List of Famous people born in Canada

Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve, known as Gilles Villeneuve, was a Canadian racing driver, who spent six years in Grand Prix motor racing with Ferrari, winning six races and widespread acclaim for his performances.

Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress, and member of the group All Saints.

Kiana Alexa Madeira is a Canadian actress known most notably for her work in the Netflix television series Trinkets and the film trilogy Fear Street.

Claude Julien is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to his firing by the Boston Bruins in 2017, he was the longest tenured head coach in the NHL. He had previously served as head coach of the New Jersey Devils in the NHL, as well as in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Hamilton Bulldogs. In 2011 he coached the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals, against the Vancouver Canucks, winning in 7 games, guiding Boston to their 6th franchise Stanley Cup title. In 2013, he brought Boston to another Stanley Cup Finals, however they lost the series to the Chicago Blackhawks in 6 games.

Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

Cory Ephram Joseph is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the point guard position and is also the captain of the Canadian national team.

Tedde Moore is a Canadian actress who is perhaps best known as Miss Shields in the 1983 film A Christmas Story. She was nominated for a Genie Award at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984 for her acting in the film. She reprised her role in the 1994 film My Summer Story and is the only actor to appear in both films. She also starred in the 2011 film Mistletoe Over Manhattan as Mrs. Claus.

Nicolas Demorand is a French journalist who works as a producer, host and editor of French public radio station France Inter. He was the executive editor of French daily Libération from 2011 to 2014.

Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf is a Canadian actress.

Ivan Koloff was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for once holding the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. He was known as "The Russian Bear".