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.

Architects

Douglas Cardinal OC RAIC (born 1934) – architect of Canadian Museum of Civilization
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
David Ewart ISO (1841–1921) – Chief Dominion Architect (1896 to 1914), architech of Dominion Archives Building, Royal Canadian Mint, Victoria Memorial Museum, Connaught Building in Ottawa^[1]
Arthur Erickson CC RAIC (1924–2008) – architect of Simon Fraser University, Robson Square, and the Embassy of Canada in Washington
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
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) 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 (born 1940) – architect of Central City Centre
Ronald Thom FRAIC AIBC (1923–1986) – architect of Massey College, the Shaw Theatre, and Trent University

Artists

Actors

Broadcasters

Musicians

Visual arts

Cartoonists

Danny Antonucci (born 1957) – creator of Ed Edd n Eddy, Lupo the Butcher, and The Brothers Grunt
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
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
Dave Sim (born 1956) – creator of Cerebus the Aardvark
Joe Shuster (1914–1992) – co-creator of Superman
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
Mason Williams (born 2000) creator of webcomics 1/0 and Leftover Soup

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.
Steven MacLean ScD (hc) (born 1954)
Julie Payette CQ FMC (born 1963)
Robert Thirsk (born 1953) Holds record for longest time spent for a Canadian astronaut in space
Bjarni Tryggvason ScD (hc) (born 1945)

Athletes

Business personalities

Sir Aitken, Max, Baron Beaverbrook PC (1879–1964) – publishing baron, entrepreneur
Asper, David (born 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) (born 1944) – entrepreneur, publisher
Boyle, Willard (born 1924) – invented Charge-coupled device
Bronfman, Samuel CC (1889–1971) – founder of Seagram's
Campeau, Robert (born 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) (born 1927) – Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada
Davidson, William (1740–1790) – lumberman, shipbuilder, merchant
DeGroote, Michael OC (born 1932) – businessman and philanthropist

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) (born 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 (born 1931) – former CEO of RJR Nabisco
Joyce, Ron CM DComm (hc) (born 1930) – original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons, primary builder of the chain
Killam, Izaak Walton (1885–1955) – major financier
Laliberté, Guy OC CQ (born 1959) – founder and owner of the Cirque du Soleil
Lee-Chin, Michael LLD (hc) (born 1951) – CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and The National Commercial Bank of Jamaica
Li, Victor (born 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
Sir Matthews, Terence Hedley OBE FIEE FREng (hc) (born 1943) – entrepreneur, chairman of Mitel
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) (born 1927) – founder of Barrick Gold
Pattison, Jim CM OBC (born 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 (born 1930) – developer of Canary Wharf
Rogers, Edward Samuel OC ScD (hc) (1933–2008) – Was president and CEO of Rogers Communications
Roth, John (born 1942) – former CEO Nortel Networks
Saputo, Lino (born 1937) – founder of Saputo
Sharp, Isadore OC LLD (hc) DComm (hc) (born 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 (born 1932) – entrepreneur, founder of Magna International
Taylor, E. P. (1901–1989) – entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder
Taylor, Nat (unknown) – originator of Cineplex Entertainment
Thomson, Kenneth, Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
Thomson, Roy, Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE DLitt (hc) DCL (hc) LLD (hc) DHL (hc) (1894–1976) – entrepreneur, publisher
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 (born 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 (1710–1734) – executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire
Aziga, Johnson (born 1956) – first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for spreading HIV
Bernardo, Paul (born 1964) – murderer, rapist
Blass, Richard (1945–1975) – multiple murderer
Boyd, Edwin Alonzo (1914–2002) – bank robber
Cossette-Trudel, Jacques (born 1947) – FLQ Terrorist
Cossette-Trudel, Louise (born 1947) – FLQ Terrorist
Dick, Evelyn (born 1920) – convicted of infanticide; convicted and acquitted of having murdered her husband
Fisher, Larry (born 1949) – convicted of the murder for which David Milgaard (see "Wrongfully convicted", below) was originally convicted and subsequently exonerated

