List of people from St. Catharines

The following people were born in, residents of, or are otherwise closely connected to the city of St. Catharines, Ontario:

Fashion

  • Supermodel Linda Evangelista was born and raised in St. Catharines. Her family still lives there. The breast screening centre at St. Catharines General Hospital is named after her and singer Bryan Adams.

Art

  • Edward Burtynsky, photographer
  • Ralston Crawford, was a painter, printmaker, and photographer
  • Marie Elyse St. George (born 1929), artist, poet
  • David Rokeby, videographer spent his formative years in St. Catharines. His father was the Minister at St. Columba Anglican Church
  • Jeff Tallon, contemporary artist

Film, television, and media

  • R.J. Adams, (aka Bob Shannon) actor & radio personality, born in St. Catharines, attended Edith Cavell Elementary School, Disc Jockey WKBW Buffalo, KHJ, KFI Los Angeles, Rocky IV, NYPD Blue, Murder She Wrote and dozens of others.
  • Mike Beaver, actor/writer, was born in St. Catharines. He has appeared in numerous films and TV shows such as Billable Hours, Sorority Boys, NCIS, The In-Laws and Queer As Folk
  • Jason Cadieux, actor, genie nominated "Lilies", "Iron Eagle IV", founder Essential Collective Theatre
  • Rick Campanelli, (aka "Rick the Temp"), former MuchMusic VJ and current reporter on ET Canada, attended Brock University
  • Richard Carlyle (1914-2009), actor, Torpedo Run, Star Trek
  • Hume Cronyn, late actor and husband of late actress Jessica Tandy, attended Ridley College, which is located within the city
  • Jennifer Hollett, former MuchMusic VJ and videographer
  • Mark Montefiore, film and television producer
  • Anthony Natale, Canadian - American actor
  • Anna Olson, pastry chef and host of Food Network Canada's Sugar and Kitchen Equipped operated a bakery in Port Dalhousie until April 2009.
  • Garry Robbins, starred as Saw-Tooth in the 2003 horror movie, Wrong Turn and was the Mud Monster from the Goosebumps book, You Can't Scare Me!
  • Matthew Santoro, YouTube personality, lived in St. Catharines
  • Bernard Slade, playwright and screenwriter, born in St. Catharines, was a head writer for Bewitched on ABC, developed the Flying Nun, and created the Partridge Family
  • David Sutcliffe, actor
  • Dave Thomas, actor/comedian, a former cast member of SCTV. Played the role of pharmacist Russell Norton on TV series Grace Under Fire. Also known for playing Doug of Bob & Doug McKenzie fame.
  • John Zaritsky, documentary film maker
  • Lauren Riihimaki, YouTube personality, known as LaurDIY
  • Robin Duke, writer/actor

Journalists

  • Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, reporter and writer attended Ridley College
  • Laura Sabia, Canadian social activist and feminist, spent a significant amount of time in St. Catharines and served on St. Catharines City Council
  • Roger Smith, veteran Ottawa correspondent for the CTV national news broadcast

Business

  • Michael Sabia, CEO of Bell Canada and Bell Canada Enterprises and the son of Laura Sabia, was born and raised in St. Catharines. Angelee Brown, [1], the first female founder of a franchise consulting firm in Canada. Previous employment history includes Manager of Franchising Canada for Tim Hortons and Little Caesars; one of Canada's leading experts in Franchising; board member of CFLC (Canadian Forces Liaison Council) and advocate for women in Franchising and business was raised and resides in St. Catharines.

Musicians

  • Most of the members of Alexisonfire hail from St. Catharines including Wade MacNeil, Chris Steele, Jesse Ingelevics and Dallas Green. City and Colour's music video for Save Your Scissors was filmed in St. Catharines inside L3 nightclub, a scene shot in the Pizza Pizza on St. Paul St and a scene in Ostanek's Music Shop.
  • John Crossingham, Juno Award-winning drummer for Broken Social Scene, is a native of St. Catharines and continues to spend a significant amount of the time in the city when not touring with the band.
  • Two members of the band Our Lady Peace - Raine Maida, lead singer, and Duncan Coutts, bass guitarist - both studied at Ridley College. Duncan was born and raised in St. Catharines and his family still lives there.
  • Walter Ostanek, Grammy Award-winning musician and Canada's Polka King, is a St. Catharines resident. His store, Walter Ostanek's Music Centre, was located on Geneva Street in the city's downtown area. It opened in the late 1960s and closed on May 31, 2013.
  • Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist of Rush, was raised in St. Catharines. The song "Lakeside Park" is based on the area of Port Dalhousie where he lived.
  • Ron Sexsmith, Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter, was also born and raised here, and now lives in Perth County, Ontario.
  • The Trews, spent a significant time in St. Catharines, before recently re-locating to nearby Niagara Falls.
  • Matt Thiessen, lead singer and songwriter for the Christian rock band, Relient K, was born in St. Catharines before moving to Canton, Ohio.
  • Ronn Metcalfe, club owner of the Castle, hosted many great bands of the mid 60's, Ronn was known as the 'king' of The Castle, Leader of "The Ronn Metcalfe Orchestra" which had moderate success and a single called "Twistin' at the Woodchopper's Ball". It charted in both the States and Canada. It was the first all Canadian song to top international charts.
  • Tim Hicks, country music singer-songwriter born and raised in St. Catharines
  • Laura de Turczynowicz, née Laura Christine Blackwell, (1878-1953), opera singer born and raised in St. Catharines
  • James Bryan McCollum, guitarist of The Philosopher Kings and Prozzak, was raised in St. Catharines.
  • Sammy Jackson, jazz singer
  • Christian Lalama, pop musician

Novelists

Politicians

Scientists

Sports

War heroes

Criminals

  • Karla Homolka, female serial rapist and serial killer who lived in St. Catharines committed her crimes along with husband Paul Bernardo. Their first murder victim was Tammy Homolka (died in 1990) who was the younger sister of Karla. Their second murder victim was Leslie Mahaffy (died in 1991) and third and final murder victim was Kristen French (died in 1992). The crimes committed by Homolka and Bernardo received a lot of media coverage in Canada and foreign media such as the United States throughout the 1990s.

References

  1. ^ Sokan, K. (April 26, 2016) "Harriet Tubman and her connection to a small church in Ontario". PRI. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ Walter, K. (October 26, 2017). "Harriet Tubman's church needs help". St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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