Lists of Canadians

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This is a list of Canadians, people who are identified with Canada through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability.

Architects[edit]

Artists[edit]

Actors[edit]

Animators[edit]

  • Ryan Larkin (1943–2007) – nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Walking, 1969

Broadcasters[edit]

Comedians[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Photographers[edit]

Visual arts[edit]

Cartoonists[edit]

Astronauts[edit]

Roberta Bondar

Athletes[edit]

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs[edit]

Timothy Eaton

Criminals and suspects[edit]

Wrongfully convicted or lynched[edit]

Directors[edit]

Educators[edit]

Environmentalists[edit]

See Canadian environmentalists.

Fashion[edit]

Humanitarians[edit]

Inventors[edit]

Law[edit]

Media[edit]

Medical[edit]

Military figures[edit]

Billy Bishop
John McCrae

Monarchs and Canadian Royal Family[edit]

Main articles:

Magicians[edit]

  • Shawn Farquhar (born 1962) – magician, winner of the Grand Prix Close Up at the 2009 FISM World Championship of Magic
  • Doug Henning (1947–2000) – credited with reviving the magic show in North America
  • Leon Mandrake (1911–1993) – Mandrake the Great; and his sons Lon and Ron, born in 1948 and 1949, respectively
  • James Randi (1928–2020) – magician, writer, skeptical investigator of paranormal and pseudo-scientific claims, founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation
  • Dai Vernon (1894–1992) – magician, known as "the man who fooled Houdini"

Musicians[edit]

Politicians[edit]

Jean Chrétien

Provincial premiers[edit]

Main articles:

Territorial premiers[edit]

Main articles:

Indigenous leaders[edit]

A sepia photograph of Aatsista-Mahkan (Running Rabbit). He is wearing what is usually described as a buckskin outfit. It is elaborate and he is holding a pole.
Aatsista-Mahkan, taken by Edward Curtis
"A bust portrait of Métis leader Louis Riel c1870 after a carte de visite in 1884."
Louis Riel, leader of the Red River Rebellion and North-West Rebellion

Producers[edit]

Religious figures[edit]

Martyrs[edit]

Religious community leaders[edit]

Religious cult figures[edit]

Scholars[edit]

Scientists[edit]

Singers[edit]

Viceroys[edit]

Writers[edit]

Other personalities[edit]

Daniel Negreanu
Sunny Leone

Fictional Characters[edit]

Other[edit]

National
Groupings and articles of relevance
Lists by city

List of people from Canada by city

Lists by province/territory

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fulton, Gordon W. (2005). "David Ewart". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. ^ Werb, Jessica (November 4, 2009). "Cindy Lee". BC Business. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  3. ^ "The New China". The McGill Daily. 56 (38). November 9, 1966. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  4. ^ "The Greatest Canadian – Top 100 – 11 to 100". CBC. 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-07-05.

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