Well-Known People From This Area

Windsor

• Paul Martin - Former Prime Minister of Canada
• Alexander 'Skip' Spence - Rock musician with Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape (born in Windsor)
• Shania Twain - 5-time Grammy winning singer/songwriter (born in Windsor)
• Garth Hudson - Keyboardist/Organist for The Band, played at Woodstock (born in Windsor)
• John Swainson - Former governor of Michigan (born in Windsor)
• Jeff Burrows and Jeff Martin - Members of The Tea Party (born in Windsor)
• Mike Lazaridis - Founder of Research In Motion (born in Windsor)
• Joel Quenneville - Former NHL player and coach (born in Windsor)
• Bob Probert - Former NHL player (born in Windsor)
• Ed Jovanovski - Former NHL player (born in Windsor)
• Hiram Walker - Famous distiller of whiskey (born in Windsor)
• Thomas LaSorda - Chrysler CEO (born in Windsor)
• Ron Wilson - Former NHL hockey player & coach (born in Windsor)
• Marty Gervais - Poet and publisher (born in Windsor)
• Eddie Mio - Former NHL player (born in Windsor)
• Sean Burke - Former NHL player (born in Windsor)
• Steve Bacic - Actor (raised in Windsor)
• Richard Peddie - CEO of Toronto Maple Leafs and Pilsbury Canada (went to school in Windsor)
• Alistair MacLeod - Writer (resident of Windsor)
• Barbara Gowdy - Novelist (born in Windsor)

LaSalle

• Andy Delmore - Hockey player (born in LaSalle)
• Marc Reaume - Former NHL hockey player (born in LaSalle)

Kingsville

• Meghan Agosta - Canadian Women's ice hockey player (born in Ruthven)

Belle River

• Tie Domi - Former NHL hockey player (born in Windsor, grew up in Belle River)

Tecumseh

• Tim Kerr - Former NHL hockey player who had four 50-goal seasons (born in Windsor, grew up in Tecumseh)

Leamington

• Darren McCarty - NHL hockey player (born in Leamington)
• David Suzuki - Environmental activist (spent some of his childhood in Leamington)

Chatham-Kent

• Robertson Davies - 20th century novelist & playright, wrote 11 novels (born in Thamesville
Doug Melvin - General Manager of the Milwaukee Brewers (born in Chatham)
• Ferguson Jenkins - Hall of fame Baseball pitcher (born in Chatham)
• James Couzens -U.S. senator, V.P. of Ford Motor Company, Mayor of Detroit (born in Chatham)
• Dave Gagner - Former NHL hockey player
• Michelle Wright - Country singer (born in Chatham)

I'm sure I probably missed quite a few.. There's probably more people on here than one might expect. However, if you removed athletes and musicians, this wouldn't be that large of a list.