List of Canadians

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Contents 1 Architects 2 Artists 3 Astronauts 4 Writers 5 Business personalities 6 Cartoonists 7 Criminals 7.1 Alleged criminals 7.2 Wrongfully convicted 8 Educators 9 Entertainment 10 Humanitarians 11 Inventors 12 Journalists 13 Medical 14 Military figures 15 Musicians 16 Political leaders 17 Religious figures 18 Scholars 19 Scientists 20 Sportspeople 21 Other Personalities 22 Fictional Canadians 23 Lists by city 24 See also

This is a list of well-known Canadians.

[edit] Architects

• Javier Campos
• Douglas Cardinal
• Ernest Cormier, architect and engineer
• Arthur Erickson
• Dan Hanganu
• Frank Gehry
• Bruce Kuwabara, Canadian architect; (Kitchener City Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario Phase III).
• E.J. Lennox
• Firmin Lepage
• John M. Lyle, Canadian architect in the late 19th Century; New York Public Library (1897), Royal Alexandra Theatre, in Toronto (1907), Union Station (Toronto)
• John Ostell
• Francis Rattenbury
• Moshe Safdie
• Bing Thom

[edit] Artists

See also List of Canadian painters

• The Group of Seven, painters
• The Canadian Group of Painters
• The Beaver Hall Group, painters
• Frank Augustyn (1953- ), From 1972 to 1989 he was the principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada.
• Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-), artist and printmaker
• Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), painter, sculptor
• Robert Bateman (1930-), painter, naturalist
• Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter
• Emily Carr (1871-1945), painter
• Jack Chambers (1931-1978), artist and filmmaker
• Susan M. Cohen, watercolour artist
• Greg Curnoe (1936-92)
• Charles Daudelin (1920-2001), sculptor
• Stan Douglas, installation and media artist
• Marcel Dzama, painter
• Marcelle Ferron (1924-2001), glazier
• J. W. L. Forster 1850–1938, portraitist
• Daniel Gauthier, is a Canadian designer of over 100 freeware TrueType fonts.
• Pierre Granche (1948-97), sculptor
• Jack Harman, (1927-2001), sculptor
• Lawren Harris, member of the Group of Seven, early Canadian abstraction
• Ted Harrison
• Fred Herzog, photographer
• Prudence Heward (1896–1947), painter
• Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, regarded as one of Canada’s finest portrait sculptors.
• A. Y. Jackson, member of Group of Seven
• Karen Kain - principal dancer for the National Ballet of Canada
• Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), photographer
• Gabriel Krekk, (1955-), Contemporary Realist Watercolor Artist
• Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-72), painter
• Attila Richard Lukacs (born 1962), painter
• Almuth Lütkenhaus, sculptor
• Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930), impressionist painter
• Robert Markle (1936-90, painter)
• Leo Mol (1915-)
• Guido Molinari (1933–2004)
• Jean-Paul Mousseau, (1927-91), muralist
• Miyuki Tanobe (1937-), painter
• Norval Morrisseau (1931-), founded 'Woodland' school of art
• Toni Onley (1928-2004), painter
• Christopher Pratt (1935–), painter
• Mary Pratt, (1935–), painter
• Bill Reid (1920-98), sculptor
• Jack Reid
• Jean-Paul Riopelle, (1923-2002), painter
• Anne Savage (1896–1971), painter
• Jack Shadbolt (1909-1988), painter and sculptor
• Dave Sim, Canadian comic book writer and artist
• Veronica Tennant, (1946-), ballerina
• Tom Thomson, wilderness painter
• Jeff Wall, photographer
• Neil Wedman (born 1954), artist

[edit] Astronauts

• Roberta Bondar, first Canadian woman in space
• Marc Garneau, (born 1949), first Canadian in space
• Chris Hadfield, (born 1959), first Canadian to walk in space
• Steven MacLean
• Julie Payette, (born 1963)
• Robert Thirsk
• Bjarni Tryggvason

[edit] Writers

See also List of Canadian writers

• Milton Acorn, (1923-86), poet, has published 18 volumes of poetry
• Gilles Archambault, novelist, essayist, critic
• Margaret Atwood, (born 1939), poet, novelist, essayist
• Margaret Avison, (born 1918), poet, has published 8 volumes of poetry
• Earl W. Bascom, (1906–96), author, Rodeo History: Bareback Riding
• David Bergen, novelist
• Pierre Berton, (1920-2004), popularizer of Canadian history, TV personality, columnist
• Earle Birney, (1904-95), anti-conventional poet, also wrote novels, short stories, drama
• bill bissett, (born 1939), poet
• Di Brandt, (born 1952), Manitoba poet and literary critic
• Nathan Braun, (born 1980), author and activist
• Morley Callaghan, (1903-90), novelist, short story writer
• Bliss Carman, (1861-1929), poet, wrote Low Tide on Grand Pre
• Roch Carrier, (born 1937)
• Wayson Choy, (born 1939), novelist, The Jade Peony
• Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), poet/singer
• Trevor Cole, Canadian newspaper and magazine columnist and more recently a novelist
• John Robert Colombo, (born 1936, author, anthologist
• Hugh Cook, Canadian novelist
• Douglas Coupland, (born 1961)
• Robertson Davies, (1913-95)
• Timothy Findley, (1930-2002)
• Raymond Fraser, Novelist, poet and biographer
• Sylvia Fraser, Canadian novelist and travel writer
• Louis Fréchette, (1839-1908), poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist
• Mavis Gallant, (born 1922)
• Barbara Gowdy, The Romantic; The White Bone and short stories
• Gwethalyn Graham, (1913-65), wrote first Canadian novel to top a bestseller list in the United States
• Martin Allerdale Grainger (1874 - 1941), Woodsmen of the West
• Arthur Hailey, (born 1920), author of 4 New York Times #1 bestsellers
• G.R. Hambley, (born 1958), poet renowned for "The Passing"
• Louis Hémon, (1880-1913), novelist and journalist, Maria Chapdelaine
• Jack Hodgins, novelist
• Nancy Huston, (born 1953)
• Philip Hyams, (born 1954)
• Adel Iskandar, (born 1977), Al-Jazeera
• Jane Jacobs, urban sociologist, activist, author
• J. Robert Janes, (born 1932)
• Naomi Klein, anti-globalization activist
• Gordon Korman, children's author
• Margaret Laurence, (1926-87)
• Stephen Leacock, (1869-1944), humourist
• Dennis Lee, writer of children's poetry
• Robert Legget, 1904-1994, non-fiction geologist
• Billie Livingston, is a Canadian novelist and poet
• Hugh MacLennan, (1907-90), novelist and essayist, wrote Two Solitudes and Barometer Rising
• David Macfarlane, Canadian journalist, playwright and novelist
• Alistair MacLeod, (born 1936), novelist
• Yann Martel, (born 1963), 2002 Booker Prize Winner
• Leslie McFarlane (1902-77), wrote Hardy Boys books
• Earl Mindell, author and nutritionist
• Rohinton Mistry, (born 1952)
• W.O. Mitchell, 1914-98, author, Who has Seen the Wind
• Lucy Maude Montgomery, (1874-1942), Anne of Green Gables
• Susanna Moodie, (1803-85), Roughing it in the Bush
• Farley Mowat, (born 1921), Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America, Lost in the Barrens
• Alice Munro, (born 1931), short story writer
• Robert Munsch, American-born writer of children's books
• Michael Ondaatje, (born 1943)
• Steve Paikin, journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TV Ontario's newsmagazines Studio 2
• Jean-Baptiste Proulx, (1846-1904), dramatist and essayist
• David Adams Richards, (born 1950), novelist
• Mordecai Richler, (1931-2001)
• Sinclair Ross, As for Me and My House
• Gabrielle Roy, (1909-83), Bonheur D'Occasion (The Tin Flute)
• Margaret Marshall Saunders, (1861-1947), "Beautiful Joe"
• Robert W. Service (1874-1958), "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Cremation of Sam McGee", "Songs of a Sourdough"
• Jeffrey Simpson, prolific writer and national affairs columnist for the Globe and Mail.
• Carol Shields, (1935-2003)
• Jaspreet Singh, short story writer and novelist
• Elizabeth Smart, Author, "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept"
• Samuel Strickland, (1804-67), Twenty-seven Years in Canada West
• Miriam Toews, novelist
• Catharine Parr Traill, (1802-99), Life in the Backwoods of Canada
• Michel Tremblay, (born 1942), playwright, poet
• Roland Michel Tremblay, (born 1972), author, poet, scriptwriter
• Jane Urquhart, (born 1949), novelist
• George Woodcock, (1912-95), poet, critic and anarchist author of Anarchism

