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This is a list of Canadians.
[edit] Architects
- Cardinal, Douglas (1934-)
- Cormier, Ernest (1885-1980)
- Erickson, Arthur (1924-)
- Gaboury, Étienne (1930-)
- Gehry, Frank (1929-)
- Hanganu, Dan (1946-)
- Irwin, Stephen (c. 1944-)
- Kuwabara, Bruce (1949-) - architect of Kitchener City Hall; Art Gallery of Ontario, Phase III.
- Lennox, Edward J. (1854-1933)
- Lyne, John M. (1827-1945) - architect of New York Public Library (1897); Royal Alexandra Theatre, in Toronto (1907); Union Station (Toronto)
- Meyer, Andrew (1950-)
- Ostell, John (1813-1892)
- Rattenbury, Francis (1867-1935)
- Safdie, Moshe (1938-)
- Thom, Bing (1940-)
- Thom, Ron (1923–1986)
[edit] Artists
[edit] Actors
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[edit] Musicians
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[edit] Sculpture
[edit] Visual arts
- Ananny, Terry (1956-) - artist and illustrator
- Ashevak, Kenoujuak (1927-) - artist and printmaker
- Busse, Mark (1969-) - graphic designer
- Bantjes, Marian (1963-) - graphic designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer
- Carr, Emily (1871-1945) - artist, painter
- Chambers, Jack (1931-1978) - artist and filmmaker
- Douglas, Stan (1960-) - installation and media artist
- Ferron, Marcelle (1924-2001) - glazier
- Gauthier, Daniel (1964-) - graphic designer
- Grie, George (1962-) - digital 2D, 3D neosurrealism artist
- Harrison, Sabrina Ward (unknown)
- Herzog, Fred (1930-) - photographer
- Holbrook, Elizabeth Bradford (1913-) - portrait sculptor
- Karsh, Yousuf (1908-2002) - photographer
- Morrisseau, Norval (1932-2007) - founded 'Woodland' school of art
- Mousseau, Jean-Paul (1927-1991) - muralist
- Sim, Dave (1956-) - Canadian comic book artist
- Snow, Michael (1929-) experimental film-maker, sculptor, painter and photographer
- Wall, Jeff (1946-) - photographer
- Further information: List of Canadian painters
[edit] Cartoonists
- Antonucci, Danny (1957-) - creator of Ed Edd n Eddy, Lupo the Butcher, and The Brothers Grunt.
- Brown, Chester (1960-) - creator of Yummy Fur, Underwater and Louis Riel
- Byrne, John (1950-) - influenced superhero characters like The Fantastic Four and Superman
- Foster, Hal (1892-1982) - artist for Tarzan comic strip, creator of Prince Valiant
- Frazer, J.D. (1965-) - (moniker: Illiad) creator of the webcomic User Friendly
- Gallant, Gregory (1962-) - (moniker: Seth) creator of Palookaville
- Johnston, Lynn (1947-) - creator of For Better or For Worse
- Kricfalusi, John (1955-) - (moniker: John K.) creator of Ren and Stimpy
- MacKay, Graeme (1968-) - editorial cartoonist
- McFarlane, Todd (1961-) - creator of Spawn,
- Mortimer, Win (1919-1998) illustrator for DC Comics' Superman and Batman
- Mosher, Terry (1942-) - (moniker: Aislin) Montreal Gazette newspaper
- Norris, Len (1919-1997) - long-time editorial columnist for the Vancouver Sun
- North, Ryan (1980-) - creator of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics
- Ramsoomair, Scott (1981-) - creator of the webcomic VG Cats
- Sim, David (1956-) - creator of Cerebus the Aardvark
- Shuster, Joe (1914-1992) - co-creator of Superman
- Szep, Paul (1941-) - editorial cartoonist for the Boston Globe from 1967-2001
- Wicks, Ben (1926-2000) - illustrator, comic strip cartoonist, and humanitarian
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[edit] Athletes
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[edit] Business personalities
- Aitken, Max, Baron Beaverbrook (1879-1964) - publishing baron, entrepreneur
- Asper, David (1958-) - chairman, Canwest Global Communications.
