List of people from East York

The following is a list of people from East York, a former municipality in Toronto, Ontario.

Athletes

 * Jim Brennan, MLS player for Toronto FC
 * Rob and Rich Butler, professional baseball players: outfielders
 * Russell Martin, professional baseball catcher
 * Glenn Smith, former NHL player for Toronto St. Patricks
 * Brandon Tanev, NHL forward for Seattle Kraken
 * Chris Tanev NHL defenceman for Calgary Flames
 * Tamara Tatham, Basketball Player for Team Canada in Rio Olympics
 * Ron Taylor, professional baseball pitcher; physician
 * Whipper Billy Watson, champion wrestler

Musicians

 * Jesse F. Keeler, DJ and producer as MSTRKRFT; bassist and keyboardist of Death from Above 1979
 * Still Life Still, indie rock group
 * Domenic Troiano, former guitarist for Ronnie Hawkins, The Guess Who and Bush

Media

 * Will Arnett, actor
 * John Candy, comedian and actor
 * Shirley Douglas, actress; daughter of political leader Tommy Douglas; mother of Kiefer Sutherland
 * Peter Lynch, TV director
 * Raymond Massey, actor
 * Joseph Motiki, actor, voice actor, and television presenter
 * Colin Mochrie, actor and improvisational comedian
 * Kiefer Sutherland, movie and TV actor, 24
 * Nerene Virgin, journalist, actress and teacher

Others

 * George Armstrong (1870–1956), politician and labour activist
 * Edwin Alonzo Boyd, bank robber
 * Stan Butler, Ontario Hockey League coach, North Bay Battalion
 * Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister (Leaside)
 * Vincent Massey, Canadian Governor General
 * Robert McClure, medical missionary
 * Agnes McPhail, first woman to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada
 * Tom Pashby, Canadian ophthalmologist, sport safety advocate, member of the Order of Canada
 * Charles Sauriol, naturalist and author