NF#1
Music
Nelly Furtado
born 1978Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter
90 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, birthplace of Nelly Furtado and 385 more famous people
90 languages have an article about the Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter Nelly Furtado. Behind the leader come William Vickrey and David Foster. The largest group, 163, was born since 1970. Only one town in British Columbia lists more.
Born here
386
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Nelly Furtado
90 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1862
Ida Gibbs
Youngest
2002
Dylan Garand
Most common field
Sports
175 people
What stands out about Victoria’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Victoria
#2Science & Medicine
William Vickrey
1914–1996Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate
56 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Music
David Foster
born 1949Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter
41 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Victoria’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 68 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineNotableMilitaryBusinessFaith
Dots are people, stacked in the decade of their birth.
Known for
What Victoria is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 1.4 times.
The usual town is the share across everyone listed in Canadian towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Victoria
383 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Tara Moss
born 1973Canadian-Australian author, television presenter, journalist, former model and UNICEF national ambassador
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Veronica Ivy
born 1982Canadian cyclist, transgender rights activist and professor of philosophy
SportsWikipedia ↗
Brittany Reimer
born 1988Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist
SportsWikipedia ↗
John Alexander Sinton
1884–1956British medical doctor, malariologist and soldier
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Gina Wilkinson
1960–2010Stage, film and television actress; theatre director
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
John Nesbitt
1910–1960Canadian actor, narrator, announcer, producer and screenwriter
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Joseph Badenoch Clearihue
1887–1976Canadian politician, judge, lawyer, and academic
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Central Saanich counts 5 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Victoria
Who is the most famous person from Victoria?
By our measure the best known is Nelly Furtado (portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter); the spotlight above gives the details. Next come William Vickrey and David Foster.
How many famous people were born in Victoria?
Wikidata places 547 here in all, and those missing from the list lack a confirming article.
What is Victoria known for?
45% of the list, where Canadian towns come to 38%.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Victoria?
Ida Gibbs, born in 1862. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Victoria?
Anyone Wikidata records as born at a place inside Victoria’s municipal boundary (Statistics Canada’s 2021 census subdivision), hospitals and districts within it included, whose English or French Wikipedia article confirms it. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes are left out.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata record may stop at the province, point to a rural area we have no page for, or name a different town, and their article may disagree or say nothing. Only a birthplace both sources share is listed; edits to either are picked up at the next refresh.
Birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations and the count of Wikipedia and sister-site articles come from Wikidata (CC0). Each birthplace is checked against the person’s English Wikipedia article, or the French one where English says nothing or has no article; the articles are linked, never quoted. Wikidata’s Statistics Canada code, the place’s name or its point inside the 2021 census outline puts a birth in a town, and a birth given only as a split city stays on that city’s page. Fields are read from the description and occupations, and the list runs by number of articles. “The usual town” is everyone listed across Canadian towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (101)
- William Vickrey: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Foster: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Meghan Ory: Thibault from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryder Hesjedal: ...some guy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calum Worthy: Valder Beebe Show, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Bright: Tatan9010, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cliff Thorburn: David Muscroft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chelsea Green: Oscar the WWE Nexus Shirt Guy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Benn: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Cochrane: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erin Fitzgerald: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Reid: Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcolm Howard: Robert Thivierge, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Robbins: Million Moments at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Payne: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Peden: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Straith: Northside, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nell Shipman: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Taya Valkyrie: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyson Barrie: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Tyson: Dean Jarvey from Calgary, Alberta, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Horgan: bcndp, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindsay Jennerich: Joanne from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Munroe Bourne: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Kaufman: The Photography Elf, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Wylie: Simon Fraser University - Communications & Marketing, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Anderson: Herb Neufeld, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Winters: Piotr Drabik, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leah Gibson: Alan Langford, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Saunders: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Courtnall: Government of British Columbia on YouTube, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Priscilla Faia: nickon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan O'Byrne: Vava manouche at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Van Dam: Kakoula10, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Pemberton: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tara Moss: Tamoen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Peden: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Weaver: Ecwiebe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Erin Attwell: Løken, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Scott: Mikael Hervestad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordie Benn: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Pivetta: Ian D'Andrea, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rich Harden: bryce_edwards on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Veronica Ivy: Dr. Rachel McKinnon, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Entzminger: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Lamoureux: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Armstrong: popejon2, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lori Hallier: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Megan Tandy: Megantandy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricca Allen: Troedel & Co. lithographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie de Goede: Like tears in rain, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Carbery: Aesav23, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warren Cann: Thargol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chase G. Woodhouse: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Patrick: Wide World Studios, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ravi Kahlon: BC NDP, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Banana: Parker Higgins, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryce Soderberg: Jeff Lorig, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron Ingemar Johnson: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Gibbs Marshall: Maud Cuney-Hare, 1874-1936, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ida Gibbs: Henry Martin Platt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lisa Bettany: Iridescence16, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Lapointe: Philadelphia Flyers / NHL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Riley Pickrell: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shannon Larratt: Shannon Larratt aka Snowrail at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Fraser Tolmie: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Angus: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jed Simon: Stephan Wolf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Greentree: Ailura, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leeroy Stagger: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lhadon Tethong: SFT HQ, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lillian Powell: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie McQuaid: Brianna Laugher, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Perrin: Wellcome Foundation Archive, Foundation News, Volume 23Part 1Page 3, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Powell: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Grahame: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Chooi: Atcphoenix, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aidan Knight: Leigh Eldridge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Ewart: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Ralston: BC NDP, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathy McGregor: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Thomas: Sergei Kazantsev, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Tunnard: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Ray Tanner: Mi.mariago, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Garand: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernie Parkes: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franklin John Trehern Mitchell: BC NDP History Group, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gord Johns: DrOwl19, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ida Chong: Wwongbc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Bamford: Imwebgurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James D. Prentice: HERB NOTT, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Nesbitt: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk MacDonald: goaliej54, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Green: Kidd The Scorp at German Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pam Alexis: BC NDP, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Margison: Bull-Doser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Melvin: Robin Glover, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophy Romvari: Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Wilson: Grand Slam Card Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas R. Berger: BC NDP, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moka Only: Simon Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).