List of Famous people born in Canada
Patrice Lauzon
Patrice Lauzon is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With his wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is a two-time (2006–2007) World silver medalist.
François Paradis
Joseph Louis François Paradis is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a byelection on October 20, 2014. He represents the electoral district of Lévis as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. After the 2018 Quebec general election Paradis was elected President of the National Assembly of Quebec.
François Girard
François Girard is a French-Canadian director and screenwriter. Born in Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, Cargo; he attained international recognition following his 1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, a series of vignettes about the life of piano prodigy Glenn Gould. In 1998, he wrote and directed The Red Violin, which follows the ownership of a red violin over several centuries. The Red Violin won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, thirteen Genie Awards and nine Jutra Awards.
Margaret MacMillan
Margaret Olwen MacMillan is a Canadian historian and professor at the University of Oxford. She is former provost of Trinity College, Toronto and professor of history at the University of Toronto and previously at Ryerson University. Macmillan is an expert on history and international relations.
Marie-Louise Arsenault
Marie-Louise Arsenault is a Canadian radio personality, who hosts the literary talk show Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! on Ici Radio-Canada Première. In this role, she was also the moderator of the final three editions of Le Combat des livres.
Robert Labine
Robert Labine was a politician in Gatineau, Quebec. He was best known for being mayor of the former city of Gatineau between 1988 and 1994 and again between 1999 and 2001. He was familiarly known as "Bob" Labine.
Nolan Gerard Funk
Nolan Gerard Funk is a Canadian actor and singer known for portraying Hunter Clarington in the musical comedy-drama television series Glee, Collin Jennings in the comedy-drama television series Awkward, "Angel Eyes" in the drama series Counterpart and Conrad Birdie in the 2009 Broadway revival of the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
Maxim Gaudette
Maxim Gaudette is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He won both the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010 for his role as Marc Lépine in the 2009 film Polytechnique.
Micheline Lanctôt
Micheline Lanctôt is a Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.
Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil
Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil was a seigneur and colonial army officer in New France and governor of Trois-Rivières from 1757 to 1760.