List of Famous people born in Canada

Robert Farah

First Name Robert
Last Name Farah
Born on January 20, 1987 (age 39)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud is a Canadian-born Colombian professional tennis player. Currently, he is ranked No. 1 in the world in men's doubles. Farah has a long-standing doubles partnership with countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal, with whom he has won 15 ATP titles, including the 2019 Wimbledon title, 2019 US Open title and two Italian Open titles. He currently resides in Bogota, Colombia.

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Michel Rivard

First Name Michel
Last Name Rivard
Born on September 27, 1951 (age 74)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Michel Rivard is a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His father Robert Rivard was an actor. Michel began his career at an early age appearing in a Canadian television series and in TV commercials.

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Louis Cyr

First Name Louis
Last Name Cyr
Born on October 11, 1863
Died on November 10, 1912 (aged 49)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Louis Cyr was a French Canadian strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting 500 pounds (227 kg) with one finger and backlifting 4,337 pounds (1,967 kg)(2.1 tons), show Cyr to be, according to former International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness chairman Ben Weider, the strongest man ever to have lived.

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Ryan Reaves

First Name Ryan
Last Name Reaves
Born on January 20, 1987 (age 39)
Born in Canada, Manitoba
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Ryan Reaves is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins.

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Jean Rochon

First Name Jean
Last Name Rochon
Born on July 29, 1938
Died on October 18, 2021 (aged 83)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jean Rochon was a Canadian politician and member of the National Assembly of Quebec. He was a cabinet minister for several ministries from 1994 to 2003 when the Parti Québécois formed the government under the leadership of Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry.

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Eddie Shack

First Name Eddie
Last Name Shack
Born on February 11, 1937
Died on July 25, 2020 (aged 83)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Edward Steven Phillip Shack, also known by his nicknames "the Entertainer" and "the Nose", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for six National Hockey League (NHL) teams from 1959 to 1975. He spent eight and a half seasons of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1967.

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Emily Carr

First Name Emily
Born on December 13, 1871
Died on March 2, 1945 (aged 73)

Emily Carr was a Canadian artist and writer who was inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. One of the first painters in Canada to adopt a Modernist and Post-Impressionist style, Carr did not receive widespread recognition for her work until she changed subject matter from Aboriginal themes to landscapes—forest scenes in particular. As a writer Carr was one of the earliest chroniclers of life in British Columbia. The Canadian Encyclopedia describes her as a "Canadian icon".

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Julia Grosso

First Name Julia
Last Name Grosso
Born on August 29, 2000 (age 25)

Julia Angela Grosso is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder. She plays for the Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 Conference. Grosso also plays for the Canada women's national soccer team. She scored the gold medal winning penalty in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Tyler Toffoli

First Name Tyler
Last Name Toffoli
Born on April 24, 1992 (age 34)
Born in Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Tyler Toffoli is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round, 47th overall, of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

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Deborah Kara Unger

First Name Deborah
Born on May 12, 1966 (age 60)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Deborah Kara Unger is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the films Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994), Crash (1996), The Game (1997), Payback (1999), The Hurricane (1999), White Noise (2005), Silent Hill (2006), 88 Minutes (2008) and The Way (2010).

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