List of Canadians
This is a list of well-known Canadians.
Architects
\n*Ernest Cormier, architect and engineer\n*Arthur Erickson\n*Francis Rattenbury\n*Moshe Safdie\n*Frank Gehry
Artists
\n*The Group of Seven - painters\n*The Beaver Hall Group - painters\n*Robert Bateman (1930-), painter\n*Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter\n*Alain Caron, jazz musician\n*Emily Carr (1871-1945), painter\n*Raffi Cavoukian - children's entertainer\n*Jack Chambers\n*Susan M. Cohen Watercolour artist, Thornhill, Ontario\n*Greg Curnoe (1936-1992)\n*Charles Daudelin (1920-2001), sculptor\n*Marcelle Ferron (1924-2001), glazier\n*Pierre Granche (1948-1997), sculptor\n*Jack Harman, (1927-2001), sculptor\n*Jean-Paul Mousseau, (1927-1991), muralist\n*Lawren Harris - group of seven, early Canadian abstraction\n*A.Y. Jackson - last member of Group of Seven (artists)\n*Karen Kain - ballerina\n*Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), photographer\n*Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872), painter\n*Robert Markle (1936-1990, painter\n*Guido Molinari (1933-2004)\n*Miyuki Tanobe (1937-), painter\n*Norval Morrisseau (1931-), founded 'Woodland' school of art\n*Toni Onley (-2004), painter\n*Bill Reid (1920-1998), sculptor \n*Jack Reid\n*Jean-Paul Riopelle, (1923-2002), painter\n*Tom Thomson - ill fated wilderness painter\n*Jeff Wall - photographer
See also List of Canadian painters
Astronauts
\n*Roberta Bondar - first Canadian woman in space\n*Marc Garneau, (born 1949), first Canadian in space\n*Chris Hadfield, (born 1959), first Canadian to walk in space\n*Steven MacLean, astronaut\n*Julie Payette, (born 1963), astronaut\n*Robert Thirsk, astronaut\n*Bjarni Tryggvason, astronaut
Authors
\n*Milton Acorn, (1923-1986), poet, has published 18 volumes of poetry\n*Gilles Archambault - novelist, essayist, critic\n*Margaret Atwood, (born 1939), poet, novelist, essayist\n*Margaret Avison, (born 1918), poet, has published 8 volumes of poetry\n*Pierre Berton, (born 1920), popularizer of Canadian history, TV personality, columnist\n*Earle Birney, (1904-1995), anti-conventional poet, also wrote novels, short stories, drama\n*Bill Bissett, (born 1939), poet, famous for incorporating sound and the visual into poetry\n*Di Brandt, (born 1952), Manitoba poet and literary critic\n*Morley Callaghan, (1903-1990), novelist, short story writer\n*Barry Callaghan, (born 1937), author/poet\n*Bliss Carman, (1861-1929), poet, wrote Low Tide on Grand Pre\n*Roch Carrier, (born 1937), author\n*Anne Carson, (born 1950), writer\n*Wayson Choy, (born 1939), writer, novelist\n*Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), poet/singer\n*Douglas Coupland, (born 1961), author\n*Robertson Davies, (1913-1995), author\n*William Henry Drummond, (1854-1907), poet, The habitant\n*Gwynne Dyer. {1943-), author, military historian, columnist on international affairs\n*Timothy Findley, (1930-2002), author\n*Louis Fréchette, (1839-1908), poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist\n*Mavis Gallant, (born 1922), author\n*William Gibson, (born 1948), author, The Neuromancer\n*Barbara Gowdy, The Romantic; The White Bone and short stories\n*Gwethalyn Graham, (1913-1965), wrote first Canadian novel to top the United states bestseller list\n*Arthur Hailey, (born 1920), author of 4 New York Times #1 bestsellers\n*G.R. Hambley, (born 1958), poet renowned for "The Passing"\n*Louis Hémon, (1880-1913), novelist and journalist, Maria Chapdelaine\n*Jack Hodgins, writer, novelist\n*Nancy Huston, (born 1953), author\n*Donald Jack, novelist, playwright\n*J. Robert Janes, (born 1932), writer\n*Guy Gavriel Kay, fantasy genre fiction\n*Gordon Korman, childrens author\n*Margaret Laurence, (1926-1987), author\n*Stephen Leacock, (1869-1944), author/humorist\n*Dennis Lee, writer of children's poetry\n*Hugh MacLennan, (1907-1990), novelist and essayist, wrote Two Solitudes and Barometer Rising\n*Alistair MacLeod, (born 1936), writer, novelist\n*Yann Martel, (born 1963), 2002 Booker Prize Winner\n*John Metcalf, writer\n*Rohinton Mistry, (born 1952), author\n*W.O. Mitchell, author, Who has Seen the Wind\n*Lucy Maude Montgomery, (1874-1942), Anne of Green Gables\n*Susanna Moodie, (1803-1885), Roughing it in the Bush\n*Farley Mowat, (born 1921), Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America\n*Alice Munro, (born 1931), short story writer\n*Robert Munsch - American-born writer of children's books\n*Michael Ondaatje, (born 1943), author\n*Jean Baptiste Proulx, (1846-1904), dramatist and essayist\n*Nino Ricci, (born 1959), novelist; winner of the 1990 Governor General's Award for Fiction\n*David Adams Richards, (born 1950), writer, novelist\n*Mordecai Richler, (1931-2001), author\n*Sinclair Ross, author, As for Me and My House\n*Gabrielle Roy, (1909-1983), author\n*Robert W. Service, Author, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Cremation of Sam McGee","Songs of a Sourdough"\n*Carol Shields, (1935-2003), author\n*Elizabeth Smart, Author, "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept"\n*Samuel Strickland, (1804-1867), Twenty-seven Years in Canada West\n*Catharine Parr Traill, (1802-1899), Life in the Backwoods of Canada\n*Michel Tremblay, (born 1942), author, playwright, poet\n*Jane Urquhart, (born 1949), novelist\n*George Woodcock, (1912-1995), poet, critic and anarchist author of Anarchism
