List of Canadians
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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
- E.J. Lennox
- Firmin Lepage
- John Ostell
- Francis Rattenbury
- Moshe Safdie
[edit] Artists
- See also List of Canadian painters
- The Group of Seven, painters
- The Canadian Group of Painters
- The Beaver Hall Group, painters
- 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
- Pierre Granche (1948-97), sculptor
- Jack Harman, (1927-2001), sculptor
- Lawren Harris, member of the Group of Seven, early Canadian abstraction
- Ted Harrison
- Prudence Heward (1896–1947), painter
- A. Y. Jackson, member of Group of Seven
- Karen Kain - ballerina
- Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), photographer
- Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-72), painter
- Attila Richard Lukacs (born 1962), painter
- Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930), impressionist painter
- Robert Markle (1936-90, painter)
- 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
- Veronica Tennant, (1946-), ballerina
- Tom Thomson, wilderness painter
- Jeff Wall, photographer
- Neil Wedman (born 1954), artist
- Crissy Turi, (1984-), painter and aspiring ballerina
[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] Authors
- 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, famous for founding the Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA) and Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV) (and the unwitting subject of a 2005 sexual assault scandal)
- 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
- John Robert Colombo, (born 1936, author, anthologist
- Douglas Coupland, (born 1961)
- Robertson Davies, (1913-95)
- Timothy Findley, (1930-2002)
- 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
- Hugh MacLennan, (1907-90), novelist and essayist, wrote Two Solitudes and Barometer Rising
- Alistair MacLeod, (born 1936), novelist
- Yann Martel, (born 1963), 2002 Booker Prize Winner
- Leslie McFarlane (1902-77), wrote Hardy Boys books
- 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)
- 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
- Izzy Asper, (1932-2003)
- Conrad Black, (born 1944), "Lord Black of Crossharbour", entrepreneur, publisher (born Canadian but gave up his citizenship)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Peter Munk, (1927-), founder of Barrick Gold
- Jim Pattison, West Coast billionaire
- John Redpath, canal builder, sugar refinery founder
- Paul Reichmann, sunk by Canary Wharf
- 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.
- John F. Stairs, (1848-1904), entrepreneur, statesman
- Frank Hasenfratz,entrepreneur, founder of Linamar Corporation and current Chairman of Board
- 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.
- 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
- Greg & Mac Voisin, founders and co-owners of M&M Meat Shops
- Reuven Cohen - Open Source Advocate
- Edward Samuel Rogers, (1933), president and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc.
[edit] Cartoonists
- Aislin, Montreal Gazette newspaper
- 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
- Michael Lalonde, creator of the webcomic Orneryboy
- Joe Matt, comic book creator, Peepshow
- Todd McFarlane, (born 1961), cartoonist/writer, Spawn, Spider-Man
- Len Norris, long-time editorial columnist for the Vancouver Sun
- Ryan North, creator of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics
- Seth, comic book creator, Palookaville
- Dave Sim, comic book creator, Cerebus the Aardvark
- Joe Shuster, (1914-92), co-creator of Superman
- Ben Wicks, illustrator and comic strip cartoonist, as well as humanitarian
- John Kricfalusi, cartoonist/writer, Ren and Stimpy
- Scott Ramsoomair, creator of the webcomic VG Cats
[edit] Criminals
- Marie-Joseph Angélique, executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire
- Paul Bernardo (born 1964), murderer, rapist
- Edwin Alonzo Boyd, 1914-2002, bank robber
- Marc Carbonneau, terrorist
- Jacques Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
- Louise Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
- 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
- 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.
- Jacques Rose, terrorist
- Paul Rose, terrorist
- Allan Ross, murderer
- Frank Ryan, gangster
- Francis Simard, terrorist
- 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.
[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
- 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)
- Sue Johanson, sex educator
- J. Ross Mackay, University of British Columbia professor, geologist
- Egerton Ryerson, public education advocate.
