List of Famous people born in Canada

Megan Lukan

First Name Megan
Born on February 14, 1992 (age 34)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Megan Lukan is a Canadian multi-sport athlete. Lukan switched to rugby from basketball after graduating in May 2015 from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where she was a four-year starting guard for the Green Bay women's Division l basketball team. During her UWGB basketball career, Lukan set a number of records included most career assists since the team became a member of the NCAA's Division I and most minutes played during a career. Lukan is a Canadian rugby union player, who was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she was selected by the Canadian Olympic Committee and was sponsored to attend Smith School of Business MBA program at Queen's University. Lukan's younger sister Kaili Lukan also played basketball at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and is a current member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team.

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Jean-Baptiste Riel

First Name Jean-Baptiste
Last Name Riel
Born on December 25, 1776
Died on September 7, 1855 (aged 78)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière was a French Canadian trapper employed in the fur trade by the Hudson's Bay Company in Rupert's Land.

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Dafydd Williams

First Name Dafydd
Last Name Williams
Born on May 16, 1954 (age 72)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Dafydd Rhys Williams OC OOnt CCFP FCFP FRCPC FRCP is a Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author and a retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two space shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. During that mission he performed three spacewalks, becoming the third Canadian to perform a spacewalk and setting a Canadian record for total number of spacewalks. These spacewalks combined for a total duration of 17 hours and 47 minutes.

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Mitchell Moranis

First Name Mitchell
Last Name Moranis
Born on February 7, 1988 (age 38)
Born in Canada, Ontario
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Benoît Girard

First Name Benoît
Last Name Girard
Born on January 26, 1932
Died on March 25, 2017 (aged 85)
Born in Canada, Quebec
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Johanne Fontaine

First Name Johanne
Born on April 4, 1955
Died on October 11, 2018 (aged 63)
Born in Canada, Quebec
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Joe Shuster

First Name Joe
Last Name Shuster
Born on July 10, 1914
Died on July 30, 1992 (aged 78)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Joseph Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1.

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John Tuzo Wilson

First Name John
Last Name Wilson
Born on October 24, 1908
Died on April 15, 1993 (aged 84)
Born in Canada, Ontario

John Tuzo Wilson was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics.

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John Weinzweig

First Name John
Last Name Weinzweig
Born on March 11, 1913
Died on August 24, 2006 (aged 93)
Born in Canada, Ontario

John Jacob Weinzweig, was a Canadian composer of classical music.

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Ron Greschner

First Name Ron
Last Name Greschner
Born on December 22, 1954 (age 71)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan

Ronald John Greschner is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons between 1974 and 1990.

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