[edit] Business personalities

• Max Aitken, (1879-1964), "Lord Beaverbrook", publishing baron, entrepreneur
• David Asper, chairman, Canwest Global Communications.
• Izzy Asper, (1932-2003)
• Conrad Black, (born 1944), "Lord Black of Crossharbour", entrepreneur, publisher (born Canadian but gave up his citizenship)
• Willard Boyle, invented Charge-coupled device
• David Braley, CFL B.C. Lions owner since 1996-97, Hamilton businessman who owns Orlick Industries Limited
• Roy Thomson, (1894-1976), "Lord Thomson of Fleet", entrepreneur, publisher
• Samuel Bronfman, founded the distillery empire that later took the name of Seagram
• Robert Campeau, bankrupted Bloomingdale's Department Store, NYC
• Reuven Cohen - Open Source Advocate
• Jack Kent Cooke, former owner of the Los Angeles Kings and Washington Redskins
• Jack Cole, founder of Coles Bookstores and inventor of Coles Notes
• Samuel Cunard, (1787-1865), Cunard Steamship Lines
• Joseph Cunard, 19th century lumber baron on the Miramichi River of New Brunswick, brother of Samuel Cunard
• Henry K.M. de Kuyper, 1933 expanded de Kuyper Distillery to Montreal, Quebec
• Paul Desmarais, Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada
• William Davidson (1740-90), lumberman, shipbuilder, merchant and founder of European settlements on the Miramichi Valley of New Brunswick
• Michael DeGroote, billionaire, best known as a major private donor to McMaster University
• Craig Dobbin, founder, chairman and CEO of CHC Helicopter Corporation, the world's largest helicopter company
• Sir James Dunn, financier, steel magnate
• Timothy Eaton, (1834-1907), founder of Eaton's (T. Eaton Company of Canada) department stores
• Bernie Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom - largest bankruptcy in world history
• Alfred Fuller, (1885-1973), Fuller Brush Company
• Frank Hasenfratz,entrepreneur, founder of Linamar Corporation and current Chairman of Board
• Sir Édouard Girouard, railway builder, governor
• K. C. Irving (1899-1992), industrialist, Canada's first billionaire; his interests were centred in New Brunswick including shipbuilding, oil refinery, pulp, trucking, shipping, frozen foods
• F. Ross Johnson (b. 1931), former CEO of RJR Nabisco
• Ron Joyce, original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons, and primary builder of the chain
• Izaak Walton Killam, (1885-1955), major financier
• Michael Lee-Chin, CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and The National Commercial Bank of Jamaica
• Victor Li, deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, son of Li Ka Shing
• Pete Luckett, owner of Pete's Frootique and host of The Food Hunter
• William C. Macdonald (1831-1917), tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist
• Louis B. Mayer, (1885-1957), co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios
• Harrison McCain, New Brunswick potato magnate
• Sam McLaughlin, Buick Automobile Manufacturer
• Simon McTavish (1750-1804), fur trader
• John Molson, (1763-1836), founder of Molson Breweries
• Hartland Molson
• Peter Munk, (1927-), founder of Barrick Gold
• Jim Pattison, West Coast billionaire
• Richard Porritt, Hall of Fame (mining)
• John Redpath, canal builder, sugar refinery founder
• Paul Reichmann, sunk by Canary Wharf
• Edward Samuel Rogers, (1933), president and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc.
• John Roth, former CEO Nortel Networks, "the most successful businessman in modern Canadian history"....Time Europe 12/25/00
• Lino Saputo, (1937-), founder of Saputo
• Isadore Sharp, founder of the Four Seasons Hotel chain.
• E.D. Smith, Canadian businessman and politician who founded a food company that bears his name
• John F. Stairs, (1848-1904), entrepreneur, statesman
• Frank Stronach, entrepreneur, founder of Magna International.
• E. P. Taylor, entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder
• Nat Taylor, movie theatre mogul, originator of the multi auditorium movie theatre or cineplex
• Ken Thomson, Canada's richest man.
• Greg & Mac Voisin, founders and co-owners of M&M Meat Shops
• Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, Railway executive who directly oversaw construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
• Jack Warner, (1892-1978), founder of Warner Bros. Studios
• Galen Weston, Canada's second richest man
• Bob Young, self-publishing web-site- world's fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books at Lulu.com also owns the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the CFL.

[edit] Cartoonists

• Aislin, Montreal Gazette newspaper
• Blaine (cartoonist), political cartoonist
• Chester Brown, comic book creator, Yummy Fur, Underwater and Louis Riel
• John Byrne, cartoonist/writer best known for his work on superhero characters like The Fantastic Four and Superman.
• Illiad, creator of the webcomic User Friendly
• Lynn Johnston, writer/cartoonist, For Better or For Worse
• John Kricfalusi, cartoonist/writer, Ren and Stimpy
• Graeme MacKay, editorial cartoonist
• Joe Matt, comic book creator, Peepshow
• Todd McFarlane, (born 1961), cartoonist/writer, Spawn, Spider-Man
• Win Mortimer, was comic book artist best known as one of the major illustrators of DC Comics superhero Superman & Batman
• Len Norris, long-time editorial columnist for the Vancouver Sun
• Ryan North, creator of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics
• Ramon Perez, creator of the webcomic Butternut Squash
• Scott Ramsoomair, creator of the webcomic VG Cats
• Seth, comic book creator, Palookaville
• Dave Sim, comic book creator, Cerebus the Aardvark
• Joe Shuster, (1914-92), co-creator of Superman
• Paul Szep, editorial cartoonist for the Boston Globe from 1967- 2001
• Ben Wicks, illustrator and comic strip cartoonist, as well as humanitarian

[edit] Criminals

• Marie-Joseph Angélique, executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire
• Johnson Aziga, the first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for spreading HIV.
• Paul Bernardo (born 1964), murderer, rapist
• Edwin Alonzo Boyd, 1914-2002, bank robber
• Marc Carbonneau, terrorist
• Jacques Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
• Louise Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
• Evelyn Dick, committed infanticide and was convicted, then acquitted, of having murdered her husband
• Larry Fisher, murderer
• Chuck Guité, defrauded the federal government
• Karla Homolka, killer (wife of Paul Bernardo)
• Jacques Lanctôt, FLQ Terrorist
• Yves Langlois, FLQ Terrorist
• Robert Latimer, ended the life of his 12-year-old disabled daughter
• Allan Legere, serial killer. First in Canada to be convicted on DNA evidence; Dr. John Schneeberger convicted second
• Marc Lépine, killed 14 women at Montreal's École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989
• Bernard Lortie, FLQ Terrorist
• Denis Lortie, killed three people at the Quebec National Assembly in 1984
• Clifford Olson, serial child killer
• Rocco Perri, 1920s-Gangster/ bootlegger
• Inderjit Singh Reyat, the alleged bomb-maker of the device that blew up Air India Flight 182. Received a ten year sentence in 1991 after being convicted of two counts of manslaughter and four explosives charges relating to the Narita Airport bombing and pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter and a charge of aiding in the construction of a bomb in 2003.
• Lucien Rivard, drug smuggler who became the Canadian Newsmaker of the Year
• Jacques Rose, terrorist
• Paul Rose, terrorist
• Allan Ross, murderer
• Frank Ryan, gangster
• Francis Simard, terrorist
• Cathy Smith, convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi.
• Besha Starkman, Criminal, Rocco Perri's wife. ("the Brains")
• Colin Thatcher, murderer

[edit] Alleged criminals

• Grace Marks — convicted of murder in 1843, her role in the murder has never been clear, became the subject of Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace.
• Robert Pickton — charged with 26 counts of murder
• Nicholas Ribic — charged with having taken UN hostages during the war in the Balkans
• Steven Truscott — convicted of murder in 1959; as of 2004, his case is pending its third appeal on grounds of wrongful conviction
• Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri — charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of 329 passengers and crew on Air India Flight 182 and attempted murder of passengers and crew of Air India Flight 301 and the murders of two baggage handlers at the airport in Narita, Japan. They were found not guilty.
• Vito Rizzuto - alleged kingpin of the Montreal Mafia, facing charges related to unsolved murders in the United States, where he is currently being held awaiting trial.
• Bindy Johal - member of the Indo-Canadian mafia in Surrey/Vancouver B.C, shot to death in a Vancouver night club in 1998.

