List of Famous people born in Canada

Alexandre Cloutier

First Name Alexandre
Last Name Cloutier
Born on September 1, 1977 (age 48)
Born in Canada, Quebec, Saguenay

Alexandre Cloutier is a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was a member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region from 2007 to 2018, representing the Parti Québécois.

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Jeffrey Buttle

First Name Jeffrey
Last Name Buttle
Born on September 1, 1982 (age 43)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Jeffrey "Jeff" Buttle is a Canadian figure skater and choreographer. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, the 2008 World champion, the 2002 and 2004 Four Continents champion and the 2005–2007 Canadian champion. On March 22, 2008, Buttle became the first Canadian man since Elvis Stojko in 1997 to win the World Title. He announced his retirement from competitive skating on September 10, 2008.

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Yann Perreau

First Name Yann
Last Name Perreau
Born on April 5, 1976 (age 50)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Yann Perreau is a Canadian singer songwriter from Quebec specialising in rock-electro music. Between 1994 and 1999, he was a member of Doc et les Chirurgiens, before becoming a solo artist.

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John Kapelos

First Name John
Last Name Kapelos
Born on March 8, 1956 (age 70)
Born in Canada, Ontario

John Kapelos is a Greek/Canadian actor from London, Ontario. He is best known for his portrayals of janitor Carl Reed in The Breakfast Club and Detective Donald Schanke in Forever Knight.

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Rykka

Christina Maria Rieder
Born on March 13, 1986 (age 40)

Christina Maria Rieder, better known by their stage name Rykka, is a Swiss-Canadian singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Their songs have been featured on TV, and they have been nominated for several music awards both in British Columbia, and across Canada. On May 12, 2016, they represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with the song "The Last of Our Kind". They sang in the second semi-final of the event.

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Oscar Peterson

First Name Oscar
Last Name Peterson
Born on August 15, 1925
Died on December 23, 2007 (aged 82)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, was a Canadian jazz pianist, virtuoso and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing". He released over 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of history's great jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.

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Jeanine Beaubien

First Name Jeanine
Born on July 5, 1919
Died on March 3, 2016 (aged 96)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jeanine C. Beaubien, born Jeanine Charbonneau was a Canadian theatre woman.

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Robert Wickens

First Name Robert
Last Name Wickens
Born on March 13, 1989 (age 37)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Robert Tyler Wickens is a Canadian racing driver from Guelph, Ontario, last driving in the IndyCar Series for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. In 2009 he finished in second place in the FIA Formula Two Championship, and in 2010 he was runner-up in the GP3 Series. In his return to Formula Renault 3.5, where he competed in 2008, he won the 2011 season championship with Carlin Motorsport, with backing of Marussia. Wickens then left the series to race in the DTM for the HWA Team.

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Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien

First Name Philippe
Last Name Beaubien
Born on January 12, 1928 (age 98)
Born in Canada, Quebec, Montreal

Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien, OC, is a Canadian media proprietor, who was chairman and CEO of Telemedia. He founded the company in 1968, and went on to acquire a number of radio stations in Quebec and Ontario, and launched magazines such as Canadian Living, Harrowsmith and the Canadian editions of ELLE and TV Guide. In 1990, together with his wife Nan-b de Gaspé Beaubien, he launched The Business Families Foundation (BFF), a non-profit charitable organization established in Canada to help business families in Canada and abroad.

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Keith Primeau

First Name Keith
Last Name Primeau
Born on November 24, 1971 (age 54)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 198 cm | 6'6

Keith David Primeau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers.

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