- J.D. Fortune
J.D. Fortune is the stage name of Jason Dean Fortune (born September 1, 1973 in Mississauga, Ontario), a Canadian rock singer, winner of the 2005 CBS reality television series "Rock Star: INXS", and the current singer of rock band INXS for their latest album "Switch". He was born in Mississauga, Ontario, and raised in Salt Springs, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. - Damon Allen
Damon Allen (born July 29, 1963 in San Diego, California) is a professional football player in the Canadian Football League. He is the third quarterback for the Toronto Argonauts. Allen leads the All-Time Pro football passing chart with 70,596 passing yards; he surpassed Warren Moon's total of 70,553 yards (in both the CFL and NFL combined) on September 4, 2006 in the annual Labour Day Classic. The 2006 season marks Allen's twenty-second season in the CFL. - Adam van Koeverden
Adam Joseph van Koeverden (born January 29, 1982 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian flatwater kayak racer and reigning Olympic champion in K-1 500 m. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m at the 1999 world junior championships in Zagreb, Croatia, and then became world junior marathon champion in 2000. His first success as a senior came with a silver medal at the 2003 world championships in Gainesville, Georgia in the men's K-1 1000 m event. - Mike Vanderjagt
Michael "Mike" Vanderjagt (born March 24, 1970 in Oakville, Ontario), is a Canadian professional gridiron football placekicker who has played in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League. Currently a free agent, he most recently played with the Dallas Cowboys. He was once the most accurate field-goal kicker in NFL history (229 of 265, 86.4% as of November 20 2006). - Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Bailey emigrated from Jamaica to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation at Queen Elizabeth Park High School in Oakville, Ontario. He began competing as a 100 m sprinter part-time in 1991, but he did not take up the sport seriously until 1994. At that time, he was also a successful stockbroker. The following year saw his international breakthrough. - Miriam McDonald
Miriam Katherine McDonald (born July 26, 1987 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada) is an actress who stars in the hit television show "Degrassi: The Next Generation". - Ron MacLean
Ronald Joseph MacLean is a Canadian sportscaster for the CBC who is best known as the host of "Hockey Night in Canada". MacLean's father was stationed in Germany as an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force when MacLean was born, but 14 months later the family moved back to Canada, and he grew up in Chester, Nova Scotia, and Red Deer, Alberta. In addition to his work at the CBC, MacLean is a Level 5 referee with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. - Kara Lang
Kara Elise Lang (b. October 22, 1986 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a renowned Canadian soccer player. Lang is, at 20, already Canada's fourth-leading all-time international women's goalscorer. - Adam Graves
Adam Graves (born April 12 1968, Toronto, Ontario) is a former professional hockey player. He is best-known for his 10-year tenure with the New York Rangers, and also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, and San Jose Sharks. He finished his career with 329 goals and 287 assists and is currently a New York Rangers special assistant with player development and other matters. - Steve Christie
Geoffrey Stephen Christie (born November 13, 1967 in Hamilton, Ontario) was an NFL placekicker, who as a member of the Buffalo Bills became known for his ability to kick clutch field goals, even in poor weather. Christie, who grew up in nearby Oakville, Ontario, graduated from The College of William and Mary and made his NFL debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1990. He made all 27 extra point attempts and 23 of 27 field goal tries in his rookie season. - Eric Cairns
Eric Cairns (born on June 27, 1974 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada) is a defenseman currently (2006) with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. Drafted by the New York Rangers in 1992, Cairns has also played for the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers. - Tom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane, (born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, whose story-telling songs have earned him the nickname "The thinking man's rocker." His best known song is the hit single "Life Is a Highway" which peaked at #6 on the US Billboard charts in 1992 and was a number one hit in his native Canada. - Shawn Stasiak
Dr. Shawn Stasiak (born Shawn Stipich on July 21, 1970 in Hayward, California) is an American professional wrestler. He is the son of former WWF Champion Stan "The Man" Stasiak. - Sandra Post
