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==Politicians==
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==Sports==
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==Early explorers and discovers==
{{r|Jacques Cartier}}
{{r|Henry Hudson}}
{{r|Samuel de Champlain}}
{{r|Jacques Marquette}}
{{r|Louis Jolliet}}
{{r|Robert Cavalier de la Salle}}


==Others (not yet sorted)==
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{{r|Louis Riel}}
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{{r|Charles Saunders}}
{{r|David Thompson}}
{{r|David Thompson}}
===Actors/Actresses===
{{r|Lauren Collins}}
{{r|Stacey Farber}}
{{r|Alexz Johnson}}
{{r|Miriam McDonald}}
{{r|Melissa McIntyre}}
{{r|Stacie Mistysyn}}
{{r|Sarah Polley}}
{{r|Cassie Steele}}
===Athletes===
{{r|Wayne Gretzky}}
{{r|Ferguson Jenkins}}
{{r|Mario Lemieux}}
===Comedians===
{{r|John Candy}}
{{r|Martin Short}}
===Musicians===
{{r|Bryan Adams}}
{{r|Gale Garnett}}
{{r|Rick James}}
{{r|Neil Young}}
{{r|Alanis Morissette}}
{{r|k.d. lang}}
{{r|Avril Lavigne}}
{{r|Joni Mitchell}}
{{r|Anne Murray}}
{{r|Gordon Lightfoot}}
{{r|Stan Rogers}}
{{r|Hank Snow}}
{{r|Leonard Cohen}}
{{r|Oscar Peterson}}
{{r|Maynard Ferguson}}
===Political figures===
{{r|Pierre Trudeau}}
===Writers===
{{r|Margaret Atwood}}
{{r|Gwendolyn MacEwen}}
{{r|Alden Nowlan}}
{{r|Mordecai Richler}}
{{r|Rudy Wiebe}}
===TV presenters===
{{r|Barbara Kelly}}
{{r|Bernard Braden}}

Revision as of 16:56, 17 December 2009


Literature

Politicians

Scientists

Sports

  • James Naismith [r]: Physical educationist and inventor of basketball (1861-1939); also credited with the invention of the football helmet. [e]
  • Dick Pound [r]: Former Olympic athlete and Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, was head of World Anti-Doping Agency (1999-2007); born 1942. [e]

Early explorers and discovers

Others (not yet sorted)

Actors/Actresses

Athletes

Comedians

Musicians

Political figures

  • Pierre Trudeau [r]: Canadian politician (1919-2000) who, as prime minister, led Canada during the turbulent years of the Quebec secession movement and the patriation of the Constitution. [e]

Writers

TV presenters