Famous Canadians

Famous Canadians
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This is a list of Canadians, people born in Canada, or who became citizens of Canada, grouped by their area of notability.

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Architects

Douglas Cardinal OC RAIC (1934-) - architect of Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ernest Cormier OC RAIC (1885-1980) - architect of Supreme Court of Canada building
Arthur Erickson CC RAIC (1924-2008) - architect of Simon Fraser University, Robson Square, and the Embassy of Canada in Washington
Étienne Gaboury RAIC OAA (1930-) - architect of the Embassy of Canada in Mexico and the Royal Canadian Mint building in Winnipeg
Frank Gehry CC LLD (hc) PhD (hc) DEng (hc) DArch (hc) DA (hc) AIA (1929-) - architect of Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Experience Music Project, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the Art Gallery of Ontario
Dan Hanganu OQ DArch (hc) RAIC OAQ (1946-) - architect of Pointe-à-Callière Museum and Montreal Archival Centre
Stephen Irwin RAIC RIBA OAA (c. 1944-) - architect of Purdy's Wharf
Bruce Kuwabara FRAIC OAA AIA (1949-) RAIC - architect of the Gardiner Museum, and Kitchener City Hall
E.J. Lennox RAIC OAA (1854-1933) - architect of Old City Hall in Toronto, and Casa Loma
John M. Lyle FRIBA OAA (1872-1945) RAIC - architect of the New York Public Library, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, and Toronto's Union Station
John Ostell (1813-1892) - architect of the McGill University Arts Building, and the Montreal Custom House
Francis Rattenbury RAIC AIBC (1867-1935) - architect of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, and the Empress Hotel
Moshe Safdie CC LLD (hc) FRAIC FAIA (1938-) - architect of Habitat 67, the National Gallery of Canada, and Vancouver Library Square
Fariborz Sahba (1948-) Masters degree from Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran - architect of Lotus Temple, and Terraces (Bahá'í)
Bing Thom CM FRAIC AIBC (1940-) - architect of Central City Centre
Ronald Thom FRAIC AIBC (1923–1986) - architect of Massey College, the Shaw Theatre, and Trent University

Artists

Cartoonists

Mustafa Al-Habib (1971-) - creator of Space Moose from 1989-1999
Danny Antonucci (1957-) - creator of Ed Edd n Eddy, Lupo the Butcher, and The Brothers Grunt
Chester Brown (1960-) - creator of Yummy Fur, Underwater and Louis Riel
John Byrne (1950-) - influenced superhero characters like The Fantastic Four and Superman
Andy Donato (1937-) - editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun
Hal Foster (1892-1982) - artist for Tarzan comic strip, creator of Prince Valiant
J.D. Frazer (1965-) - (moniker: Illiad) creator of the webcomic User Friendly
Gregory Gallant (1962-) - (moniker: Seth) creator of Palookaville
Lynn Johnston CM OM (1947-) - creator of For Better or For Worse
John Kricfalusi (1955-) - (moniker: John K.) creator of Ren and Stimpy
Graeme MacKay (1968-) - editorial cartoonist
Todd McFarlane (1961-) - creator of Spawn
Win Mortimer (1919-1998) - illustrator for DC Comics' Superman and Batman
Terry Mosher OC DLitt (hc) (1942-) - (moniker: Aislin) Montreal Gazette newspaper
Len Norris (1919-1997) - long-time editorial columnist for the Vancouver Sun
Ryan North (1980-) - creator of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics
Scott Ramsoomair (1981-) - creator of the webcomic VG Cats
Dave Sim (1956-) - creator of Cerebus the Aardvark
Joe Shuster (1914-1992) - co-creator of Superman
Paul Szep (1941-) - editorial cartoonist for the Boston Globe from 1967-2001
Ben Wicks CM (1926-2000) - illustrator, comic strip cartoonist, and humanitarian

Astronauts

Roberta Bondar.

Roberta Bondar OC OOnt ScD (hc) FRCP(C) FRSC (1945-) - first Canadian woman in space
Marc Garneau CC CD ScD (hc) (1949-) - first Canadian man in space
Chris Hadfield OOnt MSC LLD (hc) DEng (hc) (1959-) - first Canadian to walk in space.
Steven MacLean ScD (hc) (1954-)
Julie Payette CQ FMC (1963-)
Robert Thirsk (1953-)
Bjarni Tryggvason ScD (hc) (1945-2009)

Athletes

Main articles: List of famous Canadian sports personalities and Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century

Business personalities

Sir Aitken, Max, Baron Beaverbrook PC (1879-1964) - publishing baron, entrepreneur
Asper, David (1958-) - chairman, Canwest Global Communications
Asper, Izzy OC QC OM PhD (hc) LLD (hc) (1932-2003) - chairman, Canwest Global Communications
Black, Conrad, Lord Black of Crossharbour OC PC KCSG LLD (hc) (1944-) - entrepreneur, publisher
Boyle, Willard (1924-) - invented Charge-coupled device
Thomson, Roy, Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE DLitt (hc) DCL (hc) LLD (hc) DHL (hc) (1894-1976) - entrepreneur, publisher
Bronfman, Samuel CC (1889-1971) - founder of Seagram's
Campeau, Robert (1923-) - real-estate mogul
Cooke, Jack Kent (1912-1997) - owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, Washington Redskins and the Chrysler Building
Sir Cunard, Samuel Bt (1787-1865) - founder of Cunard Line
Desmarais, Paul PC CC LLD (hc) (1927-) - Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada
Davidson, William (1740-1790) - lumberman, shipbuilder, merchant
DeGroote, Michael OC (1932-) - businessman and philanthropist

Timothy Eaton.

