List of Famous people born in Canada
Don Francks
Donald Harvey Francks, also known by his stage name Iron Buffalo, was a Canadian actor, musician and singer.
Florence Lawrence
Florence Lawrence was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as the "first movie star", and was thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly until evidence published in 2019 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder. At the height of her fame in the 1910s, she was known as the "Biograph Girl" for work as one of the leading ladies in silent films from the Biograph Company. She appeared in almost 300 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career.
Ève Salvail
Ève Salvail is a Canadian model.
Kirsten Prout
Kirsten Prout Zien is a Canadian actress. She is known for her lead roles in the ABC Family television shows, portraying Amanda Bloom in Kyle XY and Char Chamberlin in The Lying Game. Her first sizable break in film came in 2005, when she was cast as Abby Miller, a lead role opposite Jennifer Garner in Elektra. In 2007, Prout was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series by the Young Artists Awards for Kyle XY. In 2010, Prout portrayed the vampire "Lucy" in Twilight Saga: Eclipse. She has guest starred in notable series including NCIS, Pscyh, Devious Maids, Ties That Bind and Dear White People. Prout is also known for her lead roles in the horror genre, as Alex Bell in the MTV film series My Super Psycho Sweet 16, Jewel McCaul in Joyride 3, and Sloane in the 2015 horror indie Even Lambs Have Teeth.
Monia Chokri
Monia Chokri is a Canadian actress and film director.
Caroline Néron
Caroline Néron is a Canadian actress, singer and fashion designer (accessories). She has appeared in a number of roles on television. She is also in films. She was born in Boucherville, Quebec.
Marcel Aubut
Marcel Aubut, is a Canadian lawyer, former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and former president and Chief Executive Officer of the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Olivier Occéan
Olivier Occéan, born October 23, 1981) is a retired Canadian professional soccer player and current assistant coach of IF Urædd.
Lucas Cavallini
Lucas Daniel Cavallini is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in MLS, and the Canada national team.
Jacques Cossette-Trudel
Jacques Cossette-Trudel is a Canadian who kidnapped British diplomat James Cross in the October Crisis of 1970 in Canada. Cossette-Trudel was a member of a cell of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) that kidnapped Cross in an attempt to start an uprising in Quebec, leading to its separation from Canada. Exchanged along with the rest of his cell in for a healthy Cross, he went into exile in Cuba and France. After his return, he was convicted of the offence of kidnapping and served time in prison. He has since worked as a communication counsellor and filmmaker in Quebec.