Guité, Charles (born c. 1943) – fraud
Homolka, Karla (born 1970) – murderer
Bindy Johal (b.? – 1998), Vancouver gangster
Lanctôt, Jacques (born 1945) – FLQ Terrorist
Langlois, Yves (born 1947) FLQ Terrorist
Latimer, Robert (born 1953) – convicted of second-degree murder
Legere, Allan (born 1948) – serial killer
Lépine, Marc (1964–1989) – mass murderer
Lortie, Bernard (born 1951) – FLQ Terrorist
Lortie, Denis (unknown) – murderer
Marks, Grace (1828-unknown) — convicted of murder in 1843
Mitchell, Patrick (Paddy) – bank robber, leader of The Stopwatch Gang
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 (1940–2011) – serial child murderer
Perri, Rocco (1887 – c. 1944) – gangster, bootlegger
Pickton, Robert (born 1949) – serial murderer
Reyat, Inderjit Singh (unknown) – terrorist
Riel, Louis (1844–1885) – Executed for treason
Rivard, Lucien (c. 1915–2002) – narcotics smuggler
Rose, Paul (born 1943) – FLQ Terrorist
Ryan, Frank (born 1942) – gangster
Simard, Francis (born 1946) – FLQ Terrorist
Slumach (b? – 1891), Katzie man convicted and hung for the murder of Louis Bee, a Kanaka (Hawaiian) half-breed
Smith, Cathy (born 1948) – convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi
Thatcher, Colin (born 1938) – murderer
Twitchell, Mark (born 1979) – murderer
Williams, Russell (born 1963) – former RCAF military pilot and wing commander; convicted murderer, rank and decorations revoked upon conviction.

Wrongfully convicted

Baltovich, Robert (born 1965) – wrongfully convicted of murder
Marshall, Donald (1953–2009) – wrongfully convicted of murder
Milgaard, David (born 1952) – wrongfully convicted of murder
Morin, Guy Paul (unknown) – wrongfully convicted of murder
Sam, Louie – wrongfully accused of murder and hanged by lynch mob in Whatcom County, Washington
Truscott, Steven (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 1946) – University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographer
Hoodless, Adelaide (1858–1910) – education and women's activist
Ignatieff, Michael (born 1947) – University of Toronto, Harvard University, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge professor, political science
Johanson, Sue CM (born 1930) – sex educator
Keen, Michael John (1935–1991) – Dalhousie University professor, marine geoscientist
Kelly, Sean, (born 1940) – Pratt Institute, NYC, Humanities & Media Studies, writer
Mackay, J. Ross OC FRSC (born 1915) – University of British Columbia professor, geologist
Mountjoy, Eric W. FRSC (born c. 1930) – McGill University professor, geologist
Middleton, Gerald V. FRSC (born 1931) – McMaster University professor, geologist
Naldrett, Anthony J. FRSC (born c. 1930) – University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist
Peltier, William Richard ScD (hc) FRSC (born c. 1942) – University of Toronto professor, physicist
Ryerson, Egertron (1803–1882) – public education advocate
Simpson, Colin (born c. 1965) – George Brown College, best-selling author
Stelck, Charles R. OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1917) – University of Alberta professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapher
Strangway, David OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born c. 1935) – geophysicist and university administrator
Symons, Thomas CC OOnt (born c. 1929) – Founding President of Trent University, Professor of Canadian Studies
Walker, Roger G. FRSC (unknown) – McMaster University emeritus professor
Winegard, William PC OC (born 1924) – educator, engineer, scientist and former Member of Parliament