Dobbin, Craig OC ScD (hc) LLD (hc) (1935-2006) - founder, chairman and CEO of CHC Helicopter Corporation
Sir Dunn, James Ham et Bt (1874-1956) - financier, steel magnate
Eaton, Timothy (1834-1907) - founder of Eaton's department stores
Ebbers, Bernie LLD (hc) (1941-) - former CEO of WorldCom
Fuller, Alfred (1885-1973) - Fuller Brush Company
Sir Girouard, Édouard KSMG (1867-1932) - railway builder, governor
Irving, K. C. OC ONB (1899-1992) - industrialist
Johnson, F. Ross (1931-) - former CEO of RJR Nabisco
Joyce, Ron CM DComm (hc) (1930-) - original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons, primary builder of the chain
Killam, Izaak Walton (1885-1955) - major financier
Laliberté, Guy OC CQ (1959-) - founder and owner of the Cirque du Soleil
Lee-Chin, Michael LLD (hc) (1951-) - CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and The National Commercial Bank of Jamaica
Li, Victor (1964-) - deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited
Luckett, Pete (unknown) - owner of Pete's Frootique and host of The Food Hunter
Sir Macdonald, William C. (1831-1917) - tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist
Mayer, Louis B. (1885-1957) - co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios
McCain, Harrison CC ONB (1927-2004) - New Brunswick potato magnate
Colonel McLaughlin, Samuel CC CD ED LLD (hc) (1871-1972) - Buick automobile manufacturer
McTavish, Simon (1750-1804) - fur trader
Molson, John (1763-1836) - founder of Molson Breweries
Molson, Hartland OC GOQ OBE DCL (hc) (1907-2002) - Senator, President of Molson Breweries
Munk, Peter OC LLD (hc) (1927-) - founder of Barrick Gold
Pattison, Jim CM OBC (1928-) - chairman, president, CEO, and owner of the Jim Pattison Group
Porritt, Richard OC LLD (hc) (1901-1985) - mining industry executive
Pouliot, Jean (1923-2004) - founder of CFCF et Télévision Quatre Saisons
Redpath, John (1796-1869) - canal builder, sugar refinery founder
Reichmann, Paul (1930-) - developer of Canary Wharf
Rogers, Edward Samuel OC ScD (hc) (1933-2008) - Was president and CEO of Rogers Communications
Roth, John (1942-) - former CEO Nortel Networks
Saputo, Lino (1937-) - founder of Saputo
Sharp, Isadore OC LLD (hc) DComm (hc) (1931-) - founder of the Four Seasons Hotel chain
Smith, E.D. (1858-1943) - founder of E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd
Stairs, John F. (1848-1904) - entrepreneur, statesman
Stronach, Frank CM (1932-) - entrepreneur, founder of Magna International
Taylor, E. P. (1901-1989) - entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder
Taylor, Nat (unknown) - originator of cineplex
Thomson, Kenneth, Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923-2006)
Sir Van Horne, William Cornelius KCMG (1843-1915) - constructed the Canadian Pacific Railway
Warner, Jack (1892-1978) - founder of Warner Bros. Studios
Weston, Galen OC OOnt (1940-) - owner of Loblaws, Holt Renfrew, and Selfridges
Young, Bob (unknown) - self-publishing web-site, owner of CFL Hamilton Tiger Cats

Criminals

Angélique, Marie-Joseph (1720-1734) - executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire
Aziga, Johnson (1956-) - first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for spreading HIV
Bernardo, Paul (1964-) - murderer, rapist
Blass, Richard (1945-1975) - multiple murderer
Boyd, Edwin Alonzo (1914-2002) - bank robber
Carbonneau, Marc (1933-) - terrorist
Cossette-Trudel, Jacques (1947-) - terrorist
Cossette-Trudel, Louise (1947-) - terrorist
Dick, Evelyn (1920-) - convicted of infanticide; convicted and acquitted of having murdered her husband
Fisher, Larry (1949-) - convicted of the murder for which David Milgaard (see "Wrongfully convicted", below) was originally convicted and subsequently exonerated
Guité, Charles (c. 1943-) - fraud
Homolka, Karla (1970-) - murderer
Bindy Johal (b.? - 1998), Vancouver gangster
Lanctôt, Jacques (1945-) - FLQ Terrorist
Langlois, Yves (1947-) FLQ Terrorist
Latimer, Robert (1953-) - murderer
Legere, Allan (1948-) - serial killer
Lépine, Marc (1964-1989) - mass murderer
Lortie, Bernard (1951-) - FLQ Terrorist
Lortie, Denis (unknown) - murderer
Marks, Grace (1828-unknown) — convicted of murder in 1843
Allan McLean (1855-1881), son of Fort Kamloops Chief Trader and leader and eldest of the group known as the Wild McLean Boys, who went on a killing spree with his brothers and accomplice Alex Hare in the British Columbia Interior in 1876
Olson, Clifford (1940-) - serial child murderer
Perri, Rocco (1887-c. 1944) - gangster, bootlegger
Pickton, Robert (1949-) - serial murderer
Reyat, Inderjit Singh (unknown) - terrorist
Rivard, Lucien (c. 1915-2002) - narcotics smuggler
Rose, Jacques (1947-) - terrorist
Rose, Paul (1943-) - terrorist
Ross, Allan (c. 1945-) - murderer
Ryan, Frank (1942-) - gangster
Simard, Francis (1946-) - terrorist
Slumach (b? - 1891), a Katzie man convicted and hung for the murder of Louis Bee, a Kanaka (Hawaiian) half-breed
Smith, Cathy (1948-) - convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi
Starkman, Besha (1889-1930) - gangster
Thatcher, Colin (1938-) - murderer

Wrongfully convicted

Baltovich, Robert (1965-) - wrongfully convicted of murder
Marshall, Donald (1953-2009) - wrongfully convicted of murder
Milgaard, David (1952-) - wrongfully convicted of murder
Morin, Guy Paul (unknown) - wrongfully convicted of murder
Sam, Louie - wrongfully accused of murder and hung by lynch mob in Whatcom County, Washington
Truscott, Steven (1945-) - wrongfully convicted of murder

Educators

Ambrose, J. Willis (c. 1911-unknown) - Queen's University professor
Armstrong, Richard Lee FRSC (1937-1991) - University of British Columbia professor, geochemist
Calvert, Stephen E. FRSC (1962-) - University of British Columbia emeritus professor, geologist, oceanographer
Cerny, Petr ScD (hc) FRSC (unknown) - University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
Cunning, Henry C. ScD (hc) FRSC (1901-1991) - University of British Columbia professor, geologist
Dreimanis, Aleksis (1914-) - University of Western Ontario emeritus professor, quaternary geologist
Gill, James E. (1901–1980) - McGill University professor, geologist
Hawley, James Edwin (1897-1965) - Queen's professor, geologist (Hawleyite)
Hawthorne, Frank OC FRSC (1946-) - University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
Hoodless, Adelaide (1858-1910) - education and women's activist
Ignatieff, Michael (1947-) - University of Toronto, Harvard University, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge professor, political science
Johanson, Sue CM (1930-) - sex educator
Keen, Michael John (1935-1991) - Dalhousie University professor, marine geoscientist
Mackay, J. Ross OC FRSC (1915-) - University of British Columbia professor, geologist
Mountjoy, Eric W. FRSC (c. 1930-) - McGill University professor, geologist
Middleton, Gerald V. FRSC (1931-) - McMaster University professor, geologist
Naldrett, Anthony J. FRSC (c. 1930-) - University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist
Peltier, William Richard ScD (hc) FRSC (c. 1942-) - University of Toronto professor, physicist
Ryerson, Egertron (1803-1882) - public education advocate
Simpson, Colin (c. 1965-) - George Brown College, best-selling author
Stelck, Charles R. OC ScD (hc) FRSC (1917-) - University of Alberta professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher
Strangway, David OC ScD (hc) FRSC (c. 1935-) - geophysicist and university administrator
Symons, Thomas CC OOnt (c. 1929-) - Founding President of Trent University, Professor of Canadian Studies
Walker, Roger G. FRSC (unknown) - McMaster University emeritus professor
Winegard, William PC OC (1924-) - educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament

Fashion

Dean and Dan Caten (1965-) - Renowned designers known as Dsquared , honoured on the Canadian Walk of Fame
Cojocaru, Steven (1962-) - (known as Cojo) fashion critic and correspondent on Entertainment Tonight
Evangelista, Linda (1965-) - fashion model
Harlow, Shalom (1973-) - fashion model and actress
Manuel, Jay (1972-) - fashion expert on America's Next Top Model and "Canada's Next Top Model"
Mills, Kenneth G. (1923-2004) - fashion designer
Schnarre, Monika (1971-) - fashion model
Barry, Ben (1983-) - founder and CEO of the Ben Barry Agency
Stam, Jessica - fashion model
Keshia Chante (1988-) - fashion model and singer
Daria Werbowy - Polish-born Canadian fashion model.
Coco Rocha - fashion model

Humanitarians

Belaney, Archibald Stanfield (1888-1938) - (known as Grey Owl) conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Bethune, Norman
Bucke, Richard Maurice FRSC (1837-1902) - psychiatrist, philosopher, early author on human development and human potentials
Fonyo, Steve OC (1966-) - retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon
Fox, Terry CC OD (1958-1981) - attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research
Hansen, Rick CC OBC LLD (hc) DLitt (hc) (1957-) - paraplegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research
Lewis, Stephen CC (1937-) - AIDS activist, United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
Rogers, Harold OC OBE (1899-1994) - founder of Kin Canada
Vanier, Jean CC GOQ (1928-) - activist for mentally disabled, founder of L'Arche
Arbour, Louise (1947-) - former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

