Note that this list largely does not include players from the
Brampton BeastECHL hockey team. Also not included are people who were post-secondary students who did not live locally before or after, such as
Kent Monkman[1] and
Patrick McKenna.[2]
Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968), "the father of reforestation in Ontario"
Canadian honours system recipients
William G. Davis and Michael F. Clarke have both received the
Order of Canada.[77] Davis is the only Bramptonian to receive an
Order of Ontario.[78] There are 1253 Brampton residents to receive Exemplary Service Medals.[79] The Golden Jubilee Award was given to 168 in 2002.[80]
Decorations for Bravery: Glenn Bannerman-Maxwell, Robert Reginald Fraser, Maribel Garcia, Susan Elizabeth McHale, Mandeep Singh Dhillon, Thomas Tierney, J. Robert Walsh, and David Ware[81]
Constable David Henry Bowles, M.B., Medal of Bravery recipient[82]
David Alan Holwell, Medal of Bravery recipient[83]
Sergeant (Ret'd) Joseph Gabriel Simon Marion, M.S.M., Meritorious Service Medal (civil division) recipient[84]
^FitzGerald, Sean (8 December 2014).
"Former Olympic boxer trades in fights in the ring for cleanups in the playpen". National Post. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Amos-Ross, a two-time Olympian, and his wife, Alison McLean, a high school English teacher, opened their daycare in the Toronto suburb of Brampton earlier this year.
^"Olympic boxer turns crime fighter". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013. Brampton resident and two-time Olympic boxer Troy Amos-Ross thought he was stopping to break up a roadside fight, but Peel Regional Police say he actually prevented a murder.
^Shea, Courtney (12 July 2011).
"Russell Peters and Trey Anthony on jokes, race and jokes about race". Toronto Life. Archived from
the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Both grew up in Brampton, both cite their families as the ultimate source of hilarity, and both say Canadians need to get over their tall poppy hang-ups.
^Connolly, John (23 February 2020).
"Mikyla Grant-Mentis shines for Merrimack". Boston Herald. Boston MA. Retrieved 26 December 2020. Grant-Mentis, who hails from Brampton, Ontario...
^"David Hearn". Davidhearn.ca. Archived from
the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Born in Brampton, Ontario, David Hearn grew up in Brantford, Ontario.
^Ferguson, Doug (13 January 2012).
"Hearn two shots out of Sony Open lead". The Gazette. Montreal QC. Associated Press. Retrieved 16 April 2012. David Hearn of Brampton, Ont., shot a 66 on Friday, two shots behind the leader...
^Snyder, Lorraine.
Hetherington-Hultquist, Gillian. [Toronto ON]: The Historica-Dominion Institute. Archived from
the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Gillian "Jill" Hetherington-Hultquist, tennis player (b at Brampton, Ont 27 Oct 1964).
^Feschuk, Dave (3 March 2011).
"Feschuk: Young Canadian ascending English soccer ranks". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Junior Hoilett, Blackburn's Brampton-born forward, stopped by for a quick look, too. He'd just conducted an interview in which he told the story of the annual bet he makes with his younger brother Jaineil, who plays professionally in Germany.
^Pearson, Patricia (1998).
When She Was Bad: How And Why Women Get Away With Murder. Toronto ON: Random House of Canada Limited. p. 294.
ISBN030736383X. Retrieved 16 April 2012. On February 16, two officers from the metro Toronto sexual vice squad called Karla Homolka at her aunt and uncle's condo in Brampton, a Westchester-style bedroom community north of Toronto, where she'd gone to escape Paul. Not that he'd pursued her. But, her family had reasoned, abusive men stalk. Karla was safe in Brampton. She was even having fun there—rebounding swiftly from her trauma. Shopping, out to parties, having a fling with a fellow she met in a nightclub.
^"Husbands second in jockey standings". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. Retrieved 16 April 2012. For the second consecutive year Brampton's Patrick Husbands has finished second in the jockey standings at Toronto's Woodbine.
^"Lamont, John Henderson". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto & Université Laval. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^MacGregor, Roy (19 January 2014).
