronto?

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Kira

Entertainers
Sidney Olcott (1873-1949) - director
Walter Huston (1884-1950)- actor (also father of John Huston, grandfather of Anjelica Huston)
Mary Pickford (1893-1979) - actress, film studio founder. Known in the Jazz Age as "America's Sweetheart"
Raymond Massey (1896-1983) - actor
Ann Rutherford (b. 1917) - actress
George Dunning (1920-1979) - animator, director
Norman Jewison (b. 1926) filmmaker, director
Christopher Plummer (b.1927) - actor
Morely Safer (b. 1931) - jounalist, reporter
Al Waxman (1935-2001) - actor
Peter Jennings (b. 1938-2005) - journalist, TV anchor
David Cronenberg (b. 1943) - filmmaker, director, screenwriter
Michael Ironside (b.1950) - actor
John Candy (1950-1994) - actor and comedian
Catherine O'Hara (b. 1954) - actress, comedienne, writer
Rick Moranis (b. 1954) - actor, comedian, writer, producer
Howie Mandel (b. 1955) - actor, comedian, writer, producer
David James Elliott (b.1960) - actor
Mike Myers (b. 1963) - actor, comedian, screenwriter
Eric McCormack (b. 1963) - actor
Gloria Reuben (b.1964) - actress
Megan Follows (b. 1968) - actress
Monika Schnarre (b. 1971) - model, actress
Sarah Polley (b. 1979) - actress

Artists
Joe Shuster (1914-1992) - creator of "Superman"
Alex Colville (b. 1920) - painter
Frank Gehry (b.1929) - architect "Guggenheim museum at Bilbao"
Michael Snow (b.1929) - painter, sculpter, filmmaker
Robert Bateman (b. 1930) - painter
James Lumbers (b. 1929) - painter

Musicians and bands formed in Toronto
Moe Koffman (1928-2001) - sax and flute player.
Glenn Gould (1932-1982) - pianist
Teresa Stratas (b.1938) - opera singer
Robbie Robertson (b. 1943) - musician, writer, singer, producer
Neil Young (b. 1945) - singer, song writer
Dan Hill (b.1954) - singer, song writer
Irish Rovers - formed in 1963
Rush - formed in 1968
SNOW (Darrin O'Brien) (b. 1971) - rapper, song writer
Amanda Marshall (b. 1972) - singer, song writer
Deborah Cox (b. 1973) - R&B singer, song writer
Rough Trade - formed in 1975
The Nylons - formed in late 70s
Platinum Blonde - formed in 1980
Parachute Club - formed in 1983
Cowboy Junkies - formed in 1985
Jeff Healey Band - formed in 1986
Barenaked Ladies - formed in 1988

FINGER

Don't forget Jim Carrey, he is from Scarborough.

HAPA CHIC

everything Kira said plus John Candy was also from Toronto
Bt the way Debrah Cox ..lol is a liar when she posts her age ...I went to school with her from kindergarten to grade eight and was best friend for awhile with her she is born in 71

Sissy

Kira: What?!! No politicans are on the list!! Is this something Toronto would like to swept under a rug of shame and denial?

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Ted

The answer by Kira is correct, but add Nelly Furtado

nbr660

Dan Akroid was to start as a Toronto policeman the day he was called to Hollywood. His family are a long line of Toronto
cops.

idk

umm dat wrestler edge.
from wwe the one who iz a cheat. yeah he from toronto
o im not sure maybe from ontario.

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