List of people from Greater Sudbury

This is a list of people from the Canadian city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It includes people from all communities within the current city boundaries.

Contents :

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• References

Kelley Armstrong

Todd Bertuzzi

Robert Esmie

Brian Savage

Alex Trebek

A

• Eve Adams, politician
• Chuck Adamson
• Robert Adetuyi, screenwriter (Stomp the Yard)
• Al Arbour, NHL coach
• George Armstrong
• Kelley Armstrong, author, creator of the Women of the Otherworld book series
• Brian Ashton
• Larry Aurie, former captain of the Detroit Red Wings
• Marcel Aymar, musician

B

• John Baby
• Robert Bain, politician
• Drew Bannister
• Andy Barbe
• Rick Bartolucci, politician
• Alex Baumann, Olympic gold medalist (1984)
• William S. Beaton, politician
• Jean Robert Beaulé, politician
• Rhéal Bélisle, politician
• Robert Charles Bell
• Richard E. Bennett
• Christian Bernier
• Todd Bertuzzi
• Larry Berrio, country musician
• Tyler Beskorowany
• Silvio Bettio
• Murray Biggar, politician
• Brian Bigger, politician
• Ryan Bishops, musician
• Hector "Toe" Blake, NHL player, coached eight Stanley Cup teams
• Al Blanchard
• Sean Blanchard
• Harry Bloy, politician
• Frank Blum
• Michel Bock, historian and winner of the 2005 Governor General's Award for French language non-fiction
• Fred Boimistruck
• Kerry Bond
• Tessa Bonhomme, member of Team Canada women's hockey
• Raymond Bonin, politician
• Phillip Boudreault
• Joe Bowen, Canadian sportscaster (Molson Leafs Hockey)
• Randy Boyd
• Brian Bradley
• Jim Bradley, politician
• Lysette Brochu
• Mark Browning, musician
• Andrew Brunette, NHL player
• Cummy Burton, NHL player with Detroit Red Wings; OHL with Sudbury Wolves
• Jeffrey Buttle

C

• Lorenzo Cadieux, historian
• Bryan Campbell
• Sterling Campbell, politician
• Lucien Campeau, cardiologist
• Robert Campeau, financier
• Wayne Carleton
• Robert Carlin, politician
• Randy Carlyle, NHL player, NHL coach
• Judy Feld Carr, humanitarian who rescued over 3,000 Jewish people from war-torn Syria in the 1970s and 1980s
• Susan Carscallen
• Rita Celli, journalist
• Gene Ceppetelli
• Marie Charette-Poulin, politician
• Diane Chase
• Ray Chénier, politician
• Margaret Christakos, poet
• Joe Cimino, politician
• Kevin Closs, singer-songwriter
• Francis Cochrane, politician
• Tim Conlon, comedian
• Bob Cook
• Cindy Cook, children's entertainer and former host of Polka Dot Door
• James Cooper, politician
• Pedro Costa
• Sean Costello, author
• D'Arcy Coulson
• David Courtemanche, politician
• Gary Croteau
• Troy Crowder, hockey player
• Bud Cullen, politician

D

• Jean-Marc Dalpé, dramatist and two-time winner of the Governor General's Award
• Gaston Demers
• Andrew Desjardins, NHL player with the Chicago Blackhawks
• Jacqueline Desmarais, billionaire^[1]
• Jean Noël Desmarais
• Louis Desmarais
• Paul Desmarais, businessman
• Paul Desmarais, Jr.
• Nancy Diamond, politician
• Robert Dickson, poet and winner of the 2002 Governor General's Award for French poetry
• Anne Ditchburn, ballet dancer, choreographer, and Golden Globe-nominated film actress
• Ron Duguay, NHL player
• Rand Dyck, academic

E

• Judy Erola, former federal cabinet minister and Member of Parliament
• Robert Esmie, Olympic gold medalist (1996)

F

• Joe Fabbro, politician
• Ronald Peter Fabbro
• Norman Fawcett, politician
• Peter Fenton, politician
• Bob Fitchner
• John Flesch
• Gerry Foley
• Marcus Foligno, OHL player; silver medalist at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• Mike Foligno, NHL player, OHL coach
• Nick Foligno, NHL player
• Dave Fortier, NHL and OHL player
• Stephen Fournier, politician
• Jim Fox
• Jason Frederick
• Pete Friesen, guitarist and songwriter with Alice Cooper and The Almighty
• Doug Frith, politician