"MacGregor: Nash proving he deserves spot on Team Canada". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 April 2015. A puck is in the air, spinning high over the blue line, over the red line and lands at the feet of Rick Nash, a 29-year-old from Brampton, Ont., who was once the No. 1 pick overall in the National Hockey League entry draft.
^Juzenas, Frank (8 July 2014).
"Newbury signs with Capitals". The Brampton Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Brampton native Kris Newbury is returning to his roots. The former Brampton Capitals star has signed a two-way contract with the Capitals, that is the NHL's Washington Capitals.
^Bumsted, J. M. (14 February 2008).
"Tobias Crawford Norris". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^"Nugent on list". The Brampton Guardian. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^Bennett, Jamie (30 July 2010).
"Oram excited to croon for west coast fans". The Western Star. Corner Brook NL. Retrieved 5 October 2013. While she may be considered an overnight sensation by some, Oram's success was not without hard work and some hardship. The Brampton, Ont. resident paid her dues by singing in bars since the age of 10 and like many singers, even had to live in her car for a few nights when times were rough.
^Gershman, Michael (2004). The Baseball Encyclopedia. Barnes & Noble Books. p. 1124.
ISBN9780760753491.
^"Alyssa Reid plays free show at Rose". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013. Not only is it her first time performing in her hometown, but teen pop star Alyssa Reid will perform here this Friday (Oct. 7) at the Rose Theatre for free.
^"Art icon Jack Reid laid to rest". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2013. He was a prominent figure in the arts community in Brampton, where he resided for many years before moving to Orillia in 2006. In 1989, Reid was named Arts Person of the Year in Brampton— the first distinction of its kind in the city, and an honour that has continued to recognize important supporters of and contributors to the local arts community.
^Rockingham, Graham (10 November 2010). "Johnny Reid's family affair". The Spectator. Hamilton ON. Reid is a uniquely Canadian performer. Born in Scotland, high-schooled in Brampton, a soccer fan who got to university in Quebec on a football scholarship, he now lives in Nashville, a blue-eyed R&B singer who has dominated the Canadian country music charts for the past three years, sounding more like Rod Stewart than Paul Brandt.
^"Parkette named for yodeller Donn Reynolds". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 14 August 1998. p. 19.
^"friendly rich and the lollipop people's holloween spooktacular". Music Lives. Guelph ON. Archived from
the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013. Friendly Rich is a composer from Brampton, Canada... Friendly Rich is also the founder and director of the Brampton Indie Arts Festival, an annual event which promotes underground artists, held in February at the Rose Theatre in downtown Brampton.
^Varty, Alexander (26 October 2011).
"Short attention span led Friendly Rich to vaudeville". Straight.com. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 5 October 2013. I've always been interested in vaudeville and that whole era—and I did a lot of work, actually, in my hometown of Brampton in an old vaudeville theatre when I was developing what I do. So, I don't know, maybe something got in the water!
^Kinross, Louise (5 December 1991). "Culture aficionados invited to Brampton Dance, music crafts compete with big city". The Toronto Star. Toronto ON. p. BR2. It includes abstractionist work by former Brampton residents William Ronald, John Meredith and Ronald Bloore, who has gained international renown.
^Barclay McMillan; David G.H. Parsons; Kimberly Francis.
"Nancy Telfer". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto ON: Historica-Dominion Institute. Archived from
the original on February 16, 2012. Telfer (b Lindsey), Nancy (Ellen)... b Brampton, Ont, 8 May 1950;
^"A first for Terry". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
^"Scoring back home". The Toronto Star. p. J8. his father, a physician at Peel Memorial Hospital in Brampton
^Varteniuk, Sam.
"Scott Thompson". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto ON: Historica-Dominion Institute. Archived from
the original on January 26, 2013. Scott Thompson grew up in Brampton, Ont, and attended Brampton Centennial Secondary School.
^Watson, Duane (10 April 2012).
"There's no place like home for Tristan Thompson". Sway. Toronto ON: Torstar. Retrieved 16 April 2012. In June, the Brampton, Ont. native became the highest picked Canadian selected in an NBA Draft...
