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This is a list of Canadians.

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-)

See: Entertainers

Daudelin, Charles (1920-2001)
Granche, Pierre (1948-1997)
Lütkenhaus, Almuth (1930-1996)
Mol, Leo (1915-)
Reid, Bill (1920-1998)

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
Harrison, Sabrina Ward (unknown)
Herzog, Fred (1930-) - photographer
Holbrook, Elizabeth Bradford (1913-) - portrait sculptor
Karsh, Yousuf (1908-2002) - photographer
Morriseau, Norval (1932-) - 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

Roberta Bondar.

Bondar, Roberta (1945-) - first Canadian woman in space
Garneau, Marc (1949-) - first Canadian in space
Hatfield, Chris (1959-) - first Canadian to walk in space
MacLean, Steven (1954-)
Payette, Julie (1963-)
Thrisk, Robert (1953-)
Tryggvason, Bjarni (1945-)

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

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-)

Timothy Eaton.

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)
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

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, created 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

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
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, Dennis (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-) - murderer/prostitute killer
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
Jesse Imerson (2007) - murderer

Marshall, Donald (unknown) - wrongfully convicted of murder
Milgaard, David (1952-) - wrongfully convicted of murder
Morin, Guy Paul (unknown) - wrongfully convicted of murder
Truscott, Steven (1945-) - wrongfully convicted of murder

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
Walker, Roger G. (unknown) - McMaster University emeritus professor
Winegard, William (1924-) - educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament

Main articles: List of Canadian entertainers and Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

Grey Owl (Archibald Stanfield Belaney) 1888-1938 English-born fur trapper and Conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person. He worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Norman Bethune, doctor
Richard Bucke, 1837-1902, progressive psychiatrist, theorist, philosopher, early author on human development and human potentials
Steve Fonyo, Retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon.
Terry Fox, (1958-81), attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research, Canadian Hero
Rick Hansen, Paraplegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research.
Stephen Lewis, AIDS activist, United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Lester B. Pearson 1897-1972 - Former Prime Minister of Canada, won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his intervention in the Suez Crisis.
Hal Rogers, O.C., O.B.E. (1899 - 1994) - Founder of Kin Canada.
Jean Vanier - Activist for mentally disabled, founder of L'Arche.

Thomas Ahearn, (1855-1938), invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater.
Anthony R. Barringer (b. 1925), 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), Invented the telephone in Canada, developed it in US. (Canadian/American/Scot)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier - invented the snowmobile
Gerald Bull - invented the G5 howitzer and the Iraqi supergun.
Thomas Carroll - first self-propelled combine harvester
Mathew Evans - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
Reginald Fessenden, (1866-1932), radio inventor who made the first radio-transmitted audio transmission and the first two-way transatlantic radio transmission; also invented sonar and patented the first television system.
Sir Sandford Fleming, (1827-1915), inventor of the system of Standard Time zones in use today
Wilbur R. Franks - invented the "anti-black-out-suit" (the G-suit)
Abraham Gesner, (1797-1864), inventor of kerosene; known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry."
James Gosling, (born 1956), invented Java computer language
Sam Jacks - inventor of ringette
George Klein, often called the most productive inventor in Canada in the 20th century; electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor and the Canadarm
Thomas Edvard Krogh, developed technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating to further the precision of Geochronology
Hugh Le Caine, (1914-1977), invented the music synthesizer in 1945
Elijah McCoy, (born 1844), Black inventor, automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy"
Cluny MacPherson, invented the first general-issue gas mask used by the British Army in World War I.
Dr. James Naismith - invented basketball
P. L. Robertson - invented the Robertson Screw
Thomas F. Ryan, (1872-1971) invented Five-pin bowling
Arthur Sicard invented the snowblower in 1925.
Simon Sunatori, Canadian engineer and inventor, best known for the invention of the Sunatori Pen
Lewis Urry - invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
Thomas Willson, Canadian inventor
Henry Woodward - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb

Stephen Brunt, the lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989
Gordon Donaldson, also an amateur historian
Barbara Frum - CBC radio and television journalist
Ken Hechtman, Maverick journalist jailed by the Afghanistan's Taliban government as a suspected United States spy in 2001
Peter Jennings (1938 – 2005), ABC news anchor
Jason Jones (actor), senior correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Michael Kesterton (born 1945), The Globe and Mail columnist
Neil Macdonald, CBC reporter
Robert MacNeil (born 1931), journalist, author, longtime co-anchor of the The MacNeil/Lehrer Report on PBS.
Peter Mansbridge - currently the news anchor of CBC's The National
Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray - editor and co-publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet News
Peter Newman, eminent journalist and writer
Shane Ruttle Martinez, Human rights journalist
Morley Safer, investigative journalist for CBS News and 60 Minutes
Kevin Newman (born 1959) - News Anchor for Global National on Global TV
Steve Paikin, journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TV Ontario's newsmagazines Studio 2
Lloyd Robertson (born 1934) - Chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson on the CTV Network
Brooks DeCillia - reporter with CBC TV, covers the war in Afghanistan

Elizabeth Bagshaw, physician and birth control activist
Frederick Banting (1891-1941, Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discoverers of insulin.
Norman Bethune, (1890-1939), surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China.
John Callaghan, Canadian cardiologist who pioneered open-heart surgery
Tommy Douglas, introduced publicly-funded health care in Canada. He is more commonly known as the Father of Medicare.
Harold E. Johns, was a Canadian medical physicist, noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer
Jeanne Mance, one of the founders of Montreal, established the first hospital in North America, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1644.
Henry Morgentaler - abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification
John Anselmo - Edmonton Surgeon, never lost one patient
Sir William Osler, (1849-1919), physician, called the "father of modern medicine," wrote Principles and Practice of Medicine, which was the pre-eminent textbook in medical education for many years.
Wilder Penfield - Neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain

Billy Bishop.

