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
• Jesse Carere – actor
• Franklin Carmichael – Canadian artist and member of the Group of Seven
• Anthony Cirelli – hockey player
• Andrew Cogliano – NHL player
• Frank Corrado – National Hockey League player

D

• Phil Di Giuseppe – ice hockey player
• Natalie Di Luccio – international multilingual singer
• Sergio Di Zio – actor
• Justin DiBenedetto – ice hockey player
• Chris DiDomenico – ice hockey player

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 – artist associated with the Group of Seven

K

• Craig Kielburger – social entrepreneur, co-founder of WE Charity and Me to We
• Marc 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

• Al Palladini – politician
• Sarina Paris - dance/pop singer; grew up in Thornhill-Vaughan
• 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

• Fred Varley – member of the Group of Seven artists
• Phil Varone – hockey player

W

• Andrew Wiggins – professional basketball player