List of Famous people born in Canada

Beckie Scott

First Name Beckie
Born on August 1, 1974 (age 51)
Born in Canada, Alberta
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Rebecca "Beckie" Scott, is a Canadian retired cross-country skier. She is Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee, and served as an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu between 2006 and 2014.

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Carol Huynh

First Name Carol
Last Name Huynh
Born on November 16, 1980 (age 45)
Height 154 cm | 5'1

Carol Huynh is a retired Canadian freestyle wrestler. Huynh was the first gold medalist for Canada in women's wrestling and was the first gold medallist for Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is also the 2010 Commonwealth Games and two time Pan American Games champion. She has also achieved success at the world championships where Huynh has totaled one silver and three bronze medals. Huynh is also an eleven time national champion.

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Bob Runciman

Robert William Runciman
First Name Bob
Last Name Runciman
Born on August 10, 1942 (age 83)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Robert William Runciman, is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years. On January 29, 2010, he was appointed to a federal legislative position as a Conservative to the Senate of Canada where he served until August 10, 2017.

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Simon Whitfield

First Name Simon
Last Name Whitfield
Born on May 16, 1975 (age 51)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Simon St. Quentin Whitfield is a retired Olympic triathlon champion from Canada. Whitfield won 10 consecutive Canadian Triathlon Championships titles and carried the Canadian national flag during the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Sydney, where he had won his gold medal, and the opening ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, making him one of few Canadian athletes to be honoured twice as Olympic flag bearer.

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Cecil Smith

First Name Cecil
Last Name Smith
Born on September 14, 1908
Died on January 1, 1997 (aged 88)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Cecil Elaine Eustace Smith, later Gooderham, then Hedstrom, was a Canadian figure skater. In 1924 she became the first female figure skater to represent Canada at Winter Olympics; she placed sixth individually and seventh in pairs, together with Melville Rogers. At the 1928 Winter Olympics she finished fifth individually. In 1930, she won the silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in singles.

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Jim Henderson

Donald James Henderson
First Name Jim
Last Name Henderson
Born on August 7, 1940
Died on May 2, 2020 (aged 79)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Donald James Henderson was a Canadian politician, who served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995. He represented the ridings of Humber and Etobicoke—Humber.

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Louis T.

Louis Tremblay
First Name Louis
Last Name T.
Born on January 1, 1953 (age 73)
Born in Canada, Quebec, Saguenay
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Lori Fung

First Name Lori
Last Name Fung
Born on February 21, 1963 (age 63)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Lori Fung Methorst, is a Canadian gymnastics coach and retired rhythmic gymnast. She won the gold medal in all-around rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the year the sport was introduced to the Olympics.

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Wilf Carter

Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter
First Name Wilf
Last Name Carter
Born on December 18, 1904
Died on December 5, 1996 (aged 91)
Born in Canada

Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter, professionally known as Wilf Carter in his native Canada and also as Montana Slim in the United States, was a Canadian Country and Western singer, songwriter, guitarist, and yodeller. Widely acknowledged as the father of Canadian country music, Carter was Canada's first country music star, inspiring a generation of young Canadian performers.

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Charles Langelier

First Name Charles
Last Name Langelier
Born on August 23, 1850
Died on February 7, 1920 (aged 69)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Charles Langelier was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, journalist, and author.

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