Writers from Toronto

Daniel Eric Markel was a Canadian-born attorney and law professor who wrote various works on retribution in criminal law and sentencing with a focus on the role of punishment in the criminal justice system. He earned a J.D. degree from Harvard University in 2001, and after working as a law clerk to a federal judge and as an associate at a law firm, joined the faculty of Florida State University in 2005.

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

Canadian-American rapper and singer (born 1986)

14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968 (1897–1972)

Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. His solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, includes critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Young was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.

Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism and horror, often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and for his use of insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting.

Canadian-American stage magician and skeptical movement adherent

Canadian computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system

American particle physicist and cosmologist

Canadian writer and economist (1869–1944)

American–Canadian journalist, author, and activist (1916–2006)

Canadian actress (born 1975)

Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (1950-2011)

Canadian astronomer and planetary scientist

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

Canadian poker player

3rd President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (1808–1887)

Canadian musician (born 1980)

American-born Canadian director and screenwriter

Canadian writer, yoga teacher, and former actress

Canadian R&B singer

author and former political prisoner

Canadian historian

Canadian-British animator (1933–2019)

Canadian actor

Canadian and British newspaper publisher (born 1944)

Henry Russell Walter (born April 23, 1986), known professionally as Cirkut, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He has produced and co-written commercially successful singles since 2008. His credits include songs and albums for prominent artists including Katy Perry, Becky G, Ava Max, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, R. City, The Weeknd, Kesha, Ciara, Pitbull, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Adam Lambert, B.o.B, Marina and the Diamonds, will.i.am, Jungkook, Kygo, Juicy J, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran, among others. He has numerous collaborations with American record produce

Canadian-born British psychologist and writer

Canadian ice hockey goaltender and politician

Pakistan-born Canadian Islamism critic and non-fiction writer

Canadian author and journalist (1920–2004)

American actress and author, born 1938

American journalist, commentator and editor

Canadian musician

Canadian singer

Canadian-American reporter and correspondent (1931-2016)

Canadian businessman

Canadian actress

Canadian actress and singer

Canadian ice hockey player

American writer and editor

Canadian university professor, historian

Canadian / American writer

Canadian-American pick-up artist

Professor at Columbia Business School

Canadian writer

Canadian author and activist

Canadian-American fly fisherman, conservationist and writer

Canadian politician

Canadian historian (1940–2022)

Canadian sex educator (1930–2023)

film director

American legal scholar

Canadian academic

child rights advocate

Canadian pop rock singer and songwriter

Canadian activist

Canadian professional wrestler

Canadian film director (1876–1944)

Croatian-Canadian businessman