Canadians are people who are identified withCanada through residential,legal ,historical , orcultural means . This list groups people by their area of notability.
Hans Blumenfeld OC Joan Burt (1930–2021) – architectDouglas Cardinal OC RAIC Canadian Museum of Civilization Mary Clark (born 1936) – architect and transportation plannerErnest Cormier OC RAIC Supreme Court of Canada buildingA. J. Diamond OC RAIC Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Margaret Synge Dryer (1921–1963) – architectArthur Erickson CC RAIC Simon Fraser University ,Robson Square , and theEmbassy of Canada in Washington David Ewart ISO Dominion Archives Building ,Royal Canadian Mint ,Victoria Memorial Museum ,Connaught Building in Ottawa[ 1] Étienne Gaboury RAIC OAAMexico and theRoyal Canadian Mint building in WinnipegFrank Gehry CC LLD (hc PhD (hc DEng (hc DArch (hc DA (hc AIA Guggenheim Museum Bilbao ,Experience Music Project ,Walt Disney Concert Hall , and theArt Gallery of Ontario Dan Hanganu OQ DArch (hc RAIC OAQPointe-à-Callière Museum and Montreal Archival CentreGregory Henriquez FRAIC OAAAIA RAIC – architect of theWoodward's Building ,TELUS Garden , and redevelopment ofHonest Ed's locationStephen Irwin RAIC RIBA OAAPurdy's Wharf Bruce Kuwabara FRAIC OAAAIA RAIC – architect of theGardiner Museum , andKitchener City Hall E. J. Lennox RAIC OAAOld City Hall in Toronto, andCasa Loma John M. Lyle FRIBA OAARAIC – architect of theNew York Public Library , theRoyal Alexandra Theatre , and Toronto'sUnion Station Raymond Moriyama CC OOnt Ontario Science Centre ,Ottawa City Hall , andCanadian War Museum Samuel Oghale Oboh FAIA ,FRAIC , Architect, AAARAIC – architect of theInternational Law Enforcement Academy Botswana and theBotswana Police College ; Lead Architect of the Alberta Legislature Centre Redevelopment Master PlanJohn Ostell (1813–1892) – architect of theMcGill University Arts Building, and the Montreal Custom HouseJoseph Perrault (1866–1923) - architect ofCentre d'histoire de Montréal Francis Rattenbury RAIC AIBC British Columbia Parliament Buildings , and theEmpress Hotel Moshe Safdie CC LLD (hc FRAIC FAIA Habitat 67 , theNational Gallery of Canada , andVancouver Library Square Fariborz Sahba (born 1948) – Master's degree from Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran, architect ofLotus Temple , andTerraces (Baháʼí) Henry Sears FRAIC Brigitte Shim (born 1958) –Order of Canada for architecture, andIntegral House Bing Thom CM FRAIC AIBC Central City Centre Ronald Thom FRAIC AIBC Massey College , the Shaw Theatre, andTrent University Douglas A. Webber (1901–1971) – architect of several buildings in Nova ScotiaRyan Larkin (1943–2007) – nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film,Walking Roberta Bondar Businesspeople and entrepreneurs [ edit ] Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook , Baron BeaverbrookPC Francesco Aquilini (born 1969) – Chairman of the Aquilini Investment Group and owner of theVancouver Canucks David Asper (born 1958) – chairman, Canwest Global CommunicationsIzzy Asper OC QC OM Meghan Athavale – entrepreneur and visual artistJeannine Bailliu – economist, policy advisor at the Bank of CanadaKeenan Beavis (born 1995) – entrepreneur and investor, founder of LonghouseConrad Black (born 1944) – Lord Black of CrossharbourKCSG LLD (hc Willard Boyle (1924–2011) – inventedcharge-coupled device Sophie Brochu (born 1963) – economist and businesswoman, President and CEO ofGaz Métro/Énergir andHydro-Québec Edgar Bronfman, Sr. (1929–2013) – head ofSeagram 's and long-time president of theWorld Jewish Congress Samuel Bronfman CC Seagram 'sRobert Campeau (1923–2017) – real-estate mogulJack Kent Cooke (1912–1997) – owner of theLos Angeles Lakers ,Los Angeles Kings ,Washington Redskins and theChrysler Building James Alexander Cowan (1901–1978) – public relations consultant and founder ofStratford Shakespeare Festival Samuel Cunard Bt Cunard Line William Davidson (1740–1790) – lumberman, shipbuilder, merchantChristine M. Day (born 1962) – former CEO of the Canadian clothing company Lululemon AthleticaMichael DeGroote OC Paul Desmarais PC CC Timothy Eaton Craig Dobbin OC CHC Helicopter CorporationDenzil Doyle (born 1932/1933) – founding president ofDigital Equipment Corporation 's Canadian subsidiaryJames Hamet Dunn Bt Timothy Eaton (1834–1907) – founder ofEaton's department stores Bernie Ebbers (1941–2020) – former CEO ofWorldCom Sam Feldman OBC Alfred Fuller (1885–1973) – Fuller Brush CompanyArcadi Gaydamak (born 1952) – owner ofBeitar Jerusalem Percy Girouard KSMG Angèle Grenier –maple syrup producer known for her legal battles with theFederation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers Elliot Grove , founder ofRaindance Film Festival ,British Independent Film Awards and theIndependent Film Trust .Charles Guillimin (1676–1739) – shipbuilder, merchant and moneylenderZabeen Hirji (born 1960) – speaker, writer, former Chief Human Resources Officer,Royal Bank of Canada Janet Holder – business executive, head ofEnbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines K. C. Irving OC ONB Suresh Joachim (born 1968) – co-founder of WBBAS, No Poverty No Disease No War, World Peace Marathon and Suresh