John McCrae.

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 interfere with the Rwandan Genocide, with little support from his superiors.
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 to ever win the Victoria Cross (age 18)
John McCrae (1872-1918), soldier, poet, author of In Flanders' Fields
Andrew McNaughton, Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
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
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

Main article: List of Canadian monarchs

Main article: List of Canadian musicians

Jean Chrétien.

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
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

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Big Bear (1825-1888) - Cree leader
Brant, Joseph (1742-1807) - Mohawk leader
Brant, Molly (1736-1796) - leader of Six Nations women's federation
Riel, Louis (1844-1885) - leader of two Métis uprisings
Piapot (c.1816 - 1908) - Cree Chief
Tecumseh (1768-1813) - Shawnee leader

Larry W. Gaiters - Presiding Bishop & Prelate - End Time Age Deliverance Ministries Worldwide, Inc
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys - first Canadian saint
Hugh B. Brown - Latter-day Saint apostle
N. Eldon Tanner - Latter-day Saint apostle
Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic - Toronto Cardinal
Michael Power - Bishop
John Taylor - President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Merlin Lybbert
St. Marie-Marguerite d'Youville - founder of the Grey Nuns
St. Jean de Brébeuf - martyr
St. Isaacs Jogues - martyr
St. Charles Garnier - martyr
St. Anthony Daniel - martyr
St. Gabriel Lallemant - martyr
St. Noel Chabanel - martyr
St. John de Lalande - martyr
St. Rene Goupil - martyr
Aviel Barclay, first certified female Torah scribe (soferet) in Jewish history
Albert Lacombe
Alexis André, Catholic missionary priest, spiritual advisor to Louis Riel
Alexandre Taché
Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, "The Lily of the Mohawks", first Native American beatified by the Catholic Church
Bl. André Besette, Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, Catholic clergyman and humanitarian, Companion of the Order of Canada
Lionel Groulx
Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Foursquare Church
David Mainse, broadcaster and founder of 100 Huntley Street and CITS-TV
Brother Twelve, cult leader

Louise Arbour, (born 1947), jurist
Jack Chambers, linguist
Thomas H. Clark, (1893-1996), McGill Geology professor, Thomasclarkite
Northrop Frye, (1912-91), influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
John Kenneth Galbraith, (1908-2006), economist
George Grant, (1918-1988), philosopher
Harold Innis, (1894-1952), political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communications.
Marshall McLuhan, (1911-80), communications theorist, believer that "The medium is the message"
John Peters Humphrey, (1905-95), legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
John Ralston Saul, businessman, essayist, diplomat
F. R. Scott, (1899-1985), law professor, philosopher, poet
Guy Sylvestre (born 1918, literary critic
David Sztybel, (born 1967), philosopher
Charles Taylor, philosopher
Michael Ignatieff, M.P., for Etobicoke — Lakeshore, notable scholar and intellectual.

Frederick Banting.

Sid Altman - Molecular Biology
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
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 Edward Saunders - Marquis Wheat
Arthur Schawlow - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (for lasers)
Myron Scholes - 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
Hans Selye - (1907-82) - pioneering stress researcher
Michael Smith (1932-2000), 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for site-based mutagenesis
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
Harold Williams - Geologist. World-famous expert on the Appalachian Mountains.
Tuzo Wilson - Geophysicist. plate tectonics

For a more detailed list of renowned Canadian scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, see the outside link:

http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientists.php

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Main article: List of Canadian writers

Scott Abbott - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
The Great Antonio - strongman, showman, and eccentric
The Black Donnellys - the common nickname for the notorious Donnelly family who were the participants and/or victims of a vicious community feud in Lucan, Ontario that ended with a home invasion and massacre of the family by the residents of the community.
Yves Engler, political writer and activist
Linda Evangelista, (born 1965), supermodel
John Grierson, documentary film-maker, film critic. Founded the National Film Commission which became the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Chris Haney - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
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.
John Wilson Murray - Canada's first major detective.
Daniel Negreanu (born 1974), professional poker player
Edgar Randolph Parker - better known as "Painless" Parker - flamboyant dentist
Alexander Ross - aka The Birdman, pre-American Civil War abolitionist and participant in the Underground Railroad
Sue Rodriguez, (1950-94), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer and right to die advocate
Laura Secord, heroine of the War of 1812, warned the British of a surprise American attack at Battle of Beaver Dams
Joshua Slocum, (1844-1909) - First man who sail around the world solo.
Margaret Trudeau (born 1948), former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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.
Robert Rainford [born November 30, 1966] Famous Canadian immigrant in the culinary arts. Great reputation as a Chief and host of the very popular Food Network Canada show "License To Grill". His show is seen also in the United States and several other countries around the world.
Marilyn Smith, nutritionist, television personality
Daniel David Palmer, Founded the chiropractic profession.
Bret Hart, Famous former professional wrestler.

Anne Shirley, also known as Anne of Green Gables
Clark MacDonald - Prime Minister of Canada in the film Canadian Bacon.
Wolverine - Member of the X-Men (Superhero) and Canadian nationalist.
Candy Cane - Wrestler and lead singer of The Killer Bambies.
Miss Spencer - Wrestler and a high school history teacher.

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