Inventors

Abbott, Scott (unknown) - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
Ahearn, Thomas PC(1855-1938) - invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater
Barringer, Anthony R. (1925-) - 70 patents for mineral exploration technology
Bascom, Earl W. (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
Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) - born in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States
Bombardier, Joseph-Armand (1907-1964) - invented the snowmobile
Bull, Gerald (1928-1990) - invented the G5 howitzer and the Iraqi supergun
Carroll, Thomas (unknown) - developed first self-propelled combine harvester
Evans, Mathew (unknown) - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
Fenerty, Charles (c.1821-1892) - Canadian inventor of the wood pulp process for making paper.
Fessenden, Reginald (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 Fleming, Sandford KCMG DSc (hc) FRSC (1827-1915) - inventor of the system of Standard Time zones
Franks, Wilbur R. OBE (1901-1986) - invented the anti-black-out-suit (the G-suit)
Gesner, Abraham Pineo (1797-1864) - inventor of kerosene; known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry"
Gosling, James OC (1956-) - invented Java computer language
Haney, Chris (1968-) - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
Jacks, Sam (1915-1975) - inventor of ringette
Klein, George OC MBE LLD (hc) (1904-1992) - developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and the Canadarm
Krogh, Thomas Edward ScD (hc) FRSC (1936-) - developed technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating to further the precision of geochronology
Le Caine, Hugh (1914-1977) - invented the music synthesizer in 1945
McCoy, Elijah (1844-1929) - developed automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy"
MacPherson, Cluny (1879-1966) - invented the first general-issue gas mask used by the British Army in World War I
Naismith, James (1861-1939) - invented basketball
Robertson, Peter Lymburner (1879-1951) - invented the Robertson Screw
Ryan, Thomas F. (1872-1971) - invented five-pin bowling
Sicard, Arthur (unknown) invented the snowblower in 1925
Sunatori, Simon (1959-) - engineer, inventor and entrepreneur; created the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer
Urry, Lewis (1927-2004) - invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
Willson, Thomas (1860-1915) - invented arc lamps and process for creating calcium carbide
Woodward, Henry (unknown) - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb

Media

Brunt, Stephen (1959-) - lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989
Donaldson, Gordon (1926-2001) - amateur historian
Frum, Barbara OC LLD (hc) (1937-1992) - CBC radio and television journalist
Bee, Samantha (1969-) - senior correspondent for The Daily Show
Hechtman, Ken (unknown) - maverick journalist jailed by Afghanistan's Taliban government as a suspected United States spy in 2001
Hotz, Kenny (1973-) - the only registered Canadian journalist to cover the Gulf War
Jennings, Peter CM (1938–2005) - ABC news anchor
Jones, Jason (unknown) - senior correspondent for The Daily Show
Kesterton, Michael (1945-) - The Globe and Mail columnist
Macdonald, Neil (1957-) - CBC reporter
McNeil, Robert (1931-) - journalist, author, longtime co-anchor of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report on PBS
Mansbridge, Peter OC LLD (hc) (1948-) - news anchor of CBC's The National
Murray, Margaret (unknown) - editor and co-publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet News
Newman, Peter C. CC CD LLD (hc) (1929-) - eminent journalist and writer
Paikin, Steve (1960-) - journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TVOntario's Studio 2
Pete Parker (1895-1991) - made the first ever broadcast of a professional hockey game
Roberts, John (1956-) - CNN reporter and former host of The New Music on MuchMusic
Robertson, Lloyd OC LLD (hc) (1934-) - chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News
Safer, Morley (1931-) - investigative journalist for CBS News and 60 Minutes
Trueman, Peter OC (1934-) - original newsman on Global TV
Mark Irwin CSC/ASC (1950-)- Hollywood Director of Photography

Medical

Bagshaw, Elizabeth CM (1881-1982) - physician and birth control activist
Sir, Major Banting, Frederick KBE MC LLD (hc) ScD (hc) FRSC (1891-1941) - Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discoverers of insulin
Bethune, Norman (1890-1939) - surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China
Bigelow, Wilfred OC LLD (hc) FRSC (1913-2005) - inventor of the first artificial pacemaker
Callaghan, John OC AOE (1923-2004) - pioneer of open-heart surgery
Dick, John FRSC (1957-) - credited with discovery of cancer stem cell
Douglas, Tommy PC CC SOM LLD (hc) (1904-1986) - introduced publicly-funded health care in Canada; commonly known as the Father of Medicare
Hubel, David (1926-) - Nobel Prize winner in medicine for mapping the visual cortex
Johns, Harold E. OC (1915-1998) - medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer
Goresky, Carl A. OC (1932-1996) - physician and scientist
Kimura, Doreen (unknown) - behavioural psychologist, world expert on sex differences in the brain
Mance, Jeanne (1606-1673) - established the first hospital in North America - the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal - in 1644
McCulloch, Ernest CM OOnt FRSC FRS (c. 1925-) - cellular biologist credited with the discovery of stem cell with James Till
Morgentaler, Henry CM LLD (hc) (1923-) - abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification
Sir Osler, Sir William Bt (1849-1919) - physician, called "father of modern medicine"; wrote Principles and Practice of Medicine
Palmer, Daniel David (1845-1913) - founded the chiropractic profession
Parker, Edgar Randolph (1871-1951) - (known as "Painless" Parker) flamboyant dentist
Penfield, Wilder OM CC CMG FRS (1891-1976) - neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain
Sackett, David CC FRSC (1934-) - founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University
Till, James OC OOnt FRSC FRS (1931-) - biophysicist, credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch
Uchida, Irene Ayako OC (1917-) - cytogenticist, Down Syndrome researcher

