List of Famous people born in Canada

Monica Proietti was a Canadian bank robber and folk hero from Montreal, better known as "Machine Gun Molly".

Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur was a Canadian supercentenarian. Meilleur is the oldest validated Canadian ever and upon the death of longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment, became the world's oldest recognized living person. She was succeeded as the oldest living person by Sarah Knauss.

Gilles Latulippe was a Québécois actor, comedian and theatre director and manager. Latulippe was a central figure in the history of comic theatre in Quebec. In 1998, he was named Quebec's favourite actor by the daily tabloid Le Journal de Montréal.

L. Norbert Thériault was a Canadian politician.

Peter Outerbridge is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Ari Tasarov in the CW action series Nikita, Dr. David Sandström in the TMN series ReGenesis, Henrik "Hank" Johanssen in Orphan Black, Bob Corbett in Bomb Girls, William Easton in Saw VI, and George Brown in the television film John A.: Birth of a Country. He also played the lead role of Detective William Murdoch in a three-episode mini-series, The Murdoch Mysteries, in its initial run on Canadian television, with two episodes shown in 2004 and a third in 2005.

Stephen McHattie Smith, known professionally as Stephen McHattie, is a Canadian actor. Since beginning his professional career in 1970, he has amassed over 200 film and television credits. He won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Rocket, and a Gemini Award for Life With Billy.

Sarah Emma Edmonds was a Canadian-born woman who served as a man with the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1992, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.

Alice Ann Munro is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Munro's work has been described as having revolutionized the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move forward and backward in time. Her stories have been said to "embed more than announce, reveal more than parade."

Jessica Barker is a Canadian actress. She got interested in acting at the age of 7 and won her first role 3 years later. The biggest turning point in Barker's career came in 1993, when she won a main role in the new TV-series for children The Intrepids, where, with her co-star Lorànt Deutsch, she ran a radio station and played investigator. The show was a big success and ran for three years. During this period, Barker did a couple of other projects but stopped everything in 1999 to attend university; she returned in 2004 in the movie Le Golem de Montréal.

David Savard is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the fourth round, 94th overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Savard won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2021.