[edit] Entertainment
- See also: List of Canadian entertainers, Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood
- Pamela Anderson (born 1967), model, actress
- Denys Arcand (born 1941), director/ sreenwriter/ producer/ Oscar winner
- Dan Aykroyd (born 1952), actor/comedian
- Earl W. Bascom (1906–95), actor
- Weldon Bascom (1912–94), actor, stuntman
- Robert Beatty (1909-92), actor
- 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
- 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)
- Tommy Chong (born 1938), actor
- Hayden Christensen, actor
- Sidney M. Cohen (born 1947), TV Director and program creator
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Michelle Latimer, actress (Paradise Falls)
- Vanessa Lengies actress
- Eugene Levy, actor/comedian
- Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989), comedic actress
- Evangeline Lilly (born 1979), actress (Lost)
- Art Linkletter (born 1912), variety show host
- Norm MacDonald - actor/comedian
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Jack Richardson, music producer
- Raffi, children's entertainer
- Keanu Reeves (born 1964), actor (The Matrix)
- Mack Sennett (1880-1960) film producer
- William Shatner (born 1931), actor (Captain Kirk on Star Trek)
- Kim Schraner (born 1976), actor (Spynet)
- Norma Shearer actress, Academy Award winner
- Martin Short - actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live
- Paul Soles - actor, voice of Spider-Man
- Stephen Stohn - television producer (Degrassi)
- Dorothy Stratten (1960-80), actress, Playboy model
- Tara Strong - voice actress (The Fairly OddParents, Rugrats)
- Donald Sutherland (born 1935), actor
- Kiefer Sutherland (born 1966), actor (24), son of Donald Sutherland, grandson of Tommy Douglas
- Alan Thicke - actor (Growing Pains), talk show host
- 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
- Nathan Fillion (born 1971), actor "Firefly (TV series)", "Serenity (film)"
- Emily Prange, Un-official Most Beautiful Canadian
[edit] Explorers
- Robert Bartlett, (1875-1946), Arctic explorer and hero of the ill-fated 1914 Karluk expedition
- George Mercer Dawson, (1849-1901), explored and surveyed Canadian Rockies, Canada/US boundary
- Simon Fraser, (1776-1862), established first trading posts west of the Rockies; explored the Fraser River.
- Louis Joliet, (1645-1700), explorer
- Alexander Mackenzie, first to reach the Pacific north of Mexico via an overland route
- John Rae, (1813-93), travelled widely through the Canadian Arctic
- Charles de Salaberry, (1778-1829), soldier
- William Grant Stairs, (1863-92), Victorian era explorer, discovered one source of the Nile River, first non-African to ever climb Mount Ruwenzori
- David Thompson, (1770-1857), mapped the Columbia River from source to mouth.
- Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, (1685-1749), explored Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg
[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
- 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.
[edit] Inventors
- Thomas Ahearn, (1855-1938), invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater.
- 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
- 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.
- Gideon Sundback - invented the zipper
- Lewis Urry - invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
- Henry Woodward - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
[edit] Journalists
- 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
- 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
- Lloyd Robertson (born 1934) - Chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson on the CTV Network
[edit] Medical
- 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.
- Tommy Douglas, introduced publicly-funded health care in Canada. He is more commonly known as the Father of Medicare.
- 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
- 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
- Gustave Biéler (1904-44), Special Operations Executive agent, executed by the Nazis
- Billy Bishop, 1894-1956, World War I Flying Ace
- 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
- Arthur Currie The nation's greatest general responsible for the WW1 victory at Vimy Ridge
- Roméo Dallaire - UN peacekeeping General who attempted to interfere with the Rwandan Genocide, with little support from his superiors.
- Peter Dmytruk (1920-43), WWII Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance
- 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
- Henry Norwest (1884-1918), one of the most famous snipers of World War I
- 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
- 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
- Roméo Sabourin (1923-44), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
- 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.
