List of Famous people born in Canada

Marc-Yvan Côté

First Name Marc-Yvan
Born on March 27, 1947 (age 79)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Marc-Yvan Côté is a former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party. He was the Health and Social Services Minister in the Robert Bourassa government from 1989 to 1994.

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Chloé Robichaud

First Name Chloé
Born on January 31, 1988 (age 38)

Chloé Robichaud is a Canadian director best known for her debut film Sarah Prefers to Run. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.

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Liza Frulla

First Name Liza
Last Name Frulla
Born on March 30, 1949 (age 77)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Liza Frulla,, formerly known as Liza Frulla-Hébert, is a former Canadian politician. She was a Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 1998, a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2006, and a member of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin.

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Chief Dan George

First Name Chief
Last Name George
Born on July 24, 1899
Died on September 23, 1981 (aged 82)

Chief Dan George, OC was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was also an actor, musician, poet and author; his best-known written work was "My Heart Soars". As an actor, he is best remembered for portraying Old Lodge Skins opposite Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; also for his role in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), as Lone Watie, opposite Clint Eastwood.

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Patrice Bernier

First Name Patrice
Born on September 23, 1979 (age 46)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Patrice Bernier is a Canadian retired professional soccer player. A long-time mainstay of the Canadian national team, the midfielder played the majority of his career with Montreal Impact in addition to playing in Denmark, Germany, and Norway.

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Gus Mortson

James Angus Gerald Mortson
First Name Gus
Born on January 24, 1925
Died on August 8, 2015 (aged 90)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 180 cm | 5'11

James Angus Gerald "Old Hardrock" Mortson was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks, and Detroit Red Wings, winning four Stanley Cups with Toronto. He also played in eight NHL All Star Games.

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Joanne Liu

First Name Joanne
Born on April 11, 1965 (age 61)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Joanne Liu, M.D., C.M., is a Canadian pediatric emergency medicine physician, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal, Professor of Clinical Medicine at McGill University, and the previous International President of Médecins sans frontières. She was elected president during MSF's International General Assembly in June 2013.

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Gilles Lupien

First Name Gilles
Last Name Lupien
Born on April 20, 1954
Died on May 18, 2021 (aged 67)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Joseph Leonard Gilles Lupien was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Hartford Whalers from 1977 to 1982. After retiring, he became a sports agent, businessman, and was an owner of the Longueuil Chevaliers and the Victoriaville Tigres.

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Cameron Bright

Cameron Douglas Crigger
First Name Cameron
Last Name Bright
Born on January 26, 1993 (age 33)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Cameron Bright is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films The Butterfly Effect, Godsend, Birth, Running Scared, Ultraviolet, X-Men: The Last Stand, Thank You for Smoking and three installments of The Twilight Saga.

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Paul Rose

First Name Paul
Last Name Rose
Born on October 16, 1943
Died on March 14, 2013 (aged 69)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Paul Rose was a Québécois nationalist, convicted murderer and terrorist known for his role in the October Crisis. He was convicted of the kidnapping and murder by strangulation of Quebec Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte in 1970. A Quebec government commission later determined in 1980 that Rose was not present when Laporte was killed, despite a recorded confession. He was the leader of the Chenier cell of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), an armed group which was fighting what they considered the oppression of French Quebecers.

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