Joachim International Group of CompaniesF. Ross Johnson (1931–2016) – former CEO ofRJR Nabisco Ron Joyce CM Tim Hortons , primary builder of the chainMoez Kassam (born 1980) – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson GroupIzaak Walton Killam (1885–1955) – major financierJames L. Kraft (1874–1953) – entrepreneur and inventor, founder of L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later becameKraft Foods Inc Richard L'Abbé OC Guy Laliberté OC CQ Cirque du Soleil Bernard Lamarre (1931–2016) – Chairman & C.E.O., Lavalin Group, 1972–1991; senior advisor, SNC-Lavalin Inc., 1991–2016Cindy Lee – founder ofT & T Supermarket [ 2] Michael Lee-Chin LLD (hc Li Ka-shing (born 1928) – Chairman of the Board ofCheung Kong Holdings andHutchison Whampoa Victor Li (born 1964) – deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) LimitedWilliam Secondo Lombardo (1930–2009) – owner of Lombardo Construction and CEO of Peerless-Cascade PlasticsPete Luckett (born 1953) – owner of Pete's Frootique and host ofThe Food Hunter William Christopher Macdonald (1831–1917) – tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropistTerry Matthews OC FREng Mitel andWesley Clover Louis B. Mayer (1885–1957) – co-founder ofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) StudiosHarrison McCain CC ONB ColonelSamuel McLaughlin CC CD ED Simon McTavish (1750–1804) – fur traderHartland Molson OC GOQ OBE Senator , President ofMolson BreweriesJohn Molson (1763–1836) – founder of Molson BreweriesPeter Munk OC Barrick Gold Saadia Muzaffar – entrepreneur, author and founder of TechGirls CanadaStephan Ouaknine – businessman in telecommunications and renewable energyJim Pattison CM OBC Jim Pattison Group Pierre Péladeau CM OQ Quebecor Inc.Pierre Karl Péladeau (born 1961) – President, CEO ofQuebecor Inc. ,Québecor Média Inc. andSun Media Corporation Marie Penny (died 1970) – owner and operator of one of the largest 20th-century frozen fish companies inNewfoundland John Draper Perrin (1890–1967) – entrepreneur, financier, mining executiveRichard Porritt OC Jean Pouliot (1923–2004) – founder of CFCF et Télévision Quatre SaisonsJohn Redpath (1796–1869) – canal builder, sugar refinery founderPaul Reichmann (1930–2013) – developer ofCanary Wharf Edward Samuel Rogers OC Rogers Communications John Roth (born 1942) – former CEO ofNortel Networks Lino Saputo (born 1937) – founder ofSaputo Isadore Sharp OC Four Seasons Hotel chainE. D. Smith (1858–1943) – founder of E. D. Smith & Sons LtdLevy Solomons (1730–1792) – merchant and fur traderPaul Soubry (born 1963) – ceo of New FlyersJohn F. Stairs (1848–1904) – entrepreneur, statesmanFrank Stronach CM Magna International E. P. Taylor (1901–1989) – entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breederNat Taylor (1906–2004) – originator ofCineplex Entertainment Kenneth Thomson , Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)Roy Thomson , Baron Thomson of FleetGBE William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG Canadian Pacific Railway Jack L. Warner (1892–1978) – founder ofWarner Bros. StudiosGalen Weston OC OOnt Loblaws ,Holt Renfrew , andSelfridges Chip Wilson (born 1956) – founder ofLululemon Athletica Walter Wolf (born 1939) – oil drilling equipment supplier and Formula 1 team ownerBob Young (born 1953/1954) – self-publishing website, owner of CFLHamilton Tiger Cats Criminals and suspects [ edit ] Marie-Joseph Angélique (1710–1734) – executed for setting the city of Montreal on fireJohnson Aziga (born 1956) – first person to be charged with first-degree murder in Canada for spreadingHIV Paul Bernardo (born 1964) – serial killer, serial rapistRichard Blass (1945–1975) – multiple murdererEdwin Alonzo Boyd (1914–2002) – bank robberAlfonso Caruana (born 1946) – mobsterPaul Joseph Cini (born 1944) – Canada's firstskyjacker , sentenced to life imprisonmentJohn Etter Clark (1915–1956) – provincial politician, teacher, farmer, mass murdererRobert Cook (1937–1960) – mass murdererJacques Cossette-Trudel (1947–2023) –FLQ terrorist Louise Cossette-Trudel (born 1947) –FLQ terrorist Vincenzo Cotroni (1911–1984) – mobsterFrank Cotroni (1931–2004) – mobsterJohn Martin Crawford (1962–2020) – serial killerRaynald Desjardins (born 1953) – mobsterEvelyn Dick (1920–?) – convicted of infanticide; convicted and acquitted of having murdered her husbandTerry Driver (1965–2021) – murdererValery Fabrikant (born 1940) – former university professor andmass murderer Larry Fisher (1949–2015) – convicted of the murder for which David Milgaard (see "Wrongfully convicted", below) was originally convicted and subsequently exoneratedCharles Guité (born c. 1943) – fraudJohn Hamilton (1899–1934) – bank robber, killerVictor Hoffman (1946–2004) – mass murdererKarla Homolka (born 1970) – serial killerBindy Johal (1971–1998) – Vancouver gangsterDavid Michael Krueger (1939–2010) – serial killer and child rapistJacques Lanctôt (born 1945) –FLQ terrorist Yves Langlois (born 1947) –FLQ terrorist Robert Latimer (born 1953) – convicted of second-degree murderAllan Legere (born 1948) – serial killerBlake Leibel (born 1981) – murdererMarc Lépine (1964–1989) – mass murdererDenis Lortie (born 1959) – murdererLuka Rocco Magnotta (born 