List of Famous people born in Canada
Doug Armstrong
Douglas Armstrong is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive, currently the general manager for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is also a former general manager of the NHL's Dallas Stars.
Stuart Gillard
Stuart Thomas Gillard is a Canadian film and television director. He is best known for directing the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) and RocketMan (1997). He also wrote and directed the romance film Paradise in 1982, his directing debut.
Steve MacLean
Steven Glenwood MacLean is a Canadian astronaut. He was the President of the Canadian Space Agency, from September 1, 2008 to February 1, 2013.
Alexander Knox
Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor on stage, screen, and occasionally television. He was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for his performance as Woodrow Wilson in the film Wilson (1944).
Jeff Lemire
Jeff Lemire is a Canadian comic book writer and artist. He is the author of titles including the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth, and The Nobody. His work in the 2010s includes All-New Hawkeye, Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight and Old Man Logan for Marvel; Superboy, Animal Man, Justice League Dark, and Green Arrow for DC; Black Hammer for Dark Horse; Descender and Plutona for Image Comics; and Bloodshot Reborn for Valiant.
Barbara Underhill
Barbara Ann Underhill is a Canadian former pair skater. With partner Paul Martini, she is the 1984 World champion, the 1979–1983 Canadian national champion, and the 1978 World Junior champion. They represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics, where they placed 9th, and at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where they placed 7th. In 2009, she was named to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Since retiring, Underhill has worked as a skating coach for ice hockey players.
Cynthia Dale
Cynthia Ciurluini, known professionally as Cynthia Dale, is a Canadian television actress and stage performer. She is best known for her role as lawyer Olivia Novak in the 1987–94, and re-booted in 2019, television drama Street Legal.
Elliott Jaques
Elliott Jaques was a Canadian psychoanalyst, social scientist and management consultant known for as originator of concepts such as ‘corporate culture’, ‘mid-life crisis’, ‘fair pay’, ‘maturation curves’, ‘time span of discretion’ and requisite organization, as a total system of managerial organization.
Charmion King
Charmion King was a Canadian actress.
R. Brent Tully
Richard Brent Tully is an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii.