This is a list of Canadians, people who are
identified with Canada through residential,
legal, historical, or cultural means, grouped
by their area of notability.
== Architects ==
Hans Blumenfeld OC (1892–1988) – architect
and city planner
Joan Burt (born 1930) – architect
Douglas Cardinal OC RAIC (born 1934) – architect
of Canadian Museum of Civilization
Mary Clark (born 1936) – architect and transportation
planner
Ernest Cormier OC RAIC (1885–1980) – architect
of Supreme Court of Canada building
A. J. Diamond OC RAIC (born 1934) – architect
of Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts
Margaret Synge Dryer (1921–1963) – architect
Arthur Erickson CC RAIC (1924–2008) – architect
of Simon Fraser University, Robson Square,
and the Embassy of Canada in Washington
David Ewart ISO (1841–1921) – Chief Dominion
Architect (1896 to 1914), architect of Dominion
Archives Building, Royal Canadian Mint, Victoria
Memorial Museum, Connaught Building in Ottawa
Étienne Gaboury RAIC OAA (born 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 (born 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 (born 1946)
– architect of Pointe-à-Callière Museum
and Montreal Archival Centre
Stephen Irwin RAIC RIBA OAA (born c. 1944)
– architect of Purdy's Wharf
Bruce Kuwabara FRAIC OAA AIA (born 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
Raymond Moriyama CC OOnt (born 1929) – architect
of the Ontario Science Centre, Ottawa City
Hall, and Canadian War Museum
Samuel Oghale Oboh FRAIC Architect, AAA (born
1971) – 2015 President of the RAIC – architect
of the International Law Enforcement Academy
Botswana and the Botswana Police College;
Lead Architect of the Alberta Legislature
Centre Redevelopment Master Plan
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 (born
1938) – architect of Habitat 67, the National
Gallery of Canada, and Vancouver Library Square
Fariborz Sahba (born 1948) Master's degree
from Faculty of Fine Arts at the University
of Tehran – architect of Lotus Temple, and
Terraces (Bahá'í)
Bing Thom CM FRAIC AIBC (born 1940) – architect
of Central City Centre
Ronald Thom FRAIC AIBC (1923–1986) – architect
of Massey College, the Shaw Theatre, and Trent
University
Bob Topping RAIC OAA (born 1954) – Accessibility
and Universal Design specialist
Brigitte Shim (born 1958) – Order of Canada
for architecture, and Integral House
== Artists ==
=== Actors ===
=== Animators ===
Ryan Larkin (born 1943) – won Academy Award
for Best Short Film, "Walking", 1969
=== Broadcasters ===
=== Musicians ===
=== Visual arts ===
==== Cartoonists ====
Danny Antonucci (born 1957) – creator of
Ed Edd n Eddy
Kate Beaton – creator of Hark! A Vagrant
Chester Brown (born 1960) – creator of Yummy
Fur, Underwater and Louis Riel
John Byrne (born 1950) – influenced superhero
characters like The Fantastic Four and Superman
Andy Donato (born 1937) – editorial cartoonist
for the Toronto Sun
Hal Foster (1892–1982) – artist for Tarzan
comic strip, creator of Prince Valiant
J.D. Frazer (born 1965) (moniker: Illiad)
– creator of the webcomic User Friendly
Gregory Gallant (born 1962) (moniker: Seth)
– creator of Palookaville
Lynn Johnston CM OM (born 1947) – creator
of For Better or For Worse
John Kricfalusi (born 1955) (moniker: John
K.) – creator of Ren and Stimpy
Graeme MacKay (born 1968) – editorial cartoonist
Sean Martin (born 1960) – creator of the
print and webcomic "Doc and Raider"
Todd McFarlane (born 1961) – creator of
Spawn
Win Mortimer (1919–1998) – illustrator
for DC Comics' Superman and Batman
Terry Mosher OC DLitt (hc) (born 1942) (moniker:
Aislin) –Montreal Gazette newspaper
Len Norris (1919–1997) – long-time editorial
columnist for the Vancouver Sun
Ryan North (born 1980) – creator of the
webcomic Dinosaur Comics
Scott Ramsoomair (born 1981) – creator of
the webcomic VG Cats
Joe Shuster (1914–1992) – co-creator of
Superman
Dave Sim (born 1956) – creator of Cerebus
the Aardvark
Fiona Staples (born 1984) – co-creator of
Saga
Paul Szep (born 1941) – editorial cartoonist
for the Boston Globe from 1967 to 2001
Ben Wicks CM (1926–2000) – illustrator,
comic strip cartoonist, and humanitarian
== Astronauts ==
Roberta Bondar OC OOnt ScD (hc) FRCP(C) FRSC
(born 1945) – first Canadian woman in space
Marc Garneau CC CD ScD (hc) (born 1949) – first
Canadian man in space
Chris Hadfield OOnt MSC LLD (hc) DEng (hc)
(born 1959) – first Canadian to walk in
space, first Canadian to command the International
Space Station
Steven MacLean ScD (hc) (born 1954)
Julie Payette CQ FMC (born 1963)
David Saint-Jacques B.Eng., Ph.D., M.D. (born
1970)
Robert Thirsk (born 1953) – holds Canadian
record for longest time spent in space
Bjarni Tryggvason ScD (hc) (born 1945)
== Athletes ==
== Businesspeople and entrepreneurs ==
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Baron Beaverbrook
PC (1879–1964) – publishing baron, entrepreneur
Francesco Aquilini – Chairman of the Aquilini
Investment Group and owner of the Vancouver
Canucks
David Asper (born 1958) – chairman, Canwest
Global Communications
Izzy Asper OC QC OM (1932–2003) – chairman,
Canwest Global Communications
Conrad Black – Lord Black of Crossharbour
KCSG LLD (hc) (born 1944) – entrepreneur,
publisher
Willard Boyle (born 1924) – invented charge-coupled
device
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. (1929–2013) – head
of Seagram's and long-time president of the
World Jewish Congress
Samuel Bronfman CC (1889–1971) – founder
of Seagram's
Robert Campeau (born 1923) – real-estate
mogul
Jack Kent Cooke (1912–1997) – owner of
the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings,
Washington Redskins and the Chrysler Building
James Alexander Cowan (1901–1978) – public
relations consultant and founder of Stratford
Shakespeare Festival
Samuel Cunard Bt (1787–1865) – founder
of Cunard Line
William Davidson (1740–1790) – lumberman,
shipbuilder, merchant
Christine M. Day – former CEO of the Canadian
clothing company Lululemon Athletica
Michael DeGroote OC (born 1932) – businessman
and philanthropist
Paul Desmarais PC CC (1927-2013) – Chairman,
Power Corporation of Canada
Craig Dobbin OC (1935–2006) – founder,
chairman and CEO of CHC Helicopter Corporation
Denzil Doyle – founding President of Digital
Equipment Corporation's Canadian subsidiary
James Hamet Dunn Bt (1874–1956) – financier,
steel magnate
Timothy Eaton (1834–1907) – founder of
Eaton's department stores
Bernie Ebbers (born 1941) – former CEO of
WorldCom
Alfred Fuller (1885–1973) – Fuller Brush
Company
Arcadi Gaydamak (born 1952) – owner of Beitar
Jerusalem
Percy Girouard KSMG (1867–1932) – railway
builder, governor
Angèle Grenier – maple syrup producer known
for her legal battles with the Federation
of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers
Zabeen Hirji (born 1960) – Chief Human Resources
Officer, Royal Bank of Canada
Janet Holder – business executive, head
of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines
Robin Ingle – CEO and Chairman of the Ingle
Group of Companies
K. C. Irving OC ONB (1899–1992) – industrialist
F. Ross Johnson (born 1931) – former CEO
of RJR Nabisco
Ron Joyce CM (born 1930) – original partner
with Horton in Tim Hortons, primary builder
of the chain
Moez Kassam – hedge fund manager, founder
of Anson Group
Izaak Walton Killam (1885–1955) – major
financier
Guy Laliberté OC CQ (born 1959) – founder
and owner of the Cirque du Soleil
Cindy Lee – founder of T & T Supermarket
Michael Lee-Chin LLD (hc) (born 1951) – CEO
of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and
the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica
Li Ka-shing (born 1928) – Chairman of the
Board of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison
Whampoa
Victor Li (born 1964) – deputy chairman
of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited
William Secondo Lombardo – owner of Lombardo
Construction and CEO of Peerless-Cascade Plastics
Pete Luckett – owner of Pete's Frootique
and host of The Food Hunter
William Christopher Macdonald (1831–1917)
– tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist
Terry Matthews OC FREng (born 1943) – entrepreneur,
chairman of Mitel and Wesley Clover
Louis B. Mayer (1885–1957) – co-founder
of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios
Harrison McCain CC ONB (1927–2004) – New
Brunswick potato magnate
Colonel Samuel McLaughlin CC CD ED (1871–1972)
– Buick automobile manufacturer
Simon McTavish (1750–1804) – fur trader
Hartland Molson OC GOQ OBE (1907–2002) – Senator,
President of Molson Breweries
John Molson (1763–1836) – founder of Molson
Breweries
Peter Munk OC (born 1927) – founder of Barrick
Gold
Jim Pattison CM OBC (born 1928) – chairman,
president, CEO, and owner of the Jim Pattison
Group
Pierre Péladeau CM OQ (1925–1997) – founder
of Quebecor Inc.
Pierre Karl Péladeau (born 1961) – President,
CEO of Quebecor Inc., Québecor Média Inc.
and Sun Media Corporation
Marie Penny (died 1970) – owner and operator
of one of the largest 20th-century frozen
fish companies in Newfoundland
John Draper Perrin (1890–1967) – entrepreneur,
financier, mining executive
Richard Porritt OC (1901–1985) – mining
industry executive
Jean Pouliot (1923–2004) – founder of
CFCF et Télévision Quatre Saisons
John Redpath (1796–1869) – canal builder,
sugar refinery founder
Paul Reichmann (born 1930) – developer of
Canary Wharf
Edward Samuel Rogers OC (1933–2008) – president
and CEO of Rogers Communications
John Roth (born 1942) – former CEO of Nortel
Networks
Lino Saputo (born 1937) – founder of Saputo
Isadore Sharp OC (born 1931) – founder of
the Four Seasons Hotel chain
E.D. Smith (1858–1943) – founder of E.D.
Smith & Sons Ltd
Levy Solomons (1730–1792) – merchant and
fur trader
John F. Stairs (1848–1904) – entrepreneur,
statesman
Frank Stronach CM (born 1932) – entrepreneur,
founder of Magna International
E. P. Taylor (1901–1989) – entrepreneur,
thoroughbred horse breeder
Nat Taylor – originator of Cineplex Entertainment
Kenneth Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
Roy Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE (1894–1976)
– entrepreneur, publisher
William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG (1843–1915)
– constructed the Canadian Pacific Railway
Jack L. Warner (1892–1978) – founder of
Warner Bros. Studios
Galen Weston OC OOnt (born 1940) – owner
of Loblaws, Holt Renfrew, and Selfridges
Chip Wilson (born 1956) – founder of Lululemon
Athletica
Bob Young – self-publishing website, owner
of CFL Hamilton Tiger Cats
== 
Criminals and suspects ==
Marie-Joseph Angélique (1710–1734) – executed
for setting the city of Montreal on fire
Johnson Aziga (born 1956) – first person
to be charged with first-degree murder in
Canada for spreading HIV
Paul Bernardo (born 1964) – murderer, rapist
Richard Blass (1945–1975) – multiple murderer
Edwin Alonzo Boyd (1914–2002) – bank robber
Jacques Cossette-Trudel (born 1947) – FLQ
terrorist
Louise Cossette-Trudel (born 1947) – FLQ
terrorist
Evelyn Dick (born 1920) – convicted of infanticide;
convicted and acquitted of having murdered
her husband
Larry Fisher (born 1949) – convicted of
the murder for which David Milgaard (see "Wrongfully
convicted", below) was originally convicted
and subsequently exonerated
Charles Guité (born c. 1943) – fraud
Karla Homolka (born 1970) – murderer
Bindy Johal (1971–1998) – Vancouver gangster
Jacques Lanctôt (born 1945) – FLQ terrorist
Yves Langlois (born 1947) FLQ terrorist
Robert Latimer (born 1953) – convicted of
second-degree murder
Allan Legere (born 1948) – serial killer
Marc Lépine (1964–1989) – mass murderer
Denis Lortie – murderer
Grace Marks (born 1828) — 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
Paddy Mitchell – bank robber, leader of
The Stopwatch Gang
Clifford Olson (1940–2011) – serial child
murderer
Rocco Perri (1887–c. 1944) – gangster,
bootlegger
Robert Pickton (born 1949) – serial murderer
Louis Riel (1844–1885) – executed for
treason
Lucien Rivard (c. 1915–2002) – narcotics
smuggler
Paul Rose (1943–2013) – FLQ terrorist
Frank "Dunie" Ryan (born 1942) – gangster
Francis Simard (born 1946) – FLQ terrorist
Slumach (died 1891) – Katzie man convicted
and hung for the murder of Louis Bee, a Kanaka
(Hawaiian) half-breed
Cathy Smith (born 1948) – convicted of manslaughter
in death of John Belushi
Colin Thatcher (born 1938) – murderer
Mark Twitchell (born 1979) – murderer
Russell Williams (born 1963) – former RCAF
military pilot and wing commander; convicted
murderer, rank and decorations revoked upon
conviction
=== 
Wrongfully convicted or lynched ===
Robert Baltovich (born 1965) – wrongfully
convicted of murder
Donald Marshall, Jr. (1953–2009) – wrongfully
convicted of murder
David Milgaard (born 1952) – wrongfully
convicted of murder
Guy Paul Morin – wrongfully convicted of
murder
Louie Sam – wrongfully accused of murder
and hanged by lynch mob in Whatcom County,
Washington
Steven Truscott (born 1945) – wrongfully
convicted of murder
== Directors ==
== Educators ==
J. Willis Ambrose (born c. 1911) – Queen's
University professor
Richard Lee Armstrong FRSC (1937–1991) – University
of British Columbia professor, geochemist
Martha Black – art historian, curator and
author
Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) – founder
of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal
Stephen E. Calvert FRSC (born 1962) – University
of British Columbia emeritus professor, geologist,
oceanographer
Petr Cerny ScD (hc) FRSC – University of
Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
Henry C. Gunning ScD (hc) FRSC (1901–1991)
– University of British Columbia professor,
geologist
Aleksis Dreimanis (born 1914) – University
of Western Ontario emeritus professor, quaternary
geologist
James E. Gill (1901–1980) – McGill University
professor, geologist
James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965) – Queen's
professor, geologist (Hawleyite)
Frank Hawthorne OC FRSC (born 1946) – University
of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
Adelaide Hoodless (1858–1910) – education
and women's activist
Michael Ignatieff (born 1947) – University
of Toronto, Harvard University, University
of Oxford and University of Cambridge professor,
political science
Sue Johanson CM (born 1930) – sex educator
Michael John Keen (1935–1991) – Dalhousie
University professor, marine geoscientist
Sean Kelly (born 1940) – Pratt Institute,
NYC, Humanities & Media Studies, writer
J. Ross Mackay OC FRSC (born 1915) – University
of British Columbia professor, geologist
Michael D. Mehta (born 1965) – Thompson
Rivers University Dean and Professor, environmental
sociologist
Eric W. Mountjoy FRSC (born c. 1930) – McGill
University professor, geologist
Gerard V. Middleton FRSC (born 1931) – McMaster
University professor, geologist
Anthony J. Naldrett FRSC (born c. 1930) – University
of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist
Santa J. Ono FCAHS(born c. 1962) – University
of British Columbia 15th President & Vice-Chancellor,
professor, medical scientist
William Richard Peltier ScD (hc) FRSC (born
c. 1942) – University of Toronto professor,
physicist
Jordan Peterson (born 1962) – Canadian clinical
psychologist and professor of psychology at
the University of Toronto.
Egerton Ryerson (1803–1882) – public education
advocate
Dora Sakayan – full professor, Department
of German Studies, McGill University; Armenology,
Contrastive Linguistics, Language Acquisition,
Translation, Genocide Studies
Colin Simpson (born c. 1965) – George Brown
College, best-selling author
Charles R. Stelck OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1917)
– University of Alberta professor, petroleum
geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher
David Strangway OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born c.
1935) – geophysicist and university administrator
Thomas Symons CC OOnt (born c. 1929) – Founding
President of Trent University, Professor of
Canadian Studies
Roger G. Walker FRSC – McMaster University
emeritus professor
William Winegard PC OC (born 1924) – educator,
engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament
== Environmentalists ==
See Canadian environmentalists.
== Fashion ==
Jeanne Beker (born 1952) – reporter
Sahar Biniaz (born November 17, 1986) – model
Dean and Dan Caten (born 1965) – designers
known as Dsquared
Keshia Chante (born 1988) – model and singer
Steven Cojocaru (born 1962) (known as Cojo)
– critic and correspondent on Entertainment
Tonight
Meghan Collison (born 1988) – model
Taryn Davidson (born 1991) – model
Linda Evangelista (born 1965) – model
Shalom Harlow (born 1973) – model and actress
Irina Lazareanu (born 1982) – model
Jay Manuel (born 1972) – expert on America's
Next Top Model and Canada's Next Top Model
Heather Marks (born 1988) – model
Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004) – designer
Andi Muise (born 1987) – model
Peter Nygard (born 1943) – designer
Lana Ogilvie – model
Coco Rocha (born 1988) – model
Monika Schnarre (born 1971) – model
Jessica Stam (born 1986) – model
Daria Werbowy (born 1983) – Polish-born
Canadian model
Alana Zimmer (born 1987) – model
== Humanitarians ==
Louise Arbour (born 1947) – former UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, former justice
of the Supreme Court of Canada, former Chief
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals
for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare
activist and political commentator in New
Brunswick
Norman Bethune – physician and medical innovator
Richard Maurice Bucke FRSC (1837–1902) – psychiatrist,
philosopher, early author on human development
and human potentials
Steve Fonyo OC Rescinded 2010 (born 1966)
– retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross
country cancer research fundraising marathon
Terry Fox CC OD (1958–1981) – attempted
one-legged cross country run for cancer research
Grey Owl (1888–1938) (real name Archibald
Stanfield Belaney) – conservationist who
falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal
person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan
and Manitoba
Rick Hansen CC OBC LLD (hc) DLitt (hc) (born
1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed
an around-the-world marathon for spinal cord
injury research
Stephen Lewis CC (born 1937) – AIDS activist,
United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS
in Africa
Harold A. Rogers OC OBE (1899–1994) – founder
of Kin Canada
Jean Vanier CC GOQ (born 1928) – activist
for the mentally disabled, founder of L'Arche
== Inventors ==
Scott Abbott – co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
Thomas Ahearn PC(1855–1938) – invented
the electric cooking range and the electric
car heater
Anthony R. Barringer (born 1925) – holds
70 patents for mineral exploration technology
Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995) – co-invented
rodeo's side-delivery chute, invented reverse-opening
side-delivery chute, hornless bronc saddle,
one-hand bareback rigging and high-cut chaps
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) – born
in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada
and developed it in the United States
Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907–1964) – invented
the snowmobile
Gerald Bull (1928–1990) – invented the
G5 howitzer and the Iraqi supergun
Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930) – invented
a method of bromine extraction known as the
Dow process
Mathew Evans – co-inventor of the first
electric light bulb
Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892) – inventor
of the wood pulp process for making paper
Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932) – radio
inventor who made the first radio-transmitted
audio transmission and the first two-way transatlantic
radio transmission; also invented sonar and
patented the first television system
Sir Sandford Fleming KCMG DSc (hc) FRSC (1827–1915)
– inventor of the system of Standard Time
zones
Wilbur R. Franks OBE (1901–1986) – invented
the anti-black-out-suit (the G-suit)
Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864) – inventor
of kerosene; known as the "father of the petroleum
industry"
James Gosling OC (born 1955) – invented
Java computer language
Chris Haney (1950–2010) – co-inventor
of Trivial Pursuit
Sam Jacks (1915–1975) – inventor of ringette
George Klein OC MBE LLD (hc) (1904–1992)
– developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical
staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and
the Canadarm
Thomas Edvard Krogh ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1936)
– developed technique of radiometric uranium-lead
dating to further the precision of geochronology
Hugh Le Caine (1914–1977) – invented the
music synthesizer in 1945
Cluny MacPherson (1879–1966) – invented
the first general-issue gas mask used by the
British Army in World War I
Wilson Markle (born 1938) – invented film
colorization process in 1983
Elijah McCoy (1844–1929) – developed automatic
machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the
"Real McCoy"
James Naismith (1861–1939) – invented
basketball
P. L. Robertson (1879–1951) – invented
the Robertson screw
Henry Ruttan (1792–1871) – invented air-conditioned
railway coach
Thomas F. Ryan (1872–1971) – invented
five-pin bowling
Arthur Sicard (1876–1946) – invented the
snowblower in 1925
Simon Sunatori (born 1959) – engineer, inventor
and entrepreneur; created the MagneScribe
and the Magic Spicer
Lewis Urry (1927–2004) – invented the
long-lasting alkaline battery
Harry Wasylyk (born 1925) – invented the
disposable green polyethylene garbage bag
in 1950
Thomas Willson (1860–1915) – invented
arc lamps and process for creating calcium
carbide
Henry Woodward – co-inventor of the first
electric light bulb
== Law ==
Alfred Scow (1927–2013) – First Nations
Judge
== Media ==
Samantha Bee (born 1969) – host of Full
Frontal with Samantha Bee
Stephen Brunt (born 1959) – lead sports
columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989
Stevie Cameron (born 1943) – journalist,
author
Gordon Donaldson (1926–2001) – amateur
historian
Barbara Frum OC LLD (hc) (1937–1992) – CBC
radio and television journalist
Jian Ghomeshi (born 1967) – radio broadcaster
Ken Hechtman – maverick journalist jailed
by Afghanistan's Taliban government as a suspected
United States spy in 2001
Kenny Hotz (born 1973) – only registered
Canadian journalist to cover the Gulf War
Mark Irwin CSC/ASC (born 1950) – Hollywood
Director of Photography
Peter Jennings CM (1938–2005) – ABC news
anchor
Jason Jones – senior correspondent for The
Daily Show
Firdaus Kharas (born 1955) – human rights
activist, founder of Chocolate Moose Media
Pat Kiernan (1968) – morning anchor of NY1
since 1997
Michael Kesterton (born 1945) – The Globe
and Mail columnist
Lisa LaFlamme (born 1964) – journalist,
occasional chief anchor, and senior editor
for CTV National News
Neil Macdonald (born 1957) – CBC reporter
Robert MacNeil (born 1931) – journalist,
author, longtime co-anchor of The MacNeil/Lehrer
Report on PBS
Peter Mansbridge OC LLD (hc) (born 1948) – news
anchor of CBC's The National
Rick Mercer OC (born 1969) – comedian, TV
personality, political satirist and author
Mosha Michael – Canada's first Inuk filmmaker
Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray – editor and
co-publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet
News
Peter C. Newman CC CD LLD (hc) (born 1929)
– eminent journalist and writer
Sydney Newman OC (1917–1997) – supervisor
of drama at the CBC, head of drama at the
BBC, creator of the Doctor Who television
series, chairman of the NFB
Steve Paikin (born 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
Sandie Rinaldo (born 1950) – journalist
and occasional news anchor for CTV National
News
John Roberts (born 1956) – Fox News Channel
reporter, previously a CNN reporter and host
of The New Music on MuchMusic
Lloyd Robertson OC LLD (hc) (born 1934) – senior
editor and former longtime anchor for CTV
National News
Morley Safer (1931–2016) – investigative
journalist for CBS News and 60 Minutes
Shane Smith (born 1969) – founder of Vice
George Stroumboulopoulos (born 1972) – television
journalist
Peter Trueman OC (born 1934) – original
newsman on Global TV
Jan Wong (born 1952) – journalist
== Medical ==
Evan Adams – First Nations medical doctor,
medical advisor, Deputy Provincial Health
Advisor (BC), and actor
Maria Louisa Angwin (1849–1898) – first
woman licensed to practice medicine in Nova
Scotia
Elizabeth Bagshaw CM (1881–1982) – physician
and birth control activist
Frederick Banting KBE MC LLD (hc) ScD (hc)
FRSC (1891–1941) – Nobel laureate, co-discoverer
of insulin
John Cameron Bell (born 1953) – pioneer
of oncolytic virus therapies for cancer
Norman Bethune (1890–1939) – surgeon,
inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in
Spain and China
Wilfred Bigelow OC LLD (hc) FRSC (1913–2005)
– inventor of the first artificial pacemaker
Basil Boulton (1938–2008) – pediatrician
and child health advocate
John Callaghan OC AOE (1923–2004) – pioneer
of open-heart surgery
John Dick FRSC (born 1957) – credited with
discovery of cancer stem cell
Tommy Douglas PC CC SOM LLD (hc) (1904–1986)
– introduced publicly funded health care
in Canada; commonly known as the "father of
Medicare"
Carl Goresky OC (1932–1996) – physician
and scientist
David H. Hubel (1926–2013) – Nobel Prize
winner in medicine for mapping the visual
cortex
Harold E. Johns OC (1915–1998) – medical
physicist, noted for his extensive contributions
to the use of ionizing radiation to treat
cancer
Doreen Kimura (1933–2013) – behavioural
psychologist, world expert on sex differences
in the brain
William Harding le Riche (1916–2010) — epidemiologist
Jeanne Mance (1606–1673) – established
the 
first hospital in North America – the Hôtel-Dieu
de Montréal – in 1644
Ernest McCulloch CM OOnt FRSC FRS (1926–2011)
– cellular biologist credited with the discovery
of stem cell with James Till
Frances Gertrude McGill (1882–1959) – pioneering
forensic pathologist and criminologist
Henry Morgentaler CM LLD (hc) (1923–2013)
– abortionist who helped legalize abortion
in Canada and strengthen the power of jury
nullification
William Osler Bt (1849–1919) – physician,
called the "father of modern medicine"; wrote
Principles and Practice of Medicine
Daniel David Palmer (1845–1913) – founded
the chiropractic profession
Edgar Randolph Parker (1871–1951) (known
as "Painless" Parker) – flamboyant dentist
Wilder Penfield OM CC CMG FRS (1891–1976)
– neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation
of the brain
David Sackett CC FRSC (born 1934) – founded
the first department of clinical epidemiology
in Canada at McMaster University
Sydney Segal (1920–1997) – pediatrician
and neonatologist particularly known for his
work with sudden infant death syndrome
James Till OC OOnt FRSC FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist,
credited for the discovery of stem cell with
Ernest McCulloch
A. Ross Tilley (1904–1988) MD FRCS(C) OBE
OC – plastic surgeon
Irene Ayako Uchida OC (1917–2013) – cytogenticist,
Down Syndrome researcher
== 
Military figures ==
General Maurice Baril OMM CD (born 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
Gustave Biéler DSO MBE (1904–1944) – Special
Operations Executive agent, executed by the
Nazis
Air Commodore Leonard Birchall CM OBE DFC
OOnt CD DMSc (hc) LLD (hc) (1915–2004) – war
hero
Air Marshall Billy Bishop VC CB DSO* MC DFC
ED (1894–1956) (commonly known as Billy
Bishop) –World War I flying ace
Brigadier-General Jean Boyle CMM CD (born
1947) – fighter pilot, and businessman
Major General Sir Isaac Brock KB (1769–1812)
– War of 1812 general
Captain Roy Brown DSC* RNAS (1893–1944)
– World War I fighter pilot officially credited
with shooting down the Red Baron
Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave DSO* (1890–1971)
– Canadian signatory to the Japanese Instrument
of Surrender
General Harry Crerar CH CB DSO CD PC (1888–1965)
– "leading field commander" in World War
II
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie KCB GCMG
(1875–1933) – first Canadian commander
of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire OC CMM
GOQ MSC CD LLD (hc) ScDHum (hc) DHL (hc) (born
1946) – UN peacekeeping General, attempted
to prevent the Rwandan Genocide
Guy D'Artois DSO GM (1917–1999) – SOE
agent, recipient of the Croix de Guerre
General John de Chastelain CH OC CMM CD LLD
(hc) ScDMil (hc) FLMH (born 1937) – head
of the Independent International Commission
on Decommissioning
Peter Dmytruk (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
John Weir Foote VC CD (1904–1988) – military
chaplain, Ontario cabinet minister, and recipient
of the Victoria Cross
Captain Nichola Goddard MSM (1980–2006)
– first female Canadian soldier killed in
combat
William Hall VC (1827–1904) – first Nova
Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross
John Kenneth Macalister (1914–1944) – SOE
agent, executed by the Nazis
Vice-Admiral Bruce MacLean CMM, CD – Chief
of the Maritime Staff from 2004 to 2006
Captain Simon Mailloux (born 1983) – first
Canadian soldier with an amputation to deploy
on a combat mission; recipient of the Sacrifice
Medal
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (1872–1918)
– soldier, poet, author of In Flanders'
Fields
Alan Arnett McLeod VC (1899–1918) – fighter
pilot, youngest Canadian-born winner of the
Victoria Cross
General Andrew McNaughton CH CB CMG DSO CD
PC (1887–1966) – Co-Minister of Defence
during World War II
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Meighen (1905–1979)
– lawyer and philanthropist
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Merritt VC (1908–2000)
– recipient of the Victoria Cross
Major General Sydney Chilton Mewburn PC (1863–1956)
– lawyer and politician, Minister of Militia
and Defence
Minnie "Jerri" Mumford (1909–2002) – serving
member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps
(CWAC) during World War II
Rear Admiral Leonard W. Murray (1896–1971)
– Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Northwest
Atlantic during World War II
Henry Norwest MM & Bar (1884–1918) – sniper
in World War I
Lieutenant-Colonel George Pearkes VC PC CC
CB DSO MC CD (1888–1984) – recipient of
the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Governor of
British Columbia
Francis Pegahmagabow MM** (1891–1952) – the
most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian
soldier of World War I
Frank Pickersgill (1915–1944) – SOE agent,
executed by the Nazis
Rear Admiral Desmond Piers CM DSC CD ScDMil
(hc) (1913–2005) – war hero
George Lawrence Price (1898–1918) – last
soldier killed in World War I
Tommy Prince MM (1915–1977) – one of Canada's
most decorated soldiers, member of the Devil's
Brigade
James Ralston PC (1881–1948) – Co-Minister
of Defence during World War II
Thomas Ricketts VC (1901–1967) – recipient
of the Victoria Cross (Newfoundlander at the
time of his award)
Harold A. Rogers OC OBE (1889–1994) – founder
of Kin Canada
