List of people from Brantford
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- William Landymore, Commander Maritime Command (1964–1966)
- Percy W. Nelles, Chief of the Naval Staff (RCN) (1934–1944)
- Gordon Raphael, flying ace with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
- Geoffrey Walsh, Commander of the Canadian Army (1961–1965)
Film and television
- Andrea Brooks, actress
- Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor
- Shelley Niro, producer and director
- Michelle Nolden
- Jay Silverheels, actor; known for the role of Tonto on The Lone Ranger
Literature and journalism
- Peter Calamai, science journalist
- June Callwood, author and journalist
- Thomas B. Costain, author and journalist
- Sara Jeannette Duncan, author and journalist
- Pauline Johnson (also known in Mohawk as Tekahionwake), aboriginal poet
- John B. Lee, poet
- Marsha Skrypuch, author
Science
- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone
- James Hillier, inventor of electron microscope
The arts
- Blanche Crozier, stage actress
- Lawren Harris, founder of the Group of Seven
- Wade Hemsworth, songwriter
- Paul Kneale, artist[1]
- Casey Mecija and Jennifer Mecija, musicians (Ohbijou)
- Shelley Niro, photographer and installation artist
- Garnet Rogers, musician, singer, songwriter, and composer
- Lonnie Szoke, musician and songwriter
Politics
- Alfred Apps, President, Liberal Party of Canada
- Henry Cockshutt, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario of Ontario
- Phil Gillies, Member of the Legislative Assembly and Cabinet Minister
- Arthur Sturgis Hardy, Premier of Ontario (1896–1899)
- Dave Levac, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and MPP for the electoral riding of Brant
- William Ross Macdonald, PC, OC, CD, QC (1891–1976), served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1968–1974); Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (1949–1953)
- Lawrence Pennell, Solicitor General of Canada (1965–1968); Ontario Supreme Court Judge (1968–1985)
- David Reville, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Riverdale, 1985–90
- Jane Stewart PC, served as MP and federal cabinet minister (Minister of Human Resources)