List of Famous people born in Canada
Andrew Nembhard
Andrew Nembhard is a Canadian college basketball player for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference (WCC). Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 193 pounds (88 kg), he plays the point guard position. He previously played for the Florida Gators and is a member of the Canadian national team.
Leo Panitch
Leo Victor Panitch was a distinguished research professor of political science and a Canada Research Chair in comparative political economy at York University. From 1985 until the 2021 edition, he served as co-editor of the Socialist Register, which describes itself as "an annual survey of movements and ideas from the standpoint of the independent new left". Panitch himself saw the Register as playing a major role in developing Marxism's conceptual framework for advancing a democratic, co-operative and egalitarian socialist alternative to capitalist competition, exploitation, and insecurity.
Frédérick Gaudreau
Frédérick "Freddy" Gaudreau is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Peter DeBoer
George Peter DeBoer is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is also a co-owner of the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
Krista Haynes
Krista Ford Haynes is a former Canadian professional women's American football player and conspiracy theorist. She is a daughter of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and niece of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. She was the captain of the Toronto Triumph, a team in the Legends Football League.
Yves Lévesque
Yves Lévesque is a Canadian politician, who served as Mayor of Trois-Rivières between 2001 and 2018.
Kadeisha Buchanan
Kadeisha Buchanan, nicknamed Keisha, is a Canadian soccer player for Olympique Lyonnais in France's Division 1 Féminine. She is also a member of the Canadian national team. Born in Toronto and raised in Brampton, Ontario, she is the youngest of seven girls in a single-parent home and was only 17 when she made her debut for the national team on January 12, 2013.
Nicolas Petan
Nicolas Petan is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League. Petan was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round, 43rd overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
Barrett Hayton
Barrett Hayton is a Canadian ice hockey centre currently playing as a prospect to the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 5th overall by the Coyotes in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Larissa Waters
Larissa Joy Waters is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Greens and has served as a Senator for Queensland since 2018. She previously served in the Senate from 2011 to 2017, resigning during the parliamentary eligibility crisis due to her holding Canadian citizenship in violation of Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia. Waters serves as her party's Senate leader, in office since February 2020, and has been a co-deputy leader since December 2018. She previously held the latter position from May 2015 to July 2017.