- Asper, Izzy (1932-2003)
- Black, Condrad, Lord Black of Crossharbour (1944-) - entrepreneur, publisher
- Willard Boyle (1924-) - invented Charge-coupled device
- Thomson, Roy, Baron Thomson of Fleet (1894-1976) - entrepreneur, publisher
- Bronfman, Samuel (1889-1971) - founder of Seagram's
- Campeau, Robert (1923-)
- Cooke, Jack Kent (1912-1997) - owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings, Washington Redskins and the Chrysler Building
- Cunard, Samuel (1787-1865) - founder of Cunard Line
- Desmarais, Paul (1927-) - Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada
- Davidson, William (1740-1790) - lumberman, shipbuilder, merchant
- DeGroote, Michael (1932-)
- Dobbin, Craig (1935-2006) - founder, chairman and CEO of CHC Helicopter Corporation
- Dunn, James Hamet (1874-1956) - financier, steel magnate
- Eaton, Timothy (1834-1907) - founder of Eaton's department stores
- Ebbers, Bernie (1941-) - former CEO of WorldCom
- Fuller, Alfred (1885-1973) - Fuller Brush Company
- Girouard, Édouard (1867-1932) - railway builder, governor
- Irving, K. C. (1899-1992) - industrialist
- Johnson, F. Ross (1931-) - former CEO of RJR Nabisco
- Joyce, Ron (1930-) - original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons, primary builder of the chain
- Killam, Izaak Walton (1885-1955) - major financier
- Laliberté, Guy (1959-) - founder and owner of the Cirque du Soleil
- Lee-Chin, Michael (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
- Macdonald, William C. (1831-1917) - tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist
- Mayer, Louis B. (1885-1957) - co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios
- McCain, Harrison (1927-2004) - New Brunswick potato magnate
- McLaughlin, Samuel (1871-1972) - Buick automobile manufacturer
- McTavish, Simon (1750-1804) - fur trader
- Molson, John (1763-1836) - founder of Molson Breweries
- Molson, Hartland (1907-2002)
- Munk, Peter (1927-) - founder of Barrick Gold
- Pattison, Jim (1928-)
- Porritt, Richard (1901-1985)
- 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 (1933-) - president and CEO of Rogers Communications
- Roth, John (1942-) - former CEO Nortel Networks
- Saputo, Lino (1937-) - founder of Saputo
- Sharp, Isadore (1931-) - founder of the Four Seasons Hotel chain
- Smith, E.D. (1858-1943)
- Stairs, John F. (1848-1904) - entrepreneur, statesman
- Stronach, Frank (1932-) - entrepreneur, founder of Magna International
- Taylor, E. P. (1901-1989) - entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder
- Taylor, Nat (unknown) - originator of cineplex
- Thomson, Kenneth (1923-2006)
- Van Horne, William Cornelius (1843-1915) - constructed the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Warner, Jack (1892-1978) - founder of Warner Bros. Studios
- Weston, Galen (1940-)
- Young, Bob (unknown) - self-publishing web-site, owner of CFL Hamilton Tiger Cats
[edit] 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-) - covicted 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
- Lanctôt, Jacques (1945-) - FLQ Terrorist
- Langlois, Yves (1947-) FLQ Terrorist
- Latimer, Robert (1953-) - murderer
- Legere, Allan (1948-) - serial killer
- Lépine, Marc (1964-) - mass muderer
- Lortie, Bernard (1951-) - FLQ Terrorist
- Lortie, Denis (unknown) - murderer
- Marks, Grace (1828-unknown) — convicted of murder in 1843
- 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
- Smith, Cathy (1948-) - convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi
- Starkman, Besha (1889-1930) - gangster
- Thatcher, Colin (1938-) - murderer
[edit] Wrongfully convicted
[edit] Educators
- Ambrose, J. Willis (c. 1911-unknown) - Queen's professor
- Armstrong, Richard Lee (1937-1991) - University of British Columbia professor, geochemist
- Calvert, Stephen E. (1962-) - University of British Columbia emeritus professor, geologist, oceanographer
- Cerny, Petr (unknown) - University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
- Cunning, Henry C. (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 (1946-) - University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
- Hoodless, Adelaide (1858-1910) - education and women's activist
- Johanson, Sue (1930-) - sex educator
- Keen, Michael John (1935-1991) - Dalhousie University professor, marine geoscientist
- Mackay, J. Ross (1915-) - University of British Columbia professor, geologist
- Mountjoy, Eric W. (c. 1930-) - McGill University professor, geologist
- Middleton, Gerald V. (1931-) - McMaster University professor, geologist
- Naldrett, Anthony J. (c. 1930-) - University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist
- Peltier, William Richard (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. (1917-) - University of Alberta professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher
- Strangway, David (c. 1935-) - geophysicist and university administrator
- Symons, Thomas (c. 1929-) - Founding President of Trent University, Professor of Canadian Studies
- Walker, Roger G. (unknown) - McMaster University emeritus professor
- Winegard, William (1924-) - educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament
[edit] Fashion
[edit] Humanitarians
- Belanry, Archibald Stanfield (Grey Owl) (1888]]-1938) - conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
- Bucke, Richard (1837-1902) - psychiatrist, philosopher, early author on human development and human potentials
- Fonyo, Steve (1966-) - retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon
- Fox, Terry (1958-1981) - attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research
