- Gordon Campbell
Gordon Muir Campbell, BA, MBA, MLA (born January 12, 1948) is the 34th Premier of British Columbia. He is the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, which holds a majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. - David Suzuki
David Takayoshi Suzuki, CC, OBC, Ph.D (born March 24 1936), is a Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist. Since the mid 1970s, Suzuki has become known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine, "The Nature of Things", seen in syndication in over 40 nations. - Al Purdy
Alfred Wellington Purdy, O.C. (December 30, 1918 – April 21, 2000) is one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Born in Wooler, Ontario Purdy went to Albert College in Belleville, Ontario, and Trenton Collegiate Institute in Trenton, Ontario. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Honours and awards Purdy has received include the Order of Canada (O.C.) in 1982, the Order of Ontario in 1987, … - Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Grammy-winning Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. She is known for the emotional sound of her ballads, some of her most popular songs include "Angel", "Building a Mystery", "Adia", "Possession", "Fallen", "I Will Remember You", and "World on Fire". Her best-selling album to date is "Surfacing", for which she won four Juno Awards and two Grammy Awards. - Douglas Coupland
Two people are actually handling this site. The American counterpart is: Tanya. Age 31. Born in Orlando, Florida. My favorite friend Nikki was the first person to hand me a Coupland book. I have nostalgia sickness - and it's a selfis - Nat Bailey
- Wally Oppal
Wallace Oppal, Q.C. is a Canadian lawyer, former judge and provincial politician from British Columbia. Oppal is the Attorney General of British Columbia and the Minister responsible for Multiculturalism and is the British Columbia Liberal Party's MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview. Born in the Fraserview precinct of south Vancouver, Oppal is a graduate of the University of British Columbia law school and operated his own law practice before going to the Bench. - Colin Hansen
Colin Hansen (born 1952) is British Columbia's Minister of Economic Development, and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Hansen was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia during the general election of 1996 and re-elected in the general elections of 2001 and 2005. He represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena. - Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23 1976) is a Canadian actor. He became known for starring in the sitcom "Two Guys and a Girl" and has since established a career as a Hollywood actor, having starred in both comedic and dramatic roles. - Bill Leeb
Bill Leeb is a musician, born Wilhelm Anton Leeb on September 21, 1956 in Vienna (Austria). Leeb began his career with industrial band Skinny Puppy under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder in 1985, contributing bass synth and occasional backing vocals to a few of their recordings and live shows from his period. He left in mid-1986 and formed his own industrial project Front Line Assembly with Michael Balch, … - Kim Bolan
Kim Bolan has been a reporter at "The Vancouver Sun" since she started in journalism in 1984. She has reported on minority, women’s, education, and social services issues but is most well-known for her award-winning coverage of the bombing and trials related to Air India Flight 182. She has reported on wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan. She is also a regular contributor to CBC-Radio. - Rafe Mair
Rafe Mair (b. December 31, 1931) is a political commentator and former radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada. Mair was born in Vancouver, BC where he worked as a lawyer for many years. His political career began in 1975, when he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the British Columbia Social Credit Party representing the riding of Kamloops. - Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas (born August 23, 1971 in New Westminister, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He currently stars as Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol on the Sci Fi Channel television program "Battlestar Galactica". - Tyron Leitso
Tyron Leitso (born January 7, 1976 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actor. - Carly Pope
Carly Pope (born August 28, 1980) is a Canadian actress. - Bill Good
Bill Good is a Canadian television personality and radio talk show host. He currently co-anchors the 6:00pm newscast on Vancouver's CIVT-TV alongside Pamela Martin. He was born in Winnipeg to and raised in Vancouver by Bill Good Sr., an award winning sports writer and broadcaster. Bill Good Jr. began his career in broadcasting at radio station CHTK in Prince Rupert in 1965. He moved to Victoria's CFAX a year later, … - Arthur Erickson
Arthur Charles Erickson CC (born June 14, 1924, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an internationally celebrated Canadian architect. He studied Asian languages at the University of British Columbia, and later earned a degree in architecture from McGill University. Most of his buildings are modernist concrete structures designed to respond to the natural conditions of its location, especially climate. Many buildings, such as the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, … - Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen was born April 15, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother is a social worker and his father is an assistant director for a non-profit organization. During his youth, he attended a Talmud Torah school, but it was at camp that he got his first taste of stand-up comedy, performing for the other campers. - David Lam
David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊, pinyin: Lín Sīqí) (born September 2, 1923) was Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1988 to 1995. He was Canada's second non-white Lieutenant-Governor (first was Lincoln Alexander of Ontario), and the first Asian-Canadian Canadian Lieutenant-Governor. He was born in Hong Kong, and his family immigrated to British Columbia following the Second World War. - Carey Price