1982) – murdererGrace Marks (c. 1828–after c. 1873) – convicted of murder in 1843Lucien Marmette (1853–1935) – Forger and petty criminal Bruce McArthur (born 1951) – serial killerAllan McLean (1855–1881) – son ofFort 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 theBritish Columbia Interior in 1876Paddy Mitchell (1942–2007) – bank robber, leader ofThe Stopwatch Gang Kenneth Murdock (born 1963) – hitmanDale Nelson (1939–1999) – cannibal and mass murdererClifford Olson (1940–2011) – serial child murdererJohnny Papalia (1924–1997) – mobsterRocco Perri (1887–c. 1944) – gangster, bootleggerRobert Pickton (1949–2024) – serial murdererMonica Proietti (1940–1967) – bank robberKenneth Ratte (born 1963) – career criminalLouis Riel (1844–1885) – executed for treasonLucien Rivard (c. 1915–2002) – narcotics smugglerNicolo Rizzuto (1924–2010) – mobsterVito Rizzuto (1946–2013) – mobsterPaul Rose (1943–2013) –FLQ terrorist Frank "Dunie" Ryan (1942–1984) – gangsterPietro Scarcella (born 1950) – mobsterJeffrey Shuman (born 1962) – bank robberFrancis Simard (1946–2015) –FLQ terrorist Slumach (died 1891) –Katzie man convicted and hung for the murder of Louis Bee, a Kanaka (Hawaiian) half-breedCathy Smith (1947–2020) – convicted of manslaughter in death ofJohn Belushi Stanley James Tippett – kidnapper and rapistColin Thatcher (born 1938) – murdererMark Twitchell (born 1979) – murdererPaolo Violi (1931–1978) – mobsterPaul Volpe (1927–1983) – mobsterElizabeth Wettlaufer (born 1967) – serial killerRussell Williams (born 1963) – former RCAF military pilot and wing commander; convicted murderer, rank and decorations revoked upon convictionGabriel Wortman (1968–2020) – spree killerThomas Young (1931–1959) – rapist and mass murdererRocco Zito (1928–2016) – mobsterWrongfully convicted or lynched [ edit ] J. Willis Ambrose (1911–1974) – Professor at theQueen's University at Kingston Sonia Aïssa – Professor at theInstitut national de la recherche scientifique Richard Lee Armstrong FRSC University of British Columbia professor, geochemistAnnie Mottram Craig Batten (1883-1964) – Professor in the Vocal Faculty of the College of Music,University of Southern California Martha Black – art historian, curator and authorMarguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) – founder of theCongregation of Notre Dame of Montreal Stephen E. Calvert FRSC University of British Columbia emeritus professor, geologist, oceanographerPetr Cerny (1934–2018)ScD (hc FRSC University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographerAleksis Dreimanis (1914–2011) –University of Western Ontario emeritus professor, quaternary geologistGeorge Georgiou (living) – university professorJames E. Gill (1901–1980) –McGill University professor, geologistHenry C. Gunning ScD (hc FRSC James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965) – Professor at Queen's, geologist (Hawleyite )Frank Hawthorne OC FRSC University of Manitoba professor, mineralogist and crystallographerAdelaide Hoodless (1858–1910) – education and women's activistMichael Ignatieff (born 1947) –University of Toronto ,Harvard University ,University of Oxford andUniversity of Cambridge professor, political scienceSue Johanson CM sex educator Michael John Keen (1935–1991) –Dalhousie University professor, marine geoscientistSean Kelly (1940–2022) –Pratt Institute , NYC, Humanities & Media Studies, writerJ. Ross Mackay OC FRSC University of British Columbia professor, geologistEric W. Mountjoy FRSC Gerard V. Middleton FRSC McMaster University professor, geologistAnthony J. Naldrett FRSC University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologistSanta J. Ono FCAHS University of British Columbia 15th President & Vice-Chancellor, professor, medical scientistWilliam Richard Peltier ScD (hc FRSC Jordan Peterson (born 1962) – Canadian clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of TorontoPaula Rochon – Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto in 2022Egerton Ryerson (1803–1882) –public education advocateDora Sakayan (born 1931) – full professor, Department of German Studies, McGill University; Armenology, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Translation, Genocide StudiesColin Simpson (born c. 1965) –George Brown College , best-selling authorCharles R. Stelck OC ScD (hc FRSC University of Alberta professor, petroleum geologist, paleontologist, stratigrapherDavid Strangway OC ScD (hc FRSC Thomas Symons CC OOnt Claude Vivier (1948–1983) –organ pedagogue and professor atCollège Montmorency Roger G. Walker FRSC William Winegard PC OC SeeCanadian environmentalists .