- Hansen, Rick (1957-) - paraplegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research
- Lewis, Stephen (1937-) - AIDS activist, United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
- Rogers, Harold (1899-1994) - founder of Kin Canada
- Vanier, Jean (1928-) - activist for mentally disabled, founder of L'Arche
[edit] Inventors
- Abbott, Scott (unknown) - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
- Ahearn, Thomas (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) - 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
- 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
- Fleming, Sir Sandford (1827-1915) - inventor of the system of Standard Time zones
- Franks, Wilbur R. (1901-1986) - invented the anti-black-out-suit (the G-suit)
- Gesner, Abraham (1797-1864) - inventor of kerosene; known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry"
- Gosling, James (1956-) - invented Java computer language
- Haney, Chris (1968-) - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
- Jacks, Sam (1915-1975) - inventor of ringette
- Klein, George (1904-1992) - developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and the Canadarm
- Krogh, Thomas Edward (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
- Brunt, Stephen (unknown-) - lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989
- Donaldson, Gordon (1926-2001) - amateur historian
- Frum, Barbara (1937-1992) - CBC radio and television journalist
- 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 (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 (1948-) - news anchor of CBC's The National
- Murray, Margaret (unknown) - editor and co-publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet News
- Newman, Peter C. (1929-) - eminent journalist and writer
- Martinez, Shane Ruttle (unknown) - human rights journalist
- 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 (1934-) - chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News
- Safer, Morley (1931-) - investigative journalist for CBS News and 60 Minutes
- Trueman, Peter (1934-) - original newsman on Global TV
[edit] Medical
- Bagshaw, Elizabeth (1881-1982) - physician and birth control activist
- Banting, Frederick (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
- Callaghan, John (1923-2004) - pioneer of open-heart surgery
- Douglas, Tommy (1904-1986) - introduced publicly-funded health care in Canada; commonly known as the Father of Medicare
- Johns, Harold E. (1915-1998) - medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer
- Mance, Jeanne (1606-1673) - established the first hospital in North America - the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal - in 1644
- Morgentaler, Henry (1923-) - abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification
- Osler, Sir William (1849-1919) - physician, called "father of modern medicine"; wrote Principles and Practice of Medicine
- Penfield, Wilder (1891-1976) - neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain
[edit] Military figures
- General Maurice Baril
- Gustave Biéler (1904-44), Special Operations Executive agent, executed by the Nazis
- Air Commodore Leonard Birchall
- Billy Bishop, 1894-1956, World War I Flying Ace
- Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG
- Brigadier-General Jean Boyle fighter pilot, and businessman
- Sir Isaac Brock, (1769-1812) War of 1812 general who successfully defended Canada in the early phase of the war
- Roy Brown, (1893-1944) - World War I fighter pilot officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron
- Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave
- Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie
- Harry Crerar, was a Canadian general and the country's "leading field commander" in World War II
- Arthur Currie The nation's greatest general responsible for the WW1 victory at Vimy Ridge
- Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire - UN peacekeeping General who attempted to prevent the Rwandan Genocide, with little support from the UN or the rest of the world community.
- General John de Chastelain
- Peter Dmytruk (1920-43), WWII Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance
- Brigadier-General Charles Drury PC, CBE, DSO
- John Weir Foote, military chaplain and Ontario cabinet minister. Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Captain Nichola Goddard
- William Hall, first Nova Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Kenneth Macalister (1914-44), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
- Alan Arnett McLeod (1899-1918) Fighter pilot, youngest Canadian-born winner of the Victoria Cross (age 18; compare Thomas Ricketts, below)
- John McCrae (1872-1918), soldier, poet, author of In Flanders' Fields
- Andrew McNaughton, Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
- Sydney Chilton Mewburn, was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence from October 12 1917 - January 15 1920 under Sir Robert Borden's Union Government in 1917
- Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) Theodore Meighen
- Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret'd) Cecil Merritt
- Henry Norwest (1884-1918), one of the most famous snipers of World War I
- Lt Col George Pearkes Received Victoria Cross
- Francis Pegahmagabow (1891-1952), the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I
- Frank Pickersgill (1915-44), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
- Rear-Admiral Desmond Piers
- George Lawrence Price (1898-1918), last soldier killed in World War I.