Military figures

Billy Bishop.

John McCrae.

General Baril, Maurice OMM CD (1943-) - Military Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations, and Chief of the Defence Staff
Biéler, Gustave DSO MBE (1904-1944) - Special Operations Executive agent, executed by the Nazis
Air Commodore Birchall, Leonard CM OBE DFC OOnt CD DMSc (hc) LLD (hc) (1915-2004) - war hero
Air Marshall Bishop, William Avery VC CB DSO* MC DFC ED (1894-1956) - (commonly known as Billy Bishop) World War I flying ace
Brigadier-General Boyle, Jean CMM CD (1947-) - fighter pilot, and businessman
Major General Sir Brock, Isaac KB (1769-1812) - War of 1812 general
Captain Brown, Roy DSC* RNAS (1893-1944) - World War I fighter pilot officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron
Colonel Cosgrave, Lawrence Moore DSO* (1890-1971) - Canadian signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender
General Crear, Harry CH CB DSO CD PC (1888-1965) - "leading field commander" in World War II
Lieutenant-General Sir Currie, Arthur KCB GCMG (1875-1933) - first Canadian commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Lieutenant-General Dallaire, Roméo OC CMM GOQ MSC CD LLD (hc) ScDHum (hc) DHL (hc) (1946-) - UN peacekeeping General, attempted to prevent the Rwandan Genocide
D'Artosis, Guy DSO GM (1917-1999) - SOE agent, recipient of the Croix de Guerre
General de Chastelain, John CH OC CMM CD LLD (hc) ScDMil (hc) FLMH (1937-) - head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
Dmytruk, Peter (1920-1943) - WWII Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance
Brigadier-General Dury, Charles PC OC QC CBE DSO (1912-1991) - soldier, businessman, and politician
Foote, John Weir VC CD (1904-1988) - military chaplain, Ontario cabinet minister, and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Captain Goddard, Nichola MSM (1980-2006) - first female Canadian soldier killed in combat
Hall, William VC (1827-1904) - first Nova Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross
Macalister, John Kenneth (1914-1944) - SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
Lieutenant Colonel McCrae, John (1872-1918) - soldier, poet, author of In Flanders' Fields
McLeod, Alan Arnett VC (1899-1918) - fighter pilot, youngest Canadian-born winner of the Victoria Cross
General McNaughton, Andrew CH CB CMG DSO CD PC (1887-1966) - Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
Lieutenant Colonel Meighen, Theodore (1905-1979) - lawyer and philanthropist
Lieutenant Colonel Merritt, Charles Cecil VC (1908-2000) - recipient of the Victoria Cross
Major General Mewburn, Sydney Chilton PC (1863-1956) - lawyer and politician, Minister of Militia and Defence
Rear Admiral Leonard W. Murray (1896-1971) - Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Northwest Atlantic during World War II
Norwest, Henry MM & Bar (1884-1918) - sniper in World War I
Lieutenant-Colonel Pearkes, George VC PC CC CB DSO MC CD (1888-1984) - recipient of the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
Pegahmagabow, Francis MM** (1891-1952) - the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I
Pickersgill, Frank (1915-1944) - SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
Rear Admiral Piers, Desmond CM DSC CD ScDMil (hc) (1913-2005) - war hero
Price, George Lawrence (1898-1918) - last soldier killed in World War I
Prince, Tommy MM (1915-1977) - one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, member of the Devil's Brigade
Ralston, James PC (1881-1948) - Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
Ricketts, Thomas VC (1901-1967) - recipient of the Victoria Cross (Newfoundlander at the time of his award)
Rogers, Harold A. OC OBE (1889-1994) - founder of Kin Canada
Sabourin, Roméo (1923-1944) - SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
General Simonds, Guy CC CB CBE DSO CD (1903-1974) - commandee of the II Canadian Corps
Steele, Sam CB KCMG MVO (1851-1919) - member of the North-West Mounted Police, commander of Yukon detachment
Stephenson, William CC MC DFC (1897-1989) - (codename: Intrepid) senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere in World War II
Lieutenant-General Stuart, Kenneth CB DSO MC (1891-1945) - Chief of the General Staff 1941-1943, educator
Rear Admiral Timberell, Robert CMM DSC CD (1920-2006) - first Canadian to be decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross
General Vokes, Christopher CB CBE DSO CD (1904-1985) - General Officer commanding the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Europe
Brigadier Sir Wheeler, Edward Oliver (1890-1962) - Corps of Royal Engineers surveyor
General Withers, Ramsey Muir CMM CD LLD (hc) (1930-) - Chief of the Defense Staff
Sir Yeo, James Lucas (1782-1818) - commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during the War of 1812

Monarchs

Main article: List of Canadian monarchs

Magicians

Henning, Doug (1947-2000) - credited with reviving the magic show in North America
Vernon, Dai (1894-1992) - magician - known as "the man who fooled Houdini"
Leon Mandrake (1911 - 1993) Mandrake the Great - and his sons Lon and Ron, born in 1948 and 1949, respectively

Politicians

Jean Chrétien.