Roméo Sabourin (1923–1944) – SOE agent,
executed by the Nazis
General Guy Simonds CC CB CBE DSO CD (1903–1974)
– commandee of the II Canadian Corps
Ernest Smith (1914–2005) – VC, CM, OBC,
CD, Seaforth Highlander Private/ Sergeant,
the last living Canadian recipient of the
Victoria Cross, awarded for gallantry in actions
at the River Savio, Northern Italy 1944
Sam Steele CB KCMG MVO (1851–1919) – member
of the North-West Mounted Police, commander
of Yukon detachment
William Stephenson CC MC DFC (1897–1989)
(codename: Intrepid) – senior representative
of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere
in World War II
Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart CB DSO MC
(1891–1945) – Chief of the General Staff
1941–1943, educator
Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Leader of First
Nations British Allies, War of 1812, died
defeating American invasion
Rear Admiral Robert Timbrell CMM DSC CD (1920–2006)
– first Canadian to be decorated with the
Distinguished Service Cross
General Christopher Vokes CB CBE DSO CD (1904–1985)
– General Officer commanding the Canadian
Army Occupation Force in Europe
Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler (1890–1962)
– Corps of Royal Engineers surveyor
General Ramsey Muir Withers CMM CD LLD (hc)
(born 1930) – Chief of the Defense Staff
Sir James Lucas Yeo (1782–1818) – commander
of Royal Navy forces in Canada during the
War of 1812
== Monarchs and Canadian Royal Family ==
Main articles:
List of Canadian monarchs
Canadian Royal Family
== Magicians ==
Doug Henning (1947–2000) – credited with
reviving the magic show in North America
Leon Mandrake (1911–1993) – Mandrake the
Great; and his sons Lon and Ron, born in 1948
and 1949, respectively
Darcy Oake (born 1987) – illusionist, born
in Winnipeg, finalist on Britain's Got Talent
James Randi (born 1928) – magician, writer,
skeptical investigator of paranormal and pseudo-scientific
claims, founder of the James Randi Educational
Foundation
Dai Vernon (1894–1992) – magician, known
as "the man who fooled Houdini"
== Musicians ==
== Politicians ==
Lloyd Axworthy PC OC OM (born 1939) – former
Cabinet minister
Thomas Bain (1834–1915) – former Speaker
of the Canadian House of Commons
Robert Baldwin (1804–1858)
Maude Barlow LLD (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1947)
– activist, Chairperson of the Council of
Canadians
Perrin Beatty PC (born 1950) – former cabinet
minister, president of CBC
Monique Bégin PC OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1936)
– former cabinet minister
Thomas R. Berger OC OBC (born 1933) – jurist
Ethel Blondin-Andrew PC (born 1951) – former
Cabinet minister
Henri Bourassa (1868–1952) – Quebec politician
Pierre Bourgault (1934–2003) – President
of Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale
Ed Broadbent PC CC (born 1936) – former
New Democratic Party leader
George Brown (1818–1880)
Rosemary Brown PC CC OBC LLD (hc) (1930–2003)
Tim Buck (1891–1973) – leader of the Canadian
Communist Party
George-Étienne Cartier Bt KSMG PC (1814–1873)
– Cabinet minister
Brock Chisholm CC MC* LLD (hc) (1896–1971)
– first Director-General of the World Health
Organization
Joe Clark – 16th Prime Minister of Canada,
leader of the Progressive Conservative Party
of Canada from 1976 to 1983, and again from
1998 to 2003
Sheila Copps PC (born 1952)
Victor Copps (1919–1988) – Mayor of Hamilton
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, Earl of
Durham GCB PC (1792–1840)
Ellen Fairclough PC CC OOnt (1905–2004)
– first female member of the Canadian Cabinet
The Famous Five – 1920s women's rights activists
Jennifer Granholm (born 1959) – first female
governor of Michigan
Gurmant Grewal (born 1957) – the "Ironman
of Canadian Parliament"
Nina Grewal (born 1958) – first South Asian
and Sikh woman elected to Parliament; with
her husband Gurmant, the Grewals are the first
married couple to concurrently serve in Canadian
Parliament
Elijah Harper (1949–2013) – Cree chief
(Red Sucker Lake Nation), MLA Manitoba, successfully
blocked the Meech Lake Accord (proposed Constitutional
amendment)
C. D. Howe PC (1886–1960) – Cabinet minister
Joseph Howe PC (1804–1873) – "father of
Confederation"
Stan Keyes PC (born 1953)
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bt (1807–1864)
– co-premier of the United Province of Canada
Franklin K. Lane – 1910s United States Secretary
of the Interior (1913–1920)
Jack Layton PC (1950–2011) – leader of
the New Democratic Party
William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861) – Mayor
of Toronto
Allan MacNab Bt (1798–1862) – Prime Minister
of Upper Canada
Thomas D'Arcy McGee PC (1825–1868)
Agnes Macphail (1890–1954) – first female
Member of Parliament
Beverley McLachlin PC LLD (hc) (born 1943)
– Chief Justice of Canada
James McMillan (1838–1902) – US Senator
from Michigan
John Munro PC (1931–2003)
Papineau (1786–1871) – reformer and 1837
rebellion leader
Allan Studholme (1846–1919)
Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982)
=== Provincial premiers ===
Main articles:List of premiers of Alberta
List of premiers of British Columbia
List of premiers of Manitoba
List of premiers of New Brunswick
List of premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador
List of premiers of Nova Scotia
List of premiers of Ontario
List of premiers of Prince Edward Island
List of premiers of Quebec
List of premiers of Saskatchewan
=== 
Territorial premiers ===
Main articles:List of premiers of the Northwest
Territories
List of premiers of Nunavut
List of premiers of Yukon
=== 
First Nations leaders ===
Shawn Atleo
William Beynon
Big Bear (1825–1888) – Cree leader
Joseph Brant (1742–1807) – Mohawk leader
Mary Brant (1736–1796) – leader of Six
Nations women's federation
Frank Calder – Nisga'a
Joe Capilano – Squamish
Rose Charlie
Arthur Wellington Clah
Heber Clifton
Cumshewa – 18th-century Haida chief at the
inlet now bearing his name
Harley Desjarlais
Alfred Dudoward
Dan George – Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard)
Joseph Gosnell – Nisga'a
Simon Gunanoot – Gitxsan
Guujaaw – modern-day Haida leader
Elijah Harper – Cree
Chief Hunter Jack (died 1905) – St'at'imc
Mary John, Sr.
