List of people from Caledon, Ontario
This list of people from Caledon includes people born, raised, or residing later in life in
Caledon Township, the village of Bolton
, and the village of Caledon East.
A
- Reema Abdo, Olympic swimmer and police officer
- Josh Alexander (b. 1987, Josh Lemay), professional wrestler
- Wallace Lloyd Algie, Victoria Cross winner, Alton
B
- 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
- 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
- Alfred Doig, copper and tin smith, merchant, Manitoba MLA
- Lorne Duguid, hockey player, Bolton
- Ernest Duke (1880-1954), MLA for Rocky Mountain, Alberta
E
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Elmer Iseler, OC, OOnt, choir director, Town of Caledon Walk of Fame inductee
J
- 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
- Robert Kennedy, publisher
- Rosemary Kilbourn, printmaker, Albion Hills
L
- Ashley Lawrence, Olympic soccer, Caledon
- Cameron Lawson (b. 1998), CFL football defensive tackle
M
- 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
- Organik, Travis Fleetwood, rap battle league owner, Bolton
P
- 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
- Kyle Quincey, hockey player
R
- 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
- 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
- Cory Trépanier, artist and filmmaker
V
- Rebecca Vint, professional hockey player with the Buffalo Beauts (NWHL)
W
- 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
- Andrew Yorke, Olympic triathlon, Caledon (Caledon East)
See also
References
- ^ "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.