List of people from Hamilton, Ontario

The following people were born in, residents of, or are otherwise closely connected to the city of Hamilton, Ontario.

Arts

Architecture and design

• Lida Baday (1957- ), fashion designer. Her namesake label is sold at Holt Renfrew across Canada, and at department stores as Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom's and Bergdorf Goodman in the US.
• James Balfour (1854–1917), architect, Canada Life Assurance Company building at corner of King & James (1883), City Hall on corner of James & York (1888).
• Daniel Gauthier (1964- ), is a designer of over 100 freeware TrueType fonts, and is based in Hamilton, Ontario.
• Bruce Kuwabara (1949- ), architect; (Kitchener City Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario Phase III).
• John M. Lyle (1872–1945), architect in the late 19th Century; New York Public Library (1897), Royal Alexandra Theatre, in Toronto (1907), Union Station (1914–1921).

Dance

• Frank Augustyn (1953- ), From 1972 to 1989 he was the principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada.
• Karen Kain (1951- ), principal dancer for the National Ballet of Canada.

Film and television

• Jean Adair (1873–1953), actress. Although she worked primarily on stage (sometimes billed as Jennet Adair), she made several film......
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