August Jack Khatsahlano – Squamish
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
Maquinna – 18th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief
(Yuquot/Mowachaht)
Harriet Nahanee – Squamish and Nuu-chah-nulth
(Pacheedaht)
Nicola (1780/1785 — c. 1865) – Grand chief
of the Okanagan people, and jointly chief
of the Nlaka'pamux-Okanagan-Nicola Athapaskan
alliance in the Nicola Valley and of the Kamloops
group of the Secwepemc
Andy Paull – Squamish
Stewart Phillip
Chief Poundmaker – Cree chief
Piapot (c. 1816–1908) – Cree chief
Steven Point – modern Sto:lo leader, current
Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
Louis Riel (1844–1885) – leader of two
Métis rebellions before being hung for treason
James Sewid – Kwakwaka'wakw
Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Shawnee leader
Alec Thomas
Wickanninish – 19th-century Nuu-chah-nulth
chief (Opitsaht/Tla-o-qui-aht)
Walter Wright
== Producers ==
== Religious figures ==
=== Martyrs ===
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) – first
Canadian saint
St. Noël Chabanel (1613–1649) – Jesuit
missionary
St. Anthony Daniel (1601–1648) – Jesuit
missionary
St. Jean de Brébeuf (1539–1649) – Jesuit
missionary
St. Jean de Lalande – Jesuit missionary
St. Saint Charles Garnier (1606–1649) – Jesuit
missionary
St. René Goupil (1608–1642) – first North
American martyr of the Roman Catholic Church
St. Isaacs Jogues (1607–1646) – Jesuit
missionary
St. Gabriel Lallemant (1610–1649) – Jesuit
missionary
=== Religious community leaders ===
Alexis André (1832–1893) – Catholic missionary
priest, spiritual advisor to Louis Riel
Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (1930–2011) – Archbishop
Emeritus of Toronto
André Besette (1845–1937) – Holy Cross
Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"
Linda Bond (born 1946) – General of The
Salvation Army, 2011–present
Arnold Brown (1913–2002) – General of
The Salvation Army, 1977–81
Hugh B. Brown (1883–1975) – Latter-day
Saint apostle
Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976) – Sikh, writer,
activist and co-founder of the Sikh Youth
orthodox political party in Surrey, British
Columbia
Lionel Groulx (1878–1967) – Roman Catholic
priest, historian, nationalist, and traditionalist
Albert Lacombe (1827–1916) – Roman Catholic
missionary
John G. Lake (1870–1935) – leader of the
Pentecostal Movement, born in St. Marys, Ontario
Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger (1904–1991)
– Catholic clergyman and humanitarian
Merlin Lybbert (1926–2001) – general authority
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints
David Mainse (born 1936) – broadcaster,
founder of 100 Huntley Street and CITS-TV
Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) – founder
of the Foursquare Church
William D. Morrow – General Superintendent
of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Bishop Michael Power (1804–1847) – Roman
Catholic Bishop of Toronto
Alexandre-Antonin Taché (1823–1894) – Roman
Catholic priest, missionary of the Oblate
order
Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982) – Latter-day
Saint apostle
John Taylor (1808–1887) – president of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680) – "The Lily
of the Mohawks", first Native American canonized
as a saint by the Catholic Church
Rúhíyyih Khanum (1910–2000) – wife of
Shoghi Effendi, the head of the Bahá'í Faith
until 1957; she was appointed as a Hand of
the Cause; in 2004, CBC viewers voted her
number 44 on the list of "greatest Canadians"
on the television show The Greatest Canadian
Bramwell Tillsley (born 1931) – General
of The Salvation Army, 1993–94
Clarence Wiseman (1907–1985) – General
of The Salvation Army, 1974–77
=== Religious cult figures ===
Roch Thériault (1947–2011) – cult leader
Brother XII (1878–1934) – cult leader
== Scholars ==
Louise Arbour (born 1947) – jurist
Timothy Brook – professor, historian and
writer
Joseph-Alphonse-Paul Cadotte - (1897—1979),
professor, author
Jack Chambers (born 1938) – linguist
Thomas H. Clark (1893–1996) – McGill geology
professor, namesake of Thomasclarkite
Gerald Cohen (1941–2009) – Oxford Philosopher
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) – influential
critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) – economist
George Grant (1918–1988) – philosopher
John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995) – legal
scholar, principal drafter of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
Harold Innis (1894–1952) – political economist;
author of seminal works on Canadian economic
history, media and communications
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) – communications
theorist, coined phrases "the medium is the
message" and "global village"
Steven Pinker (born 1954) – psychologist,
cognitive scientist, writer of popular science
John Ralston Saul (born 1947) – businessman,
essayist, diplomat
F. R. Scott (1899–1985) – law professor,
philosopher, poet
Guy Sylvestre (born 1918) – literary critic
David Sztybel (born 1967) – philosopher
Charles Taylor (born 1931) – philosopher
== Scientists ==
Robert Campbell Aitken (born 1963) – electrical
engineer
Sidney Altman (born 1939) – molecular biologist,
winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry
Brenda Andrews - academic, researcher and
biologist specializing in systems biology
and molecular genetics.
Albert Bandura (born 1921) – psychologist
Neil Banerjee – earth scientist
Karen Bailey – plant pathologist
Karen Beauchemin – livestock ruminant nutrition
Robert Bell FRSC (1841–1917) – geologist
Walter A. Bell (1889–1969) – geologist,
paleontologist
Selwyn G. Blaylock ScD (hc) (1879–1945)
– chemist and mining executive
Stewart Blusson OC (born 1939) – geologist,
diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist
Willard Boyle (born 1924) – inventor of
the charge coupled device, winner of nobel
prize in physics
Bertram Brockhouse CC FRSC (1918–2003) – designer
of the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectrometer, winner
of Nobel Prize for Physics
Georges Brossard CM CQ ScD (hc) (born 1940)
– entomologist, television personality and
founder of the Montreal Insectarium
Moira Brown – North Atlantic Right Whale
researcher and conservationist
Vernon Burrows (born 1930) – oat breeder
John J. Clague FRSC (born 1946) – authority
in quaternary and environmental earth sciences
Philip J. Currie – palaeontologist
John William Dawson CMG FRS FRSC (1820–1899)
– first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide
reputation
Duncan R. Derry LLD (hc) (1906–1987) – economic
geologist
Raymond Desjardins – agrometeorologist
Martine Dorais – plant physiologist, organic
horticulture
Robert John Wilson Douglas FRSC (1920–1979)
– petroleum geologist
Eugenia Duodu - chemist
John Charles Fields FRS FRSC (1863–1932)
– mathematician and founder of the Fields
Medal
J. Keith Fraser (born 1922) – geographer
Hu Gabrielse – geologist with the Geological
Survey of Canada
William Giauque (born 1949) – Nobel Prize
winner in chemistry
Donald O. Hebb FRS (1904–1985) – neuroscientist,
published his theory of Hebbian learning
Gerhard Herzberg PC CC ScD (hc) LLD (hc) FRSC
FRS (1904–1999) – Nobel Prize winner in
chemistry for molecular spectroscopy
James Hillier OC (1915–2007) – inventor
of the electron microscope
Paul F. Hoffman OC FRSC (born 1941) – geologist
noted for research into Snowball Earth events
Edward A. Irving CM ScD (hc) FRSC FRS (born
