Lists of Canadians

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Architects

Artists
See also: List of Canadian women artists

Actors
Main articles: List of Canadian actors and Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

Animators

Broadcasters
Main articles: List of Canadian television personalities and List of Canadian radio personalities

Musicians
Main articles: List of Canadian musicians and List of bands from Canada

Visual arts
Main articles: List of Canadian artists, List of Canadian painters, and List of Canadian women photographers

Cartoonists

Astronauts
Roberta Bondar

Athletes
Main articles: List of Canadian sports personalities and Canada's athletes of the 20th century

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs
Timothy Eaton

Criminals and suspects

Wrongfully convicted or lynched

Directors
Main article: List of Canadian directors

Educators

Environmentalists

See Canadian environmentalists.

Fashion

Humanitarians

Inventors

Law

Media

Medical

Military figures
Further information: List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients
Billy Bishop
John McCrae

Monarchs and Canadian Royal Family

Main articles:

Magicians
  • 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
Main article: List of Canadian musicians

Politicians
Further information: List of Prime Ministers of Canada, Members of the Canadian House of Commons, and List of Canadian senators
Jean Chrétien

Provincial premiers
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Territorial premiers
Main articles:

First Nations leaders
See also: Aboriginal Canadian personalities
Aatsista-Mahkan, taken by Edward Curtis
Louis Riel, leader of the Red River Rebellion and North-West Rebellion

Producers
Main article: List of Canadian producers

Religious figures

Martyrs

Religious community leaders

Religious cult figures

Scholars

Scientists

Singers
Main article: List of Canadian singers

Viceroys
Main articles:

Writers
Main article: List of Canadian writers

Other personalities
Daniel Negreanu
Sunny Leone

Fictional

Other
National
Groupings and articles of relevance
Main article: Ethnic origins of people in Canada
Lists by city

List of people from Canada by city

Lists by province/territory

References
  1. Fulton, Gordon W. (2005). "David Ewart". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 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 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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