DID YOU KNOW...

... the world famous and internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil originated and is still based in Montreal, Quebec.

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

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Artists

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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
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.
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.

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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

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Entertainment

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
Lanny Barbie, porn actress, first Vivid girl from Montreal

Robert Beatty (1909-92), actor

Chris Benoit (1967-2007), professional wrestler
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
Tricia Helfer (1974), model from Donalda, Alberta

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
Holly McNarland - Juno nominated singer.
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
Andi Muise, (born 1987), model

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)
Alexandra Quinn (1973-), porn actress from Toronto

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
Jay Silverheels (1919-1980), full-blooded Mohawk, wrestler, boxer, lacrosse player. Played Tonto in "Lone Ranger"

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!)
Tuuli - Canada's first all female punk pop band
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 Mitchel - song writer

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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.

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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

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Journalists

George Brown (1818-1880), journalist and policitcal founder of "The Globe" in 1844.

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

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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

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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

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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.

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Political Leaders

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.
Bertha WIlson, first woman appointed to Supreme Court of Canada

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

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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

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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.

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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
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Sportspeople

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
Etienne Desmarteau (1877-1905), first Canadian to win individual gold medal while competing for Canada

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

George Orton, first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal (2,500-meter steeplechase, competed for USA)

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

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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

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