See also List of Canadian writers for a much more extensive list
Business personalities
\n*Max Aitken, (1879-1964), "Lord Beaverbrook" - publishing baron, entrepreneur\n*Elizabeth Arden (1878-1966), beautician, and cosmetics entrepreneur\n*Izzy Asper, (1932-2003)\n*Conrad Black, (born 1944), "Lord Black of Crossharbour", entrepreneur, publisher (born Canadian but gave up his citizenship)\n*Roy Thomson, (1894-1976), "Lord Thomson of Fleet", entrepreneur, publisher\n*Samuel Bronfman - founded the distillery empire that later took the name of Seagram\n*Robert Campeau - bankrupted Bloomingdale's Department Store, NYC\n*Jack Kent Cooke - owner of the Washington Redskins\n*Samuel Cunard, (1787-1865), Cunard Steamship Lines\n*Paul Desmarais - Chairman: Power Corporation of Canada\n*Timothy Eaton, (1834-1907), founder of Eaton's (T. Eaton Company of Canada) department stores\n*Bernie Ebbers - CEO (former) of WorldCom - largest bankruptcy in world history\n*Alfred Fuller, (1885-1973), Fuller Brush Company\n*Milton and Nelson Good - first Canadian Automobile\n*Tim Horton (1930-1974) - NHL player and founder of Tim Hortons doughnut shops (now owned by Wendy's)\n*K.C. Irving - Industrialist\n*Ron Joyce, original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons, and primary builder of the chain\n*Izaak Walton Killam, (1885-1955)\n*Victor Li, Deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, son of Li Ka Shing\n*Louis B. Mayer, (1885-1957), co-founder: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios\n*Harrison McCain - New Brunswick potato magnate\n*Sam McLaughlin - Buick Automobile Manufacturer\n*John Molson, (1763-1836), founder of Molson Breweries\n*Jimmy Pattison -West Coast billionaire\n*Paul Reichmann - sunk by Canary Wharf\n*John Roth - CEO (former) Nortel Networks - "the most successful businessman in modern Canadian history"....Time Europe 12/25/00\n*John F. Stairs, (1848-1904), entrepreneur, statesman\n*Belinda Stronach - entrepreneur, stated as second most powerful businesswoman in the world, candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada\n*E. P. Taylor - entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder\n*Nat Taylor - movie theatre mogul, originator of the multi auditorium movie theatre or cineplex\n*Sir William Cornelius Van Horne - Railway executive who directly oversaw construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway\n*Jack Warner, (1892-1978), founder of Warner Bros Studios
Cartoonists
\n*Aislin, cartoonist with the Montreal Gazette newspaper\n*Chester Brown - comic book creator, Yummy Fur, Underwater and Louis Riel\n*John Byrne - cartoonist/writer best known for his work on superhero characters like The Fantastic Four and Superman.\n*Jennifer Cuthbert - The Adventures of Lollipop\n*Lynn Johnston - writer/cartoonist, For Better or For Worse\n*Joe Matt - comic book creator, Peep Show\n*Todd McFarlane, (born 1961), cartoonist/writer, Spawn, Spider-Man\n*Seth - comic book creator, Palookaville\n*Dave Sim - - comic book creator, Cerebus\n*Joe Shuster, (1914-1992), creator of Superman\n*Ben Wicks, illustrator and comic strip cartoonist, as well as humanitarian
Criminals
\n*Paul Bernardo (born 1964), murderer\n*Edwin Alonzo Boyd, bank robber\n*Marc Carbonneau, terrorist\n*Jacques Cossette-Trudel, terrorist\n*Louise Cossette-Trudel, terrorist\n*Karla Homolka, murderer (Mrs. Paul Bernardo)\n*Jacques Lanctôt, FLQ Terrorist\n*Yves Langlois, FLQ Terrorist\n*Bernard Lortie, FLQ Terrorist\n*Clifford Olson, serial child killer\n*Paul Rose, terrorist\n*Jacques Rose, terrorist\n*Francis Simard, terrorist\n*Colin Thatcher, murderer
Alleged criminals
\n*Robert Pickton -- charged with largest number of serial killings in Canadian history, and still counting\n*Nicholas Ribic -- charged with having taken UN hostages during the war in the Balkans
Wrongfully convicted
\n*David Milgaard - served 23 years for a murder he did not commit\n*Donald Marshall Jr - wrongfully convicted of murder; subject of a Supreme Court of Canada case regarding First Nations rights to natural resources\n*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.
