List of Famous people born in Canada

Samantha Win

Samantha Tjhia
First Name Samantha
Born on March 29, 1991 (age 35)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Samantha Win is a Canadian actress and martial artist who was a part of Canada's national representation at international wushu tournaments in 2005-2008. She competed at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament as a part of Team Canada in 2008. In 2012, she debuted as an actress in the role of Kitana in Mortal Kombat: Legacy, followed by her role as Car-Vex in 2013's Man of Steel. She has appeared in various projects since these, and has a main role in Zack Snyder's 2021 film, Army of the Dead.

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Valérie Létourneau

First Name Valérie
Last Name Létourneau
Born on April 29, 1983 (age 43)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Valérie Létourneau is a Canadian mixed martial artist who competes in the Women's Flyweight division for Bellator MMA. As of July 31, 2017 Fight Matrix ranks her #26 female MMA strawweight in the world.

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Todd Ewen

First Name Todd
Last Name Ewen
Born on March 22, 1966
Died on September 19, 2015 (aged 49)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Todd Gordon Ewen was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for several teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). A right wing, Ewen was primarily known as an enforcer. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks. Ewen retired with 1,911 penalty minutes, putting him 58th for all-time career. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and raised in St. Albert, Alberta. Ewen won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Canadiens.

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Jake Muzzin

First Name Jake
Born on February 21, 1989 (age 37)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Jacob Muzzin is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Muzzin went unsigned and returned to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) as an overage player. There he served as team captain and won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the top defenceman in the OHL. As a free agent, Muzzin signed with the Los Angeles Kings in 2010, winning a Stanley Cup with the team in 2014.

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Craig Cunningham

Craig Alvin Cunningham is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played with the Boston Bruins and Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Boston Bruins, 97th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, before being called up to the Bruins in December 2013.

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Tyrone Gayle

First Name Tyrone
Last Name Gayle
Born on November 12, 1987
Died on October 25, 2018 (aged 30)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Tyrone Oliver Gayle was a Democratic campaign staffer, spokesman and aide. He worked for Senators Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.

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Horacio Arruda

First Name Horacio
Last Name Arruda
Born on November 30, 1959 (age 66)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Horacio Arruda is a community health specialist currently serving as national public health director and Assistant Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Health and Social Services for the province of Quebec, Canada.

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Dean McDermott

First Name Dean
Last Name McDermott
Born on November 16, 1966 (age 59)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Dean McDermott is a Canadian actor best known as a reality television personality with his wife, actress Tori Spelling, and as the host of the cooking competition Chopped Canada. He played the role of Constable Renfield Turnbull on the TV series Due South.

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Meghan Ory

First Name Meghan
Born on August 20, 1982 (age 43)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Meghan Ory is a Canadian television and film actress. She is best known for her role as Red Riding Hood/Ruby on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time and also starred in the short-lived CBS drama Intelligence as Riley Neal. Ory currently stars in the Hallmark family drama Chesapeake Shores as Abby O'Brien.

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Geneviève Bujold

First Name Geneviève
Born on July 1, 1942 (age 83)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Geneviève Bujold is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received an Academy Award nomination. Subsequent film credits include The Trojan Women (1971), Earthquake (1974), Obsession (1976), Coma (1978), Murder by Decree (1979), Tightrope (1984), Choose Me (1984), Dead Ringers (1988), The House of Yes (1997), and Still Mine (2012).

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