Fashion

Barry, Ben (born 1983) – founder and CEO of the Ben Barry Agency
Beker, Jeanne (born 1952) – reporter
Caten, Dean and Dan (born 1965) – renowned designers known as Dsquared, honoured on the Canadian Walk of Fame
Chante, Keshia (born 1988) – model and singer
Cojocaru, Steven (born 1962) – (known as Cojo) critic and correspondent on Entertainment Tonight
Evangelista, Linda (born 1965) – model
Harlow, Shalom (born 1973) – model and actress
Lazareanu, Irina (born 1982) – model
Manuel, Jay (born 1972) – expert on America's Next Top Model and "Canada's Next Top Model"
Marks, Heather (born 1988) – model
Mills, Kenneth G. (1923–2004) – designer
Muise, Alana(born 1987) – model
Ogilvie, Lana – model
Rocha, Coco (born 1988) – model
Schnarre, Monika (born 1971) – model
Stam, Jessica (born 1986) – model
Werbowy, Daria (born 1983) – Polish-born Canadian model.
Zimmer, Alana (born 1987)- model
Taryn Davidson (born 1991) – model

Humanitarians

Barry, J. Esmonde (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator in New Brunswick
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 Rescinded 2010 (born 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) (born 1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research
Lewis, Stephen CC (born 1937) – AIDS activist, United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
Rogers, Harold OC OBE (1899–1994) – founder of Kin Canada
Suzuki, David (born 1936) environmental activist
Vanier, Jean CC GOQ (born 1928) – activist for mentally disabled, founder of L'Arche
Arbour, Louise (born 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. (born 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 (1888–1868) – developed first self-propelled combine harvester^[2]
Dow, Herbert Henry (1866–1930) – invented a method of bromine extraction known as the Dow process
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 (born 1955) – invented Java computer language
Haney, Chris (1950–2010) – 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 (born 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
Markle, Wilson – (born 1938) – invented film colorization process in 1983
Naismith, James (1861–1939) – invented basketball
Robertson, Peter Lymburner (1879–1951) – invented the Robertson Screw
Ruttan, Henry (June 12, 1792 – July 31, 1871) – invented air-conditioned railway coach
Ryan, Thomas F. (1872–1971) – invented five-pin bowling
Sicard, Arthur (unknown) invented the snowblower in 1925
Sunatori, Simon (born 1959) – engineer, inventor and entrepreneur; created the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer
Urry, Lewis (1927–2004) – invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
Wasylyk, Harry – (born 1925) – invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in 1950
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 (born 1959) – lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since 1989
Cameron, Stevie (born 1943) – journalist, author
Donaldson, Gordon (1926–2001) – amateur historian
Frum, Barbara OC LLD (hc) (1937–1992) – CBC radio and television journalist
Bee, Samantha (born 1969) – senior correspondent 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 (born 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 (born 1945) – The Globe and Mail columnist
Macdonald, Neil (born 1957) – CBC reporter
McNeil, Robert (born 1931) – journalist, author, longtime co-anchor of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report on PBS
Mansbridge, Peter OC LLD (hc) (born 1948) – news anchor of CBC's The National
Murray, Margaret (unknown) – editor and co-publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet News
Mosha Michael – Canada's first Inuk film maker
Newman, Peter C. CC CD LLD (hc) (born 1929) – eminent journalist and writer
Newman, Sydney 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
Paikin, Steve (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
Roberts, John (born 1956) – CNN reporter and former host of The New Music on MuchMusic
Robertson, Lloyd OC LLD (hc) (born 1934) – chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News
Safer, Morley (born 1931) – investigative journalist for CBS News and 60 Minutes
Trueman, Peter OC (born 1934) – original newsman on Global TV
Mark Irwin CSC/ASC (born 1950)- Hollywood Director of Photography
Jan Wong -journalist
George Stroumboulopoulos -journalist