Note that this list largely does not include players from the
Brampton BeastECHL hockey team. Also not included are people who were post-secondary students who did not live locally before or after, such as
Kent Monkman[1] and
Patrick McKenna.[2]
Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968), "the father of reforestation in Ontario"
Canadian honours system recipients
William G. Davis and Michael F. Clarke have both received the
Order of Canada.[77] Davis is the only Bramptonian to receive an
Order of Ontario.[78] There are 1253 Brampton residents to receive Exemplary Service Medals.[79] The Golden Jubilee Award was given to 168 in 2002.[80]
Decorations for Bravery: Glenn Bannerman-Maxwell, Robert Reginald Fraser, Maribel Garcia, Susan Elizabeth McHale, Mandeep Singh Dhillon, Thomas Tierney, J. Robert Walsh, and David Ware[81]
Constable David Henry Bowles, M.B., Medal of Bravery recipient[82]
David Alan Holwell, Medal of Bravery recipient[83]
Sergeant (Ret'd) Joseph Gabriel Simon Marion, M.S.M., Meritorious Service Medal (civil division) recipient[84]
^FitzGerald, Sean (8 December 2014).
"Former Olympic boxer trades in fights in the ring for cleanups in the playpen". National Post. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Amos-Ross, a two-time Olympian, and his wife, Alison McLean, a high school English teacher, opened their daycare in the Toronto suburb of Brampton earlier this year.
^"Olympic boxer turns crime fighter". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013. Brampton resident and two-time Olympic boxer Troy Amos-Ross thought he was stopping to break up a roadside fight, but Peel Regional Police say he actually prevented a murder.
^Shea, Courtney (12 July 2011).
"Russell Peters and Trey Anthony on jokes, race and jokes about race". Toronto Life. Archived from
the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Both grew up in Brampton, both cite their families as the ultimate source of hilarity, and both say Canadians need to get over their tall poppy hang-ups.
^Connolly, John (23 February 2020).
"Mikyla Grant-Mentis shines for Merrimack". Boston Herald. Boston MA. Retrieved 26 December 2020. Grant-Mentis, who hails from Brampton, Ontario...
^"David Hearn". Davidhearn.ca. Archived from
the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Born in Brampton, Ontario, David Hearn grew up in Brantford, Ontario.
^Ferguson, Doug (13 January 2012).
"Hearn two shots out of Sony Open lead". The Gazette. Montreal QC. Associated Press. Retrieved 16 April 2012. David Hearn of Brampton, Ont., shot a 66 on Friday, two shots behind the leader...
^Snyder, Lorraine.
Hetherington-Hultquist, Gillian. [Toronto ON]: The Historica-Dominion Institute. Archived from
the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Gillian "Jill" Hetherington-Hultquist, tennis player (b at Brampton, Ont 27 Oct 1964).
^Feschuk, Dave (3 March 2011).
"Feschuk: Young Canadian ascending English soccer ranks". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Junior Hoilett, Blackburn's Brampton-born forward, stopped by for a quick look, too. He'd just conducted an interview in which he told the story of the annual bet he makes with his younger brother Jaineil, who plays professionally in Germany.
^Pearson, Patricia (1998).
When She Was Bad: How And Why Women Get Away With Murder. Toronto ON: Random House of Canada Limited. p. 294.
ISBN030736383X. Retrieved 16 April 2012. On February 16, two officers from the metro Toronto sexual vice squad called Karla Homolka at her aunt and uncle's condo in Brampton, a Westchester-style bedroom community north of Toronto, where she'd gone to escape Paul. Not that he'd pursued her. But, her family had reasoned, abusive men stalk. Karla was safe in Brampton. She was even having fun there—rebounding swiftly from her trauma. Shopping, out to parties, having a fling with a fellow she met in a nightclub.
^"Husbands second in jockey standings". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. Retrieved 16 April 2012. For the second consecutive year Brampton's Patrick Husbands has finished second in the jockey standings at Toronto's Woodbine.
^"Lamont, John Henderson". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto & Université Laval. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^MacGregor, Roy (19 January 2014).