Sandra Post is a golfer who was the first Canadian to play on the LPGA tour. Born in Oakville, Ontario, she turned professional in 1968 after a very successful amateur career that included winning the Ontario and Canadian Junior Girl’s Championship three times. In her debut season on the LPGA TOUR, Sandra Post became the youngest to win an LPGA major tournament by capturing the LPGA Championship. - Willie Lambert
Willie Lambert is a union leader and politician in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. In the spring and summer of 2006, he challenged longstanding incumbent Buzz Hargrove for the presidency of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union. However, on August 16, 2006, Lambert withdrew his candidacy and endorsed Hargrove's reelection, one day before CAW convention delegates were scheduled to vote. Lambert is a bus driver and has served as chairman of CAW Local 1256 since 1990. - Sam Gagner
Sam Gagner (born August 10, 1989 in London, Ontario) is an ice hockey player for the London Knights of the OHL. He is the son of former NHL'er Dave Gagner, who spent 15 seasons with Minnesota, Dallas, Calgary, Toronto, Florida, and Vancouver. He was drafted in the first round, sixth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. - Matt Foy
Matt Foy, (born May 18, 1983 in Oakville, Ontario) is an ice hockey player. Currently he plays for the Houston Aeros in the AHL. His NHL rights belong to the Minnesota Wild, who drafted him 175th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He began his hockey career with Merrimack College in the NCAA. From there he moved on to the Ottawa 67's of the OHL. He's spent the majority of the last two seasons with Houston in the AHL. - John Percy Page
John Percy Page (May 14 1887 - March 2 1973) was a Canadian teacher, basketball coach, provincial politician, and viceroy. Born in Rochester, New York, the son of Absalom Bell Page and Elizabeth Thomas, he moved with his family in 1890 to Bronte, Ontario. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Commercial Science degree from the American Institute of Business. - Susan Aglukark
Susan Aglukark OC, LL.D, DFA (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ) (born January 27, 1967), is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with pop songwriting has made her a major recording star in Canada. - Pinball Clemons
Michael Lutrell "Pinball" Clemons, O.Ont (born January 15, 1965 in Dunedin, Florida, USA) is the current head coach of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Clemons' #31 jersey is one of only four that has been retired by the Argos. He is also one of their most famous former players and also one of the most popular professional athletes in the history of Toronto. - Brian J. Robinson
Brian J. Robinson is a current bassist for Nitro Records' A Wilhelm Scream. Brian was born in Milton, Ontario, Canada on August 30, 1981. He moved to Oakville, Ontario in 1987 and attended Munn's Public School and Montclair Middle School, where he formed friendships that lead to him starting his first band, and ultimately, musical career. He began his early musical career as a guitar player, but soon took interest in playing the bass. - Larry Cain
Laurence J. "Larry" Cain (born January 9, 1963) is a Canadian canoeist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the first Canadian canoeist since Frank Amyot to win a Gold medal in canoeing. In 1984, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1997, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He currently teaches Physical Education at St.Mildred's-Lightbourn School. - Vic Hadfield
Vic Edward Hadfield (born 4 October, 1940 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player. One of the most popular players in New York Rangers history, Hadfield had a sixteen-year career in the NHL, tallying 323 goals and 389 assists with 1154 penalty minutes in 1002 career games with the Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. His younger brother, Carl, was a 1964 draft choice by the Chicago Blackhawks. - Robert Clark
Robert Clark (born August 20, 1986) is a Canadian actor. After building up years of experience in singing, stage and limited television work in the 1990s, he has gone on to receive critical and public recognition for his roles in various small screen productions, most notably "The Zack Files" and "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High". - Shane Told
Shane Matthew Told (born 13 February, 1981), is the lead vocalist for the Post Hardcore canadian based band: Silverstein. - Jason Kenney
Jason T. Kenney, PC, MP (born May 30, 1968 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Calgary Southeast since 1997. Kenney was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada, and as of 4 January 2007, is a Privy Councillor and the Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity. Kenney was born in Ontario and raised in Saskatchewan. - Hagood Hardy
