- Ken Boshcoff
Ken Boshcoff (born June 20, 1949 at Fort William, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He served as mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario from 1997 to 2003, during which he established Thunder Bay as the "Martial Arts Capital of Canada". He also had a role in establishing the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, the first Medical school established in North America in 35 years. Prior to that, he was a Thunder Bay City Councillor from 1978 to 1997. - Michael Gravelle
Michael Gravelle (born January 23, 1949) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the northern riding of Thunder Bay-Superior North for the Ontario Liberal Party. Gravelle was born in Port Arthur, which is now a part of Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was educated at the Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and Lakehead University, receiving a degree from the latter institution 1968. - Jordan Staal
Jordan Staal (born on September 10, 1988 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. - Eric Staal
Eric Joseph Brent Staal (born on 29 October, 1984 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. He is the older brother of Marc Staal, who was drafted by the New York Rangers in 2005 and is playing in the OHL, Jordan Staal who is playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Jared Staal, who is playing in the OHL. - Bill Mauro
Bill Mauro is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Thunder Bay—Atikokan for the Ontario Liberal Party. Mauro was educated at Lakehead University teacher's college in Thunder Bay, and worked as a property manager for fourteen years before entering provincial politics. He has served on the Thunder Bay municipal council, … - Marc Staal
Marc John Staal, (born January 13, 1987 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is an ice hockey player born to Henry and Linda Staal. Staal plays for the Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Hockey League where he is the team's captain. He was drafted by the New York Rangers in 2005 NHL Entry Draft in the 1st round, 12th pick overall. Staal played for Team Canada in the 2006 and 2007 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships bringing home gold both times. - Jared Staal
Jared Michael Staal (born September 21, 1990 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is an ice hockey player. Jared played 'AAA' midget in Thunder Bay and was drafted in the first round of the 2006 OHL Priority Selection Draft by the Sudbury Wolves (11th Overall). He is the younger brother of Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes, Marc Staal of the New York Rangers, and Jordan Staal of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He is now playing alongside his brother, Marc, … - Paul Shaffer
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada) is a Jewish-Canadian-American musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer currently seen as the bandleader on the "Late Show with David Letterman". He is also remembered as the first person to introduce The Blues Brothers. Since 1990, he has been married to Cathy Vasapoli, with whom he has two children: Victoria (born 1993), William (born 1999). - Royal-Treatment
Royal-Treatment is a rapper who got his start in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He performed over 70 shows while based in the Thunder Bay hip hop scene, won numerous MC battles and co-hosted CILU's top rated radio show, "Tha Realness", for two years. In December 2003, Royal-Treatment released his debut hip hop album, "Weirdo Music for Elitist Aliens". The album was recorded at Revolution Music Canada's studio and was distributed internationally, … - Patrick Sharp
Patrick Sharp (born 27 December, 1981 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey center who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. - Taylor Pyatt
Taylor Pyatt (born August 19, 1981 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is one of three sons of former NHL player Nelson Pyatt and his wife Kathie. He played his junior career with the OHL's Sudbury Wolves. He has played in the NHL for the New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres and now the Vancouver Canucks. In 384 NHL games, Pyatt has 65 goals and 70 assists. Pyatt was sent to Buffalo along with teammate Tim Connolly in a draft day trade in 2001 which saw Michael Peca go to the Islanders. - Greg Johnson
Greg Johnson (born March 16, 1971 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He was drafted into the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He has played for the Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Nashville Predators. His best season was in 1998-99 where he achieved 18 goals and 34 assists. - Iain Angus
Iain Francis Angus (born June 1, 1947 in Fort William, Ontario) is a Canadian politician, who has served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Canadian House of Commons, as well as on Thunder Bay City Council. Then an employee with the city of Thunder Bay, Angus entered electoral politics in the 1975 provincial election as the Ontario New Democratic Party candidate in Fort William. He served until the 1977 election, when he was defeated by Mickey Hennessy. - Trevor Letowski
Trevor Letowski (born April 5, 1977 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays right wing for the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes. Letowski played junior hockey for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League. The Sting named him Rookie of the Year for the 1994-95 season. He was drafted in the 7th round, 174th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. - Steve Rucchin
Steve Rucchin (born July 4, 1971 Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a centre who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. Rucchin played high school hockey for Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London, Ontario. His coach happened to also be an assistant with the University of Western Ontario and recruited him. He was an Ontario University All-Star in three of his four seasons there, … - Tom Pyatt
Tom Pyatt (born February 14, 1987 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a major junior ice hockey forward. He is the son of former NHL player Nelson Pyatt and brother of current Vancouver Canucks forward Taylor Pyatt. Tom grew up playing for the Thunder Bay Kings AAA program with Sudbury Wolves defenseman Marc Staal. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Canadian Under-20 teams at the 2006 and 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. - Lyn McLeod
Lyn McLeod (born 1942) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2003. McLeod was a cabinet minister in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1987 to 1990, and was herself the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996. Lynn McLeod is married to Dr. Neil McLeod, a family physician and former President of the Ontario Medical Association - Thunder Bay. - Jeff Heerema
Jeff Heerema (born January 17, 1980, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. After playing three full seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Sarnia Sting, Heerema made his professional debut with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League in the 2000-01 season. - Gilbert Roland
Gilbert Roland (December 11, 1905 - May 15, 1994) was an American actor. He was born Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. He initially intended to follow in his father's footsteps and become a bullfighter but when the family moved to the United States, he became interested in acting when he was literally picked off the streets for a role as an extra. He chose his screen name by combining the names of two of his favorite actors, … - Danny Bois
