List of Famous people born in Canada

John James "Jean" Charest is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec, from 2003 to 2012; the fifth deputy prime minister of Canada from June 25, 1993, until November 4, 1993; the leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998; and the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1998 to 2012. He became Premier after winning the 2003 election; after he lost the 2012 election he announced that he would be resigning as Quebec Liberal Leader and leaving politics. Charest sits as an advisor to Canada's Ecofiscal Commission. Charest is currently a consultant for Huawei on the Meng Wanzhou case and for its 5G network plans in Canada.

Annie Villeneuve is a French-Canadian pop singer-songwriter. She participated at the first season of Star Académie in 2003. She also sang the French and the bilingual official song of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, I Believe/J'imagine.

John Keith Vernon was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada. He was best known for playing Dean Wormer in Animal House, the Mayor in Dirty Harry and Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Alexandra Stewart is a Canadian actress.

Mickaël Gouin is a Canadian actor and television writer from Drummondville, Quebec. He is most noted for his role in the sketch comedy series SNL Québec, the Quebec adaptation of Saturday Night Live, and its spinoff Le nouveau show.

Robin Aubert is a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director. He is most noted for his performance in the film The Countess of Baton Rouge , for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997, and his 2017 film Ravenous , which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Jean-Pierre Ferland, is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

Geneviève Rioux is a Québécoise television host and actor in theatre, television and film.

Robert Lepage, is a Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director.

Diego Klattenhoff is a Canadian actor known for his portrayals of Mike Faber in the Showtime series Homeland and as FBI Agent Donald Ressler in The Blacklist. He has also appeared as Derek in Whistler, Ivan in Men in Trees as well as having a minor role in Mean Girls as Shane Oman.