List of Famous people born in Canada

Joyce Cheng

First Name Joyce
Last Name Cheng
Born on May 30, 1987 (age 39)

Joyce Cheng Yan-yee is a Hong Kong Canadian singer, writer and actress based in Hong Kong. She is the daughter of late Hong Kong comedian Lydia Shum and singer/actor Adam Cheng.

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Barbara Williams

First Name Barbara
Last Name Williams
Born on January 1, 1953 (age 73)

Barbara Williams is a Canadian-born American actress. Williams has starred in the 1984 Paramount film Thief of Hearts, the 1988 film Watchers and the 1992 film Oh, What a Night. She garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Genie Awards for Love Come Down.

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Magalie Lépine-Blondeau

First Name Magalie
Born on August 18, 1982 (age 43)
Born in Canada

Magalie Lépine-Blondeau is a French Canadian actor and television host born on August 18, 1982.

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Mitchell Marner

First Name Mitchell
Last Name Marner
Born on May 5, 1997 (age 29)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Mitchell Marner is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Marner was born in Markham, Ontario, and grew up in Thornhill. He was selected fourth overall by the Maple Leafs in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

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Jean Leloup

First Name Jean
Last Name Leloup
Born on May 14, 1961 (age 65)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jean Leclerc is a Québécois singer-songwriter and author from Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. He is popularly known as Jean Leloup, a stage name he kept using until 2006, when he temporarily changed his name to Jean Leclerc, only to resurrect his wolf character in August 2008. He is known for his colourful personality and unique musical style in the francophone rock community.

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Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

First Name Gabriel
Last Name Nadeau-Dubois
Born on May 31, 1990 (age 36)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois is a Canadian politician from Montreal, Quebec. With Manon Massé, he is the co-spokesperson of the left-wing party Québec solidaire since May 21, 2017, and was elected as a member of the provincial legislative assembly on May 29, 2017. Before his arrival in active politics, he was well known for his role during the 2012 Quebec student protests as co-spokesperson of the Coalition large de l'Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (CLASSE), a broad coalition of student associations opposed to the $1,625 tuition hike introduced by Jean Charest's government. He quit that position on August 9, 2012.

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Christie Blatchford

First Name Christie
Last Name Blatchford
Born on May 20, 1951
Died on February 12, 2020 (aged 68)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Christie Marie Blatchford was a Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster. She published four non-fiction books.

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Dave Sharma

First Name Dave
Last Name Sharma
Born on December 21, 1975 (age 50)

Devanand Noel "Dave" Sharma is an Australian politician and former public servant and diplomat. He is a member of the Liberal Party and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2019 federal election, representing the New South Wales seat of Wentworth. He previously served as head of the International Division of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2010–2012) and as Ambassador to Israel (2013–2017). His appointment to the latter post, at the age of 37, made him one of Australia's youngest ambassadors and the second Australian ambassador of Indian heritage.

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Paul Martin

Paul Edgar Philippe Martin
First Name Paul
Last Name Martin
Born on August 28, 1938 (age 87)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada from December 12, 2003, to February 6, 2006.

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Joseph Tyrrell

First Name Joseph
Last Name Tyrrell
Born on November 1, 1858
Died on August 26, 1957 (aged 98)
Born in Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Joseph Burr Tyrrell, FRSC was a Canadian geologist, cartographer and mining consultant. He discovered dinosaur (Albertosaurus sarcophagus) bones in Alberta's Badlands and coal around Drumheller in 1884. Canada's Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta was named in his honour.

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