Notable people Simcoe, Ontario

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1 notable people

1.1 sports
1.2 education/politics
1.3 entertainment
1.4 military
1.5 arts





notable people
sports

john axford, baseball player
rob blake, hockey player
jassen cullimore, hockey player
red kelly, hockey player
andrew penner, hockey player
dwayne roloson, hockey player
ryan vandenbussche, hockey player
rick wamsley, hockey player
ryan horvat, hockey player
annaleise carr, swimmer

education/politics

r. scott bakker, canadian fantasy author
reed elley, former member of parliament nanaimo—cowichan , current baptist preacher
robert gardner, professor emeritus, ryerson university
alexander m. hardy, former united states congressman
eric hoskins, current member of provincial parliament , ontario cabinet minister
arthur slaght, former member of canadian house of commons
david strangway, canadian geophysicist

entertainment

rick danko (d. 1999), musician (ronnie hawkins, band)
terry danko, musician (ronnie hawkins, atkinson, danko , ford, bearfoot; session musician george harrison, stephen stills, eric clapton , bob dylan amongst others)
margo davidson (d. 2008), musician (the parachute club)

military

james sutherland brown, senior staff officer in canadian expeditionary force in first world war, wrote contingency plan invade , occupy northern united states.

arts

bruce mccall, canadian illustrator , author, best known frequent contributions new yorker covers magazine. in memoir, thin ice (1997), mccall recounts childhood years in simcoe.
stella asling-riis, novelist , writer, born @ simcoe.




^ danko interred @ woodstock cemetery, new york state.
^ brother of rick danko. both dankos born in hamlet of green s corners outside of simcoe; see rick danko.
^ see canadian pop encyclopedia, biography of terry danko; www.jam.canoe.ca.
^ davidson interred @ oakwood cemetery, simcoe. see margo davidson obituary, ferris funeral homes, simcoe; www.ferrisfuneral.com.






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