This is a list of notable personalities/celebrities from or who spent considerable time residing in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Ashleigh Ball, voice actress known for her lead role on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and lead singer of Hey Ocean
- James Barber, cookbook author, aka "The Urban Peasant"
- Barry Beck, hockey player
- Ray Bethell, master multiple kite flier
- Jean-Luc Bilodeau, actor
- Yannick Bisson, actor
- Beau Bokan, musician
- Linwood Boomer, actor and television producer and writer
- Cameron Bright, actor
- Sage Brocklebank, actor
- Rod Bruno, musician
- Michael Bublé, singer
- Raymond Burr, actor
- Dayana Cadeau, Haitian-born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
- Kim Campbell, former Canadian Prime Minister
- Paul Campbell, actor
- Erin Cebula, TV personality
- Erica Cerra, actress
- Sarah Chalke, actress
- Angela Chang, Mandopop singer
- Peter Chao, comedian
- Osric Chau, actor
- Edison Chen, Hong Kong entertainer
- Ying Chen, Francophone author
- Fred Cheng, Hong Kong actor/musician
- Joyce Cheng, actress
- Kayi Cheung, actress, Miss Hong Kong 2007
- Evelyn Chew, actress
- Charlene Choi, actress and singer
- Tommy Chong, actor, comedian, musician
- Hayden Christensen, actor
- Linda Chung, actress/musician
- Christy Clark, provincial politician and Premier of British Columbia
- Torrance Coombs, actor
- Douglas Coupland, author
- Amanda Crew, actress
- Roger Cross, actor
- Seán Cummings, actor and playwright
- Brian Day, doctor
- Yvonne DeCarlo, actress
- Mac DeMarco, artist
- Jay DeMerit, MLS, World Cup soccer player
- Ryan Dempster, MLB baseball player
- Ranj Dhaliwal, writer
- Lexa Doig, actress
- James Doohan, actor ("Lt. Cmmdr. Montgomery Scott Scotty" from television show Star Trek)
- Audrey Capel Doray, artist
- Stan Douglas, artist
- Ed Fast, Canadian politician and Federal Cabinet Minister
- Gordon Fee, New Testament scholar
- John Ferguson, Sr., professional hockey player
- Jodelle Ferland, actress
- Nathan Fielder, comedian
- Rod Filbrandt, cartoonist
- Nigel Findley, fantasy, science fiction, and RPG author
- Noel Fisher, actor
- Brendan Fletcher, actor
- William Wasbrough Foster, mountaineer, soldier, politician, business executive, and chief constable of Vancouver
- Michael J. Fox, actor
- Jeff Francis, Major League Baseball player
- Rhys Fulber, musician, producer
- Freddy Fuller, boxing champion
- Nolan Gerard Funk, actor
- Emmanuelle Schick Garcia, film director and writer
- Austin Gary, author, songwriter
- C. E. Gatchalian, playwright
- William Gibson, author
- Matthew Good, singer/songwriter
- Rodney Graham, artist
- Jennifer Granholm, ex-governor of US State of Michigan
- Grimes, singer, songwriter, director, musician, actress
- Nancy Greene Raine, Olympic champion and Canadian Senator
- Trevor Guthrie, singer
- Rich Harden, Major League Baseball player
- Jillian Harris, ABC's 5th Bachelorette
- Laura Harris, actress
- Chris Haslam, professional skateboarder
- Meghan Heffern, actress
- Ed Hill, stand-up comedian
- Brent Hodge, film director and CEO of Hodgee Films
- Bert Hoffmeister, commander of the 5th Canadian Division in the Second World War, then president of MacMillan Bloedel
- Jacob Hoggard, lead singer of the band Hedley
- Clive Holden, poet, film director and visual artist
- Antony Holland, actor
- Bob Houbregs, NBA player for the Milwaukee Hawks, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and the Fort Wayne Pistons; general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics; member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Harrison Houde, composer, actor
- Elva Hsiao, Mandopop singer
- Joshua Jackson, actor
- Liam James, actor