1927) – provided the first physical evidence
of continental drift
Charles Legge – civil engineer
Victor Ling CC (born 1944) – medicine, drug
resistance in cancer
Sir William Edmond Logan FRS (1798–1875)
– founded the Geological Survey of Canada
Mary MacArthur – botanist, cytologist, horticulturalist
John Macoun (1831–1920) – botanist
Tak Wah Mak (born 1946) – immunologist who
discovered the T-cell receptor
Claude Hillaire-Marcel FRSC (born 1944) – world
leader in quaternary research
Rudolph A. Marcus (born 1923) – Nobel Prize
in chemistry recipient for electron transfer
reactions
Jerrold E. Marsden (1942–2010) – applied
mathematician, founder of the Fields Institute
Ernest McCulloch CC FRSC FRS (born 1926) – cellular
biologist who, with James Till, demonstrated
the existence of stem cells
Maud Menten (1879–1960) – medical scientist,
made groundbreaking work in enzyme kinetics
John Charles Polanyi PC CC FRSC FRS (born
1929) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient
for infrared chemiluminescence
Isabella Preston – ornamental horticulturalist
Raymond A. Price OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1933)
– geologist
Hubert Reeves CC OQ (born 1932) – astrophysicist
and science popularizer
Elizabeth Pattey – agricultural micrometeorologist
Henry de Puyjalon (born 1841) – biologist
and ecologist
Donald F. Sangster LLD (hc) ScD (hc) FRSC
– geologist
Charles E. Saunders (1867–1937) – agronomist
Arthur Schawlow (1921–1999) – Nobel Prize
winner in physics (for lasers)
David Schindler OC (born 1940) – limnologist
Myron Scholes (born 1941) – Nobel Prize
winner in economics
Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein – animal ethologist
Hans Selye CC (1907–1982) – pioneering
stress researcher
Michael Smith CC OBE (1932–2000) – Nobel
Prize winner in chemistry for site-based mutagenesis
Ralph M. Steinman (1943–2011) – Nobel
Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for
the discovery of the dendritic cell and its
role in adaptive immunity
Peter A Stewart (1921–1993) – physiologist,
quantitative acid-base physiology
Donna Strickland - Nobel Prize winner in Physics,
optical physicist and pioneer in the field
of pulsed lasers
Richard Summerbell (born 1956) – mycologist
David Suzuki CC OBC LLD (hc) ScD (hc) ScDEnv
(hc) ScDComm (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1936) – geneticist
and science popularizer
Felicitas Svejda – horticulturalist
Henry Taube FRSC (1915–2005) – Nobel Prize
in chemistry for electron transfer reactions
Richard Taylor CC FRSC FRS (born 1929) – Nobel
Prize in physics recipient for verifying the
quark theory
James Till CC FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist
who, with Ernest McCulloch, demonstrated the
existence of stem cells
Joseph Tyrrell (1858–1957) – geologist,
cartographer, discoverer of dinosaur bones
in Alberta
William Vickrey (1914–1996) – Nobel Prize
winner in economics
Harold Williams FRSC (born 1934) – geologist,
expert on the Appalachian Mountains
John Tuzo Wilson CC OBE ScD (hc) FRSC FRS
FRSE (1908–1993) – geophysicist, expert
in plate tectonics
== Singers ==
== Viceroys ==
Main articles:List of Governors General of
Canada
List of Lieutenant Governors of Alberta
List of Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia
List of Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba
List of Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick
List of Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland
and Labrador
List of Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia
List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
List of Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward
Island
List of Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec
List of Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan
== Writers ==
== Other personalities ==
Janis Babson (1950–1961) – organ donor,
subject of two books
Antonio Barichievich (1925–2003) (known
as The Great Antonio) – strongman, showman,
and eccentric
Grant Bristow (born 1958) – CSIS undercover
agent who started the Heritage Front, planted
as political operative within Reform Party
René Lepage de Sainte-Claire (1656–1718)
– lord-founder of Rimouski, Quebec
Donnelly family (known as the Black Donnellys)
– participants and/or victims of a vicious
community feud
Josiah Henson (1789–1883) – former slave,
believed to be the inspiration for Uncle Tom's
Cabin
Harold Kandel (1906–1995) – legendary
theatregoer from Toronto, Ontario known for
speaking out during theatre events, now commemorated
through the Harold Awards
Marc Karam (born 1980) – professional poker
player
Anna Ruth Lang CV – recipient of the Cross
of Valour
Sunny Leone (born 1981) – Canadian and Indian
pornographic actress; Bollywood actress
Bat Masterson (1853–1921) – gunfighter,
fight promoter, sports journalist
Charles Vance Millar (1853–1926) – lawyer,
financier, and posthumous practical joker
Sorel Mizzi (born 1986) – professional poker
player
John Wilson Murray (1840–1906) – Canada's
first major detective
Daniel Negreanu (born 1974) – professional
poker player
Minnie Patterson (died 1911) – heroine noted
for her daring rescue of men from the barkentine
(barque) Coloma during a severe storm in 1906.
Ariel Rebel (born 1985) – French softcore
pornographic model, currently living in Quebec
Sue Rodriguez (1950–1994) – amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer and right
to die advocate
Alexander Milton Ross (1832–1897) (known
as The Birdman) – pre-American Civil War
abolitionist and participant in the Underground
Railroad
Craig Russell (1948–1990) – female impersonator
and actor
Laura Secord (1775–1868) – 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
to sail around the world solo
Margaret Trudeau (1948) – former wife of
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
== 
Fictional ==
Amuro Ray – main character in the mecha
anime Mobile Suit Gundam and varying roles
in subsequent sequels
Ike Broflovski – character on South Park
Tom Evans (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon
character
Benton Fraser – Mountie on the 90s television
show Due South
James Howlett (aka "Logan", aka "Wolverine")
– member of the X-Men
Justin Jones from Justin Time
Rodney McKay – character on Stargate SG-1
and Stargate Atlantis
Darren Oak (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon
character
Trevor Philips – one of the three protagonists
of Grand Theft Auto V
Scott Pilgrim – from the graphic novel series
of the same name
Sergeant William Preston – heroic Mountie
of radio and TV series from the 1950s
Peter Puck – Hockey Night in Canada symbol
from the 1970s
Robin Scherbatsky – supporting character
on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother
Dave Semple (known as Captain Canuck) – cartoon
character
Anne Shirley – known as Anne of Green Gables
Terrance and Phillip – characters on South
Park
Wade Wilson (aka "Deadpool") – comic book
anti-hero
== Other ==
NationalPersons of National Historic Significance
(Canada)
List of Companions of the Order of Canada
List of inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame
The Greatest CanadianGroupings and articles
of relevance
Aboriginal Canadian personalities
Asian Canadians
Black Canadians
European Canadians
List of First Nations people
List of Canadian Jews
List of Canadians by net worthLists by cityList
of people from Canada by city
Lists by province/territory