[edit] Wrongfully convicted

• Donald Marshall Jr. - wrongfully convicted of murder; subject of a Supreme Court of Canada case regarding First Nations rights to natural resources
• David Milgaard - served 23 years for a murder he did not commit
• Guy Paul Morin - was not only tried twice for the same crime but spent 10 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.

[edit] Educators

• Richard Lee Armstrong (1937 - 1991), University of British Columbia professor, geochemist
• Stephen E. Calvert, University of British Columbia emeritus professor, geologist, oceanographer
• Petr Cerny, University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
• Aleksis Dreimanis (b. 1914), University of Western Ontario emeritus professor, quaternary geologist
• James E. Gill (1901 – 1980), McGill University professor, geologist
• Henry C. Gunning(1901 - 1991), University of British Columbia professor, geologist
• James Edwin Hawley (1897 - 1965), Queen's professor, geologist (Hawleyite)
• Frank Hawthorne (b. 1946) University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
• Adelaide Hoodless, education and women’s activist
• Sue Johanson, sex educator
• Michael John Keen (1935-1991), Dalhousie University professor, marine geoscientist
• J. Ross Mackay, University of British Columbia professor, geologist
• Eric W. Mountjoy, McGill University professor, geologist
• Gerard V. Middleton, McMaster University professor, geologist
• Anthony J. Naldrett, University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist
• Egerton Ryerson, public education advocate
• Charles R. Stelck (born 1917), University of Alberta professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher
• David Strangway, geophysicist and university administrator
• Roger G. Walker, McMaster University emeritus professor
• The Honourable William Winegard, educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament

[edit] Entertainment

See also: List of Canadian entertainers, Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

• Pamela Anderson (born 1967), model, actress
• Nicole Arbour stand-up comedian
• Denys Arcand (born 1941), director/ sreenwriter/ producer/ Oscar winner
• Dan Aykroyd (born 1952), actor/comedian
• Jay Baruchel , Actor
• Earl W. Bascom (1906–95), actor
• Weldon Bascom (1912–94), actor, stuntman
• Robert Beatty (1909-92), actor
• Nelly Furtado, popular musician
• Samantha Bee (born 1969), actor/comedian
• Ben Blue (1901-75), actor/comedian
• Geneviève Bujold (born 1942), actress
• Steve Byers, (born 1976), Actor
• James Cameron (born 1954), director
• Rick Campanelli, He was a MuchMusic Video Jockey, currently works for ET Canada
• Neve Campbell (born 1973), actress (Scream series, Party of Five)
• John Candy (1951-94), actor/comedian
• Jim Carrey (born 1962), actor/comedian
• Kim Cattrall, actress (Sex and the City)
• Sarah Chalke, star of NBC comedy Scrubs.
• Tommy Chong (born 1938), actor
• Hayden Christensen, actor
• Sidney M. Cohen (born 1947), TV Director and program creator
• Ernie Coombs (born 1927 in Maine, Canadian Citizen 1994), children's performer (Mr.Dressup)
• David Cronenberg (born 1943), director
• Elisha Cuthbert (born 1982), actress
• Richard Day, art director, winner of seven Academy Awards
• Yvonne De Carlo, (born 1922), actress
• James Doohan (1920-2005), actor ("Scotty" on Star Trek)
• Marie Dressler, actress, Academy Award winner
• Douglass Dumbrille (1889-1974), prominent character actor
• Roy Dupuis (born 1963), actor
• Erica Durance, actress (Lois Lane on Smallville)
• Deanna Durbin (born 1921), singer and actress
• Atom Egoyan - director (The Sweet Hereafter)
• David James Elliott, born 1960, actor (JAG)
• Linda Evangelista, born 1965, supermodel
• Nathan Fillion (born 1971), actor "Firefly (TV series)", "Serenity (film)"
• Joe Flaherty (born 1941), actor/comedian
• Michael J. Fox (born 1961), actor/comedian
• Brendan Fraser, actor
• Ryan Gosling, actor
• Tom Green (born 1971), actor/comedian
• Lorne Greene (1915-87), actor (Ben Cartwright on Bonanza), TV news anchor
• Peter Gzowski (1934-2002), radio personality
• Corey Haim actor, (The Lost Boys)
• Monty Hall (born 1921), host of Let's Make a Deal
• Phil Hartman (1948–1998) - graphic artist, writer, actor, voice artist, comedian.
• Jill Hennessy, actress (Crossing Jordan)
• Natasha Henstridge (born 1974), actress, model
• Foster Hewitt (1902-85), broadcaster
• Philip Hyams (1954–, documentary film producer
• May Irwin (1862–1938), vaudeville singer, actress
• Joshua Jackson, actor (Dawson's Creek)
• Norman Jewison (born 1926), director, received The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
• Margot Kidder, Lois Lane in Superman
• Kristin Kreuk, actress (Lana Lang on Smallville)
• Tyler Kyte , Actor and Musician
• Michelle Latimer, actress (Paradise Falls)
• Florence Lawrence, was an inventor and silent film actress, who is often referred to as "The First Movie Star."
• Vanessa Lengies actress
• Eugene Levy, actor/comedian
• Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989), comedic actress
• Evangeline Lilly (born 1979), actress (Lost)
• Brian Linehan, Canadian television host, best known for his celebrity interviews on City Lights, a program produced by Citytv in Toronto
• Art Linkletter (born 1912), variety show host
• Nadia Litz, actress
• Del Lord, was a film director and actor best known as a director of Three Stooges films
• Norm MacDonald - actor/comedian
• Howie Mandel, (born 1955), comedian, talk show host (Deal or No Deal)
• Louis B. Mayer, co-founder of Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)
• Raymond Massey (1896-1983), actor
• Lois Maxwell (born 1927) , Moneypenny in the James Bond 007 Films (James Bond)
• Rachel McAdams, actress
• Eric McCormack - actor Will & Grace
• Patrick McKenna, is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor. SCTV alumnus
• Rick Mercer - actor/comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Rick Mercer Report
• Lorne Michaels (born 1944), originator of Saturday Night Live
• Rick Moranis, actor (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
• Colin Mochrie (born 1957), comedian
• Carrie-Anne Moss, (born 1967), actor, The Matrix
• Mike Myers (born 1963), actor (Austin Powers series, Saturday Night Live)
• Leslie Nielsen (born 1926), actor
• Darrin O'Brien, born 1969, rap artist "Snow"
• Sandra Oh, actress (Grey's Anatomy)
• Anna Paquin (born 1982), actress (raised in New Zealand)
• Matthew Perry (born 1969), actor, Friends
• Mary Pickford (1892-1979), actress and producer, cofounder of United Artists
• Christopher Plummer (born 1927), actor
• Jason Priestley, actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
• Ivan Reitman, producer, and director. (Meatballs, Stripes and Ghostbusters)
• Jack Richardson, music producer
• Raffi, children's entertainer
• Keanu Reeves (born 1964), actor (The Matrix)
• Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress. She was cast in Beverly Hills 90210, where she remained until 1997
• Lukas Rossi(born 1976), musician.
• Spookey Ruben (born 1972), comedic actor, director
• Mack Sennett (1880-1960) film producer
• Paul Shaffer, born 1949, musical director (SNL, David Letterman Show)
• William Shatner (born 1931), actor (Captain Kirk on Star Trek) and(Denny Crane on Boston Legal)
• Kim Schraner (born 1976), actor (Spynet)
• Norma Shearer actress, Academy Award winner
• Martin Short - actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live
• Steve Smith, main actor and writer on The Red Green Show, a Canadian television series
• Paul Soles - actor, voice of Spider-Man
• Cobie Smulders - actress and former international model. Robin on TV series How I Met Your Mother
• Ryan Stiles - actor, comedian (The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
• Stephen Stohn - television producer (Degrassi)
• Dorothy Stratten (1960-80), actress, Playboy model
• Tara Strong - voice actress (The Fairly OddParents, Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls)
• Cree Summer - Singer, voice actress (Tiny Toon Adventures, Inspector Gadget)
• Donald Sutherland (born 1935), actor
• Kiefer Sutherland (born 1966), actor (24), son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, grandson of Tommy Douglas
• Alan Thicke - actor (Growing Pains), talk show host
• Dave Thomas, Hamilton native, McMaster alumnus, and SCTV member, before leaving for movies and Grace Under Fire
• Meg Tilly (born 1960), actress, sister of Jennifer Tilly
• Alex Trebek (born 1940), game show host (Jeopardy!)
• Emily VanCamp, actress (Everwood)
• Nia Vardalos (born 1962), actress, producer, screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
• Dai Vernon (1894-1992), magician, "The Man Who Fooled Houdini"
• Jack Warner, cofounder of Warner Brothers
• Estella Warren (born 1978), model, actress
• Morgan Webb, (1978-, Host of G4TV's X-Play
• Fay Wray, (1907-2004), actress
• Neil Young (born 1945), influential singer-songwriter
• Moses Znaimer (born 1942), television mogul Citytv, Bravo!, MuchMusic

