Lists of Canadians
Famous people from Canada:
Authors:
- Margaret Atwood - author
- Leonard Cohen - poet/singer
- Douglas Coupland - author
- Arthur Hailey - author
- Dennis Lee - writer of children's poetry
- Robert Munsch - writer of children's books
- Mordecai Richler - author
- (See also: List of novelists Canada, List of Canadian writers)
Inventors:
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier - invented the snowmobile
- Reginald Fessenden - inventor of the Radiotelephone - produced the first radio broadcast
- James Gosling - invented Java computer language
- Larry Hanson - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag
- Harry Wasyluk - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag
Motion Pictures, Radio, & Television:
- Pamela Anderson - actress
- Dan Aykroyd - actor
- Karen Black - actress
- Raymond Burr - actor
- James Cameron - director
- Neve Campbell - actress
- John Candy - actor
- Jim Carrey - actor
- Tommy Chong - actor
- David Cronenberg - director
- Yvonne De Carlo - actress
- James Doohan - actor
- David Foley - actor
- Michael J. Fox - actor
- Tom Green - actor
- Lorne Greene - actor (Pa Cartwright on Bonanza), TV news anchor
- Phil Hartman - actor
- Foster Hewitt - broadcaster
- Arthur Hiller - winner of 2001 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar
- Monty Hall - game show host
- Peter Jennings - News anchor
- Norman Jewison - director
- Margot Kidder - actress - "Superman's Lois Lane"
- Eugene Levy - actor
- Art Linkletter - TV personality
- Rich Little - impressionist
- Robert McNeil - journalist: "PBS- McNeil-Lehrer News Hour"
- Lorne Michaels - originator of Saturday Night Live
- Rick Moranis - actor
- Mike Myers - actor
- Leslie Nielsen - actor
- Catherine O'Hara - actress
- Sidney Olcott - (1873-1949) - directed (1907) Ben-Hur
- Matthew Perry - actor
- Mary Pickford - actress and producer
- Keanu Reeves - actor
- Morely Safer - journalist: "60 Minutes"
- Frank Schuster - comedian
- Mack Sennett - movie director
- William Shatner - actor
- Martin Short - actor
- Jay Silverheels - actor: "Tonto"
- Donald Sutherland - actor
- Kiefer Sutherland - actor
- Dave Thomas - actor
- Alex Trebek - game show host
- Johnny Wayne - comedian
Musicians:
- Bryan Adams - singer
- Paul Anka - singer
- Randy Bachmann - singer
- Barenaked Ladies - singing group
- Burton Cummings - singer
- Rick Danko - musician in "The Band"
- Celine Dion - singer
- Denny Doherty - singer in The Mamas and the Papas
- Nelly Furtado - singer
- Glenn Gould - pianist, composer
- Paul Horn - flute player
- Garth Hudson - musician in "The Band"
- k.d. lang - singer
- Gordon Lightfoot - singer
- Loreena McKennitt - singer
- Richard Manuel - musician in "The Band"
- Don Messer - fiddler
- Joni Mitchell - singer
- Alanis Morissette - singer
- Anne Murray - singer
- Oscar Peterson - (1925- ) jazz pianist
- Robbie Robertson - musician in "The Band"
- Paul Shaffer - Musical director "Letterman" show
- Hank Snow - country & western singer
- Shania Twain - singer
- Neil Young - singer
Political Leaders:
(See list: Prime Minister of Canada)
Scholars:
- John Kenneth Galbraith - economist
- James Naismith - Teacher who also invented the game of Basketball
- Marshall McLuhan - Communications theorist, "The medium is the message"
Scientists:
- Frederick Banting - medical scientist
- Charles Best - medical scientist
Sports Personalities:
- Donovan Bailey - Olympic Gold Medalist
- Marilyn Bell - first person to swim Lake Ontario
- Tommy Burns - World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
- Wayne Gretzky - hockey player
- Paul Henderson - scored the most famous goal in the history of hockey
- Gordie Howe hockey player
- Ferguson Jenkins - professional baseball player
- Ben Johnson - disgraced Olympic Gold Medalist
- Bobby Orr - hockey player
- Maurice Richard - hockey player
- Barbra Ann Scott - Olympic Gold Medalist - Figure Skating
- Jacques Villeneuve - Formula 1 race car driver
- Gilles Villeneuve - Formula 1 race car driver
- Larry Walker - professional baseball player
Other Personalities:
- Max Aitken - "Lord Beaverbrook" - publishing baron, entrepreneur
- Conrad Black - Entrepreneur, publisher, British Lord
- Terry Fox - cancer activist - voted most famous Canadian of the 20th Century.
- Karen Kain - ballerina
- Bat Masterson - (1853-1921) gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist
- Northern Dancer - Canada's most successful and beloved race horse
- William Grant Stairs - Victorian Explorer
- Winnie the Pooh - aka Winnipeg the Bear who inspired Milne
See also: Biographical Listing