Carey Price (born on August 16, 1987 in Vancouver, British Columbia; but raised in Williams Lake, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey goaltender playing for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League and currently on the American Hockey League Hamilton Bulldogs' active squad. He was drafted in the first round, fifth overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. - Madison
Madison is a Canadian professional wrestler who got her start in ECCW out of Vancouver. - Joshua Jackson
Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in American television and films, and is known for his role as Pacey Witter in the television series "Dawson's Creek". - Clifford Olson
Clifford Robert Olson Jr (born January 1, 1940 in Vancouver, Canada) is a serial killer who killed two children as well as nine youths in the early 1980s. - Tom Green
Tom Green (born on February 6, 1974 in Durban, South Africa) is a field hockey defence or midfield player from Canada, who started playing field hockey at the age of eight. The resident of Vancouver, British Columbia earned his first cap in and against India (1-1). - Devin Townsend
Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician, vocalist and producer, drawing on progressive metal with influences from jazz, blues, progressive rock, industrial, ambient and classical music. - Jeff Wall
Jeff Wall (born Vancouver September 29 1946) is a Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art-historical writing. - Jenny Kwan
Jenny Wai Ching Kwan （Chinese: 關慧貞; pinyin: Guān Hùizhēn）is a Chinese-born Canadian politician. She is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the NDP. Kwan emigrated to Canada at age 9 from Hong Kong. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts in criminology and was as a community legal advocate in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. In 1993, Kwan became the youngest-ever member of Vancouver City Council. - Kid Koala
Eric San (born 1974 in Vancouver, Canada), who records under the name Kid Koala, is a Montreal, Quebec based DJ and turntablist. He is signed to the British Ninja Tune record label and also tours and performs with a jam band, Bullfrog. He has also made appearances with many other artists and has made major contributions to Deltron 3030, Gorillaz, Lovage, and numerous other bands. - Hayden Christensen
Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He appeared in Canadian television programs when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in "Life as a House". He gained international fame playing the young adult Anakin Skywalker in the "Star Wars" films. - Stephen Owen
Stephen Owen, PC, MP (born September 8, 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician. Owen is the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Vancouver Quadra, encompassing the western end of the City of Vancouver. He was a member of Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberal government, serving in cabinet as Canada's tenth Minister of Western Economic Diversification and as Minister of State for Sport. - Michael Lee
Michael Lee (born on April 18, 1980 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a field hockey player from Canada, who earned his first senior cap on July 10, 2001 against Belgium in Brussels (win 3-2). The defender is a resident of Tsawwassen, British Columbia, and plays for Victoria Selects. - Joy Kogawa
Joy Nozomi Kogawa (born June 6, 1935) is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent. Born Joy Nozomi Nakayama in Vancouver, British Columbia, she was sent to internment camps in the Slocan and Coaldale, Alberta during World War II. Although the majority of her writing is poetry, her best-known work is "Obasan" (1981), a semi-autobiographical novel. A sequel, "Itsuka" (1992), was rewritten and retitled "Emily Kato" (2005). - Paul Campbell
Paul Campbell (born June 22, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Billy Keikeya on the Sci Fi Channel television program "Battlestar Galactica". Campbell also plays Will in the internet series Nobody's Watching, which was filmed as a pilot for the WB, and later led to internet fame via YouTube video posts. - Terry McBride
Terry McBride (born ca. 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a founder and current CEO of the Canadian-based music company Nettwerk Music Group. In recognition of Nettwerk's success, he received the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award in conjunction with the Juno Awards of 2003. - Rob Feenie
Robert Feenie, who currently lives in Vancouver, Canada, is a critically acclaimed chef, who owns two different restaurants, "Lumiere", and "Feenie's." He is also well known by people outside of Vancouver as one of the few people to have won a battle against Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto on the Food Network's "Iron Chef America"." This victory has brought many Vancouverites to name Rob Feenie "Iron Chef Vancouver". - Glenn Anderson
Glenn Christopher Anderson (Born - October 2, 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. - Joe Fortes
Seraphim “Joe” Fortes was a former sailor, originally from Barbados and then Liverpool, and a legendary figure in the early history of Vancouver, Canada. After moving to the city in 1885 (the year before it was incorporated), he worked as a labourer and bartender, then became a fixture at English Bay Beach, where he lived in a small cabin, acted as unofficial security guard, and taught hundreds of children how to swim. - Nardwuar The Human Serviette
Nardwuar the Human Serviette (born John Ruskin, July 5, 1968) is a Canadian celebrity interviewer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the lead singer and keyboardist for The Evaporators and plays in Thee Goblins. He legally changed his name in 1986, and argues that "no one refers to Iggy Pop as 'James Osterberg'". When asked to explain his name, Nardwuar once quipped "Nardwuar" equals dumb silly name, … - Dave Barrett
David Barrett, O.C. (born 2 October, 1930 in Vancouver, British Columbia), commonly known as Dave Barrett, was a politician and social worker in British Columbia, Canada. He was Premier of British Columbia for three years between 1972 and 1975, the only Jewish premier in the province's history. - Jason Priestley
Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an actor and director. He is best known for his role as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210". On July 6, 2007, Priestley fathered a daughter Ava with his wife, Naomi. He became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
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