List of Famous people born in Canada
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Jody Wilson-Raybould, also known by her initials JWR and by her Kwak’wala name Puglaas, is a Canadian politician who has served as a Member of Parliament for the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Granville since 2015. She represented the riding as a member of the Liberal party from 2015 to 2019 and as an independent since 2019. She served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in the cabinet of Justin Trudeau from 2015 until January 2019 and then as Minister of Veterans Affairs of Canada from January 14, 2019, until resigning on February 12, 2019 over the SNC-Lavalin affair. Before entering Canadian federal politics, she was a Crown Prosecutor for British Columbia, a Treaty Commissioner and Regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations.
Ray Emery
Raymond Robert Emery was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for eleven seasons. Emery was chosen 99th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. During the 2006–07 season, he was a member of the Senators team that reached the Stanley Cup Finals, the first appearance in the finals for the modern Senators' franchise. He won a Stanley Cup championship with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013.
Garou
Pierre Garand, known by his stage name Garou, is a Canadian singer and entertainer from Sherbrooke, Québec.
Yvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo was a Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer. A brunette with blue-grey eyes, she became an internationally famous Hollywood film star in the 1940s and 1950s, made several recordings, and later acted on television and stage.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, and two graphic novels, as well as a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including the Booker Prize (twice), Arthur C. Clarke Award, Governor General's Award, Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television.
Marie-Claire Blais
Marie-Claire Blais, is a French Canadian writer, novelist, poet, and playwright from the province of Quebec.
Trish Stratus
Patricia Anne Stratigeas better known by the ring name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian fitness master, fitness model, actress, and professional wrestler. Often regarded as one of the greatest women's performers, she is also one of the most popular superstars in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Frank Dux
Frank William Dux is a martial artist, fight choreographer and author. According to Dux, a ninjutsu expert named Senzo Tanaka trained him as a ninja when he was a teenager. He established his own school of ninjutsu called Dux Ryu Ninjutsu, and has said he won a secret martial arts tournament called the Kumite in 1975. His alleged victory at the Kumite served as the inspiration for the 1988 film Bloodsport starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Dux's victory at the Kumite has been disputed, as has the existence of both the Kumite he described and Senzo Tanaka.
Eric McCormack
Eric James McCormack is a Canadian-American actor and singer known for his role as Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace, Grant MacLaren in Netflix's Travelers and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the American crime drama Perception.
Bobby Roode
Robert Francis Roode Jr. is a Canadian professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under his real name, Robert Roode. He is one half of the current WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions with Dolph Ziggler in their first reign.