Danny Bois (Born June 11, 1983 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian winger for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He played junior hockey for the London Knights of the OHL. He served as the team's Captain for several years. - Mitch Maunu
Mitch Maunu (born 7-30-1986 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a major junior ice hockey defenceman. - Jay C. Flippen
Jay C. Flippen (born March 6, 1899 in Little Rock, Arkansas; died February 3, 1971 in Los Angeles) is best remembered as a gruff-faced actor usually playing a police officer or weary criminal in many movies of the 1940s and 1950s. Flippen was already an established vaudeville singer and stage actor, after being discovered by famed African-American comedian Bert Williams in the 1920s, before shifting his focus to films. - Tony Hrkac
Anthony J. "Tony" Hrkac (born July 7, 1966, in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. Hrkac played collegiately at the University of North Dakota, and was the recipient of the Hobey Baker Award for top men's collegiate hockey player during the 1986-87 season. - Jim Foulds
James Francis Foulds is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987 as a member of the New Democratic Party. Foulds was born in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, and educated at Lakehead Technical Institute and the University of British Columbia. He has been a member of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election, … - Bill Houlder
Bill Houlder (born March 11, 1967 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the fourth round, 82nd overall, of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. After playing three seasons with the North Bay Centennials of the Ontario Hockey League, Houlder joined the Capitals during the 1987-88 season. - Steve Passmore
Steve Passmore (born January 29, 1973 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their ninth-round pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Passmore has spent most of his career in the AHL and as a backup goaltender in the NHL. During the 2004-05 NHL lockout he played for the Mannheim Eagles in the German ice hockey league, … - Melissa Coates
Melissa Coates (born June 18, 1969) is a professional wrestler, fitness model, and bodybuilder. - Sean Pronger
Sean Pronger (born November 30, 1972 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has played in the National Hockey League for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Vancouver Canucks. He was drafted 51st overall by Vancouver and played in 260 regular season games, scoring 23 goals and 36 assists for 59 points, picking up 159 penalty minutes. - Penny Petrone
Dr. Penny Serafina Petrone (1925 - August 22, 2005), born in Port Arthur, Ontario (now part of Thunder Bay)) was a Canadian writer, educator, patron of the arts, and philantropist. She was the daughter of Luisa Sisco and Luigi Petrone and brother to the recognized and distinquished lawyer Alfred Petrone. She attended St. Joseph's School and the Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, … - William Beatty
William Beatty (January 19 1835 - December 2 1898) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He was born in Stonyford in the Republic of Ireland in 1835 and came to Thorold in Upper Canada with his family the same year. He attended Victoria College in Cobourg, receiving an LLB in 1864. He was elected to the university's senate in the following year. He also worked with his father and brother in the timber trade. - Steve Ashton
Steve Ashton (born February 29, 1956 in Surrey, England) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is a long-serving member of the Manitoba legislature, and is currently a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Gary Doer. Ashton moved with his family to Thompson, in northern Manitoba, at age eleven. He was educated at R.D. Parker Collegiate in that community, the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. - Jeremy Adduono
Jeremy Adduono (born August 4, 1978, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the seventh round, 184th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Drafted from the Ontario Hockey League's Sudbury Wolves, Adduono debuted with Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, in the 1999-2000 season. - Colt King
Colt King (born 3-4-1983 in Thunder Bay, Ontario) is an ice hockey player. - Norm Maciver
Norm Maciver (born September 8, 1964 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) played in the National Hockey League as a member of the New York Rangers, Hartford Whalers, Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes franchise. In the spring of 1996, he scored the final goal in Jets history before the team moved to Phoenix. The goal came in the sixth game of the team's first round playoff series with the Detroit Red Wings. - Jack Masters
John Gerald (Jack) Masters is a former Canadian politician. He served as mayor of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and as a federal Member of Parliament. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal for the constituency of Thunder Bay—Nipigon in the 1980 federal election, and served as the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of State (Mines) and the Minister of Communications in the final government of Pierre Trudeau. - Walt Poddubny
Walter Michael Poddubny (born February 14, 1960 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey left winger who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League from 1981-82 until 1991-92. Poddubny was drafted 90th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He played 468 career NHL games, scoring 184 goals and 238 assists for 422 points. He had two seasons of 87 and 88 points while playing with the New York Rangers. - Mike Holland
Mike Holland, is an American ski jumper who set the world distance record in 1985. His world record jump of 186 meters in Planica, Slovenia held for 27 minutes before Finnish jumper Matti Nykänen passed his mark with a jump of 189 meters. With his jump of 186 meters, Holland became the first man to jump over 600 feet. Mike Holland competed in the Olympic Games in Sarajevo in 1984 and in Calgary in 1988. - Adrian Raeside
Adrian Raeside is an editorial cartoonist for the "Victoria Times-Colonist". He was born in 1957 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He began drawing cartoons on washroom walls as a kid. After being expelled from his first (and last) art class at the age of 15, he moved with his parents to England, then to Canada. While there, he worked at various jobs, from loading grain ships in Thunder Bay, Ontario, to surveying on the West Coast. - Arne Scheie
Arne Scheie (born 7 January 1944) is a sports commentator for NRK, with football and ski jumping as his specialities. He has been with NRK since 1972. Over the years, he has been involved with eight Winter Olympics, attended over 30 Four Hills Tournaments and has commentated on well over 100 matches for the Norwegian national football team. Scheie has also commentated on cross-country skiing, biathlon, swimming and bandy for NRK. - John Potestio
John Potestio (born 1939 in Grimaldi, Italy) immigrated to Canada in 1953. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, (B.A.) and Lakehead University (M.A.) and was a teacher of history in Thunder Bay until his retirement in 1996. Presently, he is a sessional lecturer in Italian culture and language at Lakehead University.
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