List of people from Greater Sudbury

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





A

 * Eve Adams, politician
 * Chuck Adamson, goaltender
 * Alfons Adetuyi, film director (High Chicago, Love Jacked)
 * Robert Adetuyi, screenwriter (Stomp the Yard)
 * Al Arbour, NHL coach
 * George Armstrong, NHL Hall of Famer
 * Kelley Armstrong, author, creator of the Women of the Otherworld book series
 * Brian Ashton, soccer player
 * Larry Aurie, former captain of the Detroit Red Wings
 * Marcel Aymar, musician

B

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

C

 * Lorenzo Cadieux, historian
 * Bryan Campbell, NHL and WHA hockey player
 * Sterling Campbell, politician
 * Lucien Campeau, cardiologist
 * Robert Campeau, financier
 * Patricia Cano, singer and actress
 * Wayne Carleton, NHL and WHA hockey player
 * 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, figure skater
 * Rita Celli, journalist
 * Gene Ceppetelli, football player
 * Marie Charette-Poulin, politician
 * Diane Chase
 * Ray Chénier, politician
 * Margaret Christakos, poet
 * Joe Cimino, politician
 * Kevin Closs, singer-songwriter
 * Francis Cochrane, politician
 * 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

 * Michel Dallaire, writer
 * 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
 * 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)
 * Jack Egers, NHL (Washington and New York Rangers)

F

 * Joe Fabbro, politician
 * Ronald Peter Fabbro, Roman Catholic Bishop
 * Norman Fawcett, politician
 * Peter Fenton, politician
 * Bob Fitchner, WHA and NHL hockey player
 * John Flesch, NHL hockey player
 * Gerry Foley, NHL hockey player
 * 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
 * Marion Foster, mystery writer
 * Stephen Fournier, politician
 * Jim Fox, NHL hockey player
 * Jason Frederick, composer and musician
 * 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
 * Welland Gemmell, former MPP
 * Gaétan Gervais, professor, co-designer of the Franco-Ontarian flag
 * Eddie Giacomin, hockey player
 * Frank Giustra, business executive, particularly successful in the mining and filmmaking industries, philanthropist
 * Colton Gobbo, actor
 * 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
 * Andrew Hyatt, country singer

I

 * Joe Ironstone (1898–1972), professional ice hockey player

J

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

K

 * Devon Kershaw, competitive cross-country skier
 * Jordan Kilganon, basketball slam dunker
 * Gary Kinsman, sociologist and professor at Laurentian University
 * Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie, musician

L

 * Cloé Lacasse, soccer player for Canada
 * Chloé LaDuchesse, writer
 * Marc Laforge, NHL player
 * Yvon Lambert, NHL player
 * François Lamoureux, musician
 * Pierre Lamoureux, musician
 * Viviane Lapointe, politician
 * Floyd Laughren, former Member of Provincial Parliament and Ontario Minister of Finance
 * Paul Lefebvre, politician
 * Mark Leslie, writer, author of Spooky Sudbury
 * David Lickley, filmmaker and musician
 * 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
 * Melchior Mbonimpa, writer
 * Mirl "Red" McCarthy, sportsman and coach
 * Dale McCourt, NHL player
 * Peter McGillivray, opera singer
 * Ken McGowan, politician
 * Ross McLaren, filmmaker and artist
 * Pierre R. Morisset, 32nd Canadian Surgeon General
 * Sharon Murdock, former MPP

N

 * Angela Narth, children's author
 * Roger Nash, poet

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.), Canadian Forces
 * Reg Plummer, Olympic field hockey player
 * Marie-Paule Poulin, Senator and president of the Liberal Party of Canada
 * Joel Prpic NHL player

R

 * Alma Ricard, businesswoman and philanthropist, Officer of the Order of Canada
 * F. Baxter Ricard, media proprietor
 * Alex J. Robinson, country musician
 * Jeff Rock, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto
 * John Rodriguez, politician, former MP for Nickel Belt and former mayor of the city
 * 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 (1899–1987), 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

 * Denis St-Jules, writer and radio broadcaster
 * Frank St. Marseille, hockey player and coach
 * Brian Savage, NHL player
 * Sarah Selecky, writer
 * Dan Seguin, NHL player
 * Eddie Shack, NHL player
 * Marc Serré, politician
 * Sandra Shamas, comedian
 * Linda Sorgini, actress
 * Irv Spencer, NHL player with the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and the Detroit Red Wings
 * Frederick Squire, musician
 * Syla Swords, basketball player

T

 * Dave Taylor, NHL player
 * Lydia Taylor, rock singer
 * 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

W

 * Thelma Walmsley, baseball player for the Racine Belles of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
 * Kay Whitmore, NHL goalie