Educators
\n*Sue Johanson, sex educator
Explorers
\n*George Mercer Dawson, (1849-1901), explored and surveyed Canadian Rockies, Canada/US boundary\n*Louis Joliet, (1645-1700), explorer\n*Alexander Mackenzie, first to reach the Pacific north of Mexico via an overland route\n*John Rae, (1813-1893), travelled widely through the Canadian Arctic\n*Charles de Salaberry, (1778-1829), soldier\n*William Grant Stairs, (1863-1892), Victorian era explorer, discovered one source of the Nile River, first non-African to ever climb Mt.Ruwenzori\n*Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, (1685-1749), explored Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg
Humanitarians
\n*Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) - Fur Trapper and Conservationist who posed as a Native American\n*Norman Bethune, (1890-1939), surgeon,inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China\n*Steve Fonyo, Retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon.\n*Terry Fox, (1958-1981), attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research, Canadian Hero\n*Rick Hansen, Parapelegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research.\n*Jean Vanier Founder of L'arche.
Inventors
\n*Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Invented the telephone in Canada, developed it in US. (Canadian/American/Scot)\n*Joseph-Armand Bombardier - invented the snowmobile\n*J. Brown - invented the washing machine\n*Thomas Carroll - first self-propelled combine harvester\n*Mathew Evans - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb\n*Charles Fenerty - pulp to paper process\n*Reginald Fessenden, (1866-1932), inventor the Radiotelephone and sonar - produced 1st radio broadcast\n*Sir Sandford Fleming, (1827-1915), inventor of the system of standard time zones in use today\n*James Gosling, (born 1956), invented Java computer language\n*Larry Hanson - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag\n*Sam Jacks - inventor of ringette\n*Rasmus Lerdorf - invented PHP computer language used on Internet\n*Elijah McCoy, (born 1844), Black inventor, automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "real McCoy"\n*Samuel McKeen - invented the Odometer\n*P.L. Robertson invented the Robertson screw\n*Gideon Sundback - invented the zipper\n*Harry Wasyluk - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag\n*Henry Woodward - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
Military figures
\n*Gustave Biéler (1904-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis\n*Billy Bishop WW1 and WW2 Flying Ace\n*Sir Isaac Brock, (1769-1812) War of 1812 general who successfully defended Canada in the early phase of the war\n*Arthur Currie The nation's greatest general responsible for the WW1 victory at Vimy Ridge\n*Peter Dmytruk (1920-1943), WW II Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance \n*John Kenneth Macalister (1914-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis\n*John McCrae (1872-1918), soldier, poet, author of In Flanders' Fields\n*Andrew McNaughton, Minister of Defense during World War II\n*Henry Norwest (1884-1918), one of the most famous snipers of World War I\n*Francis Pegahmagabow (1891-1952), the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I\n*Frank Pickersgill (1915-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis\n*George Lawrence Price (1898-1918), last soldier killed in World War I.\n*Tommy Prince (1915-1977), one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, a member of the joint US/Canada special commando unit known as the Devil's Brigade\n*James Ralston, Minister of Defense during World War II\n*Roméo Sabourin (1923-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis\n*Sam Steele (1851-1919), A member of the North West Mounted Police\n*William Stephenson (1896-1989), soldier, airman, spymaster, and the senior representative of British intelligence for the western hemisphere in World War II.
