Vancouver
Vancouver ranks 84th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Baku, Alexandria, and Shizuoka Prefecture. Memorable people born in Vancouver include Ryan Reynolds, Jason Priestley, and Yvonne De Carlo. Memorable people who died in Vancouver include Errol Flynn, Michael Smith, and Rudolf Vrba. Vancouver has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many actors, and athletes. Vancouver is located in Canada.
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Metro Vancouver area had a population of 2.6 million in 2021, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 inhabitants per square kilometre (15,000/sq mi), and the fourth highest in North America. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2006, Vancouver was the birth place of 153 globally memorable people, including Ryan Reynolds, Jason Priestley, and Yvonne De Carlo. Additionaly, 26 globally memorable people have passed away in Vancouver including Errol Flynn, Michael Smith, and Rudolf Vrba.
People Born in Vancouver
Go to all RankingsRyan Reynolds
ACTOR
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 1
Jason Priestley
ACTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 2
Yvonne De Carlo
ACTOR
1922 - 2007
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 3
Hayden Christensen
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 4
Jeff Wall
PAINTER
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 5
James Doohan
ACTOR
1920 - 2005
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 6
Ian Hacking
PHILOSOPHER
1936 - 2023
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 7
Cobie Smulders
ACTOR
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 8
Marc Singer
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 9
William H. McNeill
HISTORIAN
1917 - 2016
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 10
Michael Ontkean
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 11
Ann Rutherford
ACTOR
1917 - 2012
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Vancouver
Go to all RankingsLaurence J. Peter
WRITER
1919 - 1990
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 17
Bernie Shaw
SINGER
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 22
Barbara Parkins
ACTOR
1942 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 35
Diane Foster
ATHLETE
1928 - 1999
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 42
Robert Elsie
WRITER
1950 - 2017
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 45
Linda A. Morabito
ASTRONOMER
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 64
Dale Mitchell
SOCCER PLAYER
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.18
Rank: 65
Claudia Alexander
GEOLOGIST
1959 - 2015
HPI: 33.90
Rank: 74
Brandon Jay McLaren
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.63
Rank: 78
Kimberley Joseph
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 28.53
Rank: 98
Kevin Light
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 27.52
Rank: 105
Gabriel LaBelle
ACTOR
2002 - Present
HPI: 26.42
Rank: 107
People Deceased in Vancouver
Go to all RankingsErrol Flynn
ACTOR
1909 - 1959
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 1
Michael Smith
CHEMIST
1932 - 2000
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 2
Rudolf Vrba
BIOLOGIST
1924 - 2006
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 3
Michael Anderson
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 4
George Volkoff
PHYSICIST
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 5
Theodore Maiman
INVENTOR
1927 - 2007
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 6
Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1913 - 2000
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 7
Hu Die
ACTOR
1908 - 1989
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 8
Percy Williams
ATHLETE
1908 - 1982
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 9
Tommy Burns
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1955
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 10
Doug Rogers
ATHLETE
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 11
Andrzej Mostowski
MATHEMATICIAN
1913 - 1975
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Vancouver
Go to all RankingsGeorge Volkoff
PHYSICIST
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 5
Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1913 - 2000
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 7
Andrzej Mostowski
MATHEMATICIAN
1913 - 1975
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 12
Roy Henkel
HOCKEY PLAYER
1905 - 1981
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 15
Bent Peder Rasch
ATHLETE
1934 - 1988
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 16
Bill Reid
ARTIST
1920 - 1998
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 19
Dorothy E. Smith
WRITER
1926 - 2022
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 20
Paul Horn
MUSICIAN
1930 - 2014
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 22
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Vancouver were actors (79), athletes (28), musicians (4), singers (4), and soccer players (4), while most who died were actors (5), athletes (4), writers (3), musicians (2), and chemists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Vancouver, including Ryan Reynolds, Jason Priestley, and Hayden Christensen. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Vancouver, including Ryan Reynolds, Jason Priestley, and Yvonne De Carlo.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 19 globally memorable people born in Vancouver since 1700.