- Tommy Prince (1915-77), one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, a member of the joint US/Canada special commando unit known as the Devil's Brigade
- James Ralston, Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
- Thomas Ricketts, winner of the Victoria Cross at age 17. Not a Canadian but a Newfoundlander at the time of his award; became a Canadian citizen when Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949 (compare Alan Arnett McLeod, above)
- Harold A. Rogers, was the founder of Kin Canada. (formerly the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Canada) is a Canadian non-profit service organization that promotes service, fellowship, positive values, and national pride
- Roméo Sabourin (1923-44), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
- General Guy Simonds
- Sam Steele (1851-1919), A member of the North-West Mounted Police most famous for his command of a detachment in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush
- William Stephenson (codename: Intrepid) (1896-1989), soldier, airman, spymaster, and the senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere in World War II.
- Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart Chief of the General Staff 1941-1943, educator
- Rear Admiral Robert Timbrell
- Lionel Guy D'Artois, a Canadian Army officer and SOE agent. Awarded the Croix de Guerre for service with the Interior French Forces in occupied France, during World War II.
- General Christopher Vokes
- Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler
- General (Ret'd) Ramsey Muir Withers
- Sir James Lucas Yeo, commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during War of 1812
[edit] Monarchs
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[edit] 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"
[edit] Political leaders
- Axworthy, Lloyd (1939-) - former Cabinet minister
- Bain, Thomas (1834-1915)- former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
- Baldwin, Robert (1804-1858)
- Barlow, Maude (1947-) - activist, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians
- Beatty, Perrin (1950-) - former cabinet minister, president of CBC
- Begin, Monique (1936- ) - former cabinet minister
- Berger, Thomas (1933-) - Jurist
- Blondin-Andrew, Ethel (1951-) - former Cabinet minister
- Bourassa, Henri (1868-1952) - Quebec politician
- Bourgault, Pierre (1934-2003) - President of Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale
- Stone, Lucas (1820-1900) - Foreign Affairs Minister
- Broadbent, Ed (1936-) - former New Democratic Party leader
- Brown, George (1818-1880)
- Brown, Rosemary (1930-2003)
- Buck, Tim (1891-1973) - leader of the Canadian Communist Party
- Cartier, George-Étienne (1814-1873) - Cabinet minister
- Chrisholm, Brock (1896-1971) - first Director-General of the World Health Organization
- Copps, Sheila (1952-)
- Copps, Victor K. (1919-1988) - Mayor of Hamilton
- Lambton, John George, Earl of Durham (1792-1840)
- Fairclough, Ellen (1905-2004) - first female member of the Canadian Cabinet
- Granholm, Jennifer (1959-) - first female Governor of Michigan
- Howe, Clarence (1886-1960) - Cabinet minister
- Howe, Joseph (1804-1873) - Father of Confederation
- Keyes, Stan (1953-)
- Lafontaine, Louis-Hippolyte (1807-1864) - co-premier of the United Province of Canada
- Layton, Jack (1950-) - leader of the New Democratic Party
- William Lyon Mackenzie (1795-1861) - Mayor of Toronto
- McNab, Allan (1798-1862) - Prime Minister of Upper Canada
- McGee, Thomas D'Arcy (1825-1868)
- Macphail, Agnes (1890-1954) - first female Member of Parliament
- McLachlin, Beverly (1943-) - Chief Justice of Canada
- McMillan, James (1838-1902) - US Senator for Michigan
- Munro, John (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
- Further information: List of Prime Ministers of Canada, Members of the Canadian House of Commons, and List of Canadian senators
[edit] Provincial premiers
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[edit] Territorial premiers
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[edit] First Nations leaders
[edit] Religious Figures
[edit] Martyrs
[edit] Church leaders
- Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic - Toronto Cardinal
- Alexis André, Catholic missionary priest, spiritual advisor to Louis Riel
- Aviel Barclay, first certified female Torah scribe (soferet) in Jewish history
- Bl. André Besette, Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"
- Hugh B. Brown - Latter-day Saint apostle
- Larry W. Gaiters - Presiding Bishop & Prelate - End Time Age Deliverance Ministries Worldwide, Inc
- Lionel Groulx
- Dr. John E. Kaiser - President of The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
- Albert Lacombe
- Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, Catholic clergyman and humanitarian, Companion of the Order of Canada
- Merlin Lybbert
- William D. Morrow - General Superintendent of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
- Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Foursquare Church
- David Mainse, broadcaster and founder of 100 Huntley Street and CITS-TV
- Michael Power - Bishop
- Franklin Pyles - President of The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada
- Alexandre Taché
- N. Eldon Tanner - Latter-day Saint apostle
- John Taylor - President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, "The Lily of the Mohawks", first Native American beatified by the Catholic Church.
