List of people from Caledon, Ontario
This list of people from Caledon includes people born, raised, or residing later in life in Caledon, Ontario, as well as people whose business in the area is of note. The page includes not only residents of the Town of Caledon, established in 1974, but northern Chinguacousy, Albion Township, Caledon Township, the village of Bolton, and the village of Caledon East.
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- Reema Abdo, Olympic swimmer and police officer
- Josh Alexander (b. 1987, Josh Lemay), professional wrestler
- Wallace Lloyd Algie, Victoria Cross winner, Alton
B
[edit]- Harry James Barber, British Columbia MP, Alton
- Chanel Beckenlehner (b. 1988), beauty pageant competitor, Miss Universe Canada 2014
- Tony Bethell (1922-2004), Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant, prisoner of war involved in "The Great Escape", retired to Caledon
- John Knox Blair, Ontario MP, Caledon
- Megan Bonnell, folk musician
C
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- Spence Caldwell, broadcaster, Town of Caledon
- Samuel Calvert, soldier, Alberta MLA, Mayor of Chipman, Alberta
- Yann Candele, Olympic equestrian, lives in Caledon
- John Alexander Catherwood, British Columbia MLA
- Isabel Crawford, a Baptist missionary with the Kiowa people in Oklahoma Territory
- Nick Crawford, hockey player
D
[edit]- Alfred Doig, copper and tin smith, merchant, Manitoba MLA
- Lorne Duguid, hockey player, Bolton
- Ernest Duke (1880-1954), MLA for Rocky Mountain, Alberta
E
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- James East, Edmonton alderman, Bolton
- Signy Stefansson Eaton (1913-1992), socialite, art collector and philanthropist
- Todd Elik, hockey player, Bolton
- Andrew Evans, pairs figure skater
F
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- Ray Fletcher Farquharson, MBE, doctor and medical researcher, Claude
- Allison Flaxey, curling, Caledon East
- Caleb Flaxey, curling, Town of Caledon
- William Kingston Flesher, settler, MP, Bolton
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- George R. Gardiner OC, businessperson and philanthropist
- Helen Gardiner, philanthropist
- Jordan Gavaris, actor, Orphan Black
- Laurie Graham, downhill skiing, Inglewood
- Aldo Guidolin (1932-2015), hockey player and coach, Forks of the Credit
H
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- Steven Halko, hockey player, Bolton
- Mary Riter Hamilton, artist, war artist
- Noel Harding (1945-2016), contemporary artist
- Chris Haughton, archer
- Linda Haynes OC, co-founder of ACE Bakery, television producer
- Louis Hodgson (1936-2012), Ontario MPP for Scarborough East (1963-1967), Victoria
- William Hodgson, MPP, Bolton
- Jake Holden, Olympic snowboarder
- Peter Holland, hockey player, Bolton
- John Houston, British Columbia newspaper publisher, Alton
- Duncan Selby Hutcheon, Saskatchewan MLA
I
[edit]- Elmer Iseler, OC, OOnt, choir director, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
J
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- Norman Jewison, filmmaker, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
- F. Ross Johnson OC, businessperson, former CEO of RJR Nabisco
- Robert Johnston (1856-1913), farmer and politician, MP for Cardwell
K
[edit]- Robert Kennedy, publisher
- Rosemary Kilbourn, printmaker, Albion Hills
L
[edit]- Ashley Lawrence, Olympic soccer, Caledon
- Cameron Lawson (b. 1998), CFL football defensive tackle
M
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- Zoe MacKinnon, field hockey, Caledon East[1][2][3]
- John Joseph Malone, flying ace, Inglewood
- Andrew Mangiapane (b. 1996), NHL ice hockey player
- Bert McCaffrey, ice hockey, born in the Township of Albion to a father from Caledon East, interred in Caledon East[4]
- Hiram E. McCallum, Mayor of Toronto
- Keith McCreary (1940-2003), NHL hockey player, Regional councillor for Caledon
- Jim McGuigan, writer, Palgrave
- Beverly McKnight, duet synchronized swimmer