Louise Arbour (born 1947) – formerUN High Commissioner for Human Rights , former justice of theSupreme Court of Canada , former Chief Prosecutor of theInternational Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia andRwanda J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator inNew Brunswick Norman Bethune (1890–1939) – physician and medical innovatorRichard Maurice Bucke FRSC Steve Fonyo OC Rescinded 2010 Terry Fox CC OD Marc Kielburger (born 1977) – author, social entrepreneur, columnist, humanitarian and activist for children's rights; co-founder, with his brotherCraig , of theWe Movement Grey Owl (1888–1938) (real name Archibald Stanfield Belaney) –conservationist who falsely presented himself as anAboriginal person and worked to save thebeavers ofSaskatchewan andManitoba Rick Hansen CC OBC LLD (hc DLitt (hc Stephen Lewis CC AIDS activist,United Nations special envoy forHIV/AIDS inAfrica Harold A. Rogers OC OBE Jean Vanier CC GOQ L'Arche Scott Abbott – co-inventor ofTrivial Pursuit Thomas Ahearn PC (1855–1938) – invented theelectric cooking range and the electric car heaterAnthony R. Barringer (1925–2009) – holds 70 patents formineral exploration technologyEarl W. Bascom (1906–1995) – co-invented rodeo's side-delivery chute, invented reverse-opening side-delivery chute, hornless bronc saddle, one-hand bareback rigging and high-cut chapsAlexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) – born in Scotland, invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United StatesJoseph-Armand Bombardier (1907–1964) – invented thesnowmobile Gerald Bull (1928–1990) – invented theG5 howitzer and theIraqi supergun Herbert Henry Dow (1866–1930) – invented a method of bromine extraction known as theDow process Mathew Evans – co-inventor of the first electriclight bulb Charles Fenerty (c. 1821–1892) – inventor of thewood pulp process for makingpaper Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932) –radio inventor who made the first radio-transmitted audio transmission and the first two-way transatlantic radio transmission; also inventedsonar and patented the firsttelevision systemSirSandford Fleming KCMG DSc (hc FRSC Standard Time zones Wilbur R. Franks OBE G-suit )Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864) – inventor of kerosene; known as the "father of the petroleum industry"James Gosling OC Chris Haney (1950–2010) – co-inventor ofTrivial Pursuit Sam Jacks (1915–1975) – inventor ofringette George Klein OC MBE LLD (hc Canadarm James L Kraft (1874–1953) – entrepreneur and inventor, founder of L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later becameKraft Foods Inc ; patented processed cheese (AKA American cheese)Thomas Edvard Krogh ScD (hc FRSC radiometric uranium -lead dating to further the precision ofgeochronology Hugh Le Caine (1914–1977) – invented themusic synthesizer in 1945Cluny MacPherson (1879–1966) – invented the first general-issuegas mask used by the British Army inWorld War I Wilson Markle (1938–2020) – inventedfilm colorization process in 1983Elijah McCoy (1844–1929) – developed automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "Real McCoy"James Naismith (1861–1939) – inventedbasketball P. L. Robertson (1879–1951) – invented the Robertson screwHenry Ruttan (1792–1871) – invented air-conditioned railway coachThomas F. Ryan (1872–1971) – inventedfive-pin bowling Arthur Sicard (1876–1946) – invented thesnowblower in 1925 Lewis Urry (1927–2004) – invented the long-lastingalkaline battery Harry Wasylyk (1925–2013) – invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in 1950Thomas Willson (1860–1915) – inventedarc lamps and process for creatingcalcium carbide Henry Woodward – co-inventor of the first electriclight bulb Samantha Bee (born 1969) – host ofFull Frontal with Samantha Bee Stephen Brunt (born 1959) – lead sports columnist forThe Globe and Mail Stevie Cameron (1943–2024) – journalist, authorRichard Gizbert (born 1960) – cable network journalist ofAl Jazeera English Gordon Donaldson (1926–2001) – amateur historian, journalistBarbara Frum OC LLD (hc CBC radio and television journalistJian Ghomeshi (born 1967) – former musician and radio broadcasterKen Hechtman (born 1967) – maverick journalist jailed byAfghanistan 'sTaliban government as a suspected United States spy in 2001Kenny Hotz (born 1967) – only registered Canadian journalist to cover theGulf War Mark Irwin CSC/ASC (born 1950) – Hollywood Director of PhotographyPeter Jennings CM ABC news anchorJason Jones (born 1967) – senior correspondent forThe Daily Show Pat Kiernan (born 1968) – morning anchor ofNY1 since 1997Michael Kesterton (1946–2018) –The Globe and Mail Lisa LaFlamme (born 1964) – journalist, occasional chief anchor, and senior editor forCTV National News L. Ian MacDonald (born 1947) – author, columnist, broadcaster, and diplomatNeil Macdonald (born 1957) – CBC reporterRobert MacNeil (1931–2024) – journalist, author, longtime co-anchor ofThe MacNeil/Lehrer Report PBS Peter Mansbridge OC LLD (hc The National Rick Mercer OC Mosha Michael (c. 1948–2009) – Canada's firstInuk filmmakerCory Morgan (born 1971) – blogger,Alberta independence politician and activist, and columnistMargaret Lally "Ma" Murray (1888–1982) – editor and co-publisher of theBridge River-Lillooet News Peter C. Newman CC CD LLD (hc Sydney Newman OC CBC , head of drama at theBBC , creator of theDoctor Who NFB David Oancia (1929–1995) – journalist[ 3] Steve Paikin (born 1960) – journalist, film producer and author, best known for hostingTVOntario 'sStudio 2 Pete Parker (1895–1991) – made the first ever broadcast of a professional hockey gameSandie Rinaldo (born 1950) – journalist and occasional news anchor forCTV National News John Roberts (born 1956) –Fox News Channel reporter, previously aCNN reporter and host ofThe New Music MuchMusic Lloyd