Axworthy, Lloyd PC OC OM (1939-) - former Cabinet minister
Bain, Thomas (1834-1915)- former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
Baldwin, Robert (1804-1858)
Barlow, Maude LLD (hc) DHL (hc) (1947-) - activist, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians
Beatty, Perrin PC (1950-) - former cabinet minister, president of CBC
Bégin, Monique PC OC ScD (hc) FRSC (1936- ) - former cabinet minister
Berger, Thomas OC OBC (1933-) - Jurist
Blondin-Andrew, Ethel PC (1951-) - former Cabinet minister
Bourassa, Henri (1868-1952) - Quebec politician
Bourgault, Pierre (1934-2003) - President of Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale
Broadbent, Ed PC CC (1936-) - former New Democratic Party leader
Brown, George (1818-1880)
Brown, Rosemary PC CC OBC LLD (hc) (1930-2003)
Buck, Tim (1891-1973) - leader of the Canadian Communist Party
Campbell, Kim (1947-) the 19th Prime Minister of Canada
Sir Cartier, George-Étienne Bt KSMG PC (1814-1873) - Cabinet minister
Chrisholm, Brock CC MC* LLD (hc) (1896-1971) - first Director-General of the World Health Organization
Copps, Sheila PC (1952-)
Copps, Victor K. (1919-1988) - Mayor of Hamilton
Lambton, John George, Earl of Durham GCB PC (1792-1840)
Fairclough, Ellen PC CC OOnt (1905-2004) - first female member of the Canadian Cabinet
Granholm, Jennifer (1959-) - first female Governor of Michigan
Howe, Clarence PC (1886-1960) - Cabinet minister
Howe, Joseph PC (1804-1873) - Father of Confederation
Keyes, Stan PC (1953-)
Sir Lafontaine, Louis-Hippolyte Bt (1807-1864) - co-premier of the United Province of Canada
Layton, Jack PC (1950-) - leader of the New Democratic Party
William Lyon Mackenzie (1795-1861) - Mayor of Toronto
Sir McNab, Allan Bt (1798-1862) - Prime Minister of Upper Canada
McGee, Thomas D'Arcy PC (1825-1868)
Macphail, Agnes (1890-1954) - first female Member of Parliament
McLachlin, Beverly PC LLD (hc) (1943-) - Chief Justice of Canada
McMillan, James (1838-1902) - US Senator for Michigan
Munro, John PC (1931-2003)
Papineau, Louis-Joseph (1786-1871) - reformer and 1837 rebellion leader
Studholme, Allan (1846-1919)
Tanner, Nathan Eldon (1898-1982)
The Famous Five, 1920s women's rights activists
Franklin K. Lane, 1910s United States Secretary of the Interior(1913 to 1920)

Further information: List of Prime Ministers of Canada, Members of the Canadian House of Commons, and List of Canadian senators

Provincial premiers

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Territorial premiers

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Aboriginal leaders

A sepia photograph of Aatsista-Mahkan (Running Rabbit). He is wearing what is usually described as a buckskin outfit. It is elaborate and he is holding a pole.

Aatsista-Mahkan taken by Edward Curtis

Big Bear (1825-1888) - Cree leader
Brant, Joseph (1742-1807) - Mohawk leader
Brant, Mary (1736-1796) - leader of Six Nations women's federation
Riel, Louis (1844-1885) - leader of two Métis uprisings
Piapot (c.1816 - 1908) - Cree Chief
Tecumseh (1768-1813) - Shawnee leader
Nicola 1780/1785 — c.1865) - Grand chief of the Okangan people, and jointly chief of the Nlaka'pamux-Okanagan-Nicola Athapaskan alliance in the Nicola Valley and of the Kamloops group of the Secwepemc
Cumshewa - 18th Century Haida chief at the inlet now bearing his name
Maquinna - 18th Century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Yuquot/Mowachaht).
Wickanninish 19th Century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Opitsaht/Tla-o-qui-aht)
August Jack Khatsahlano - Skwxwu7mesh
Joe Capilano - Skwxwu7mesh
Harriet Nahanee - Skwxwu7mesh and Nuu-chah-nulth (Pacheedaht)
Andy Paull - Skwxwu7mesh
Frank Calder - Nisga'a

Louis Riel. leader of the Red River Rebellion and North-West Rebellion.