- Robert and Signe McMichael, gallery founders, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
- Jenna McParland (b. 1992), NWHL and IIHF ice hockey forward
- Tom Michalopoulos, entrepreneur, Bolton
- Ramona Milano, actor, Due South
- David Milne, artist, Palgrave
- Adam Mitchell (b. 1944), singer and songwriter, The Paupers, lived in Bolton[5]
- John Wendell Mitchell (1880–1951), fiction author of The Yellow Briar
- Paul Morin (b. 1959), artist and children's book illustrator
- Farley Mowat (1921-2014), writer, Palgrave, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
- Brett Murray (b. 1998), AHL ice hockey player
O
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- Organik, Travis Fleetwood, rap battle league owner, Bolton
P
[edit]- Andrew Pattulo, MPP
- Shailyn Pierre-Dixon (b. 2003), actress
- Jane Pitfield, past Toronto city councillor, president of the Caledon Heritage Foundation
- Tyler Pizarro, horse jockey
- Chris Pratt, show jumping rider
Q
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- Kyle Quincey, hockey player
R
[edit]- Darren Raddysh (b. 1996), AHL ice hockey player
- Taylor Raddysh (b. 1998), AHL ice hockey player
- Allan Read, priest at Mono Mills, later the Anglican Bishop of Ontario
- David Reale, voice actor best known for voicing Kai Hiwatari from the Beyblade anime series and Tsubasa Otori from its spin-off series Beyblade: Metal Fusion
- Charles Robinson, MPP and physician, Claude
- Erin Routliffe (b. 1995), professional tennis player
- Kelly Russell, Olympic rugby union player, Bolton
- Laura Russell, rugby union player, Bolton
S
[edit]- Jason Saggo, UFC mixed martial artist
- Dave Seglins, journalist, Town of Caledon
- Conn Smythe, sports businessperson, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
- Alexey Stakhov, mathematician, inventor, engineer, Bolton
- John Stevens, hockey player and coach, Town of Caledon
- Alfred Stork, British Columbia MP, Bolton
- William Stubbs, veterinarian and MP, Caledon Township
- Skye Sweetnam (b. 1988), singer, Cedar Mills
- Thomas Swinarton (1821-1893), MPP for Cardwell, businessman
- Bill Symons, football player, Caledon farm owner
- Gordon Symons (1921-2012), Lord of Whitehouses, author, poet, painter, and pioneer in the Canadian insurance industry
T
[edit]- Cory Trépanier, artist and filmmaker
V
[edit]- Rebecca Vint, professional hockey player with the Buffalo Beauts (NWHL)
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- William James Wanless, surgeon and humanitarian, founder of a medical mission in Miraj, India who led it for nearly forty years
- Brittany Webster, cross-country skiing, Caledon[6]
- Michael Wekerle, investor
- Harry Albert Willis, Senator, Belfountain
- Erin Woodley, synchronized swimmer
- Thomas Wylie (1841-1915), MPP for Simcoe West
Y
[edit]- Andrew Yorke, Olympic triathlon, Caledon (Caledon East)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Team training for Olympics". The Toronto Star. Toronto ON. 7 February 1984. p. 19 West.
- ^ Sokol, Al (28 March 1984). "Some have quit jobs in their quest for an Olympic gold". The Toronto Star. Toronto ON. p. B2.
- ^ "Field hockey win sends to World Cup semis". Montreal Gazette. April 18, 1983. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
- ^ Bull, William Perkins (1934). From rattlesnake hunt to hockey : the history of sports in Canada and the sportsmen of Peel, 1798 to 1934. Toronto: The Perkins Bull Foundation. pp. 46–47.
- ^ Whitbread, Steve (2 December 2016). "Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour comes to Caledon". Caledon Enterprise. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
Adam Mitchell of Bolton, along with three other musicians called 'The Paupers' have produced a new record which is gaining popularity over several Toronto radio stations. Their hit song is called 'If I Call You By Some Name.'
- ^ "Brampton goes to the Games". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2014.