List of people from Brantford
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This is a List of people from Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
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[edit] Film and Television
- Phil Hartman, actor, star of the NBC sitcom NewsRadio and the voice of Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure on the long-running FOX animated series The Simpsons until he was murdered by his wife in 1998. He gained much attention while working on Saturday Night Live, leading to many other roles.
- Michelle Nolden at the Internet Movie Database
- Jay Silverheels, former actor
- Keith Jones, sports caster
[edit] Journalists
- David Judd, chief editor of the Brantford Expositor
- Norman Duncan, New York Evening Post
- June Callwood, noted Canadian journalist and philanthropist had her first posting as a reporter at the Brantford Expositor
[edit] Inventors
- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. Brantford is called the "Telephone City" because Bell invented it while living at the Bell Homestead located on the outskirts of the city. The first long distance telephone call was made on August 10, 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell from downtown Brantford to his assistant in Paris, Ontario.
- James Hillier, inventor of electron microscope.
[edit] The Arts
- Tim Ford, musician (The Vermicious Knid)
- Harry Barberian, restaurateur Toronto's (Barberian's Steak House)
- Lawren Harris, founder of the Group of Seven
- Wade Hemsworth, songwriter
- Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake), aboriginal poet
- Casey Mecija and Jennifer Mecija, musicians (Ohbijou)
- Debra Brown, cirque du soleil choreographer
- Justin Murrell, Beatles Historian
- Laurie Ann March, author (A Fork in the Trail)
[edit] Politics
- Henry Cockshutt, Lieutenant-governor of Ontario
- Henry Hagey, lawyer and Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Phil Gillies, Member of the Legislative Assembly and Cabinet Minister in the governments of Premiers William Davis and Frank Miller.
[edit] Athletes
- Mike Beres, Olympic badminton player.
- Aaron Carpenter, Canadian rugby player.
- Brent Gretzky former professional hockey player
- Wayne Gretzky, former professional hockey player. He is now the managing partner, alternate governor and also the head coach for the Phoenix Coyotes
- Chris Gratton, professional hockey player.
- Josh Gratton, professional hockey player
- David Hearn, professional golfer.
- Pat Hickey, former professional hockey player
- Julie Howard, Olympic Swimmer
- Doug Jarvis, former professional hockey player
- Keith Jones, former hockey player now sportscaster.
- Nick Kaczur, NFL player. Currently playing for the New England Patriots.
- Roy Kurtz, former professional CFL football kicker
- Valerie Loker, Commonwealth badminton player.
- Quincy Mack, basketball player and motivational speaker.
- Guillaume Patry, professional Starcraft player
- Rob Pikula, Canadian football player
- Jeff Reese, former professional hockey player. Now goalie coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning
- Greg Stefan, former professional hockey player
- Joe Stefan, former professional hockey player
- Kevin Sullivan, Olympic runner.
- Summerhays brothers, boxers
- Bill Watkins, former manager in Major League Baseball
- Doug Risebrough, former professional hockey player, current President and General Manager of the Minnesota Wild