Stage, Motion pictures, radio and television
\n*See also: List of Canadian entertainers, Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood\n*Pamela Anderson (born 1967), model, actress\n*Dan Aykroyd (born 1952), actor/comedian\n*Robert Beatty (1909 - 1992), actor\n*Geneviève Bujold (born 1942), actress\n*James Cameron (1954-), director\n*Neve Campbell (born 1973), actress (Scream series, Party of Five)\n*John Candy (1950-1994), actor/comedian\n*Jim Carrey (born 1962), actor/comedian\n*Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong-based actor/singer\n*Sidney M. Cohen (born 1947), TV Director and program creator\n*David Cronenberg (born 1943), director\n*Elisha Cuthbert (born 1982), actress (Popular Mechanics for Kids, Old School)\n*Richard Day, art director, winner of seven Academy Awards\n*Nicole DeBoer (born 1970), actress (Cube)\n*Yvonne De Carlo, actress\n*James Doohan (born 1920), actor ("Scotty on Star Trek)\n*Marie Dressler, actress, Academy Award winner\n*Douglass Dumbrille (1889-1974), prominent character actor\n*Atom Egoyan - director (The Sweet Hereafter)\n*Joe Flaherty (born 1941), actor/comedian\n*Michael J. Fox (born 1961), actor/comedian (Back to the Future trilogy, Spin City, Family Ties, Stuart Little (voice))\n*Tom Green (born 1971), actor/comedian\n*Lorne Greene (1915-1987), actor ('Pa Cartwright on Bonanza), TV news anchor\n*Peter Gzowski (1934-2002), radio personality\n*Foster Hewitt (1902-1985), broadcaster\n*May Irwin (1862-1938), vaudeville singer, actress\n*Peter Jennings (born 1938), News anchor\n*Norman Jewison (born 1926), director, received The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award\n*Margot Kidder, Lois Lane in Superman\n*Eugene Levy, actor/comedian\n*Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989), comedic actress\n*Norm MacDonald - actor/comedian\n*Peter Mansbridge (born 1948), News anchor\n*Louis B. Mayer, co-founder MGM\n*Eric McCormack - actor Will & Grace\n*Rick Mercer - actor/comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes\n*Lorne Michaels (born 1944), originator of Saturday Night Live\n*Rick Moranis, actor (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)\n*Colin Mochrie (born 1957), comedian\n*Mike Myers (born 1963), actor (Austin Powers series, Saturday Night Live)\n*Leslie Nielsen (born 1926), actor\n*Mary Pickford (1892-1979), actress and producer, cofounder of United Artists\n*Christopher Plummer (born 1927), actor\n*Keanu Reeves (born 1964), actor\n*Lloyd Robertson (born 1934), News anchor\n*Mack Sennett (1880-1960) film producer\n*William Shatner (born 1931), actor (Captain Kirk on Star Trek)\n*Norma Shearer actress, Academy Award winner\n*Martin Short - actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live\n*Donald Sutherland (born 1934), actor\n*Kiefer Sutherland (born 1966), actor (24), son of Donald\n*Alex Trebek (born 1940), game show host (Jeopardy)\n*Nia Vardalos (born 1962), actress, producer, screenwriter (My Big Fat Greek Wedding)\n*Jack Warner, cofounder of Warner Brothers\n*Estella Warren, supermodel, actress\n*Austin Willis, (1914-2004), actor\n*Moses Znaimer (born 1942), television mogul Citytv, Bravo, MuchMusic
Musicians
\n*Bryan Adams, (born 1959), singer\n*Paul Anka, (born 1941), singer\n*Talena Atfield, bassist and vocalist of Kittie\n*Randy Bachman, (born 1943), singer\n*The Band (excepting Levon Helm)\n*Lenny Breau, (1941-1984), guitarist\n*Len Cariou, (born 1939), actor/singer\n*Wilf Carter, (1904-1996), singer\n*Leslie Cheung, (1946-2003), Hong Kong-based actor/singer\n*Bruce Cockburn, (born 1945), singer\n*Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), singer, songwriter\n*Stomping Tom Conners, Canadian country/folk singer/songwriter\n*Andy Creeggan, the Barenaked Ladies\n*Céline Dion, (born 1968), singer\n*Georges Dor, chansonnier, composer