Joni Mithel - song writer

[edit] Humanitarians

• Grey Owl (Archibald Stanfield Belaney) 1888-1938 Fur trapper and Conservationist who posed as an Aboriginal person, worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
• Norman Bethune, doctor
• Richard Bucke, 1837-1902, progressive psychiatrist, theorist, philosopher, early author on human development and human potentials
• Steve Fonyo, Retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon.
• Terry Fox, (1958-81), attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research, Canadian Hero
• Rick Hansen, Paraplegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research.
• Stephen Lewis, AIDS activist, United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.
• Lester B. Pearson 1897-1972 - Former Prime Minister of Canada, won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his intervention in the Suez Crisis.
• Hal Rogers, O.C., O.B.E. (1899 - 1994) - Founder of Kin Canada.
• Jean Vanier - Activist for mentally disabled, founder of L'arche.
• Keenan Wellar - Founder of LiveWorkPlay, self-advocacy organization for people with intellectual disabilities

[edit] Inventors

• Thomas Ahearn, (1855-1938), invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater.
• Anthony R. Barringer (b. 1925), 70 patents for mineral exploration technology
• Earl W. Bascom, (1906–1995), co-invented rodeo's side-delivery chute, invented reverse-opening side-delivery chute, hornless bronc saddle, one-hand bareback rigging and high-cut chaps
• Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Invented the telephone in Canada, developed it in US. (Canadian/American/Scot)
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier - invented the snowmobile
• Thomas Carroll - first self-propelled combine harvester
• Mathew Evans - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
• Reginald Fessenden, (1866-1932), radio inventor who made the first radio-transmitted audio transmission and the first two-way transatlantic radio transmission; also invented sonar and patented the first television system.
• Sir Sandford Fleming, (1827-1915), inventor of the system of Standard Time zones in use today
• Wilbur R. Franks - invented the "anti-black-out-suit" (the G-suit)
• Abraham Gesner, (1797-1864), inventor of kerosene; known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry."
• James Gosling, (born 1956), invented Java computer language
• Sam Jacks - inventor of ringette
• George Klein, often called the most productive inventor in Canada in the 20th century; electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor and the Canadarm
• Thomas Edvard Krogh, developed technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating to further the precision of Geochronology
• Hugh Le Caine, (1914-1977), invented the music synthesizer in 1945
• Rasmus Lerdorf - invented PHP computer language used on Internet
• Elijah McCoy, (born 1844), Black inventor, automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy"
• Cluny MacPherson, invented the first general-issue gas mask used by the British Army in World War I.
• Dr. James Naismith - invented basketball
• P. L. Robertson - invented the Robertson Screw
• Thomas F. Ryan, (1872-1971) invented Five-pin bowling
• Arthur Sicard invented the snowblower in 1925.
• Simon Sunatori, Canadian engineer and inventor, best known for the invention of the Sunatori Pen
• Gideon Sundback - invented the zipper
• Lewis Urry - invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
• Thomas Willson, Canadian inventor
• Henry Woodward - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb

[edit] Journalists

• Stephen Brunt, the lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989
• Gordon Donaldson, also an amateur historian
• Barbara Frum - CBC radio and television journalist
• Ken Hechtman, Maverick journalist jailed by the Afghanistan's Taliban government as a suspected United States spy in 2001
• Peter Jennings (1938–2005), ABC news anchor
• Jason Jones (actor), senior correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
• Neil Macdonald, CBC reporter
• Robert MacNeil (born 1931), journalist, author, longtime co-anchor of the The MacNeil/Lehrer Report on PBS.
• Peter Mansbridge - currently the news anchor of CBC's The National
• Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray - editor and co-publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet News
• Peter Newman, eminent journalist and writer
• Morley Safer
• Kevin Newman (born 1959) - News Anchor for Global National on Global TV
• Steve Paikin, journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TV Ontario's newsmagazines Studio 2
• Lloyd Robertson (born 1934) - Chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson on the CTV Network

[edit] Medical

• Elizabeth Bagshaw, physician and birth control activist
• Frederick Banting (1891-1941, Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discoverers of insulin.
• Norman Bethune, (1890-1939), surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China.
• John Callaghan, Canadian cardiologist who pioneered open-heart surgery
• Tommy Douglas, introduced publicly-funded health care in Canada. He is more commonly known as the Father of Medicare.
• Harold E. Johns, was a Canadian medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer
• Jeanne Mance, one of the founders of Montreal, established the first hospital in North America, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1644.
• Henry Morgentaler - abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification
• Sir William Osler, (1849-1919), physician, called the "father of modern medicine," wrote Principles and Practice of Medicine, which was the pre-eminent textbook in medical education for many years.
• Wilder Penfield - Neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain

[edit] Military figures

• General Maurice Baril
• Gustave Biéler (1904-44), Special Operations Executive agent, executed by the Nazis
• Air Commodore Leonard Birchall
• Billy Bishop, 1894-1956, World War I Flying Ace
• Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG
• Brigadier-General Jean Boyle fighter pilot, and businessman
• Sir Isaac Brock, (1769-1812) War of 1812 general who successfully defended Canada in the early phase of the war
• Roy Brown, (1893-1944) - World War I fighter pilot officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron
• Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave
• Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie
• Harry Crerar, was a Canadian general and the country's "leading field commander" in World War II
• Arthur Currie The nation's greatest general responsible for the WW1 victory at Vimy Ridge
• Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire - UN peacekeeping General who attempted to interfere with the Rwandan Genocide, with little support from his superiors.
• General John de Chastelain
• Peter Dmytruk (1920-43), WWII Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance
• Brigadier-General Charles Drury PC, CBE, DSO
• John Weir Foote, military chaplain and Ontario cabinet minister. Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Captain Nichola Goddard
• William Hall, first Nova Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Kenneth Macalister (1914-44), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
• Alan Arnett McLeod (1899-1918) Fighter Pilot, youngest Canadian to ever win the Victoria Cross (age 18)
• John McCrae (1872-1918), soldier, poet, author of In Flanders' Fields
• Andrew McNaughton, Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
• Sydney Chilton Mewburn, was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence from October 12 1917 - January 15 1920 under Sir Robert Borden's Union Government in 1917
• Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) Theodore Meighen
• Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret'd) Cecil Merritt
• Henry Norwest (1884-1918), one of the most famous snipers of World War I
• Lt Col George Pearkes Received Victoria Cross
• Francis Pegahmagabow (1891-1952), the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I
• Frank Pickersgill (1915-44), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
• Rear-Admiral Desmond Piers
• George Lawrence Price (1898-1918), last soldier killed in World War I.
• Tommy Prince (1915-77), one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, a member of the joint US/Canada special commando unit known as the Devil's Brigade
• James Ralston, Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
• Thomas Ricketts, winner of the Victoria Cross at age 17
• Harold A. Rogers, was the founder of Kin Canada. (formerly the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Canada) is a Canadian non-profit service organization that promotes service, fellowship, positive values, and national pride
• Roméo Sabourin (1923-44), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
• General Guy Simonds
• Sam Steele (1851-1919), A member of the North West Mounted Police most famous for his command of a detachment in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush
• William Stephenson (codename: Intrepid) (1896-1989), soldier, airman, spymaster, and the senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere in World War II.
• Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart Chief of the General Staff 1941-1943, educator
• Rear Admiral Robert Timbrell
• Lionel Guy D'Artois, a Canadian Army officer and SOE agent. Awarded the Croix de Geurre for service with the Interior French Forces in occupied France, during World War II.
• General Christopher Vokes
• Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler
• General (Ret'd) Ramsey Muir Withers
• Sir James Lucas Yeo, commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during War of 1812

[edit] Musicians

See also List of Canadian musicians

• Alexz Johnson, born (1986), actress
• Bryan Adams, (born 1959), singer
• Paul Anka, (born 1941), singer
• Nicole Appleton, singer. British pop group All Saints
• Arcade Fire, a Canadian band
• Arrogant Worms, a Canadian band
• Talena Atfield, bassist and vocalist of Kittie
• Randy Bachman, (born 1943), singer
• Tal Bachman, singer and the son of Randy
• The Band (excepting Levon Helm)
• Paul Brandt, Canadian country music performer
• Lenny Breau, (1941-1984), guitarist
• Isabelle Boulay, born 1972), Gaspé peninsula. Quebec singer, songwriter and pop musician
• Isabelle Boulay, né 1972), dans La Gaspésie. Chanteuse quebecoise, auteur-compositeur et musicienne pop
• Pierre Bouvier, lead singer from Canadian rock/punk band Simple Plan
• Michael Bublé, (born 1975), Canadian crooner/big band singer/actor
• Len Cariou, (born 1939), actor/singer
• Wilf Carter, (1904-96), singer
• Leslie Cheung, (1946-2003), Hong Kong-based actor/singer
• Rita Chiarelli, Canadian blues singer
• Terri Clark, Canadian country music performer
• Bruce Cockburn, (born 1945), singer
• Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), singer, songwriter
• Holly Cole, jazz singer
• Chuck Comeau, drummer from Canadian rock/punk band Simple Plan
• Stompin' Tom Connors, country/folk singer/songwriter
• Andy Creeggan, formerly of the Barenaked Ladies
• Jim Creeggan, of the Barenaked Ladies
• Burton Cummings,(born 1947), singer-songwriter
• Chris Cummings, country music performer
• Julia Davids, choral conductor
• David Desrosiers bass guitar player from Canadian rock punk band Simple Plan
• Celine Dion, (born 1968), singer
• Fefe Dobson, (born 1985), singer/songwriter
• Georges Dor, chansonnier, composer and singer of "La Manic", novelist, playwright
• Iwan Edwards, choral conductor
• Percy Faith, (1908-76), band leader
• Maynard Ferguson, (1928-2006), band leader, trumpet
• J.D. Fortune, singer INXS
• David Foster, composer
• Nelly Furtado, pop singer
• Matthew Good, singer/songwriter
• Glenn Gould, (1932-82), pianist, composer
• The Guess Who
• Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter/activist
• Kevin Hearn, of the Barenaked Ladies
• Ben Heppner, operatic tenor
• Torri Higginson, actress
• Paul Horn, flute player
• Tommy Hunter (born 1937), country singer
• Colin James,(b. 1964), singer/songwriter
• Pauline Julien (1928-98), singer/songwriter
• Kazzer, (born Mark Kasprzyk), hip hop-influenced alternative rock musician and auto sports television personality
• Andy Kim (born 1952), singer/songwriter
• King Biscuit Boy, blues musician, member of Crowbar.
• Diana Krall, jazz singer/pianist
• Chantal Kreviazuk, singer
• David Kristian, (born 1967), film composer, electronic musician
• Chad Kroeger, singer of the popular band, Nickelback.
• La Bolduc, (born 1897-1941), singer
• Mary Jane Lamond, (born 1960), singer
• Mercedes Lander, (born 1984), drummer Kittie
• Morgan Lander, (born 1982), vocalist - guitarist Kittie
• James Labrie, (born 1963), singer Dream Theater
• k.d. lang, (born 1961), singer
• Daniel Lanois, a solo artist in his own right and producer for U2, lived in Hamilton and recorded at Grant Avenue Studios
• Avril Lavigne, (born 1984), singer/songwriter
• Geddy Lee, (born 1953), singer, bassist, keyboardist Rush
• Sebastien Lefebvre gutarist form Canadian rock/punk band Simple Plan
• Gordon Lightfoot, (born 1938), singer/songwriter
• Alex Lifeson, (born 1953), guitarist Rush
• Guy Lombardo, (1902-1977)
• Corb Lund, Canadian country and folk music performer
• Massari, (born 1980 , singer
• Fiona MacGillivray, singer/instrumentalist of The Cottars
• Raine Maida, (born 1970, singer of Canadian band Our Lady Peace
• Loreena McKennitt (born 1957), singer
• Sarah McLachlan, (born 1968), singer/songwriter
• Joni Mitchell, (born 1943), singer/songwriter
• Annabelle Chvostek, (born 1973), singer/songwriter
• Alanis Morissette, (born 1974), singer/songwriter
• Anne Murray, (born 1945), singer/songwriter
• Steve Negas, Saga drummer
• Geoffrey O'Hara, (1882-1967), songwriter
• Walter Ostanek - (born 1935), Polka, three-time Grammy Award winner
• Steven Page, lead singer of Barenaked Ladies
• Neil Peart, (born 1952), drummer, lyricist Rush
• Oscar Peterson - (born 1925) jazz pianist
• Skip Prokop, Drummer and band leader for Lighthouse + The Paupers
• Mike Reno, lead singer of Loverboy
• Ed Robertson, of the Barenaked Ladies
• Stan Rogers, (1949-1983), folk musician
• Spookey Ruben, (born 1972), singer, songwriter, producer
• Lorraine Segato, lead vocalist for 1980s New Wave group; The Parachute Club "Rise Up!"
• Paul Shaffer, (born 1949), Musical director "Letterman" show
• Jane Siberry, (born 1955), singer entrepreneur
• Sarah Slean, singer, songwriter, pianist
• Hank Snow, (1914-1999), country & western singer
• Harry Somers (1925-1999), composer
• Tyler Stewart, of the Barenaked Ladies
• Jeff Stinco lead guitarist form Canadian rock/punk band Simple Plan
• Lara St. John (born 1971), violinist
• Lucille Starr (born 1938), singer
• Skye Sweetnam (born 1988), singer/songwriter
• Tomi Swick, singer/songwriter
• Salli Terri, (1922-1996), mezzo soprano
• Martin Tielli, (born 1967), guitarist/singer/song-writer of the Rheostatics.
• Ian Thomas, Singer/ songwriter whose most memorable hit was 1973's "Painted Ladies"
• Devin Townsend, (born 1972), singer/songwriter/producer
• Shania Twain, (born 1965), singer/songwriter
• Ian Tyson, Canadian country and folk music performer
• Gilles Vigneault - his song Gens du pays has been a significant rallying song among the Québécois.
• Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), singer/songwriter
• Jackie Washington, legendary Canadian Blues singer
• Tom Wilson, Canadian rock musician
• Hawksley Workman, singer/songwriter/producer/performer
• Neil Young, (born 1945), singer/songwriter
• Alexisonfire, Canadian Band
• Matt Brann, Avril Lavigne's Drummer
• Charlie Moniz, Avril Lavigne's Bassist
• Craig Wood, Avril Lavigne's Guitar Player and ex-Gob Bassist
• Deryck Whibley, Sum 41's singer and guitar player
• Jason McCaslin, Sum 41's Bass Player
• Steve Jocz, Sum 41's Drummer
• Mark Spicoluk, former member of Sum 41, Closet Monster and Avril Lavigne's Band.
• Our Lady Peace, Canadian Band
• GOB, Canadian Band
• Scott Storch, Rap- Hip-Hop songwriter and beat producer.