Robertson OC LLD (hc CTV National NewsMorley Safer (1931–2016) – investigative journalist forCBS News and60 Minutes Linus Sebastian (born 1986) – owner and founder of Linus Media GroupShane Smith (born 1969) – founder ofVice George Stroumboulopoulos (born 1972) – television journalistScott Taylor (born 1960) – publisher,Esprit de Corps Magazine Peter Trueman OC Global TV Robyn Urback (born 1988) – journalist and political commentatorJan Wong (born 1952) – journalistEvan Adams (born 1966) – First Nations medical doctor, medical advisor, Deputy Provincial Health Advisor (BC), and actorMaria Louisa Angwin (1849–1898) – first woman licensed to practice medicine in Nova ScotiaElizabeth Bagshaw CM Frederick Banting KBE MC LLD (hc ScD (hc FRSC Nobel laureate , co-discoverer ofinsulin John Cameron Bell (born 1953) – pioneer ofoncolytic virus therapies for cancerNorman Bethune (1890–1939) – surgeon, inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and ChinaWilfred Bigelow OC LLD (hc FRSC Yvette Bonny (born 1938) – pediatricianBasil Boulton (1938–2008) – pediatrician and child health advocateJohn Callaghan OC AOE John Dick FRSC cancer stem cell Tommy Douglas PC CC SOM LLD (hc publicly funded health care in Canada; commonly known as the "father of Medicare"Carl Goresky OC David H. Hubel (1926–2013) – Nobel Prize winner in medicine for mapping the visual cortexHarold E. Johns OC Doreen Kimura (1933–2013) – behavioural psychologist, world expert on sex differences in the brainWilliam Harding le Riche (1916–2010) – epidemiologistJeanne Mance (1606–1673) – established the first hospital inNorth America – theHôtel-Dieu de Montréal – in 1644Ernest McCulloch CM OOnt FRSC FRS stem cell withJames Till Frances Gertrude McGill (1882–1959) – pioneeringforensic pathologist and criminologistHenry Morgentaler CM LLD (hc abortion care provider who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power ofjury nullification William Osler Bt Principles and Practice of Medicine Daniel David Palmer (1845–1913) – founded the chiropractic professionEdgar Randolph Parker (1871–1951) (known as "Painless" Parker) – flamboyant dentistWilder Penfield OM CC CMG FRS Jack Pickup (1919–1996) – general practitioner and surgeon, also known as the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia"Octavia Ritchie (1868–1948) – physician, suffragist and the first woman to receive a medical degree in QuébecDavid Sackett CC FRSC clinical epidemiology in Canada atMcMaster University Mary Elizabeth MacCallum Scott (1865–1941) – physician and missionary in CeylonSydney Segal CM OBC sudden infant death syndrome James Till OC OOnt FRSC FRS stem cell withErnest McCulloch A. Ross Tilley (1904–1988) MD FRCS(C)OBE OC – plastic surgeonIrene Ayako Uchida OC Down syndrome researcherAmelia Yeomans (1842–1913) – physician and suffragist, first female physician inManitoba Billy Bishop John McCrae GeneralMaurice Baril OMM CD United Nations Secretary-General , head of the Military Division of theDepartment of Peacekeeping Operations of theUnited Nations , andChief of the Defence Staff Gustave Biéler DSO MBE Special Operations Executive agent, executed by the NazisLouis-Nicolas-Emmanuel de Bigault d'Aubreville – head of the nightwatch in MontrealAir CommodoreLeonard Birchall CM OBE DFC OOnt CD DMSc (hc LLD (hc Air MarshallBilly Bishop VC CB DSO* MC DFC ED Brigadier-GeneralJean Boyle CMM CD Major General SirIsaac Brock KB War of 1812 general CaptainRoy Brown DSC* RNAS World War I fighter pilot officially credited with shooting down theRed Baron ColonelLawrence Moore Cosgrave DSO* Japanese Instrument of Surrender GeneralHarry Crerar CH CB DSO CD PC World War II Lieutenant-General SirArthur Currie KCB GCMG Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant-GeneralRoméo Dallaire OC CMM GOQ MSC CD LLD (hc ScDHum (hc DHL (hc Rwandan genocide Guy D'Artois DSO GM Croix de Guerre GeneralJohn de Chastelain CH OC CMM CD LLD (hc ScDMil (hc FLMH Independent International Commission on Decommissioning Peter Dmytruk (1920–1943) – WWII Flight Sergeant and member of theFrench Resistance Brigadier-GeneralDury, Charles PC OC QC CBE DSO John Weir Foote VC CD Victoria Cross CaptainNichola Goddard MSM William Hall VC John Kenneth Macalister (1914–1944) –SOE agent, executed by the NazisVice-AdmiralBruce MacLean CMM, CD – Chief of the Maritime Staff 2004–2006 CaptainSimon Mailloux (born 1983) – first Canadian soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission; recipient of theSacrifice Medal Lieutenant ColonelJohn McCrae (1872–1918) – soldier, poet, author ofIn Flanders' Fields Alan Arnett McLeod VC Victoria Cross GeneralAndrew McNaughton CH CB CMG DSO CD PC Lieutenant ColonelTheodore Meighen (1905–1979) – lawyer and philanthropist Lieutenant ColonelCharles Merritt VC Major GeneralSydney Chilton Mewburn PC Minnie "Jerri" Mumford (1909–2002) – serving member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) during World War IIRear AdmiralLeonard W. Murray (1896–1971) – Commander-in-Chief of theCanadian Northwest Atlantic duringWorld War II Henry Norwest MM & Bar World War I Lieutenant-ColonelGeorge Pearkes VC PC CC CB DSO MC CD Francis Pegahmagabow MM** World War I Frank Pickersgill (1915–1944) –SOE