List of Famous people born in Canada

Gordie Tapp

First Name Gordie
Died on December 18, 2016 (aged 46)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Gordon Robert Tapp, was a Canadian entertainer, best known as a radio and television presenter, comedian and a CBS broadcaster. He was introduced to U.S. President Gerald Ford as the world's funniest storyteller.

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Vic Fedeli

First Name Vic
Last Name Fedeli
Born on August 8, 1956 (age 69)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Victor Anthony Fedeli is a Canadian businessman and politician who currently serves as Ontario minister of economic development, job creation and trade and chair of Cabinet. He is the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Nipissing, representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) party, and has held his seat since the 2011 provincial election. Fideli was mayor of North Bay, Ontario from 2003 to 2010, and previously served as minister of finance, Opposition leader, and interim PC party leader.

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Edward Rulloff

First Name Edward
Last Name Rulloff
Born on March 3, 1819
Died on May 18, 1871 (aged 52)

John Edward H. Rulloff was an American doctor, lawyer, schoolmaster, photographer, inventor, carpet designer, phrenologist, and philologist, in addition to a career criminal and serial killer. This dichotomy was exemplified in the title of his 1871 biography, The Man of Two Lives. He was also known as "The Genius Killer".

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Daniel Carcillo

First Name Daniel
Last Name Carcillo
Born on January 28, 1985 (age 41)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Daniel Carcillo is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He most recently played under contract to the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). His on-ice reputation has led to him being nicknamed "Car Bomb". Carcillo won a Stanley Cup as a member of the 2013 and 2015 Blackhawks. After retiring from the NHL in 2015, Carcillo created a non-profit organization that assists former NHL-players who are suffering from post-concussion syndrome and mental health issues. Carcillo is the founder and CEO of Wesana Health, a life sciences company that leverages psilocybin-based medicine to treat traumatic brain injuries.

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Julie Snyder

First Name Julie
Born on August 6, 1967 (age 58)
Born in Canada, Quebec, Longueuil

Julie Snyder is a Francophone Canadian talk show host and producer, appearing as host or guest on various television programs in Canada and France.

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Mike O'Shea

First Name Mike
Last Name O'Shea
Born on September 21, 1970 (age 55)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Michael O'Shea is the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a former Canadian football linebacker and former special teams coordinator of the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL from 2010 to 2013, winning the Grey Cup in 2012. O'Shea played 16 seasons in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts from 1993 to 2008. He retired second all-time in career tackles with 1,154 and is one of only three players to record over 1,000 tackles. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1999 after recording 84 tackles, 13 special teams tackles and three interceptions that year. O'Shea is a three-time Grey Cup champion as a player, having won all three with the Argonauts in 1996, 1997, and 2004. He is also a one time Grey Cup winning head coach, having won with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019, O'Shea also won the Grey Cup previously as a special teams coach with the Toronto Argonauts in the 100th Grey Cup.

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Linna Huynh

First Name Linna
Last Name Huynh
Born on January 1, 1991 (age 35)

Linna Huynh is a Canadian television presenter, actress and model currently based in Hong Kong under contract with TVB.

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Gavin Smith

First Name Gavin
Last Name Smith
Born on September 4, 1968
Died on January 14, 2019 (aged 50)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Gavin Smith was a Canadian professional poker player who won the World Poker Tour's Season IV Mirage Poker Showdown Championship event and the WPT Season IV Player of the Year award in 2005, then at the 2010 World Series of Poker, won the $2,500 Mixed Hold 'em event along with his first bracelet.

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Jessie Tarbox Beals

Jessie Richmond Tarbox
First Name Jessie
Born on December 23, 1870
Died on May 30, 1942 (aged 71)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Jessie Tarbox Beals was an American photographer, the first published female photojournalist in the United States and the first female night photographer.

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Serge Bouchard

First Name Serge
Last Name Bouchard
Born on July 27, 1947
Died on May 11, 2021 (aged 73)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Serge Bouchard is a Canadian anthropologist and writer from Quebec, who won the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 2017 Governor General's Awards for his book Les Yeux tristes de mon camion.

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