[edit] Political leaders

See also Prime Minister of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Members of the Canadian House of Commons

• Bill Aberhart, (1878-1943), premier of Alberta September 3, 1935, to May 23, 1943
• Lincoln Alexander, (1922- ), Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Lloyd Axworthy, (1939- ), former Cabinet Minister
• Thomas Bain, (1834-1915), Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
• Robert Baldwin, (1804-58), Co-premier of Canada
• Maude Barlow, activist, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians
• Perrin Beatty, (1950- ), former cabinet minister, president of CBC
• Monique Begin, (1936- ), former cabinet minister
• Richard Bedford Bennett, (1870-1947), Prime Minister
• W.A.C. Bennett, (1900-79), Premier of British Columbia
• William Richards Bennett, (1932- ), Premier of British Columbia
• Thomas Berger, (1933- ), Jurist
• Big Bear, (1825-88) Cree leader
• Ethel Blondin-Andrew (1951- ), Cabinet minister
• Sir Robert Borden, (1854-1937), Prime Minister of Canada
• Lucien Bouchard, (1938- ), Premier of Quebec
• Henri Bourassa, (1868-1952), Quebec politician
• Robert Bourassa, (1933-96), Premier of Quebec
• Pierre Bourgault, (1934-2003), President of Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale
• John Bracken, (1883-1969), former Premier of Manitoba
• Joseph Brant, (1742-1807), Mohawk leader
• Molly Brant, (1736-96), leader of Six Nations women's federation
• Ed Broadbent, (1936- ), former New Democratic Party leader
• George Brown, (1818-80), played major role in confederation
• Rosemary Brown, (1930-2003), Canadian politician
• Tim Buck, (1891-1973), leader of the Canadian Communist Party
• Kim Campbell, first female prime minister of Canada in 1993
• Sir George-Étienne Cartier, (1814-73), cabinet minister
• Jean Charest, (born 1958) elected premier of Quebec in 2003.
• Brock Chisholm, (1896-1971), first Director-General of the World Health Organization
• Jean Chrétien (born 1934), prime minister of Canada 1993-2003
• Sheila Copps, PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), Canadian journalist and former politician
• Victor K. Copps, Canadian politician and Mayor of Hamilton. The city's landmark Arena, Copps Coliseum, is named in his honour
• Amor De Cosmos, (1825-1897), premier of British Columbia 1872-12-23 to 1874-02-11
• Tommy Douglas (1904-86) premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961, first leader of the New Democratic Party
• Maurice Duplessis, (1890-1959), premier of Quebec
• Lord Durham, (1792-1840), (John George Lambton)
• Ellen Fairclough, was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet
• Jennifer Granholm, first woman governor of Michigan
• Stephen Harper (born 1959), Prime Minister of Canada since the present
• C. D. Howe, senior Cabinet minister in the governments of Mackenzie King and Louis St. Laurent
• Joseph Howe, 19th century Nova Scotia politician and Father of Confederation
• Rita Johnston, (born 1935), premier of British Columbia 1991-04-02 to 1991-11-05
• Stan Keyes, (Stanley Kazmierczak Keyes), Canadian diplomat and former politician
• William Lyon Mackenzie King, (1874-1950), Canadian prime minister
• Ralph Klein, (born 1942), Premier of Alberta from 1992-12-14 to 2006-12-14, and longest serving Canadian Premier
• Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, (1807-64) co-premier of the United Province of Canada
• Wilfrid Laurier, (term in office 1896-1911), Canadian prime minister
• Jack Layton, (1950-), current leader of the New Democratic Party
• René Lévesque, (1922-87), premier of Quebec
• William Lyon Mackenzie, first mayor of Toronto and 1837 rebellion leader
• Sir Allan McNab, (Sir. Allan Napier McNab) 1798-1862, soldier, lawyer, businessman, knight and former Prime Minister of Upper Canada
• Thomas D'Arcy McGee, (1825-68), promoter of a federal union for the Canadian provinces, shot on Sparks Street, Ottawa by Patrick James Whelan
• Agnes Macphail (1890-1954) - Canada's first female Member of Parliament and subsequently a leader in penal reform for Canada
• Paul Martin (born 1938), Prime Minister of Canada 2003-06
• Vincent Massey - Canada's first Canadian-born Governor General.
• Beverley McLachlin - Current Chief Justice of Canada
• James McMillan, was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan
• Brian Mulroney (born 1939), prime minister 1984-93
• John Munro, PC , BA , LL.B was a Canadian politician. Elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 election.
• Piapot, (c.1816 — 1908) Cree Chief
• Louis-Joseph Papineau, (1786-1871) Quebec politician, reformer and 1837 rebellion leader
• Louis Riel, (1844-85), leader of two Métis uprisings (hanged for treason)
• Louis Stephen St. Laurent, (1882-1973), Prime Minister
• Jeanne Sauvé, (1922-93), first female Governor General
• Edward Schreyer, 22nd Governor General.
• Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta since 2006-12-14
• Allan Studholme, stove maker and first Ontario Labour MLA
• N. Eldon Tanner
• Tecumseh (1768-1813) Shawnee leader who played a key role in the defence of Canada in the War of 1812
• W. Ross Thatcher, (1917–71), premier of Saskatchewan May 2, 1964 to June 30, 1971
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, (1919-2000), prime minister of Canada 1968-79; 1980-84, officially approved French an official language of Canada, along with English.
• Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• William N. Vander Zalm, (born 1934), premier of British Columbia 1986-08-06 to 1991-04-02
• The Famous Five, 1920s women's rights activists

[edit] Religious figures

• Larry W. Gaiters - Presiding Bishop & Prelate - End Time Age Deliverance Ministries Worldwide, Inc
• St. Marguerite Bourgeoys - first Canadian saint
• Hugh B. Brown
• N. Eldon Tanner
• Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic - Toronto Cardinal
• Michael Power - Bishop
• John Taylor
• Merlin Lybbert
• Earl W. Bascom, Mormon Bishop
• St. Marie-Marguerite d'Youville - founder of the Grey Nuns
• St. Jean de Brébeuf - martyr
• St. Isaacs Jogues - martyr
• St. Charles Garnier - martyr
• St. Anthony Daniel - martyr
• St. Gabriel Lallemant - martyr
• St. Noel Chabanel - martyr
• St. John de Lalande - martyr
• St. Rene Goupil - martyr
• Aviel Barclay, first certified female Torah scribe (soferet) in Jewish history
• Albert Lacombe
• Alexis André, Catholic missionary priest, spiritual advisor to Louis Riel
• Alexandre Taché
• Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, "The Lily of the Mohawks", first Native American beatified by the Catholic Church
• Bl. André Besette, Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"
• Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, Catholic clergyman and humanitarian, Companion of the Order of Canada
• Lionel Groulx
• Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Foursquare Church
• David Mainse, broadcaster and founder of 100 Huntley Street and CITS-TV
• Brother Twelve, cult leader

[edit] Scholars

• Louise Arbour, (born 1947), jurist
• Jack Chambers, linguist
• Thomas H. Clark, (1893-1996), McGill Geology professor, Thomasclarkite
• Northrop Frye, (1912-91), influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
• John Kenneth Galbraith, (1908-2006), economist
• George Grant, (1918-1988), philosopher
• Harold Innis, (1894-1952), political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications.
• Marshall McLuhan, (1911-80), communications theorist, believer that "The medium is the message"
• John Peters Humphrey, (1905-95), legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• John Ralston Saul, businessman, essayist, diplomat
• F. R. Scott, (1899-1985), law professor, philosopher, poet
• Guy Sylvestre (born 1918), literary critic
• David Sztybel, (born 1967), philosopher
• Charles Taylor, philosopher
• Michael Ignatieff, M.P., for Etobicoke—Lakeshore, notable scholar and intellectual.

