List of Famous people born in Canada

Jonathan Toews

First Name Jonathan
Last Name Toews
Born on April 29, 1988 (age 38)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Jonathan Bryan Toews is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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John Turmel

First Name John
Last Name Turmel
Born on February 22, 1951 (age 75)
Born in Canada, Quebec

John C. Turmel is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the Guinness World Records holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost, having contested 101 elections and lost 100. The other contest was a by-election that was pre-empted by a general election call.

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Tracy Wilson

First Name Tracy
Last Name Wilson
Born on September 25, 1961 (age 64)
Born in Canada, Quebec, Montreal
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Tracy Wilson, is a Canadian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Rob McCall, she won the Canadian national championship seven times (1982–1988), is a three-time World bronze medallist, and the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist.

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Ed Belfour

First Name Ed
Last Name Belfour
Born on April 21, 1965 (age 61)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Edward John Belfour is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.

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John Crosbie

First Name John
Last Name Crosbie
Born on January 30, 1931
Died on January 9, 2020 (aged 88)

John Carnell Crosbie, was a provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He served as a provincial Cabinet minister under premiers Joey Smallwood and Frank Moores as well as a federal Cabinet minister during the governments of Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. As a Cabinet minister under Mulroney, Crosbie was known to be outspoken and controversial.

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Kevin Zegers

Kevin Joseph Zegers
First Name Kevin
Last Name Zegers
Born on September 19, 1984 (age 41)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Kevin Joseph Zegers is a Canadian actor and model. He is known for his roles as Josh Framm in the Air Bud film series, Toby Osbourne in Transamerica (2005), and Damien Dalgaard in the CW teen drama Gossip Girl. He has also starred in the films Dawn of the Dead (2004), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008), Frozen (2010), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and Nighthawks (2019).

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Evan Dunfee

First Name Evan
Last Name Dunfee
Born on September 28, 1990 (age 35)

Evan Dunfee is a Canadian race walker and Olympian. An Olympic and World medalist, Dunfee first set the Canadian record in the 50 kilometres race walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he placed fourth. He went on to win bronze medals at the 2019 World Athletics Championships and the 2020 Summer Olympics, both of those the last time the 50 km was to be featured as an event.

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Jamaal Magloire

First Name Jamaal
Born on May 21, 1978 (age 48)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 211 cm | 6'11

Jamaal Dane Magloire is a Canadian former professional basketball player who currently serves as a consultant and team ambassador for the Toronto Raptors. He played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, and Toronto Raptors. The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 265 lb center was selected out of the University of Kentucky by the Charlotte Hornets, with the 19th overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft, after withdrawing his name from the previous draft. He was voted into the NBA All-Star Game in 2004, becoming only the second Canadian All-Star in NBA history.

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Mark Lee

First Name Mark
Last Name Lee
Born on August 2, 1999 (age 26)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Mark Lee, known professionally as Mark, is a Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group NCT and its sub-units NCT U, NCT 127, and NCT Dream. Mark debuted in April 2016 as a member of the rotational unit NCT U before becoming a member of the Seoul-based fixed unit NCT 127 in July 2016 and NCT Dream in August 2016. Mark joined the supergroup SuperM in October 2019.

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Douglas Smith

Douglas Alexander Smith
First Name Douglas
Last Name Smith
Born on June 22, 1985 (age 40)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Douglas Alexander Smith is a Canadian actor known for his work on the HBO series Big Love as Ben Henrickson, the eldest son of polygamist Bill Henrickson.

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