- Jazzy B, actor, singer
- Sarah Jeffery, actress, dancer, singer
- Carly Rae Jepsen, singer
- Avan Jogia, actor
- Alexz Johnson, actress, singer
- Christopher Judge, actor
- Tyler Labine, actor
- Evelyn Lau, poet and novelist
- Maggie Lawson, actress
- Cory Lee, singer
- Bill Leeb, musician, singer
- Bob Lenarduzzi, soccer player
- Sherwood Lett, soldier, lawyer, chancellor of UBC
- Trevor Linden, NHL hockey player
- Bernice Liu, actress
- Mary Livingstone, formerly Sadie Marks, actress; wife of Jack Benny
- Rochelle Low, field hockey player
- Crystal Lowe, actress
- Jessica Lowndes, actress
- Jessica Lucas, actress
- Milan Lucic, NHL player
- Alexander Ludwig, actor
- Norma MacMillan, voice actress
- Karen Diane Magnussen, figure skater
- Dan Mangan, musician
- Charles Marega, sculptor
- Terry McBride, CEO and founder, Nettwerk Music Group
- Shane McConkey, professional freestyle skier
- Rick McCrank, professional skateboarder
- Dean McFadden, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
- Ashleigh McIvor, Olympic champion skier
- Jim Meier, entertainment and software industry executive
- John H. Meier, financier and former business adviser to Howard Hughes
- Charles Merritt, winner of the Victoria Cross
- Shay Mitchell, actress
- Colin Mochrie, comedian
- Cory Monteith, actor
- Greg Moore, racecar driver
- James Moore, Canadian politician and senior Federal cabinet minister
- Justin Morneau, Major League Baseball player
- Carrie-Anne Moss, actress
- Jane Munro, poet
- J. I. Packer, Anglican theologian
- Grace Park, actress
- Jim Pattison, entrepreneur
- Kit Pearson, children's writer
- Missy Peregrym, actress
- Emily Perkins, actress
- James Picard, artist
- Carly Pope, actress
- Daniel Powter, singer
- Jason Priestley, actor
- Kirsten Prout, actress
- Josh Ramsay, lead singer of band Marianas Trench
- Salar Rismani, Entrepreneur
- Rascalz, hip hop group
- Ryan Reynolds, actor
- Charlie Richmond, inventor
- Ryan Robbins, actor
- Rachel Roberts, actress, fashion model
- Spider Robinson, author
- Wayne Robson, actor
- Coco Rocha, fashion model
- James Roday, actor
- Seth Rogen, actor, writer, and comedian
- Teryl Rothery, television anchor, actress
- Ryanne, model
- Joe Sakic, NHL player ("Burnaby Joe")
- Eliza Sam, Hong Kong actress
- Devon Sawa, actor
- Conrad Schmidt, activist
- Sophie Schmidt, member of Canadian Women's National soccer team
- Drew Scott, Property Brothers (HGTV)
- Jonathan Scott, Property Brothers (HGTV)
- Michael Shanks, actor
- Kathryn Shaw, artistic director
- Lydia Shum Din-ha, elder sister of Alfred Sung; Hong Kong actress
- Christine Sinclair, member of Canadian Women's National soccer team
- Nelson Skalbania, entrepreneur
- Gregory Smith, actor
- Trevor Smith, NHL player
- Cobie Smulders, actress
- Social Deviantz, rap group
- John G. Stackhouse, Jr., writer and professor of religion
- Rita Steblin, musicologist
- Dorothy Stratten, actress, model
- Jewel Staite, actress
- Arran Stephens, entrepreneur, writer
- Ryan Stiles, comedian, actor
- Russell Stuart, CEO and founder, SuperBox Inc.
- Sean Stubbs, musician
- Billy Suede, professional wrestler
- David Suzuki, environmentalist, scientist, broadcaster
- Swollen Members, rap group
- Amanda Tapping, actress
- Reece Thompson, actor
- Brent Titcomb, actor/singer, member of the Canadian band 3's a Crowd
- Alex To, Mandopop singer
- Eckhart Tolle, spiritual teacher
- Ziya Tong, television personality
- Devin Townsend, singer, musician
- Margaret Trudeau (now Margaret Trudeau Kemper), former wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
- Nicholas Tse, Cantopop singer
- John Turner, former Canadian Prime Minister
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