[edit] Scientists

• Sid Altman - Molecular Biology
• Sir Frederick Banting, (1891-1941), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
• Robert Bell, (1841- 1917), geoligist
• Walter A. Bell, (1889-1969), geologist, paleontologist
• Charles Best, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
• Wilfred Bigelow - first artificial pacemaker
• Stewart Blusson OC (born 1939) - geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist
• Bertram Brockhouse - designed the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope
• Georges Brossard, (1940-), entomologist, television personality and founder of the Montreal Insectarium
• Sir William Dawson, (1820—99), first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation
• Duncan R. Derry (1906–1987) - economic geologist
• John Dick (born 1957) - credited with discovery of cancer stem cell
• Robert John Wilson Douglas (1920-1979) - petroleum geologist
• John Charles Fields, was a Canadian mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics. the Fields Medal, is considered by some to be the Nobel Prize in Mathematics
• Hu Gabrielse, geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada
• William Francis Giauque - 1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
• James Gosling - Programmer, inventor of Java
• Gerhard Herzberg - 1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for Molecular Spectroscopy
• Claude Hillaire-Marcel - A world leader in Quaternary research. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• James Hillier - Inventor of the Electron Microscope
• David Hubel - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine for mapping the visual cortex
• Edward A. Irving (born 1927)- Provided first physical evidence of continental drift
• Doreen Kimura - Behavioural Psychologist: World expert on sex differences in the brain
• Julia Levy - Microbiologist: co-discovered photodynamic anti-cancer drugs
• Sir William Logan, (1798-1875), founded the Geological Survey of Canada, knighted by Queen Victoria, awarded the French Legion of Hono ur.
• John Macoun, (1831—1920) - Noted botanist.
• Rudolph Marcus - 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions (e.g. rust)
• Ernest McCulloch - cellular biologist created for the discovery of stem cell with James Till.
• Maud Menten - (1879-1960), medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in enzyme kinetics
• John Polanyi - 1986 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for infrared chemiluminescence
• Raymond A. Price - (b. 1933) Geologist
• Hubert Reeves - Astrophysicist and science popularizer
• Donald F. Sangster - Geologist
• Charles Edward Saunders - Marquis Wheat
• Arthur Schawlow - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (for lasers)
• Myron Scholes - 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
• Hans Selye - (1907-82) - pioneering stress researcher
• Michael Smith (1932-2000), 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for site-based mutagenesis
• Peter A Stewart - physiologist, quantitative acid-base physiology
• David Suzuki, (born 1936), geneticist and science popularizer
• Henry Taube - 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions
• Richard Taylor - 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for verifying the Quark Theory
• James Till - Canadian biophysicist, credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch.
• Irene Ayako Uchida - Cytogenticist: World-famous Down Syndrome researcher
• William Vickrey - 1996 Nobel Prize winner in economics
• Harold Williams - Geologist. World-famous expert on the Appalachian Mountains.
• Tuzo Wilson - Geophysicist. plate tectonics

For a more detailed list of renowned Canadian scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, see the outside link:

• http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientists.php

[edit] Sportspeople

See also List of famous Canadian sports personalities and Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century

