List of Famous people born in Canada

Brian Mulroney

Martin Brian Mulroney
First Name Brian
Last Name Mulroney
Born on March 20, 1939 (age 87)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Martin Brian Mulroney is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993.

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Jahmil French

First Name Jahmil
Born on July 29, 1991
Died on March 1, 2021 (aged 29)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Jahmil French was a Canadian actor, most noted for his regular role as Dave Turner in Degrassi: The Next Generation, for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013, and his performance in the film Boost, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.

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Donal Logue

First Name Donal
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Donal Francis Logue is a Canadian-born, American film and television actor, producer and writer. He starred in the film The Tao of Steve and has had roles in the TV series Sons of Anarchy, Vikings, Grounded for Life, Copper, Terriers, and, as detective Harvey Bullock, Fox's Gotham. He additionally played the recurring role of Lt. Declan Murphy in NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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Lauren Southern

Lauren Simonsen
First Name Lauren
Last Name Southern
Born on June 16, 1995 (age 30)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Lauren Cherie Southern is a Canadian alt-right political activist, white nationalist and YouTuber. In 2015, Southern ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the Canadian federal election. She worked for The Rebel Media until March 2017, then worked independently before announcing her retirement from political activism on 2 June 2019. Southern announced her return to YouTube on 19 June 2020.

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Sunny Dhinsa

First Name Sunny
Last Name Dhinsa
Born on May 20, 1993 (age 33)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Sunny Dhinsa is a Canadian professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. He is best known for his time with the WWE, where he performed under the ring name Akam.

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Michael Cohen

First Name Michael
Last Name Cohen
Born on November 22, 1975 (age 50)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Michael Dwayne Cohen is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Schwoz Schwartz in Henry Danger and its spinoffs, The Adventures of Kid Danger and Danger Force.

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Alexandra Botez

First Name Alexandra
Last Name Botez
Born on September 24, 1995 (age 30)

Alexandra Botez is an American-born Canadian chess player and commentator, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber. As a player, she holds the title of Woman FIDE Master. Botez and her younger sister Andrea host the BotezLive Twitch and YouTube channels, where they specialize in chess content.

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Dale Hawerchuk

First Name Dale
Last Name Hawerchuk
Born on April 4, 1963
Died on August 18, 2020 (aged 57)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Dale Hawerchuk was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Drafted first overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, Hawerchuk played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons as a member of the Jets, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility in 2001. Hawerchuk served as the head coach of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League from 2010 to 2019.

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Sarah Pavan

First Name Sarah
Last Name Pavan
Born on August 16, 1986 (age 39)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Sarah Lindsey Pavan is a Canadian beach volleyball and former indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. With Melissa Humana-Paredes she won the women's gold medal at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

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William Lyon Mackenzie King

First Name William
Last Name King
Born on December 17, 1874
Died on July 22, 1950 (aged 75)
Born in Canada, Ontario

William Lyon Mackenzie King, commonly known as Mackenzie King or WLMK, was a Canadian statesman and politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921–1926, 1926–1930 and 1935–1948. A Liberal, he was the dominant politician in Canada during the interwar period from the 1920s through the 1940s. He is best known for his leadership of Canada throughout the Second World War (1939–1945) when he mobilized Canadian money, supplies and volunteers to support Britain while boosting the economy and maintaining morale on the home front. With a total of 21 years and 154 days in office, he remains the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history. Trained in law and social work, he was keenly interested in the human condition, and played a major role in laying the foundations of the Canadian welfare state.

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