and singer of "La Manic", novelist, playwright\n*Percy Faith, (1908-1976), band leader\n*Maynard Ferguson, (born 1928), band leader, trumpet\n*Nelly Furtado, pop singer\n*Glenn Gould, (1932-1982), pianist, composer\n*Paul Horn, flute player\n*Tommy Hunter (born 1937), country singer\n*Colin James,(b. 1964), singer/songwriter\n*Pauline Julien (1928-1998), singer/songwriter\n*Chantal Kreviazuk, singer\n*k.d. lang, (born 1961), singer\n*La Bolduc, (born 1897-1941), singer\n*Avril Lavigne, (born 1984), singer/songwriter\n*Geddy Lee, (born 1953), singer, bassist, keyboardist Rush\n*Gordon Lightfoot, (born 1938), singer/songwriter\n*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.\n*Loreena McKennitt (born 1957), singer\n*Sarah McLachlan, (born 1968), singer/songwriter\n*Joni Mitchell, (born 1943), singer/songwriter\n*Alanis Morissette, (born 1974), singer/songwriter \n*Anne Murray, (born 1945), singer/songwriter\n*Geoffrey O'Hara, (1882-1967), songwriter\n*Walter Ostanek - Polka, three-time Grammy Award winner\n*Oscar Peterson - (1925- ) jazz pianist\n*Stan Rogers, (died 1983), folk musician\n*Paul Shaffer, (born 1949), Musical director "Letterman" show\n*Jane Siberry, (born 1955), singer entrepreneur\n*Sarah Slean, singer, songwriter, pianist\n*Hank Snow, (1914-1999), country & western singer\n*Lara St. John (born 1971), violinist\n*Salli Terri, (1922-1996), mezzo soprano\n*Devin Townsend, (born 1972), singer/songwriter/producer\n*Shania Twain, (born 1965), singer\n*Gilles Vigneault - his song Mon pays has been a significant rallying song among the Québécois.\n*Hawksley Workman, singer/songwriter/producer/performer\n*Neil Young, (1945-), singer/songwriter
Political leaders
\n*Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, (
1821-
1893) 3rd Prime Minister of Canada\n*
William Aberhart, (
1878-
1943), premier of
Alberta 1935-
09-03 to
1943-
05-23\n*
John Aird, (
1923-
1995), Lieutennant Governor of Ontario\n*
Lincoln Alexander, (
1922- ), Lieutennant Governor of Ontario\n*
Lloyd Axworthy, (
1939- ), Former Cabinet Minister\n*Reuben Baetz, (
1923-
1996), Executive Director of Canadian Council on Social Development\n*
Robert Baldwin, (
1804-
1858), Co-premier of Upper Canada\n*Maude Barlow,
activist, Chairperson of the
Council of Canadians\n*
James Bartleman, (
1939- ), Lieutennat Governor of Ontario \n*Henry Beatty, (
1950- ), former cabinet minister, president of CBC\n*Monique Begin, (
1936- ), former cabinet minister\n*
Richard Bedford Bennett, (
1870-
1947), former Prime Minister\n*
W.A.C. Bennett, (
1900-
1979), former Premier of British Columbia\n*
William Richards Bennett,(
1932- ), former Premier of British Columbia\n*Thomas Berger, (
1933- ), Jurist\n*
Big Bear, (
1825-
1888) Cree Leader\n*
Patrick Binns, (
1948- ), Premier of Prince Edward Island\n*
Allan Blakeney, (
1925- ), former Premier of Saskatchewan\n*
Ethel Blondin-Andrew (
1951- ), Member of Parliament\n*Sir
Robert Borden, (
1854-
1937), former Prime Minister of Canada\n*
Lucien Bouchard, (
1938- ), former Premier of Quebec\n*
Henri Bourassa, (
1868-
1952), Quebec politician\n*
Robert Bourassa, (
1933-
1996), former Premier of Quebec\n*
Pierre Bourgault, (
1934-
2003), President of Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale\n*James Bourque, (
1935-
1996), former member of the Privy Council\n*Sir
Mackenzie Bowell, (
1823-
1917), former Prime Minister of Canada\n*
John Bracken, (
1883-
1969), former Premier of Manitoba \n*
Joseph Brant, (
1742-
1807), Mohawk leader\n*Molly Brant, (
1736-
1796), leader of Six Nations women's federation\n*
Ed Broadbent, (
1936- ), former NDP leader\n*
George Brown, (
1818-
1880), played major role in confederation\n*
Rosemary Brown, (
1930-
2003), Canadian politician\n*
John E. Brownlee, (
1884-
1961), premier of Alberta
1925-
11-23 to
1934-