Elijah Harper - Cree
Guujaaw - modern-day Haida leader
Shawn Atleo
William Beynon
Arthur Wellington Clah
Heber Clifton
Harley Desjarlais
Alfred Dudoward
Dan George - Tsleil-waututh (Burrard)
Joseph Gosnell - Nisga'a
Simon Gunanoot - Gitxsan
Chief Hunter Jack ( -d.1905) - St'at'imc
Mary John, Sr.
Klattasine - Tsilhqot'in war chief, surrendered on terms of amnesty in times of war, hanged for murder
Koyah - 18th Century chief of the Haida
George Manuel
Stewart Phillip
Steven Point - modern Sto:lo leader, current Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
James Sewid - Kwakwaka'wakw
Alec Thomas
Walter Wright

Religious figures

Martyrs

St. Bourgeoys, Marguerite (1620-1700) - first Canadian saint
St. Chabanel, Noël (1613-1649) - Jesuit missionary
St. Daniel, Anthony (1601-1648) - Jesuit missionary
St. de Brébeuf, Jean (1539-1649) - Jesuit missionary
St. de Lalande, Jean (unknown) - Jesuit missionary
St. d'Youville, Marie-Marguerite (1701-1771) - founder of the Grey Nuns
St. Garnier, Charles (1606-1649) - Jesuit missionary
St. Goupil, René (1608-1642) - first North American martyr of the Roman Catholic Church
St. Jogues, Isaacs (1607-1646) - Jesuit missionary
St. Lallemant, Gabriel (1610-1649) - Jesuit missionary

Church leaders

Alexis, André (1832-1893) - Catholic missionary priest, spiritual advisor to Louis Riel
Ambrozic, Aloysius Matthew (1930-) - Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto
Besette, André (1845-1937) - Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"
Brown, Hugh B. (1883-1975) - Latter-day Saint apostle
Groulx, Lionel (1878-1967) - Roman Catholic priest, historian, nationalist, and traditionalist
Lacombe, Albert (1827-1916) - Roman Catholic missionary
Cardinal Léger, Paul-Émile (1904-1991) - Catholic clergyman and humanitarian
Lybbert, Merlin (1926-2001) - general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mainse, David (1936-) - broadcaster, founder of 100 Huntley Street and CITS-TV
McPherson, Aimee Semple (1890-1944) - founder of the Foursquare Church
Morrow, William D. (unknown) - General Superintendent of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Bishop Power, Michael (1804-1847) - Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto
Taché, Alexandre (1823-1894) - Roman Catholic priest, missionary of the Oblate order
Tanner, Nathan Eldon (1898-1982) - Latter-day Saint apostle
Taylor, John (1808-1887) - President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Tekakwitha, Kateri (1656-1680) - "The Lily of the Mohawks", first Native American beatified by the Catholic Church

Religious cult figures

Thériault, Roch (1947-) - cult leader
Brother XII (1878-1934) - cult leader

Scholars

Arbour, Louise (1947-) - jurist
Brook, Timothy (?-) - professor, historian and writer
Chambers, Jack (1938-) - linguist
Clark, Thomas H. (1893-1996) - McGill Geology professor, Thomasclarkite
Frye, Northrop (1912-1991) - influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
Galbraith, John Kenneth (1908-2006) - economist
Grant, George (1918-1988) - philosopher
Humphrey, John Peters (1905-1995) - legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Innis, Harold (1894-1952) - political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications
McLuhan, Marshall (1911-1980) - communications theorist, coined phrase "the medium is the message"
Pinker, Stephen (1954-) - psychologist
Saul, John Ralston (1947-) - businessman, essayist, diplomat
Scott, F. R. (1899-1985) - law professor, philosopher, poet
Sylvestre, Guy (1918-) - literary critic
Sztybel, David (1967-) - philosopher
Taylor, Charles (1931-) - philosopher