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
Bell, John (born 1953) – pioneer of oncolytic virus therapies for cancer
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 (born 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
Goresky, Carl A. OC (1932–1996) – physician and scientist
Hubel, David (born 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
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 (born c. 1925) – cellular biologist credited with the discovery of stem cell with James Till
Morgentaler, Henry CM LLD (hc) (born 1923) – abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification
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 (born 1934) – founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University
Till, James OC OOnt FRSC FRS (born 1931) – biophysicist, credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch
Tilley, A. Ross (1904–1988) MD FRCS(C) OBE OC plastic surgeon
Uchida, Irene Ayako OC (born 1917) – cytogenticist, Down Syndrome researcher

Military figures

General Baril, Maurice 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
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 (born 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) (born 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 (born 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
Captain Mailloux, Simon (born 1983) First Canadian Soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission and recipient of the Sacrifice Medal.
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
Smith, Ernest (1914–2005) – VC, CM, OBC, CD, Seaforth Highlander Private/ Sargent, the last living Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded for gallantry in actions at the River Savio, Northern Italy 1944
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) (born 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

Magicians

Henning, Doug (1947–2000) – credited with reviving the magic show in North America
Mandrake, Leon (1911–1993) Mandrake the Great – and his sons Lon and Ron, born in 1948 and 1949, respectively
Randi, James (born 1928) – magician, writer, skeptical investigator of paranormal and pseudo-scientific claims, and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation.
Vernon, Dai (1894–1992) – magician – known as "the man who fooled Houdini"

Politicians

Axworthy, Lloyd PC OC OM (born 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) (born 1947) – activist, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians
Beatty, Perrin PC (born 1950) – former cabinet minister, president of CBC
Bégin, Monique PC OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1936) – former cabinet minister
Berger, Thomas OC OBC (born 1933) – Jurist
Blondin-Andrew, Ethel PC (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 1959) – first female Governor of Michigan
Grewal, Gurmant (born 1957) - The 'Ironman of Canadian Parliament'.
Grewal, Nina (born 1958) - First South Asian and Sikh woman elected to Parliament. With her husband Gurmant, Grewals are the first married couple to concurrently serve in Canadian Parliament.
Howe, Clarence PC (1886–1960) – Cabinet minister
Howe, Joseph PC (1804–1873) – Father of Confederation
Keyes, Stan PC (born 1953)
Sir Lafontaine, Louis-Hippolyte Bt (1807–1864) – co-premier of the United Province of Canada
Layton, Jack PC (1950–2011) – 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) (born 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(1913–1920)

Provincial premiers

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Territorial premiers

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First Nations leaders

A sepia photograph of Aatsista-Mahkan (Running Rabbit). He is wearing what is usually described as a buckskin outfit. It is elaborate and he is holding a pole. — Aatsista-Mahkan taken by Edward Curtis

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 rebellions before being hung for treason
Piapot (c. 1816–1908) – Cree Chief
Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Shawnee leader
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
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 (born 1930) – Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto
Besette, André (1845–1937) – Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"
Bond, Linda (born 1946) – General of The Salvation Army 2011–present
Brown, Arnold (1913–2002) – General of The Salvation Army 1977–81
Brown, Hugh B. (1883–1975) – Latter-day Saint apostle
Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976) – Sikh preacher and spiritual advisor, writer, activist and founder of the Sikh Youth orthodox political party in Surrey, British Columbia
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 (born 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
Tillsley, Bramwell (born 1931) – General of The Salvation Army 1993–94
Wiseman, Clarence (1907–1985) – General of The Salvation Army 1974–77

Religious cult figures

Thériault, Roch (1947–2011) – cult leader
Brother XII (1878–1934) – cult leader

Scholars

Arbour, Louise (born 1947) – jurist
Brook, Timothy (?-) – professor, historian and writer
Chambers, Jack (born 1938) – linguist
Clark, Thomas H. (1893–1996) – McGill Geology professor, Thomasclarkite
Cohen, Gerald (1941–2009) – Oxford Philosopher
Frye, Northrop (1912–1991) – influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
Galbraith, John Kenneth (1908–2006) – economist
Grant, George (1918–1988) – philosopher
Humphrey, John Peters (1905–1995) – legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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" and "global village"
Pinker, Stephen (born 1954) – psychologist, cognitive scientist, writer of popular science
Saul, John Ralston (born 1947) – businessman, essayist, diplomat
Scott, F. R. (1899–1985) – law professor, philosopher, poet
Sylvestre, Guy (born 1918) – literary critic
Sztybel, David (born 1967) – philosopher
Taylor, Charles (born 1931) – philosopher

