List of Famous people born in Canada
Kirby Morrow
Kirby Robert Morrow was a Canadian actor, comedian and writer. In animation, he was known as the voice of Miroku from InuYasha, Van Fanel from the Ocean dub of Escaflowne, Cyclops from X-Men: Evolution, Jay from Class of the Titans, Teru Mikami from Death Note, Trowa Barton from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Ryo Takatsuki from Project ARMS, Goku from Ocean's dub of Dragon Ball Z, Hot Shot from Transformers: Cybertron and his main role as Cole from LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. On camera, he was known for the recurring role of Captain Dave Kleinman from Stargate Atlantis.
Tricia Helfer
Tricia Janine Helfer is a Canadian actress, voice actress and former model. She is best known for playing the Cylon model Number Six in Ronald D. Moore's re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series (2004–2009) and voicing Sarah Kerrigan in StarCraft II and its expansion packs (2010–2015). She played Charlotte Richards/the Goddess of All Creation on the FOX series Lucifer (2016–2018).
Patrick Chan
Patrick Lewis Wai-Kuan Chan is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the men's and team events, a three-time World champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time Four Continents champion, and a ten-time Canadian national champion.
Robert Pickton
Robert William "Willy" Pickton is a Canadian serial killer who was convicted in 2007 of the second-degree murders of six women. Arrested in 2002, he was the subject of a lengthy investigation that yielded evidence of numerous other murders. Pickton was charged with the deaths of an additional twenty women, many of them from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, but these charges were stayed by the Crown in 2010. Pickton was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years – the longest sentence for murder under Canadian law at the time he was sentenced.
Noah Reid
Noah Nicholas Reid is a Canadian actor, musician, and former voice actor. He has performed in several films and television series, including Franklin and the CBC comedy Schitt's Creek. In 2016, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song for his work in the feature film People Hold On. In 2019, he received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his work on Schitt's Creek.
Sami Zayn
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sami Zayn.
Vasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil is a Canadian professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high world singles ranking of No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
Anna Cathcart
Anna Cathcart is a Canadian actress. She became known for starring in season two of Odd Squad (2016–2019) as Agent Olympia. From 2018 to 2021, Cathcart gained wide recognition for portraying Kitty Covey in Netflix's To All the Boys I've Loved Before film series (2018–2021). She is also known for portraying Dizzy Tremaine in Disney Channel's Descendants 2 (2017) and Descendants 3 (2019) and Zoe Valentine in the Brat web-based series of the same name (2019) and Spring Breakaway (2019).
John Tavares
John Tavares is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the New York Islanders in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, where he spent nine seasons and served as captain for five seasons.
Tara Strong
Tara Lyn Strong is a Canadian-American actress who has provided voice-over work for animation and video games and has performed in live-action. Her roles include animated series such as Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go!, Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents, Xiaolin Showdown, Ben 10, Chowder, Wow Wow Wubbzy!, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Unikitty! and DC Super Hero Girls and video games such as Mortal Kombat X, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Jak and Daxter, Final Fantasy X, X-2, Blue Dragon, and Batman: Arkham.