G

• Aaron Gavey, hockey player
• France Gélinas, MPP Nickel Belt politician
• Eddie Giacomin, hockey player
• Frank Giustra, business executive, particularly successful in the mining and filmmaking industries, philanthropist
• Gerald S. Graham, imperial and naval historian; University of London professor
• Gil Grand, country musician
• Claude Gravelle, MP Nickel Belt politician

H

• Matthew Heiti, writer
• Keith Hennessy, San Francisco-based dancer, choreographer, and performance artist, regarded as a pioneer of queer and AIDS-themed expressionist dance
• Tracy Horgan, professional curler on the World Curling Tour, three time provincial junior champion

J

• James Jerome, former federal Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Commons
• David Johnston, current Governor General of Canada
• Rebecca Johnston, Olympic gold medalist for Canada's women's hockey team

K

• Devon Kershaw, competitive cross-country skier
• Gary Kinsman, sociologist and professor at Laurentian University

L

• Marc Laforge, NHL player
• François Lamoureux, musician
• Pierre Lamoureux, musician
• Floyd Laughren, former Member of Provincial Parliament and Ontario Minister of Finance
• Nathan Lawr, singer-songwriter
• Mark Leslie, writer, author of Spooky Sudbury
• Dave Lowry, NHL player

M

• Derek MacKenzie, NHL player
• Kate Maki, singer-songwriter
• Troy Mallette, player
• Robert Marinier, playwright and television writer
• Diane Marleau, Liberal politician
• Elie Martel, NDP politician
• Shelley Martel, NDP politician
• Jake Mathews, country musician
• Bruce Mau, designer
• Marc Mayer, art curator and director of the National Gallery of Canada^[2]
• Dale McCourt, NHL player
• Ken McGowan, politician
• Ross McLaren, filmmaker and artist

N

• Angela Narth, children's author

O

• Terry O'Reilly, CBC Radio host, author

P

• B. P. Paquette, film director, screenwriter, producer, and academic
• Robert Paquette, singer-songwriter
• Stéphane Paquette, francophone singer-songwriter and actor (Météo+)
• Eli Pasquale, member of Canada's national basketball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Michael Persinger, cognitive neuroscience researcher and professor at Laurentian University
• Herb Petras, Major-General (Ret'd) Canadian Forces
• Reg Plummer, Olympic field hockey player
• Marie-Paule Poulin, Senator and president of the Liberal Party of Canada

R

• Alma Ricard, businesswoman and philanthropist, Officer of the Order of Canada
• F. Baxter Ricard, media proprietor
• Alex J. Robinson, country musician
• Kimberly Rogers, woman whose death in 2001, while under house arrest for a disputed welfare fraud conviction, became a major political issue in Ontario
• Art Ross, NHL player
• Sam Rothschild, NHL player; first Sudburian to play on a Stanley Cup winning team; first Jewish hockey player in the NHL; nominated to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
• Jeffrey Round, writer

S

• Frank St. Marseille, hockey player and coach
• Brian Savage, NHL player
• Sarah Selecky, writer^[3]
• Eddie Shack, NHL player
• Sandra Shamas, comedian
• Irv Spencer, NHL player with the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and the Detroit Red Wings
• Frederick Squire, musician^[4]

T

• Dave Taylor, NHL player
• Lydia Taylor, rock singer^[5]
• Glenn Thibeault, politician
• Floyd Thomson, hockey player
• Jan Thornhill, children's writer and artist
• Alex Trebek, television host of Jeopardy!
• Jerry Toppazzini, hockey player
• Zellio Toppazzini, hockey player

References

1. "Jacqueline Desmarais". Forbes. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
2. "Sudbury native tapped for top post at National Gallery", Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 2008.
3. "Telling stories from the north". Northern Life, August 14, 2010.
4. "Fred Squire and Kate Maki join forces". The Music Nerd Chronicles, June 17, 2011.
5. "Lydia's success is Taylor-made". The Globe and Mail, June 11, 1983.