List of Famous people born in Canada
Rick Martel
Richard Vigneault is a Canadian former professional wrestler, trainer, and television presenter, better known by his ring name, Rick Martel. He is best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. Championships held by Martel over the course of his career include the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Television Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship.
Guy Joron
Guy Joron was a politician in Quebec, Canada.
Renée Martel
Renée Martel is a French-Canadian country singer. Her father was country singer Marcel Martel.
Mark Wainberg
Mark Arnold Wainberg, was a Canadian HIV/AIDS researcher and HIV/AIDS activist. He was the Director of the McGill University AIDS Centre at the Montreal Jewish General Hospital and Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology at McGill University. His laboratory primarily studies HIV reverse transcriptase, the molecular basis for drug resistance, and gene therapy. He received a B.Sc. from McGill University in 1966, a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1972, and did his post-doctoral research at Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University.
Carole Lavallée
Carole Lavallée was a Canadian politician.
Patrick Huard
Patrick Huard is a Quebec-born Canadian actor, writer and comedian.
Tristan Jarry
Tristan Jarry is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jarry was selected by the Penguins in the second round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
Margaret Chung
Margaret Chung Lai Kei is a Hong Kong-based model, actor and yoga instructor.
Sonia LeBel
Sonia LeBel is a Canadian politician, who was elected for the Coalition Avenir Québec to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Champlain as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
Anne Hébert
Anne Hébert, was a French Canadian author and poet. She won Canada's top literary honor, the Governor General's Award, three times, twice for fiction and once for poetry.