Canadian

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

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion. You can help by expanding it with sourced additions.

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

Broadcasters

Musicians

Visual arts

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

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

Timothy Eaton.

• 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 (1953-2009) - 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

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)

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

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 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

Louis Riel. leader of the Red River Rebellion and North-West Rebellion.

• 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
• Pinker, Stephen (1954-) - psychologist

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 renowned 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

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

• Asian-Canadian
• Black Canadian
• List of Canadian Jews
• List of Canadians by net worth
• The Greatest Canadian

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