agent, executed by the NazisRear AdmiralDesmond Piers CM DSC CD ScDMil (hc George Lawrence Price (1898–1918) – last soldier killed inWorld War I Tommy Prince MM Canada 's most decorated soldiers, member of theDevil's Brigade James Ralston PC World War II Thomas Ricketts VC Victoria Cross (Newfoundlander at the time of his award)Harold A. Rogers OC OBE Roméo Sabourin (1923–1944) –SOE agent, executed by the NazisGeneralGuy Simonds CC CB CBE DSO CD II Canadian Corps Ernest Smith (1914–2005) –VC ,CM ,OBC ,CD , Seaforth Highlander Private/ Sergeant, the last living Canadian recipient of theVictoria Cross , awarded for gallantry in actions at the River Savio, Northern Italy 1944Sam Steele CB KCMG MVO North-West Mounted Police , commander of Yukon detachmentWilliam Stephenson CC MC DFC Intrepid ) – senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere inWorld War II Lieutenant-GeneralKenneth Stuart CB DSO MC Tecumseh (1768–1813) – Leader of First Nations British Allies, War of 1812, died defeating American invasionRear AdmiralRobert Timbrell CMM DSC CD Distinguished Service Cross GeneralChristopher Vokes CB CBE DSO CD Brigadier SirEdward Oliver Wheeler (1890–1962) – Corps of Royal Engineers surveyor GeneralRamsey Muir Withers CMM CD LLD (hc SirJames Lucas Yeo (1782–1818) – commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during the War of 1812 Monarchs and Canadian Royal Family [ edit ] Main articles:
Shawn Farquhar (born 1962) – magician, winner of the Grand Prix Close Up at the 2009FISM World Championship of MagicDoug Henning (1947–2000) – credited with reviving the magic show in North AmericaLeon Mandrake (1911–1993) – Mandrake the Great; and his sons Lon and Ron, born in 1948 and 1949, respectivelyJames Randi (1928–2020) – magician, writer, skeptical investigator of paranormal and pseudo-scientific claims, founder of theJames Randi Educational Foundation Dai Vernon (1894–1992) – magician, known as "the man who fooled Houdini"Jean Chrétien Lloyd Axworthy PC OC OM Thomas Bain (1834–1915) – former Speaker of the Canadian House of CommonsRobert Baldwin (1804–1858)Maude Barlow LLD (hc DHL (hc activist , Chairperson of theCouncil of Canadians Perrin Beatty PC Monique Bégin PC OC ScD (hc FRSC Thomas R. Berger OC OBC Ethel Blondin-Andrew PC Henri Bourassa (1868–1952) – Quebec politicianPierre Bourgault (1934–2003) – President ofRassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale Ed Broadbent PC CC New Democratic Party leaderGeorge Brown (1818–1880)Rosemary Brown PC CC OBC LLD (hc Tim Buck (1891–1973) – leader of the Canadian Communist PartyGeorge-Étienne Cartier Bt KSMG PC Brock Chisholm CC MC* LLD (hc World Health Organization Joe Clark (born 1939) – 16th Prime Minister of Canada, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1976–1983, and again 1998–2003Sheila Copps PC Victor Copps (1919–1988) – Mayor of HamiltonJohn Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham , Earl of DurhamGCB PC Ellen Fairclough PC CC OOnt The Famous Five – 1920s women's rights activistsJanice Filmon (born 1943) – Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba since 2015Iqwinder Singh Gaheer (born 1993) – member of Parliament for the riding of Mississauga—MaltonJennifer Granholm (born 1959) – first female governor ofMichigan Gurmant Grewal (born 1957) – the "Ironman of Canadian Parliament"Nina Grewal (born 1958) – first South Asian and Sikh woman elected to Parliament; with her husband Gurmant, the Grewals are the first married couple to concurrently serve in Canadian ParliamentElijah Harper (1949–2013) – Cree chief (Red Sucker Lake Nation), MLA Manitoba, successfully blocked theMeech Lake Accord (proposed Constitutional amendment)C. D. Howe PC Joseph Howe PC Michael Kerzner –Solicitor General of Ontario Stan Keyes PC Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bt Franklin K. Lane (1864–1921) – 1910s United States Secretary of the Interior (1913–1920)Jack Layton PC New Democratic Party William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861) – Mayor of TorontoAllan MacNab Bt Thomas D'Arcy McGee PC Agnes Macphail (1890–1954) – first femaleMember of Parliament (MP)Beverley McLachlin PC LLD (hc Chief Justice of Canada James McMillan (1838–1902) – US Senator fromMichigan Cory Morgan (born 1971) –Alberta independence politicianJohn Munro PC Papineau (1786–1871) – reformer and 1837 rebellion leaderPierre Poilievre (born 1979) – Member of Parliament, leader of theConservative Party of Canada and theleader of the Official Opposition Allan Studholme (1846–1919)Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982)Provincial premiers [ edit ] Main articles :Territorial premiers [ edit ] Main articles :Aatsista-Mahkan , taken by Edward CurtisLouis Riel , leader of theRed River Rebellion andNorth-West Rebellion Religious community leaders [ edit ] Alexis André (1832–1893) – Catholic missionary priest, spiritual advisor toLouis Riel Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (1930–2011) –Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto André Besette (1845–1937) –Holy Cross Brother known as the "Miracle Man of Montreal"Linda Bond (born 1946) –General ofThe Salvation Army , 2011–2013Arnold Brown (1913–2002) –General