[edit] Religious Cult Figures
- Brother Twelve, cult leader
- Roch Thériault, infamous cult leader once had a commune in Ontario. His brutal story was immortalized in a film called "Savage Messiah".
[edit] Scholars
- Arbour, Louise (1947-) - jurist
- 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
- 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"
- Humphrey, John Peters (1905-1995) - legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 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
- Ignatieff, Michael (1947-) - MP, scholar and intellectual
[edit] Scientists
- Sid Altman - Molecular Biologist
- Albert Bandura - (1921- ) Psychologist
- Sir Frederick Banting, (1891-1941), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
- Robert Bell, (1841-1917), geologist
- Walter A. Bell, (1889-1969), geologist, paleontologist
- Charles Best, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
- Wilfred Bigelow - first artificial pacemaker
- Selwyn G. Blaylock (1879-1945), chemist and mining executive
- Stewart Blusson OC (born 1939) - geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist
- Bertram Brockhouse - designed the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope
- Georges Brossard, (1940-), entomologist, television personality and founder of the Montreal Insectarium
- Moira Brown, Canadian-born north atlantic right whale researcher and conservationist
- John J. Clague, authority in Quaternary and environmental earth sciences
- Sir William Dawson, (1820 — 99), first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation
- Duncan R. Derry (1906 – 1987) - economic geologist
- John Dick (born 1957) - credited with discovery of cancer stem cell
- Robert John Wilson Douglas (1920-1979) - petroleum geologist
- John Charles Fields, was a Canadian mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics. the Fields Medal, is considered by some to be the Nobel Prize in Mathematics
- Hu Gabrielse, geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada
- William Francis Giauque - 1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
- James Gosling - Programmer, inventor of Java
- Gerhard Herzberg - 1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for Molecular Spectroscopy
- Claude Hillaire-Marcel - A world leader in Quaternary research. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- James Hillier - Inventor of the Electron Microscope
- David Hubel - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine for mapping the visual cortex
- Edward A. Irving (born 1927)- Provided first physical evidence of continental drift
- Doreen Kimura - Behavioural Psychologist: World expert on sex differences in the brain
- Julia Levy - Microbiologist: co-discovered photodynamic anti-cancer drugs
- Sir William Logan, (1798-1875), founded the Geological Survey of Canada, knighted by Queen Victoria, awarded the French Legion of Honour.
- John Macoun, (1831 — 1920) - Noted botanist.
- Rudolph Marcus - 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions (e.g. rust)
- Ernest McCulloch - cellular biologist created for the discovery of stem cell with James Till.
- Maud Menten - (1879-1960), medical scientist, made groundbreaking work in enzyme kinetics
- John Polanyi - 1986 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for infrared chemiluminescence
- Raymond A. Price - (b. 1933) Geologist
- Hubert Reeves - Astrophysicist and science popularizer
- Donald F. Sangster - Geologist
- Charles E. Saunders - Agronomist
- Arthur Schawlow - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (for lasers)
- Myron Scholes - 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
- Hans Selye - (1907-82) - pioneering stress researcher
- Michael Smith (1932-2000), 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for site-based mutagenesis
- Peter A Stewart - physiologist, quantitative acid-base physiology
- David Suzuki, (born 1936), geneticist and science popularizer
- Henry Taube - 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions
- Richard Taylor - 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for verifying the Quark Theory
- James Till - Canadian biophysicist, credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch.
- Irene Ayako Uchida - Cytogenticist: World-famous Down Syndrome researcher
- William Vickrey - 1996 Nobel Prize winner in economics
- Tyler Johnson - Geologist
- Edward Wilson-Ewing - physicist.
- Harold Williams - Geologist. World-famous expert on the Appalachian Mountains.
- Tuzo Wilson - Geophysicist. plate tectonics
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- 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
- John Grierson, documentary film-maker, film critic. Founded the National Film Commission which became the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
- Josiah Henson - former slave, believed to be the inspiration for "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
- Marc Karam - (born 1980), professional poker player
- 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.
- Sorel Mizzi (born 1986), professional poker player
- 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 Milton 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
- Anna Ruth Lang recipient of the Canadian Cross of Valour
- Zillur Rahman John [Born in 1959] Internationally reputed Mime and Pantomime Artiste, Director,Teacher,Researcher and author of several Mime and Pantomime Books.
- Daniel David Palmer, Founded the chiropractic profession.
- Bret Hart, Famous former professional wrestler.
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