Famous Residents
East York has been the home of:
- Will Arnett. actor
- Edwin Alonzo Boyd, bank robber
- Jim Brennan, MLS Soccer Player for Toronto FC
- Rob and Rich Butler, Professional baseball players: outfielders
- John Candy, comedian and actor
- Shirley Douglas, actress, daughter of political leader Tommy Douglas and mother of Kiefer Sutherland
- Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister (Leaside)
- George Dunbar, photographer
- Jesse F. Keeler, DJ/producer as MSTRKRFT and bassist/keyboardist of Death from Above 1979
- Peter Lynch, TV director
- Russell Martin, Professional baseball player: catcher
- Raymond Massey, actor
- Canadian Governor General Vincent Massey
- Robert McClure, medical missionary
- Agnes McPhail, first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons
- Colin Mochrie, actor and improvisational comedian
- Charles Sauriol, naturalist and author
- Reuben Smith, WWI & WWII veteran, noted amateur horticulturist
- Kiefer Sutherland, movie and TV actor, especially 24
- The Kratt Brothers, Children's TV hosts
- Still Life Still, Canadian indie rock group
- Ron Taylor, professional baseball player: pitcher, physician
- Domenic Troiano, former guitarist for Ronnie Hawkins, The Guess Who and Bush
- Nerene Virgin, journalist, actress and teacher
- Whipper Billy Watson, champion wrestler
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)