List of people from Vaughan
This is a list of notable people who are from Vaughan, Ontario, or who have spent a large or formative part of their career in that city.
A
- Max Aitken — Canadian-British newspaper publisher
- Elizabeth Arden – founder of cosmetic company Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
- Andreas Athanasiou – NHL Player
B
- Robert Barbieri – professional rugby player for Benetton Treviso and the Italian national team
- Massimo Bertocchi – Olympic decathlete
- Mark Bocek – UFC fighter
C
- Luca Caputi – ice hockey player
- Franklin Carmichael – Canadian artist and member of the Group of Seven
- Jesse Carere – actor
- Anthony Cirelli – hockey player
- Andrew Cogliano – NHL player
- Frank Corrado – National Hockey League player
D
- Justin DiBenedetto – ice hockey player
- Chris DiDomenico – ice hockey player
- Phil Di Giuseppe – ice hockey player
- Natalie Di Luccio – international multilingual singer
- Sergio Di Zio – actor
E
- Steve Eminger – hockey player
F
- Danny Fernandes – singer
G
- Duff Gibson – skeleton racer and gold medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics
H
- Mike Harris – 22nd Premier of Ontario
J
- Mendelson Joe – artist raised in Maple
- Franz Johnston – Canadian artist associated with the Group of Seven.
K
- Marc Kielburger – social entrepreneur, co-founder of WE Charity and Me to We
- Craig Kielburger – social entrepreneur, co-founder of WE Charity and Me to We
L
- Michael Liambas – ice hockey player
- Arthur Lismer – English-Canadian painter, educator, and member of the Group of Seven
M
- Adam Mascherin – hockey player
- Tyler Medeiros – teen singer
- Victor Mete – hockey player
N
- Steve Nease – cartoonist
P
- Sarina Paris - dance/pop singer; grew up in Thornhill-Vaughan
- Al Palladini – politician
- Russell Peters – international comedian; owns a house in Vaughan
- Michael Petrasso – soccer player
- Andi Petrillo – sports anchor
- Dina Pugliese – television personality
R
- Marco Reda – professional soccer player
- David Rocco – actor and television cooking show host
- Vince Rocco – ice hockey player
S
- Roman Sadovsky – Canadian figure skater and two-time Junior Grand Prix Finalist
- Denis Shapovalov – Israeli-Canadian tennis player
- Martina Sorbara – lead singer and songwriter of Juno-Award-winning band Dragonette
T
- Marco Terminesi – soccer player
V
- Phil Varone – hockey player
- Fred Varley – was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.
W
- Andrew Wiggins – professional basketball player
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Concord |
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Kleinburg | |
Maple | |
Thornhill |
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Woodbridge |
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- Public: Emily Carr Secondary School
- Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School
- Holy Cross Catholic Academy
- Maple High School
- St. Elizabeth Catholic High School
- Stephen Lewis Secondary School
- St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High School
- St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School
- Tommy Douglas Secondary School
- Westmount Collegiate Institute
- Woodbridge College
- Private: RCC Institute of Technology
- Toronto District Christian High School
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Federal |
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Provincial |
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- Overview
- Barrie line (Maple GO Station, Rutherford GO Station)
- York Region Transit (previously Vaughan Transit; Promenade Terminal, Vaughan Mills Terminal, Wonderland Terminal)
- Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station
- Highway 407 station
- Pioneer Village Terminal
- Maple Airport
- Highway 400
- Highway 407
- GTA West Corridor
- Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame
- Toronto Nationals (1970–80)
- Vaughan Flames
- Vaughan Vipers
- York Region Shooters
- Town
- People