Scientists

Altman, Sidney (born 1939) – molecular biologist, winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry
Bandura, Albert (born 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 (born 1939) – geologist, diamond prospector, multimillionaire and philanthropist
Boyle, Willard (born 1924) – inventor of the charge coupled device, winner of nobel prize in physics
Brockhouse, Bertram CC FRSC (1918–2003) – designer of the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope
Brossard, Georges CM CQ ScD (hc) (born 1940) – entomologist, television personality and founder of the Montreal Insectarium
Brown, Moira (unknown) – North Atlantic Right Whale researcher and conservationist
Clague, John J. FRSC (born 1946) – authority in quaternary and environmental earth sciences
Currie, Philip J. – world renowned palaeontologist
Dawson, Sir 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 (born 1922), geographer
Gabrielse, Hu (unknown) – geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada
Giauque, William Frances (born 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 (born 1927) – provided the first physical evidence of continental drift
Ling, Victor CC (1944–) – medicine, drug resistance in cancer
Logan, Sir William Edmond FRS (1798–1875) – founded the Geological Survey of Canada
Macoun, John (1831–1920) – noted botanist
Marcel-Hillaire, Claude FRSC (born 1944) – world leader in quaternary research
Marcus, Rudolph (born 1923) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for electron transfer reactions
McCulloch, Ernest CC FRSC FRS (born 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 (born 1929) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for infrared chemiluminescence
Price, Raymond A. OC ScD (hc) FRSC (born 1933) – geologist
Reeves, Hubert CC OQ (born 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)
Schindler, David W. OC (born 1940) – limnologist
Scholes, Myron (born 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
Summerbell, Richard (born 1956) – mycologist
Suzuki, David CC OBC LLD (hc) ScD (hc) ScDEnv (hc) ScDComm (hc) DHL (hc) (born 1936) – geneticist and science popularizer
Taube, Henry FRSC (1915–2005) – Nobel Prize in chemistry for electron transfer reactions
Taylor, Richard CC FRSC FRS (born 1929) – Nobel Prize in physics recipient for verifying the Quark Theory
Till, James CC FRS (born 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 (born 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

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Other personalities

Ariel Rebel (born 1985) French softcore pornographic model, currently living in Quebec.
Babson, Janis (1950–1961) Organ Donation, subject of two books.
Barichievich, Antonio (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
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
Henson, Josiah (1789–1883) – former slave, believed to be the inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin
Karam, Marc (born 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 (born 1986) – professional poker player
Murray, John Wilson (1840–1906) – Canada's first major detective.
Negreanu, Daniel (born 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
Craig Russell (actor) female impersonator and actor (January 10, 1948 – October 30, 1990)
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 to sail around the world solo
Trudeau, Margaret (1948) – former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Fictional

Amuro Ray – Main character in the Mecha Anime Mobile Suit Gundam and varrying roles in subsequent sequels
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
Scott Pilgrim- From the titular graphic novel series.
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
Terrance and Phillip – characters on South Park
Semple, Dave – (known as Captain Canuck) cartoon character
Shirley, Anne – known as Anne of Green Gables

Other

National

Lists by city

Lists by province

Groupings and articles of relevance

References

^ David Ewart, Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
^ "Carroll, Thomas (Tom) (1888–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

External links

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, – biographies of Canadians from 1000 to 1930 CE.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, – biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950.
CanadaFAQ, – Everything you need to know about Canada.

[1] David Ewart, Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

[2] "Carroll, Thomas (Tom) (1888–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

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