Lists of Canadians

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Architects

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

Artists

Actors

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

Broadcasters

Main articles: List of Canadian television personalities and List of Canadian radio personalities

Musicians

Main articles: List of Canadian musicians and List of bands from Canada

Visual arts

Main articles: List of Canadian artists and List of Canadian painters

Individuals

• Terry Ananny (1956-) painter, paintings reproduced on Unicef cards, Children's Wish Foundation cards and Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Christmas cards

Cartoonists

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

Astronauts

Roberta Bondar.

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

Athletes

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

Business personalities

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

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

Criminals

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

Wrongfully convicted

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

Educators

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

Fashion

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

Humanitarians

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

Inventors

• Abbott, Scott (unknown) - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Ahearn, Thomas PC(1855-1938) - invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater
• Barringer, Anthony R. (1925-) - 70 patents for mineral exploration technology
• Bascom, Earl W. (1906–1995) - co-invented rodeo's side-delivery chute, invented reverse-opening side-delivery chute, hornless bronc saddle, one-hand bareback rigging and high-cut chaps
• Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) - born in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States
• Bombardier, Joseph-Armand (1907-1964) - invented the snowmobile
• Bull, Gerald (1928-1990) - invented the G5 howitzer and the Iraqi supergun
• Carroll, Thomas (unknown) - developed first self-propelled combine harvester
• Evans, Mathew (unknown) - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
• Fenerty, Charles (c.1821-1892) - Canadian inventor of the wood pulp process for making paper.
• Fessenden, Reginald (1866-1932) - radio inventor who made the first radio-transmitted audio transmission and the first two-way transatlantic radio transmission; also invented sonar and patented the first television system
• Sir Fleming, Sandford KCMG DSc (hc) FRSC (1827-1915) - inventor of the system of Standard Time zones
• Franks, Wilbur R. OBE (1901-1986) - invented the anti-black-out-suit (the G-suit)
• Gesner, Abraham Pineo (1797-1864) - inventor of kerosene; known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry"
• Gosling, James OC (1956-) - invented Java computer language
• Haney, Chris (1968-) - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Jacks, Sam (1915-1975) - inventor of ringette
• Klein, George OC MBE LLD (hc) (1904-1992) - developed: electric wheelchairs, microsurgical staple gun, the ZEEP nuclear reactor, and the Canadarm
• Krogh, Thomas Edward ScD (hc) FRSC (1936-) - developed technique of radiometric uranium-lead dating to further the precision of geochronology
• Le Caine, Hugh (1914-1977) - invented the music synthesizer in 1945
• McCoy, Elijah (1844-1929) - developed automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy"
• MacPherson, Cluny (1879-1966) - invented the first general-issue gas mask used by the British Army in World War I
• Naismith, James (1861-1939) - invented basketball
• Robertson, Peter Lymburner (1879-1951) - invented the Robertson Screw
• Ryan, Thomas F. (1872-1971) - invented five-pin bowling
• Sicard, Arthur (unknown) invented the snowblower in 1925
• Sunatori, Simon (1959-) - engineer, inventor and entrepreneur; created the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer
• Urry, Lewis (1927-2004) - invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
• Willson, Thomas (1860-1915) - invented arc lamps and process for creating calcium carbide
• Woodward, Henry (unknown) - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb

Media

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

Medical

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

Military figures

Billy Bishop.

John McCrae.

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

Monarchs

Main article: List of Canadian monarchs

Magicians

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

Politicians

Jean Chrétien.

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

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

Provincial premiers

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

Aboriginal leaders

See also: Notable Aboriginal people of Canada

• Big Bear (1825-1888) - Cree leader
• Brant, Joseph (1742-1807) - Mohawk leader
• Brant, Mary (1736-1796) - leader of Six Nations women's federation
• Riel, Louis (1844-1885) - leader of two Métis uprisings
• Piapot (c.1816 - 1908) - Cree Chief
• Tecumseh (1768-1813) - Shawnee leader
• Nicola 1780/1785 — c.1865) - Grand chief of the Okangan people, and jointly chief of the Nlaka'pamux-Okanagan-Nicola Athapaskan alliance in the Nicola Valley and of the Kamloops group of the Secwepemc
• Cumshewa - 18th Century Haida chief at the inlet now bearing his name
• Maquinna - 18th Century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Yuquot/Mowachaht).
• Wickanninish 19th Century Nuu-chah-nulth chief (Opitsaht/Tla-o-qui-aht)
• August Jack Khatsahlano - Skwxwu7mesh
• Joe Capilano - Skwxwu7mesh
• Harriet Nahanee - Skwxwu7mesh and Nuu-chah-nulth (Pacheedaht)
• Andy Paull - Skwxwu7mesh
• Frank Calder - Nisga'a
• Elijah Harper - Cree
• Guujaaw - modern-day Haida leader
• Shawn Atleo
• William Beynon
• Arthur Wellington Clah
• Heber Clifton
• Harley Desjarlais
• Alfred Dudoward
• Dan George - Tsleil-waututh (Burrard)
• Joseph Gosnell - Nisga'a
• Simon Gunanoot - Gitxsan
• Chief Hunter Jack ( -d.1905) - St'at'imc
• Mary John, Sr.
• Klattasine - Tsilhqot'in war chief, surrendered on terms of amnesty in times of war, hanged for murder
• Koyah - 18th Century chief of the Haida
• George Manuel
• Stewart Phillip
• Steven Point - modern Sto:lo leader, current Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
• James Sewid - Kwakwaka'wakw
• Alec Thomas
• Walter Wright

Religious figures

Martyrs

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

Church leaders

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

Religious cult figures

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

Scholars

• Arbour, Louise (1947-) - jurist
• 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

Scientists

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

Viceroys

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

Main article: List of Canadian writers

Other personalities

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

Fictional

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

See also

Lists by city

• List of Torontonians
• List of Montrealers
• List of Vancouverites
• List of Ottawans
• List of Calgarians
• List of Edmontonians
• List of Frederictonians
• List of Reginans
• List of Winnipeggers
• List of people from Greater Sudbury
• List of people from Hamilton, Ontario
• List of people from Lethbridge
• List of people from London, Ontario
• List of people from Longueuil, Quebec
• List of people from Moncton
• List of people from Oakville, Ontario
• List of people from Quebec City
• List of people from Sarnia, Ontario
• List of people from Windsor, Ontario

Lists by province

• List of British Columbians
• List of Manitobans
• List of Quebecers
• List of people from New Brunswick
• List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of Nova Scotians
• List of Yukoners

Other groupings and articles of relevance

• Notable Aboriginal people of Canada
• Asian-Canadian
• Black Canadian
• List of Canadian Jews
• List of Canadians by net worth
• The Greatest Canadian