• Dave Andreychuk, retired NHL hockey player
• Syl Apps, Legendary Toronto Maple Leafs captain who lead the Leafs to 3-Stanley Cups
• Donovan Bailey (born 1967 in Jamaica), sprinter
• Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), rodeo, Hall of Fame
• Jason Bay (born 1978), baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
• Russell Baze (born 1958), Hall of Fame jockey
• Jean Béliveau (born 1931), ice hockey player
• Marilyn Bell, first person to swim Lake Ontario
• Chris Benoit (born 1967), World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler
• Big Ben (1976-1999), world champion show-jumping horse
• Tommy Burns (1881-1955), World Heavyweight boxing Champion
• Myriam Bédard (born 1969), Olympic Gold Medal
• Jackie Callura, Canadian featherweight Boxer, World featherweight champion 1943
• Patrick Carpentier, Indy Racing League driver
• Don Cherry (born 1934), ice hockey coach and commentator
• Steve Christie, ex-placekicker in the NFL, who holds a Super Bowl record for longest field goal kicked at 54 yards
• Adam Copeland (born 1973), a.k.a. "Edge", WWE wrestler
• Rheal Cormier, baseball pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
• Sidney Crosby (born 1987, ice hockey player, Face of the new NHL
• Victor Davis (1964-1989), Olympic swimming champion
• George Dixon (1870-1909), first black World boxing champion; first Canadian-born World boxing champion
• Catriona LeMay Doan (born 1970), two-time Olympic gold medalist in speed skating
• Ken Dryden, retired NHL hockey player in the NHL, elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983
• Yvon Durelle (born 1929), boxing champion
• Cecil "Babe" Dye, NHL hockey player, NHL's top goal scorer of the 1920s, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1970.
• George Eaton (born 1945), race car driver
• Don Edwards, retired NHL hockey goalie, winner of Vezina trophy in 1979-80
• Stewart Elliott (born 1965), jockey
• Bernie Faloney, was a star football player in the United States and Canada
• Randy Ferbey (born 1959), curling
• Tony Gabriel, Canadian Football Pass Receiver; inducted into Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1985
• Éric Gagné (born 1976), baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers closer, 2003 National League Cy Young Award
• Marc Gagnon (born 1975), Olympic Gold medalist
• Nancy Greene (born 1943), Olympic Gold Medal in Downhill Skiing
• Wayne Gretzky (born 1961), ice hockey player
• Ned Hanlan, world champion sculler
• Rich Harden, baseball pitcher (Oakland Athletics)
• Owen Hargreaves, professional footballer for Bayern Munich and England.
• Mike Harris (born 1967), curler
• Bret Hart (born 1957), professional wrestler
• Owen Hart (1965-1999), professional wrestler
• Stu Hart (1915-2003), professional wrestler and wrestling promoter; father of Bret and Owen
• Sandy Hawley (born 1949), Hall of Fame jockey
• John Hayes (1917-1998), harness racing driver
• Ann Heggtveit (born 1939), world and 1960 Winter Olympics ski champion
• Paul Henderson, ice hockey player, scored winning goal in 1972 Summit Series between the Soviet Union and Canada.
• Matthew Hilton, world champion boxer
• Red Horner, ex-pro hockey player, helped Toronto Maple Leafs win their first Stanley Cup in 1932
• Tim Horton (1930-74), ice hockey player and the namesake of Tim Hortons
• Harry Howell, retired NHL hockey player, winner of the 1966-67 James Norris trophy
• Clara Hughes, (born 1972), speed skating and cycling medalist in both summer and winter Olympics
• Bobby Hull (born 1939), ice hockey player, nicknamed the "Golden Jet" first player in the NHL to score more than 50 goals in a season.
• Dick Irvin Sr., ex-pro hockey player. Former head coach of Toronto Maple Leafs & Montreal Canadiens
• Chris Jericho (born 1970 in the USA as Chris Irvine), professional wrestler
• Russ Jackson, Canadian footballer
• Ferguson Jenkins (born 1943), baseball pitcher, MLB Hall of Fame member
• Jennifer Jones
• Gordie Howe (born 1928), ice hockey player
• Ben Johnson (born 1961 in Jamaica), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for use of a banned substance
• Colleen Jones (born 1959), Curler
• Jeff Joslin, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
• Bobby Kerr, was an Irish-Canadian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Gail Kim (born 1976), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestler
• Corey Koskie, baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
• Joe Krol, Canadian Football quarterback (1932-53), Lou Marsh trophy winner as Canada's top athlete in 1946
• Joseph Lannin, owner of the Boston Red Sox who signed Babe Ruth
• Lucien Laurin (1912-2000), Hall of Fame trainer of Secretariat
• Kelley Law (born 1966), curler
• Ray Lewis, Track & Field, first Canadian-born Black Olympic medalist
• Jamaal Magloire (born 1978 in Toronto), NBA star with Milwaukee Bucks
• Joe Malone, ice hockey player
• Justin Morneau, MLB ballplayer for the Minnesota Twins, 2006 A.L. MVP
• Mario Lemieux (born 1965), ice hockey player
• Joanne Malar, a former freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics
• Kevin Martin, (born 1966), curler
• Mark Messier (born 1961), ice hockey player
• Ian Millar, World Champion equestrian rider
• Howie Meeker (1924-) ice hockey player, commentator, coach
• Greg Moore (race car driver)|Greg Moore]] (1975-99), Champcar driver
• Angelo Mosca, was a Canadian Football League player w/ Hamilton Ti-Cats, better known for his pro wrestling career
• Bronko Nagurski (1908-90), player with Chicago Bears, member of U.S. Pro Football Hall of Fame
• James Naismith (1861-1939), YMCA instructor who invented the game of basketball
• Steve Nash (born 1974 in South Africa), NBA star with Phoenix Suns
• Northern Dancer, thoroughbred racing champion
• Willie O'Ree (born 1935), first black ice hockey player in the NHL
• Frank O'Rourke, ex-pro baseball player and long time New York Yankees scout
• Bobby Orr (born 1948), ice hockey player
• Guy Owen (1911-52), ice skating champion
• Paul Quantrill, baseball pitcher
• Pat Quinn, ice hockey player and coach of 2002 Canadian Olympic Champions, Pat Quinn, ex-coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings and the Philadelphia Flyers
• Paris Crew, world rowing champions in 1867
• Scott Patterson (born 1970), curler, killed in a vehicle accident at age 34
• Jacques Plante (1929-86), ice hockey player (goalie), first to wear a mask in the NHL.
• Sandra Post (born 1948), golfer
• Terry Puhl, baseball player
• Andrew Ranger, Champcar driver
• Radsinsky, national team football (soccer) player
• Jason Reso (born 1973), a.k.a. "Christian Cage", TNA wrestler
• Maurice Richard, (1921-2000), ice hockey player, "The Rocket," first to score 50 goals in a season
• Manon Rhéaume, first female to be given an NHL tryout, ice hockey goalie, Olympic medalist
• Dewey Robertson, (The Missing Link) ex-Pro Wrestler
• Patrick Roy, (born 1965), ice hockey player (goalie)
• Jeffrey Russell, Hall of Fame football
• Sandra Schmirler, (1963-2000), curler
• Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater, Olympic Gold Medal
• Iron Mike Sharpe Jr., ex-Pro Wrestler
• William Sherring, was a Canadian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Summer Olympics
• Trish Stratus (born 1975 as Patricia Stratigias), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler and diva
• Shane Sutcliffe (born 1975), Canadian heavyweight champion during the late 1990s
• Greg Sutton, Canadian International Soccer Goalkeeper (Toronto FC)
• John Tenta (1963-2006), a.k.a. "Earthquake", professional wrestler
• Jose Theodore, NHL goalie, Rogaine user, and onetime Paris Hilton fling.
• Linda Thom, Woman's shooting (25m Pistol) Gold at 1984 summer Olympics
• John Tonelli, retired NHL hockey player, 1984 Canada Cup MVP
• Paul Tracy (born 1968), Champcar racing Champion
• Ron Turcotte (born 1941), Hall of Fame jockey of Secretariat
• Mike Vanderjagt (born 1970), placekicker for Dallas Cowboys, considered most accurate kicker in the National Football League, but last kick, against the Pittsburgh Steelers, went off post and thus his then-team (the Indianapolis Colts) lost the game
• Gilles Villeneuve (1950-82), race car driver
• Jacques Villeneuve (born 1971), race car driver, son of Gilles
• Larry Walker (born 1966), baseball player
• Richard Weber (born 1959), cross-country skier, Ski Hall of Fame, polar expeditions
• Mike Weir (born 1970), golfer, Masters Tournament winner
• Lucille Wheeler (born 1935), alpine ski champion
• Percy Williams (1908-82), sprinter
• George Woolf (1910-46), Hall of Fame jockey
• Steve Yzerman (born 1965), ice hockey player

[edit] Other Personalities

• Scott Abbott - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• The Great Antonio - strongman, showman, and eccentric
• The Black Donnellys - the common nickname for the notorious Donnelly family who were the participants and/or victims of a vicious community feud in Lucan, Ontario that ended with a home invasion and massacre of the family by the residents of the community.
• Yves Engler, political writer and activist
• Linda Evangelista, (born 1965), supermodel
• Chris Haney - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Josiah Henson - former slave, believed to be the inspiration for "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
• René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of Rimouski, Quebec 1696 - 1718
• Neil Macdonald - CBC journalist
• Bat Masterson - (1853-1921) gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist
• Charles Vance Millar - (1853-1926) Lawyer and financier and posthumous practical joker and birth control activist with his will.
• John Wilson Murray - Canada's first major detective.
• Daniel Negreanu (born 1974), professional poker player
• Edgar Randolph Parker - better known as "Painless" Parker - flamboyant dentist
• Alexander Ross — aka The Birdman, pre-American Civil War abolitionist and participant in the Underground Railroad
• Sue Rodriguez, (1950-94), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer and right to die advocate
• Laura Secord, heroine of the War of 1812, warned the British of a surprise American attack at Battle of Beaver Dams
• Joshua Slocum, (1844-1909) - First man who sail around the world solo.
• Margaret Trudeau (born 1948), former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

[edit] Fictional Canadians

• Wolverine - Member of the X-Men and Canadian nationalist (Superhero)

[edit] Lists by city

• List of famous Montrealers
• List of Torontonians
• List of notable Calgarians
• List of notable Edmontonians
• List of notable Frederictonians
• Famous Reginans
• Famous Winnipeggers
• List of people from Ottawa
• Personalities associated with Quebec City
• People from Hamilton, Ontario

[edit] See also

• Aboriginal-Canadian
• Asian-Canadian
• Black Canadian
• List of Canadian celebrities by hometown
• List of Canadian Jews
• List of famous British Columbians
• List of wealthy Canadians
• List of Quebecois
• The Greatest Canadian
• Category:Fictional Canadians

v • d • e       Topics in Canada
History	Timeline: New France (to 1764) · Under British Control (1764-1867) · Post-Confederation (1867-1914) · World Wars and Interwar Years (1914-1945) · 1945-1960 · 1960-1981 · 1982-1992 · 1992-Present Topics: Military history · Economic history · Constitutional history · Current Events
Politics	Constitution · The Crown · Governor General · Parliament (Senate - House of Commons) · Prime Minister · Elections · Courts (Supreme Court) · Military
Geography	Areas: Coast Mountains · Rockies · Prairies · Western Canada · Northern Canada · Canadian Shield · Great Lakes · Central Canada · St. Lawrence River · Appalachian Mountains · Atlantic Canada · Maritimes Topics: Animals · Cities · Extreme communities · Islands · National parks · Plants · Regions · Rivers
Economy	Agriculture · Banking · Bank of Canada · Canadian dollar · Companies · Health care · Stock Exchange · Taxation · Transportation
Demographics	Immigration · Languages · Religion · Top 100 cities · 2001 Census · 2006 Census
Culture	Architecture · Art · Cinema · Famous Canadians · Holidays · Identity · Literature · Music (Blues - Celtic - Classical - Hip hop - Rock) · Nationalism · Protection of · Sport · Theatre
Symbols	Coat of Arms · Flags · National Flag · Provincial and territorial · Royal symbols