ofThe Salvation Army , 1977–81Hugh B. Brown (1883–1975) –Latter-day Saint apostle Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976) –Sikh , writer, activist and co-founder of the Sikh Youth orthodox political party in Surrey, British ColumbiaLionel Groulx (1878–1967) – Roman Catholic priest, historian, nationalist, and traditionalistAlbert Lacombe (1827–1916) – Roman Catholic missionaryJohn G. Lake (1870–1935) – leader of the Pentecostal Movement, born in St. Marys, OntarioCardinalPaul-Émile Léger (1904–1991) – Catholic clergyman and humanitarian Merlin Lybbert (1926–2001) –general authority ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints David Mainse (1936–2017) – broadcaster, founder of 100 Huntley Street andCITS-TV Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) – founder of theFoursquare Church William D. Morrow – General Superintendent of thePentecostal Assemblies of Canada BishopMichael Power (1804–1847) – Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto Alexandre-Antonin Taché (1823–1894) –Roman Catholic priest,missionary of theOblate order Nathan Eldon Tanner (1898–1982) – Latter-day Saint apostleJohn Taylor (1808–1887) –president ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680) – "The Lily of the Mohawks", first Native American canonized as a saint by the Catholic ChurchRúhíyyih Khanum (1910–2000) – wife ofShoghi Effendi , the head of theBaháʼí Faith until 1957; she was appointed as aHand of the Cause ; in 2004,CBC viewers voted her number 44 on the list of "greatestCanadians " on the television showThe Greatest Canadian [ 4] Bramwell Tillsley (1931–2019) –General ofThe Salvation Army , 1993–94Clarence Wiseman (1907–1985) –General ofThe Salvation Army , 1974–77Religious cult figures [ edit ] Louise Arbour (born 1947) – juristMarc van Audenrode (born 1961) – economistPratima Bansal – economistTimothy Brook (born 1951) – professor, historian and writerJoseph-Alphonse-Paul Cadotte (1897–1979) – professor, authorJack Chambers (born 1938) – linguistThomas H. Clark (1893–1996) –McGill geology professor, namesake ofThomasclarkite Gerald Cohen (1941–2009) –Oxford PhilosopherNorthrop Frye (1912–1991) – influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholarJohn Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) – economistGeorge Grant (1918–1988) – philosopherJohn Peters Humphrey (1905–1995) – legal scholar, principal drafter of theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights Harold Innis (1894–1952) – political economist; author of seminal works on Canadian economic history, media and communicationsMarshall McLuhan (1911–1980) – communications theorist, coined phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village"Steven Pinker (born 1954) – psychologist, cognitive scientist, writer of popular scienceJohn Ralston Saul (born 1947) – businessman, essayist, diplomatF. R. Scott (1899–1985) – law professor, philosopher, poetGuy Sylvestre (1918–2010) – literary criticDavid Sztybel (born 1967) – philosopherCharles Taylor (born 1931) – philosopherWilliam R. White (born 1943) – economistMarc Zender – MayanistRobert Campbell Aitken (born 1963) – electrical engineerJudie Alimonti (1960–2017) – immunologistSidney Altman (1939–2022) – molecular biologist, winner ofNobel Prize in chemistryBrenda Andrews (born 1957) – academic, researcher and biologist specializing in systems biology and molecular genetics.Albert Bandura (1925–2021) – psychologistNeil Banerjee – earth scientistKaren Bailey – plant pathologistKaren Beauchemin (born 1956) – livestock ruminant nutritionRobert Bell FRSC Walter A. Bell (1889–1969) – geologist, paleontologistManjul Bhargava (born 1974) – mathematician andFields medallist Selwyn G. Blaylock ScD (hc Stewart Blusson OC Adolfo J. de Bold (1942–2021) – biomedical scientist, discoverer of hormone secreted by heart muscle cellsWillard Boyle (1924–2011) – inventor of the charge coupled device, winner ofNobel Prize in Physics Bertram Brockhouse CC FRSC Triple-Axis Neutron Spectrometer , winner of Nobel Prize for PhysicsGeorges Brossard CM CQ ScD (hc Moira Brown – North Atlantic Right Whale researcher and conservationistVernon Burrows (1930–2020) – oat breederJohn J. Clague FRSC Kate Crooks (1833–1871) – botanistClaire Cupples – microbiologistPhilip J. Currie (born 1949) – palaeontologistJohn William Dawson CMG FRS FRSC Duncan R. Derry LLD (hc economic geologist Raymond Desjardins – agrometeorologistDonald B. Dingwell – earth scientistMartine Dorais – plant physiologist, organic horticultureRobert John Wilson Douglas FRSC Eugenia Duodu – chemistLorne Elias – chemist, inventor of the explosives vapour detector EVD-1John Charles Fields FRS FRSC Fields Medal J. Keith Fraser (born 1922) – geographerHu Gabrielse (1926–2024) – geologist with theGeological Survey of Canada William Giauque (1895–1982) – Nobel Prize winner in chemistryAnne-Claude Gingras – molecular geneticistCynthia Grant – soil fertility and crop nutrition specialistDonald O. Hebb FRS (1904–1985) – neuroscientist, published his theory ofHebbian learning Gerhard Herzberg PC CC ScD (hc LLD (hc FRSC FRS Nobel Prize winner in chemistry for molecular spectroscopyJames Hillier OC Vanessa M. Hirsch – veterinary