07-10\n*
John Buchanan, (
1931- ), former premier of Nova Scotia\n*
Tim Buck, (
1891-
1973), former leader of the Canadian Communist Party\n*
Gordon Campbell, premier of British Columbia
2001-
06-05 to ...\n*
Kim Campbell, prime minister of Canada in
1993\n*Sir
George-Étienne Cartier, (
1814-
1873), French-Canadian statesman\n*
Jean Charest, (born
1958) elected premier of Quebec in
2003.\n*
Brock Chisholm, (
1896 -
1971), first Director-General of the
WHO\n*
Jean Chrétien (born
1934), prime minister of Canada
1993-
2003\n*
Glen Clark, (born
1957), premier of British Columbia
1996-
02-22 to
1999-
08-25\n*
David Collenette, Canadian politician\n*
Amor De Cosmos, (
1825-
1897), premier of British Columbia
1872-
12-23 to
1874-
02-11\n*
Ujjal Dosanjh, (
2000-
2001), premier of British Columbia
2000-
02-24 to
2001-
06-05\n*
Tommy Douglas (
1904-
1986) premier of Saskatchewan from
1944 to
1961. \n*
Maurice Duplessis, (
1890-
1959), premier of Quebec\n*
Lord Durham, (
1792-
1840), (John George Lambton)\n*
Andrew Charles Elliott, premier of British Columbia
1876-
02-01 to
1878-
06-25\n*
Donald Getty, premier of Alberta
1985-
11-01 to
1992-
12-13\n*
Herbert Greenfield, (
1869-
1949), premier of Alberta
1921-
08-13 to
1925-
11-23\n*
Michael Harcourt, (born
1943), premier of British Columbia
1991-
11-05 to
1996-
02-22\n*
C. D. Howe\n*
Joseph Howe\n*
Rita Johnston, (born
1935), premier of British Columbia
1991-
04-02 to
1991-
11-05\n*
William Lyon Mackenzie King, (
1874-
1950), Canadian prime minister\n*
Ralph Klein, (born
1942), premier of Alberta
1992-
12-14 to ...\n*
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, (
1807-
1864)\n*
Wilfrid Laurier, (
1896-
1911),
Canadian prime minister\n*
René Lévesque, (
1922-
1987), premier of Quebec\n*
Peter Lougheed, (born
1928), premier of Alberta
1971-
09-10 to
1985-
11-01\n*
William Lyon Mackenzie\n*
Ernest Manning, (
1908-
1996), premier of Alberta
1943-
05-31 to
1968-
12-12\n*
Thomas D'Arcy McGee, (
1825-
1868), promoter of a federal union for the Canadian provinces\n*
Agnes Macphail - Canada's first female
Member of Parliament and subsequently a leader in penal reform for Canada\n*
Beverley McLachlin - Current
Chief Justice of Canada\n*
Brian Mulroney (born
1939), prime minister
1984-
1993\n*
Piapot, (c.
1816 –
1908) Cree Chief \n*
Louis-Joseph Papineau, (
1786-
1871)\n*
Richard G. Reid, (
1879-
1980), premier of Alberta
1934-
07-10 to
1935-
09-03\n*
Louis Riel, (
1844-
1885), controversial Canadian figure (hanged for treason)\n*
Alexander C. Rutherford, (
1857-
1941), premier of Alberta
1905-
09-02 to
1910-
05-26\n*
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, (
1882-
1973), prime minister\n*
Jeanne Sauvé, (
1922-
1993), governor general\n*
Arthur L. Sifton, (
1858-
1921), premier of Alberta
1910-
05-26 to
1917-
10-30\n*
Charles Stewart (
1868-
1946), premier of Alberta (
1868-
1946),
1917-
10-30 to
1921-
08-13\n*
Harry E. Strom, (
1914-
1984), premier of Alberta
1968-
12-12 to
1971-
09-10\n*
Tecumseh (
1768-
1813)
Shawnee leader who played a key role in the defence of Canada in the
War of 1812\n*
W. Ross Thatcher, (1917–1971), premier of Saskatchewan
1964-
May 2 to
1971-
June 30\n*
John Sparrow David Thompson, (
1845-
1894), prime minister\n*
Pierre Elliott Trudeau, (
1919-
2000), prime minister of Canada
1968-
1979;
1980-
1984.\n*
John Napier Turner (born
1929), prime minister of Canada in
1984\n*
William N. Vander Zalm, (born
1934), premier of British Columbia
1986-
08-06 to
1991-
04-02\n*
The Valiant Five,
1920s women's rights activists
(See also lists:
Prime Minister of Canada,
Canadian Confederation,
Members of the Canadian House of Commons)
Religious personalities
\n* St. Marguerite Bourgeoys - first Canadian saint\n* St. Marie-Marguerite d'Youville - founder of the Grey Nuns\n* St. Jean de Brébeuf - martyr\n* St.
