List of Famous people born in Canada
Alain Bouchard
Alain Bouchard is a Canadian billionaire businessman. He is co-founder and chairman of Alimentation Couche-Tard, and also serves on the board of directors of Atrium Innovations. Both corporations are based in Quebec.
Nicolas Deslauriers
Nicolas Deslauriers is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the third round, 84th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. His play has been described as a mix between an enforcer and a grinder.
Pierre de Bellefeuille
Pierre de Bellefeuille was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
Douglas Shearer
Douglas Graham Shearer was a Canadian American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. He won seven Academy Awards for his work. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
Marie-Victorin
Brother Marie-Victorin, F.S.C., was a Canadian member of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a noted botanist in Quebec, Canada. He is known as the father of the Botanical Garden of Montreal.
Dylan Bruce
Dylan Bruce is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Chris Hughes on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns and Paul Dierden on BBC America and Space's Orphan Black.
Irving Grundman
Irving Grundman was a Canadian ice hockey executive and municipal politician. He served as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens from 1978 to 1983. He also served on the Montreal City Council. Prior to his career in hockey and politics, he was the co-founder of the Laurentian Lanes bowling alleys.
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by Forbes as the richest person in Canada and the ninth richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately US $19.6 billion.
Paul Desmarais, Jr.
Paul Desmarais Jr. is a Canadian businessman in his hometown of Montreal.
Jano Bergeron
Jeannine "Jano" Bergeron is a Quebec singer who was born in Chapais, Quebec in 1958. This singer, actress and entertainer is best known on the Quebec music scene with the commercial success of the song Sought in 1986, as well as performing the French version of Run With Us and other songs for the French version of The Raccoons.