"MacGregor: Nash proving he deserves spot on Team Canada". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 April 2015. A puck is in the air, spinning high over the blue line, over the red line and lands at the feet of Rick Nash, a 29-year-old from Brampton, Ont., who was once the No. 1 pick overall in the National Hockey League entry draft.
^Juzenas, Frank (8 July 2014).
"Newbury signs with Capitals". The Brampton Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Brampton native Kris Newbury is returning to his roots. The former Brampton Capitals star has signed a two-way contract with the Capitals, that is the NHL's Washington Capitals.
^Bumsted, J. M. (14 February 2008).
"Tobias Crawford Norris". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^"Nugent on list". The Brampton Guardian. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^Bennett, Jamie (30 July 2010).
"Oram excited to croon for west coast fans". The Western Star. Corner Brook NL. Retrieved 5 October 2013. While she may be considered an overnight sensation by some, Oram's success was not without hard work and some hardship. The Brampton, Ont. resident paid her dues by singing in bars since the age of 10 and like many singers, even had to live in her car for a few nights when times were rough.
^Gershman, Michael (2004). The Baseball Encyclopedia. Barnes & Noble Books. p. 1124.
ISBN9780760753491.
^"Alyssa Reid plays free show at Rose". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013. Not only is it her first time performing in her hometown, but teen pop star Alyssa Reid will perform here this Friday (Oct. 7) at the Rose Theatre for free.
^"Art icon Jack Reid laid to rest". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2013. He was a prominent figure in the arts community in Brampton, where he resided for many years before moving to Orillia in 2006. In 1989, Reid was named Arts Person of the Year in Brampton— the first distinction of its kind in the city, and an honour that has continued to recognize important supporters of and contributors to the local arts community.
^Rockingham, Graham (10 November 2010). "Johnny Reid's family affair". The Spectator. Hamilton ON. Reid is a uniquely Canadian performer. Born in Scotland, high-schooled in Brampton, a soccer fan who got to university in Quebec on a football scholarship, he now lives in Nashville, a blue-eyed R&B singer who has dominated the Canadian country music charts for the past three years, sounding more like Rod Stewart than Paul Brandt.
^"Parkette named for yodeller Donn Reynolds". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 14 August 1998. p. 19.
^"friendly rich and the lollipop people's holloween spooktacular". Music Lives. Guelph ON. Archived from
the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013. Friendly Rich is a composer from Brampton, Canada... Friendly Rich is also the founder and director of the Brampton Indie Arts Festival, an annual event which promotes underground artists, held in February at the Rose Theatre in downtown Brampton.
^Varty, Alexander (26 October 2011).
"Short attention span led Friendly Rich to vaudeville". Straight.com. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 5 October 2013. I've always been interested in vaudeville and that whole era—and I did a lot of work, actually, in my hometown of Brampton in an old vaudeville theatre when I was developing what I do. So, I don't know, maybe something got in the water!
^Kinross, Louise (5 December 1991). "Culture aficionados invited to Brampton Dance, music crafts compete with big city". The Toronto Star. Toronto ON. p. BR2. It includes abstractionist work by former Brampton residents William Ronald, John Meredith and Ronald Bloore, who has gained international renown.
^Barclay McMillan; David G.H. Parsons; Kimberly Francis.
"Nancy Telfer". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto ON: Historica-Dominion Institute. Archived from
the original on February 16, 2012. Telfer (b Lindsey), Nancy (Ellen)... b Brampton, Ont, 8 May 1950;
^"A first for Terry". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
^"Scoring back home". The Toronto Star. p. J8. his father, a physician at Peel Memorial Hospital in Brampton
^Varteniuk, Sam.
"Scott Thompson". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto ON: Historica-Dominion Institute. Archived from
the original on January 26, 2013. Scott Thompson grew up in Brampton, Ont, and attended Brampton Centennial Secondary School.
^Watson, Duane (10 April 2012).
"There's no place like home for Tristan Thompson". Sway. Toronto ON: Torstar. Retrieved 16 April 2012. In June, the Brampton, Ont. native became the highest picked Canadian selected in an NBA Draft...