and essayist Miriam Waddington (1917–2004), poet Tom Wayman (1945– ), poet Yudika (1898–1988), Yiddish poet Screenwriters and playwrights Ted Allan (1916–1995), screenwriter and playwright Ben Barzman (1910–1989), screenwriter Len Blum (1951– ), screenwriter Joel H. Cohen, television writer Robert Cohen, comedy writer Stan Daniels (1934–2007), screenwriter, director, and producer Evan Goldberg (1982– ), screenwriter Elan Mastai (1974– ), screenwriter Hannah Moscovitch (1978– ), playwright Sharon Pollock (1936–2021), playwright Oren Safdie (1965– ), playwright Rick Salutin (1942– ), playwright Adam Seelig (1975– ), playwright David Shore (1959– ), television writer Beverley Simons (1938– ), playwright Sandor Stern (1936– ), screenwriter Mel Tolkin (1913–2007), television comedy writer Sports Athletics Sasha Gollish (1981– ), competitive runner Abby Hoffman (1947– ), track and field athlete Gordon Orlikow (born 1960), decathlon, heptathlon, and hurdles competitor, Athletics Canada Chairman, Canadian Olympic Committee member, Korn/Ferry International partner Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904—1969), runner and long jumper Baseball Goody Rosen (1912–1994), baseball player, outfielder, All-Star Adam Stern (1980– ), baseball player, outfielder Basketball Doodie Bloomfield (1918–1950), basketball player Julius Goldman (1910–2001), basketball player Bennie Lands (1921–2014), basketball player Irving Meretsky (1912–2006), basketball player Mendy Morein (1926–2003), basketball player Cy Strulovitch (1925–2020), basketball player Sol Tolchinsky (1929–2020), basketball Murray Waxman (1925– ), basketball Canadian football Sam Berger (1900–1992), president of the CFL Noah Cantor (1971– ), CFL player Mark Cohon (1966– ), CFL Commissioner Sydney Halter (1905–1990), CFL Commissioner Lew Hayman (1908–1984), Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes coach Chess Jacob Ascher (1841–1912), chess master Mark Bluvshtein (1988– ), chess grandmaster Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), chess master Selim Franklin (1814–1885), chess master Sofia Polgar (1974– ), chess grandmaster Daniel Yanofsky (1925–2000), Canada's first chess grandmaster Combat sports Mark Berger (1954– ), judoka, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight) Maxie Berger (1917–2000), boxer Eddie Creatchman (1928–1994), wrestler and manager Al Foreman (1904–1954), boxer Sarah Kaufman (1985– ), mixed martial artist Sammy Luftspring (1916–2000), boxer, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame Fred Oberlander (1911–1996), wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion Lanny Poffo (1954– ), wrestler Irving Ungerman (1923–2015), boxing promoter and manager David Zilberman (1982– ), freestyle wrestler Figure skating Ellen Burka (1921–2016), figure skater Petra Burka (1946– ), figure skater Dylan Moscovitch (1984– ), pairs skater Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), world figure skating champion Hockey Murray Bannerman (1957– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL) Ross Brooks (1937– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL) Hy Buller (1926–1968), ice hockey, All-Star defenceman (NHL) Michael Cammalleri (1982– ),