List of Famous people born in Canada

Lyse Doucet

First Name Lyse

Lyse Marie Doucet, is a Canadian journalist who is the BBC's Chief International correspondent and senior presenter. She presents on BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the United Kingdom. She also makes and presents documentaries.

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Herbert Henry Dow

First Name Herbert
Last Name Dow
Born on February 26, 1866
Died on October 15, 1930 (aged 64)
Born in Canada

Herbert Henry Dow was a Canadian-born American chemical industrialist, best known as the founder of the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. He was a graduate of Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a prolific inventor of chemical processes, compounds, and products, and was a successful businessman.

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Michel Robidoux

First Name Michel
Last Name Robidoux
Born on July 10, 1943
Died on September 30, 2021 (aged 78)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Michel Robidoux was a Canadian musician.

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François Legault

First Name François
Last Name Legault
Born on May 26, 1957 (age 69)
Born in Canada, Quebec, Montreal

Joseph Léo François Legault is a Quebecois politician and businessman serving as the 32nd and current premier of Quebec since 2018. He has been Leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec party since its founding in 2011 and a cabinet minister during the premierships of Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry. Prior to becoming a politician, he was the co-founder of the Canadian airline Air Transat.

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David Brooks

First Name David
Last Name Brooks
Born in Canada, Ontario

David Brooks is a political and cultural commentator who writes for The New York Times. He has worked as a film critic for The Washington Times, a reporter and later op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal, a senior editor at The Weekly Standard from its inception, a contributing editor at Newsweek, and The Atlantic Monthly, and a commentator on NPR and the PBS NewsHour.

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Brent Gretzky

First Name Brent
Last Name Gretzky
Born on February 20, 1972 (age 54)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Brent Gretzky is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player, and the brother of Wayne and Keith Gretzky. He briefly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Sonia Benezra

First Name Sonia
Born on September 25, 1960 (age 65)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Sonia Benezra is a Canadian TV and radio interviewer and personality and actress who formerly hosted shows on MusiquePlus, MusiMax, MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic. She hosted a daily live talk show on the French-language TQS television, also open to English-speaking entertainment figures, for five seasons.

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Denis Coderre

First Name Denis
Last Name Coderre
Born on July 25, 1963 (age 62)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Denis Coderre is a Canadian politician from Quebec. Coderre was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Bourassa from 1997 until 2013, and was the Immigration minister from 2002-2003 and became the Mayor of Montreal in 2013, but lost in 2017 to Valérie Plante. He has been an administrator of Eurostar since 2018 and as Special advisor for the FIA since 2019.

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Tony Esposito

First Name Tony
Last Name Esposito
Born on April 23, 1943 (age 83)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Anthony James "Tony O" Esposito was a Canadian-American professional ice hockey goaltender, who played in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Chicago Black Hawks. He was one of the pioneers of the now popular butterfly style. Tony was the younger brother of Phil Esposito, a centre. Both brothers had notable careers and are enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2017 Esposito was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

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Henri Richard

Joseph Henri Richard
First Name Henri
Last Name Richard
Born on February 29, 1936
Died on March 6, 2020 (aged 84)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Joseph Henri Richard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. He was nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" after his older brother, Canadiens' legend and fellow Hockey Hall of Famer Maurice "Rocket" Richard. Henri won 11 Stanley Cups as a player, the most in NHL history. In 2017 Richard was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

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