Scientists

Altman, Sidney (1939-) - molecular biologist, winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry
Bandura, Albert (1921- ) - psychologist
Bell, Robert FRSC (1841-1917) - geologist
Bell, Walter A. (1889-1969) - geologist, paleontologist
Blaylock, Selwyn G. ScD (hc) (1879-1945) - chemist and mining executive
Blusson, Stewart OC (1939-) - geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist
Brockhouse, Bertram CC FRSC (1918-2003) - designer of the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope
Brossard, Georges CM CQ ScD (hc) (1940-) - entomologist, television personality and founder of the Montreal Insectarium
Brown, Moira (unknown) - North Atlantic Right Whale researcher and conservationist
Clague, John J. FRSC (1946-) - authority in quaternary and environmental earth sciences
Currie, Philip J. - world renowned palaeontologist
Sir Dawson, John William CMG FRS FRSC (1820—1899) - first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation
Derry, Duncan R. LLD (hc) (1906–1987) - economic geologist
Douglas, Robert John Wilson FRSC (1920-1979) - petroleum geologist
Fields, John Charles FRS FRSC (1863-1932) - mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal
Fraser, J. Keith (1922-), geographer
Gabrielse, Hu (unknown) - geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada
Giauque, William Frances (1949-) - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
Herzberg, Gerhard PC CC ScD (hc) LLD (hc) FRSC FRS (1904-1999) - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for molecular spectroscopy
Hillier, James OC (1915-2007) - inventor of the electron microscope
Irving, Edward CM ScD (hc) FRSC FRS (1927-) - provided the first physical evidence of continental drift
Sir Logan, William Edmond FRS (1798-1875) - founded the Geological Survey of Canada
Macoun, John (1831—1920) - noted botanist
Marcel-Hillaire, Claude FRSC (1944-) - world leader in quaternary research
Marcus, Rudolph (1923-) - Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for electron transfer reactions
McCulloch, Ernest CC FRSC FRS (1926-) - cellular biologist who - with James Till - demonstrated the existence of stem cells
Menten, Maud (1879-1960) - medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in enzyme kinetics
Polanyi, John Charles PC CC FRSC FRS (1929-) - Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for infrared chemiluminescence
Price, Raymond A. OC ScD (hc) FRSC (1933-) - geologist
Reeves, Hubert CC OQ (1932-) - astrophysicist and science popularizer
Sangster, Donald F. LLD (hc) ScD (hc) FRSC (unknown) - geologist
Saunders, Charles E. (1867-1937) - agronomist
Schawlow, Arthur (1921-1999) - Nobel Prize winner in physics (for lasers)
Scholes, Myron (1941-) - Nobel Prize winner in economics
Selye, Hans CC (1907-1982) - pioneering stress researcher
Smith, Michael CC OBE (1932-2000) - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for site-based mutagenesis
Stewart, Peter A. (1921-1993) - physiologist, quantitative acid-base physiology
Suzuki, David CC OBC LLD (hc) ScD (hc) ScDEnv (hc) ScDComm (hc) DHL (hc) (1936-) - geneticist and science popularizer
Taube, Henry FRSC (1915-2005) - Nobel Prize in chemistry for electron transfer reactions
Taylor, Richard CC FRSC FRS (1929-) - Nobel Prize in physics recipient for verifying the Quark Theory
Till, James CC FRS (1931-) - biophysicist who - with Ernest McCulloch - demonstrated the existence of stem cells
Tyrrell, Joseph (1858-1957) - geologist, cartographer, discoverer of dinosaur bones in Alberta
Vickrey, William (1914-1996) - Nobel Prize winner in economics
Williams, Harold FRSC (1934-) - geologist, expert on the Appalachian Mountains
Wilson, John Tuzo CC OBE ScD (hc) FRSC FRS FRSE (1908-1993) - geophysicist, expert in plate tectonics

Viceroys

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Writers

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Other personalities

Ariel Rebel (1985- ) French softcore pornographic model, currently living in Quebec.
Barichievich, Antonio (1925-2003) - (known as The Great Antonio) strongman, showman, and eccentric
Grant Bristow (1958- ), CSIS undercover agent who started the Heritage Front, planted as political operative within Reform Party
de Ste-Claire, René Lepage (1656-1718) - lord-founder of Rimouski, Quebec
Donnelly family - (known as the Black Donnellys) the participants and/or victims of a vicious community feud
Garratt, Owen (1968- ), artist, musician, reality TV personality
Henson, Josiah (1789-1883) - former slave, believed to be the inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin
Karam, Marc (1980-) - professional poker player
Lang, Anna Ruth CV (unknown) - recipient of the Cross of Valour
Masterson, Bat (1853-1921) - gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist
Millar, Charles Vance (1853-1926) - lawyer, financier, and posthumous practical joker
Mizzi, Sorel (1986-) - professional poker player
Murray, John Wilson (1840-1906) - Canada's first major detective.
Negreanu, Daniel (1974-) - professional poker player
Rodriguez, Sue (1950-1994) - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer and right to die advocate
Ross, Alexander Milton (1832-1897) - (known as The Birdman) pre-American Civil War abolitionist and participant in the Underground Railroad
Secord, Laura (1775-1868) - heroine of the War of 1812, warned the British of a surprise American attack at Battle of Beaver Dams
Slocum, Joshua (1844-1909) - first man who sail around the world solo
Trudeau, Margaret (1948) - former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Fictional

Evans, Tom - (known as Captain Canuck) cartoon character
Fraser, Benton - Mountie on the 90s television show Due South
Howlett, James - (AKA "Logan", AKA "Wolverine") member of the X-Men
McKay, Rodney - character on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis
Oak, Darren - (known as Captain Canuck) cartoon character
Sergeant William Preston - heroic Mountie of radio and TV series from the 1950s
Puck, Peter - Hockey Night in Canada symbol from the 1970s
Scherbatsky, Robin - a supporting character on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother
Semple, Dave - (known as Captain Canuck) cartoon character
Shirley, Anne - known as Anne of Green Gables
Spencer, Muriel - (known as Miss Spencer) wrestler and high school teacher
Welsh, Rebecca - (known as Candy Cane) wrestler and lead singer of The Killer Bambies

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Athletes

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Educators

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Media

Medical

Military figures

Monarchs

Magicians

Politicians

Provincial premiers

Territorial premiers

Aboriginal leaders

Religious figures

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Church leaders

Religious cult figures

Scholars

Scientists

Viceroys

Writers

Other personalities

Fictional

See also

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