The following is a list of people from East York, a former municipality in Toronto, Ontario.

Athletes

• Jim Brennan, MLS player for Toronto FC
• Rob and Rich Butler, professional baseball players: outfielders
• Russell Martin, professional baseball catcher
• Glenn Smith, former NHL player for Toronto St. Patricks
• Brandon Tanev, NHL forward for Seattle Kraken
• Chris Tanev NHL defenceman for Calgary Flames
• Tamara Tatham, Basketball Player for Team Canada in Rio Olympics ^[1]
• Ron Taylor, professional baseball pitcher; physician
• Whipper Billy Watson, champion wrestler

Musicians

• Jesse F. Keeler, DJ and producer as MSTRKRFT; bassist and keyboardist of Death from Above 1979
• Still Life Still, indie rock group
• Domenic Troiano, former guitarist for Ronnie Hawkins, The Guess Who and Bush

Media

• Will Arnett, actor
• John Candy, comedian and actor
• Shirley Douglas, actress; daughter of political leader Tommy Douglas; mother of Kiefer Sutherland
• Peter Lynch, TV director
• Raymond Massey, actor
• Joseph Motiki, actor, voice actor, and television presenter
• Colin Mochrie, actor and improvisational comedian
• Kiefer Sutherland, movie and TV actor, 24
• Nerene Virgin, journalist, actress and teacher

Others

• George Armstrong (1870–1956), politician and labour activist
• Edwin Alonzo Boyd, bank robber
• Stan Butler, Ontario Hockey League coach, North Bay Battalion
• Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister (Leaside)
• Vincent Massey, Canadian Governor General
• Robert McClure, medical missionary
• Agnes McPhail, first woman to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada
• Tom Pashby, Canadian ophthalmologist, sport safety advocate, member of the Order of Canada^[2]
• Charles Sauriol, naturalist and author