Isaacs Jogues - martyr\n* St.
Charles Garnier - martyr\n* St. Anthony Danile - martyr\n* St. Gabriel Lallemant - martyr\n* St. Noel Chabanel - martyr\n* St. John de Lalande - martyr\n* St. Rene Goupil - martyr\n* Blessed
Kateri Tekakwitha\n* Blessed
Frère André\n*
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger\n* Abbé
Lionel Groulx
Scholars
\n*Louise Arbour, (born
1947), jurist, controversialist\n*
Northrop Frye, (
1912-
1991), influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar\n*
John Kenneth Galbraith, (born
1908), economist\n*
Marshall McLuhan, (
1911-
1980), communications theorist, "
The medium is the message"\n*
John Peters Humphrey, (
1905-
1995), legal scholar, principal drafter of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights\n*
John Ralston Saul, businessman, essayist, diplomat\n*F. R. Scott, (
1899-
1985), law professor, philosopher, poet\n*
Charles Taylor, philosopher
Scientists
\n*Sid Altman - Molecular Biology\n*
Frederick Banting, (
1891-
1941), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin\n*
Charles Best, (
1899-
1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin\n*
Wilfred Bigelow - first artificial pacemaker\n*
Bertram Brockhouse - designed the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope\n*
Sir William Dawson, (
1820-
1899), first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation\n*
William Francis Giauque -
1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry\n*
James Gosling - Programmer, inventor of Java\n*
Gerhard Herzberg -
1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for Molecular Spectroscopy\n*
David Hubel -
1981 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine for mapping the visual cortex\n*Doreen Kimura - Behavioural Psychologist: World expert on sex differences in the brain\n*Julia Levy - Microbiologist: co-discovered photodynamic anti-cancer drugs\n*
William Logan, (
1798-
1875), founded the Geological Survey of Canada, knighted by Queen Victoria, awarded the French
Legion of Honor.\n*
Rudolph Marcus -
1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions (e.g. rust)\n*
Maud Menten - (
1879-
1960), medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in
enzyme kinetics\n*
Henry Morgentaler -
abortionist\n*
Sir William Osler - Physician, "most influential physician in history"\n*
Wilder Penfield - Neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain\n*
John Polanyi -
1986 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Chemi-luminescence \n*
Hubert Reeves -
Astrophysicist and science popularizer\n*Charles Edward Saunders - Marquis Wheat\n*
Arthur Schawlow -
1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (for lasers)\n*
Myron Scholes -
1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics\n*
Hans Selye - (
1907-
1982) - pioneering stress researcher\n*
Michael Smith (
1932-
2000),
1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for site-based mutagenesis \n*
David Suzuki, (born
1936), geneticist and science popularizer\n*Henry Taube -
1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions\n*
Richard Taylor -
1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for verifying the Quark Theory\n*
Irene Ayako Uchida - Cytogenticist: World-famous Down syndrome researcher\n*
William Vickrey -
1996 Nobel Prize winner in economics\n*Tuzo Wilson - Geophysicist. plate tectonics
For a more detailed list of renowned Canadian scientists, including
Nobel Prize winners, see the outside link:\n*
http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientists.php
Sports personalities
\n*Donovan Bailey, (born
1967), sprinter\n*
Jean Béliveau, (born
1931), ice hockey player\n*
Marilyn Bell, first person to swim
Lake Ontario\n*
Big Ben, (
1976-
1999), world champion show-jumping horse\n*
Tommy Burns, (
1881-
1955), World Heavyweight
boxing Champion\n*
Myriam Bédard, (born
1969), Olympic Gold Medal\n*
Don Cherry, ice hockey coach and commentator\n*
Victor Davis (
1964-
1989), Olympic swimming champion\n*
George Dixon (
1870-
1909), first
black World boxing champion; first Canadian-born World boxing champion\n*
Catriona LeMay Doan, (born
1970), two-time
Olympic gold medalist in
speed skating\n*
Yvon Durelle, (born
1929), boxing champion\n*
Stewart Elliott, (born
1965), jockey\n*
Eric Gagne, (born
1976), baseball player,
Los Angeles Dodgers closer,
2003 National League Cy Young Award\n*
Marc Gagnon, (born
1975),
Olympic Gold medalist\n*
Nancy Greene, (born
1943), Olympic Gold Medal in Downhill Skiing\n*
Wayne Gretzky, (born
1961), ice hockey legend\n*Ned Hanlan, world champion sculler\n*
Sandy Hawley, (born
1949), Hall of Fame jockey\n*
John Hayes, (
1917-
1998), harness racing driver\n*
Ann Heggtveit, (born
1939), world and
1960 Winter Olympics ski champion\n*
Paul Henderson, ice hockey player, scored winning goal in
1972 Canada/Russia match\n*
Matthew Hilton, world champion boxer\n*
Clara Hughes, (born
1972),
speed skating and
cycling medalist in both summer and winter Olympics\n*
Bobby Hull, (born
1939), The "
Golden Jet" first player in the NHL to score more than 50 goals in a season.\n*
Russ Jackson, Canadian footballer\n*
Ferguson Jenkins, (born
1943),
baseball pitcher, MLB Hall of Fame member\n*
Gordie Howe, (born
1928), ice hockey legend\n*
Ben Johnson, (born
1961), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for doping\n*
Colleen Jones, (born
1959), world's most successful female
Curler\n*
Joe Krol, Canadian footballer\n*
Joseph Lannin, owner of the
Boston Red Sox who signed
Babe Ruth\n*
Lucien Laurin, (
1912-
2000), Hall of Fame trainer of
Secretariat\n*
Mario Lemieux, (born
1965), ice hockey player\n*Ian Millar, World Champion equestrian rider\n*
Greg Moore, (
1975-
1999)\n*
Bronko Nagurski, (
1908-
1990), player with
Chicago Bears, member of U.S.
