List of Famous people born in Canada

Avan Jogia

First Name Avan
Born on February 9, 1992 (age 34)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Avan Tudor Jogia is a Canadian actor, singer, and activist. He is best known for his television roles Beck Oliver in Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious, Danny Desai in ABC Family drama Twisted, Roman Mercer in Syfy paranormal action series Ghost Wars, and Ulysses Zane in Starz comedy Now Apocalypse.

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Tajon Buchanan

First Name Tajon
Born on February 8, 1999 (age 27)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Tajon Buchanan is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for the New England Revolution, on loan from Club Brugge, and the Canada national team.

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Taylor Kitsch

First Name Taylor
Last Name Kitsch
Born on April 8, 1981 (age 45)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Taylor Kitsch is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for portraying Tim Riggins in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011). He has also worked in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Battleship (2012), John Carter (2012), Savages (2012), and Lone Survivor (2013).

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Chris Benoit

First Name Chris
Last Name Benoit
Born on May 21, 1967
Died on June 24, 2007 (aged 40)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Christopher Michael Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler. During his 22-year career, he worked for numerous promotions including the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Industry journalist Dave Meltzer considered him "one of the top 10, maybe even the top 5, all-time greats".

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Aliyah

Nhooph Al-Areebi
Born on November 23, 1994 (age 31)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Nhooph Al-Areebi is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Aliyah.

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Tom Green

Michael Thomas Green
First Name Tom
Last Name Green
Born on July 30, 1971 (age 54)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Michael Thomas Green is a Canadian-American comedian and actor. Known for shock comedy, he found mainstream prominence via his MTV show, The Tom Green Show (1994–2000). Green has also played in the Hollywood films Road Trip (2000), Charlie's Angels (2000), Freddy Got Fingered, Stealing Harvard (2002) and Shred (2008). He was briefly married to actress Drew Barrymore (2001–2002), who co-starred with him in Charlie's Angels and Freddy Got Fingered.

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Felicia Spencer

First Name Felicia
Last Name Spencer
Born on November 20, 1990 (age 35)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Felicia Dawn Spencer is a Canadian mixed martial artist. She is the former Invicta FC Featherweight champion and currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Rick Genest

Rick Stephan Genest
First Name Rick
Last Name Genest
Born on August 7, 1985
Died on August 1, 2018 (aged 32)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Rick Genest, also known as Zombie Boy, was a Canadian artist, actor, fashion model, and musician. He held a Guinness World Record for his full-body tattoos.

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Jamal Murray

First Name Jamal
Last Name Murray
Born on February 23, 1997 (age 29)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Jamal Murray is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Canadian national team. He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being drafted by the Nuggets with the seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.

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Alex Anthopoulos

First Name Alex
Last Name Anthopoulos
Born in Canada, Quebec

Alex Anthopoulos is a Canadian professional baseball executive, currently working as the general manager and president of baseball operations for the Atlanta Braves. He was the senior vice president of baseball operations and general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2010 to 2015, for whom he began as a scouting coordinator in 2003. Prior to the Blue Jays, Anthopoulos got his start in professional baseball with the Montreal Expos organization in 2000. In 2015, he was named the Sporting News Executive of the Year after the Blue Jays advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1993, reaching the American League Championship Series (ALCS). However, his term with the Blue Jays ended on October 29, 2015, when he declined a five-year contract extension. He served for two years as vice president of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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