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This is a list of Canadians, people born in Canada, or who became citizens of Canada, grouped by their area of notability.
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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
Astronauts
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
- 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 (1964-1989) - 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
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
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 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 (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
- 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
- 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
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Aboriginal leaders
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
Scholars
- Arbour, Louise (1947-) - jurist
- Brook, Timothy (?-) - professor, historian and writer
- 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
- 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"
- Pinker, Stephen (1954-) - psychologist
- Saul, John Ralston (1947-) - businessman, essayist, diplomat
- Scott, F. R. (1899-1985) - law professor, philosopher, poet
- Sylvestre, Guy (1918-) - literary critic
- Sztybel, David (1967-) - philosopher
- Taylor, Charles (1931-) - philosopher
Scientists
- Altman, Sidney (1939-) - molecular biologist, winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry
- 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:
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
Lists by province
Other groupings and articles of relevance
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