Pro Football Hall of Fame\n*
James Naismith, (
1861-
1939), YMCA instructor who invented the game of Basketball\n*
Steve Nash, (born
1974),
NBA star with
Dallas Mavericks\n*
Northern Dancer, thoroughbred racing champion\n*
Willie O'Ree, (born
1935), first
black ice hockey player in the NHL\n*
Bobby Orr, (born
1948), ice hockey player, considered by many to be the best ever, revolutionized the role of a defenceman\n*
Guy Owen, (
1911-
1952), ice skating champion\n*Paris Crew, world rowing champions in
1867\n*
Scott Patterson, (born ~
1970),
curler, killed in a vehicle accident at age 34\n*
Jacques Plante, (
1929-
1986), pioneer ice hockey goaltender\n*
Terry Puhl,
baseball player\n*
Maurice Richard, (
1921-
2000), ice hockey player, "The Rocket," first to score 50 goals in a season\n*
Patrick Roy, (born
1965), legendary ice hockey goalie\n*
Sandra Schmirler, (
1963-
2000), curler\n*
Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater, Olympic Gold Medal\n*
Matt Stairs, (born
1968), professional baseball player\n*
Paul Tracy, (born
1968),
CART racing Champion\n*
Ron Turcotte, (born
1941),
jockey of
Secretariat\n*
Mike Vanderjagt, (born
1970), placekicker for
Indianapolis Colts\n*
Gilles Villeneuve, (
1950-
1982), race car driver\n*
Jacques Villeneuve, (born
1971), race car driver, son of Gilles\n*
Larry Walker, (born
1966),
baseball star for the
Colorado Rockies\n*
Mike Weir, (born
1970), golfer,
Masters tournament winner\n*
Lucille Wheeler, (born
1935), alpine ski champion\n*
Percy Williams, (
1908-
1982), sprinter\n*
Steve Yzerman, (born
1965), ice hockey player
See also: \n*
List of famous Canadian sports personalities\n*
Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century
Other personalities
\n*Frédéric Jeanbart, one of the main promoters and thinkers of the IT/Web expansion in Quebec\n*Scott Abbott - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit\n*Marie-Joseph Angélique, executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire\n*
The Great Antonio - strongman, showman, and eccentric\n*
Linda Evangelista, (born
1965), supermodel\n*
Bret Hart, (born
1957),
professional wrestler\n*
Owen Hart, (
1965-
1999),
professional wrestler, brother of Bret\n*Chris Haney - co-inventor of
Trivial Pursuit\n*
Josiah Henson - former slave, believed to be the inspiration for "Uncle Tom's Cabin".\n*
Bat Masterson - (
1853-
1921) gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist\n*Edgar Randolph Parker - better known as "Painless" Parker - flamboyant dentist\n*
Winnie the Pooh - aka Winnipeg the Bear who inspired Milne\n*
Sue Rodriguez, (-
1994),
ALS sufferer and
right to die advocate\n*
Margaret Trudeau (born
1948), former wife of
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
\nSee also:
Asian-Canadian,
list of Canadian Heroes and Heroines,
list of people by nationality,
list of wealthy Canadians,
The Greatest Canadian,
Black Canadian,
list of Quebecois
Category:Lists of peopleCategory:Canadian people
