List of Famous people born in Canada
Charles Bronfman
Charles Bronfman, is a Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist and is a member of the Canadian Jewish Bronfman family. With an estimated net worth of $2 billion, Bronfman was ranked by Forbes as the 14th wealthiest Canadian and 736th in the world.
Stephen Shellen
Stephen Shellen also known as Stephen Shellenberger is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He is probably best known for his role as Luke Brenner on the TV series Counterstrike, for his role as Neal in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It, and for his voice acting in the video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
David Nemirovsky
David Semenovich Nemirovsky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.
Claude Fournier
Claude Fournier is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer. He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec. He is the twin brother of Guy Fournier.
Claude Wagner
Claude Wagner was a Canadian judge and politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. Throughout his career, he was a Crown prosecutor, professor of criminal law and judge.
Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle.
Marie-Anne Gaboury
Marie-Anne Lagimodière was a French-Canadian woman noted as both the grandmother of Louis Riel, and as the first woman of European descent to travel to and settle in what is now Western Canada.
Christopher Jackson
Christopher Donald Jackson was a Canadian organist, harpsichordist and choral conductor. He is best known as a specialist in the performance of Renaissance music, and as the co-founder and long time conductor of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal.
Roger Parent
Roger Denis Parent was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Meewasin as a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus. Parent died of cancer at age 63, just hours after his diagnosis was made public on November 29, 2016 and within two weeks of being diagnosed.
François Dompierre
François Dompierre C.M. is a Canadian musician, songwriter and composer, best known as a composer of film scores.