[edit] Musicians
- See also List of Canadian musicians
- Alexz Johnson, born (1986), actress
- Bryan Adams, (born 1959), singer
- Paul Anka, (born 1941), singer
- The Arcade Fire, considered to be 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)
- Lenny Breau, (1941-1984), guitarist
- Pierre Bouvier, lead singer from Canadian rock/punk band Simple Plan
- Len Cariou, (born 1939), actor/singer
- Wilf Carter, (1904-96), singer
- Leslie Cheung, (1946-2003), Hong Kong-based actor/singer
- 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, Canadian country/folk singer/songwriter
- Andy Creeggan, formerly of the Barenaked Ladies
- Jim Creeggan, of the Barenaked Ladies
- Burton Cummings,(born 1947), singer-songwriter
- 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
- Percy Faith, (1908-76), band leader
- Maynard Ferguson, (1928-2006), band leader, trumpet
- J.D. Fortune, singer INXS
- Nelly Furtado, pop singer
- Matthew Good, singer/songwriter
- Glenn Gould, (1932-82), pianist, composer
- The Guess Who
- 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
- Andy Kim (born 1952), singer/songwriter
- Diana Krall, jazz singer/pianist
- Chantal Kreviazuk, singer
- Chad Kroeger, singer of the popular band, Nickelback.
- La Bolduc, (born 1897-1941), singer
- Mary Jane Lamond, (born 1960), singer
- James Labrie, (born 1963), singer Dream Theater
- k.d. lang, (born 1961), singer
- 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), his band's instrumental version of Auld Lang Syne brought in the new year across North America for more than a generation.
- 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
- 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
- Ed Robertson, of the Barenaked Ladies
- Stan Rogers, (1949-1983), folk musician
- 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
- Salli Terri, (1922-1996), mezzo soprano
- Devin Townsend, (born 1972), singer/songwriter/producer
- Shania Twain, (born 1965), singer/songwriter
- Gilles Vigneault - his song Gens du pays has been a significant rallying song among the Québécois.
- Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), singer/songwriter
- Hawksley Workman, singer/songwriter/producer/performer
- Neil Young, (born 1945), singer/songwriter
[edit] 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- William Lyon Mackenzie King, (1874-1950), Canadian prime minister
- Ralph Klein, (born 1942), premier of Alberta since 1992-12-14.
- 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
- 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
- Brian Mulroney (born 1939), prime minister 1984-93
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sir William Dawson, (1820—99), first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation
- John Dick (born 1957) - credited with discovery of cancer stem cell
- 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
- David Hubel - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine for mapping the visual cortex
- 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
- Hubert Reeves - Astrophysicist and science popularizer
- 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
- 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
- Joshua Weißböck - Computer Scientist, Canadian Forces Officer.
For a more detailed list of renowned Canadian scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, see the outside link:
[edit] Sportspeople
- 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
- Patrick Carpentier, Indy Racing League driver
- Don Cherry (born 1934), ice hockey coach and commentator
- 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
- Yvon Durelle (born 1929), boxing champion
- George Eaton (born 1945), race car driver
- Stewart Elliott (born 1965), jockey
- Randy Ferbey (born 1959), curling
- Eric Gagne (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)
- 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
- Tim Horton (1930-74), ice hockey player and the namesake of Tim Hortons
- 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.
- 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
- Gail Kim (born 1976), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestler
- Corey Koskie, baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
- Joe Krol, Canadian footballer
- 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
- Jamaal Magloire (born 1978 in Toronto), NBA star with Milwaukee Bucks
- Joe Malone, ice hockey player
- Mario Lemieux (born 1965), ice hockey player
- 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 (1975-99), Champcar driver
- 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
- 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, recently fired Toronto Maple Leafs head coach
- 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
- 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
- Patrick Roy, (born 1965), ice hockey player (goalie)
- Sandra Schmirler, (1963-2000), curler
- Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater, Olympic Gold Medal
- 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
- John Tenta (1963-2006), a.k.a. "Earthquake", professional wrestler
- 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
- 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] Lists by city
- List of famous Montrealers
- List of Torontonians
- List of notable Calgarians
- List of notable Edmontonians
- Famous Reginans
- Famous Winnipeggers
- List of people from Ottawa
- Famous athletes from Hamilton
- Personalities associated with Quebec City