List of Famous people born in Canada

Charles-Omer Valois was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Alvin Rakoff is a Canadian director of more than 100 film, television and theatre productions. Now in his 10th decade and still active, He has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious leading actors, including Laurence Olivier, Peter Sellers, Sean Connery, Judi Dench, Rex Harrison, Rod Steiger, Henry Fonda and Ava Gardner.

Sébastien Lareau is a former professional tennis player. He became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title by winning the 1999 US Open men's doubles with his American partner Alex O'Brien.

Alphonse-Marie Parent, was a Canadian priest, educator and academic administrator. He is best known for having given his name to the Parent Report on the reform of Quebec's education system.

Ernest Armstrong McCulloch, was a University of Toronto cellular biologist, best known for demonstrating – with James Till – the existence of stem cells.

Anita Ellis was a Canadian-born American singer and actress. She famously dubbed Rita Hayworth's songs in Gilda.

John Brian "Joe" Neilands was a Canadian-born American biochemist and professor of biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught from 1951 until his retirement in 1993.

Michael Snow is a Canadian artist working in a range of media including film, installation, sculpture, photography, and music. His best-known films are Wavelength (1967) and La Région Centrale (1971), with the former regarded as a milestone in avant-garde cinema.