Hugh Hagood Hardy, CM, BA (February 26, 1937 - January 1, 1997) was a Canadian composer, pianist, and vibraphonist, born in Angola, Indiana. He is best known for the 1975 single, "The Homecoming," and for his soundtrack to the "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea" films. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. In 1992, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. - Rick Wamsley
Rick Wamsley (b. May 25, 1959 in Simcoe, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League. Wamsley won the William M. Jennings Trophy with Denis Herron in 1982 and a Stanley Cup with the 1989 Flames. He is currently the goaltender coach for the St. Louis Blues. - Jamie Campbell
Jamie Campbell (born May 20, 1967 in Oakville, Ontario) is a sportscaster with Rogers Sportsnet and the play-by-play voice on their Toronto Blue Jays telecasts. - Michael Schade
Michael Schade is a Canadian operatic tenor, who was born in Geneva and raised in Germany and Canada. Mr. Schade and his children, daughter Sophie and twins Lisbet and Nikolaus, and in 2006 baby Eva live in Oakville, Ontario near Toronto. Schade is considered to be one of the leading Mozart tenors on the stage today. He regularly performs at the Canadian Opera Company,Vienna Staatsoper, Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Washington Opera, Opéra National de Paris, … - Rob Zamuner
Rob F. Zamuner (born September 17, 1969 in Oakville, Ontario) is an ice hockey player currently playing for the Brisbane Blue Tongues of the AIHL. He has also played 13 seasons in the NHL, most recently with the Boston Bruins. Zamuner played junior hockey for the Guelph Platers of the Ontario Hockey League and was drafted 45th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. - Dan Dawson
Dan Dawson (born December 11, 1981 in Oakville, Ontario) is a indoor lacrosse player for the Arizona Sting in the National Lacrosse League and the Victoria Shamrocks in the Western Lacrosse Association. - Tony Mandarich
Ante "Tony" Josip Mandarich (born September 23, 1966 in Oakville, Ontario) is a former football offensive lineman of the NFL. He is most remembered as the first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1989, second overall behind quarterback Troy Aikman. A decade before the epic failure of Ryan Leaf, … - Ryland H. New
Ryland Herbert New (July 16, 1888 - November 21, 1979) was a Canadian businessman and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses who twice won the Kings's Plate. Born in Toronto, Ontario, New was educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. In 1913, following the death of his father, he took over the family-owned Toronto Sewer Pipe Co. He eventually merged his successful business with two other Ontario companies to create the National Sewer Pipe Company. - David James Ramsay
David James Ramsay (born April 23, 1948 in Sydney, Australia) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has lived in Canada since 1949, having been adopted by parents in Montreal at age one. Ramsay was raised in Oakville, Ontario. He attended Concordia University in Montreal, and after graduation worked as a farmer in New Liskeard and a clerk-treasurer in Casey Township, in northern Ontario. - Stan Stasiak
Stan Stasiak (born George Stipich on April 13, 1937 - June 19, 1997) was a Canadian professional wrestler and former World Wrestling Federation Champion. He is the father of professional wrestler Shawn Stasiak. - Trevor Cann
Trevor Cann (b. March 30, 1989 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian Junior ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. He was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche with the 49th pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Cann has represented Canada at the 2006 World Under-18 Championships, posting a 3-0 shutout against team USA in the Gold Medal Game. He also attended the December Evaluation Camp in Calgary, … - David Young
David Samuel D'Arcy Young (born 17 July 1946) is a Canadian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Born in Oakville, Ontario, Young studied at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of seven plays, two novels and several screenplays and teleplays. Two of his plays, "Inexpressible Island" and "Glenn", have been nominated for multiple Canadian drama awards. - Mary Lu Zahalan
Mary Lu Zahalan is a Canadian rock singer and actress. Born in Renfrew, Ontario and raised in Oakville, Zahalan was a Miss Canada finalist in 1976 before embarking on a career as an entertainer. She is now a performing arts teacher at Oakville's Sheridan College. She received a nomination for a Juno Award in 1983 as Most Promising Female Vocalist. - Devraj Patnaik
Devraj Patnaik (born October 28, 1975) is a Canadian-born music composer, musician, percussionist, and dance choreographer, teacher, and performer.
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