pathologist and virologistPaul F. Hoffman OC FRSC Snowball Earth eventsEdward A. Irving CM ScD (hc FRSC FRS continental drift Charles Legge (1829–1881) – civil engineerVictor Ling CC SirWilliam Edmond Logan FRS Mary MacArthur – botanist, cytologist, horticulturalistJohn Macoun (1831–1920) – botanistTak Wah Mak (born 1946) – immunologist who discovered the T-cell receptorClaude Hillaire-Marcel FRSC quaternary researchRudolph A. Marcus (born 1923) – Nobel Prize in chemistry recipient for electron transfer reactionsJerrold E. Marsden (1942–2010) – applied mathematician, founder of the Fields InstituteErnest McCulloch CC FRSC FRS Maud Menten (1879–1960) – medical scientist, made groundbreaking work inenzyme kinetics Robert Mundell (1932–2021) – economist and Nobel laureateJohn Charles Polanyi PC CC FRSC FRS chemiluminescence Isabella Preston (1881–1965) – ornamental horticulturalistRaymond A. Price OC ScD (hc FRSC Hubert Reeves CC OQ astrophysicist and science popularizerSoon Jai Park (1937–2018) – dry bean breederElizabeth Pattey – agricultural micrometeorologistHenry de Puyjalon (1841–1905) –biologist andecologist Carmelle Robert (born 1962) – astrophysicistLaurie Rousseau-Nepton – astrophysicist, firstindigenous woman inQuebec to obtain a PhD inastrophysics Donald F. Sangster LLD (hc ScD (hc FRSC Charles E. Saunders (1867–1937) – agronomistArthur Schawlow (1921–1999) – Nobel Prize winner in physics (for lasers)David Schindler OC (1940–2021) –limnologist Myron Scholes (born 1941) – Nobel Prize winner in economicsYoshua Bengio (born 1964) – computer scientist and winner of theTuring Award Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein – animal ethologistHans Selye CC Michael Smith CC OBE Ralph M. Steinman (1943–2011) – Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunityPeter A Stewart (1921–1993) – physiologist, quantitative acid-base physiologyDonna Strickland (born 1959) – Nobel Prize winner in Physics, optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasersRichard Summerbell (born 1956) – mycologistDavid Suzuki CC OBC LLD (hc ScD (hc ScDEnv (hc ScDComm (hc DHL (hc Felicitas Svejda (1920–2016) – horticulturalistHenry Taube FRSC Richard Taylor CC FRSC FRS quark theoryJames Till CC FRS Joseph Tyrrell (1858–1957) – geologist, cartographer, discoverer ofdinosaur bones inAlberta William Vickrey (1914–1996) – Nobel Prize winner in economicsHarold Williams FRSC Appalachian Mountains John Tuzo Wilson CC OBE ScD (hc FRSC FRS FRSE Other personalities [ edit ] Daniel Negreanu Sunny Leone Janis Babson (1950–1961) – organ donor, subject of two booksAntonio Barichievich (1925–2003) (known as The Great Antonio) – strongman, showman, and eccentricGrant Bristow (born 1958) –CSIS undercover agent who started the Heritage Front, planted as political operative withinReform Party William J. Bruce III author, producer and celebrity publicistDonnelly family (known as the Black Donnellys) – participants and/or victims of a vicious communityfeud Josiah Henson (1789–1883) – former slave, believed to be the inspiration forUncle Tom's Cabin Trevor James (born 1988) –YouTuber Harold Kandel (1906–1995) – legendary theatregoer fromToronto ,Ontario known for speaking out during theatre events, now commemorated through the Harold AwardsMarc Karam (born 1980) – professional poker playerAnna Ruth Lang CV Cross of Valour Devon Larratt (born 1975) – professional armwrestler.Sunny Leone (born 1981) – Canadian andIndian pornographic actress ;Bollywood actressRené Lepage de Sainte-Claire (1656–1718) – lord-founder ofRimouski, Quebec Bat Masterson (1853–1921) – gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalistMarie-Louise Meilleur (1880-1998) – oldest Canadian person in history and the6th oldest known person in history (as of January 2026)[ 5] [ 6] Charles Vance Millar (1853–1926) – lawyer, financier, and posthumouspractical joker Sorel Mizzi (born 1986) – professional poker playerJohn Wilson Murray (1840–1906) – Canada's first majordetective Daniel Negreanu (born 1974) – professional poker playerKaren O'Shannacery (born 1950) – homeless advocateMinnie Patterson (died 1911) –heroine noted for her daring rescue of everyone on board thebarkentine (barque)Coloma Sue Rodriguez (1950–1994) –amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer andright to die advocateAlexander Milton Ross (1832–1897) (known as The Birdman) – pre-American Civil War abolitionist and participant in theUnderground Railroad Craig Russell (1948–1990) –female impersonator and actorLaura Secord (1775–1868) – heroine of theWar of 1812 , warned the British of a surprise American attack atBattle of Beaver Dams Chris Sky (born 1983) – conspiracy theoristJoshua Slocum (1844–1909) – first man to sail around the world soloByron Sonne , activistAlexandre Trudeau (born 1973) – author, filmmaker and journalistMargaret Trudeau (born 1948) – widow; former wife ofPierre Elliott Trudeau Marshal Iwaasa (born 1993) – man who mysteriously dissappeared in 2019Dylan Ehler (born 2017) – child who mysteriously disappeared in 2020Fictional characters [ edit ] National Groupings and articles of relevance Geographic Lists by province/territory
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