List of Famous people born in Canada
Ralph Goodale
Ralph Edward Goodale, is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he was first elected in 1974 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assiniboia. Defeated in 1979, he moved into Saskatchewan provincial politics and was leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party from 1981 to 1988. He returned to federal politics in 1993, as the MP for Regina—Wascana, and served as a cabinet minister under prime ministers Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Justin Trudeau, in several roles including minister of finance and minister of public safety.
Ryan Getzlaf
Ryan Getzlaf is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). A first round selection, 19th overall, at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Getzlaf has played his entire professional career in the Ducks organization and ranks as one of the franchise's all-time leading scorers. He has played in three NHL All-Star Games and was a member of the Ducks' 2007 Stanley Cup championship team. A playmaker and power forward, Getzlaf is the Ducks' all-time leader in games played, assists, playoff points, and second in overall points after Teemu Selanne. He led the Ducks in assists twelve times, including a franchise record of 66 in 2008–09, and in points eight times.
Allie
Laura Dennis is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Allie and The Bunny. She is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Diane Tell
Diane Tell is a Canadian musician who was born in Quebec City, Quebec. She entered the Val d’Or conservatory at the age of six. She continued her studies at the Montréal conservatory and then at CEGEP Saint-Laurent and she wrote her first songs at the age of twelve. As one of Québec’s pioneering female singer-songwriters, she proposed her personal repertoire over the course of her first four albums. She won six Félix prizes before the age of 25: breakout artist, best artist, best album, best song and, twice, songwriter of the year. Several of her songs have become SOCAN Classics and Si j’étais un homme was inducted in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017. She earned a MIDEM Award for her album Chimères and a Victoire Award for her album Faire à nouveau connaissance. In 1990, she was chosen by Plamondon, Berger and Savary to play a leading role in the musical La légende de Jimmy. Following that, she played the lead and composed the score for another musical, Marilyn Montreuil, written and stage directed by Jérôme Savary and the Théâtre National du Chaillot, in Paris. Over 300 performances of both shows were presented in France and Europe. Over the past 25 years, Tell has toured relentlessly, written, composed and recorded in Canada, France, the U.K. and Switzerland. In 2018, she produced her 15th studio album of original material in Montréal. As an independent artist, she owns the phonographic rights of her entire catalogue, manages her own publishing company, and produces and finances her albums herself. Also a photographer, she directs the majority of her music videos. Her YouTube channel gets 400,000 views per month on average. In her blog, Diane Cause Musique, she engages up-and-coming artists by explaining the inner workings of the music industry.
Justine Dufour-Lapointe
Justine Dufour-Lapointe is a Canadian freestyle skier. She was the Olympic champion in the moguls event at the 2014 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in moguls at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The gold and silver she and her sister Chloe Dufour-Lapointe won in 2014 was the first time that Canadian sisters stood together on the podium, and the fourth time ever by all nations. In winning the Olympics, she became the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic champion ever at nineteen years of age. Dufour-Lapointe was the FIS World Cup rookie of the year for the 2010–11 season. Dufour-Lapointe was the world champion in moguls at the 2015 World Championships has also won a silver and two other bronze medals in the moguls event at the Freestyle World Ski Championships.
Craig Kielburger
Craig Kielburger, is a Canadian human rights activist and social entrepreneur. He is the co-founder, with his brother Marc Kielburger, of We Charity, as well as We Day and the independent, for-profit social enterprise Me to We. On April 11, 2008, Kielburger was named a member of the Order of Canada. He currently serves on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.
Bobby Curtola
Robert Allen "Bobby" Curtola, CM was a Canadian rock and roll singer and teen idol.
Coyote Shivers
Francis "Coyote" Shivers is a Canadian musician and actor.
Sarah Nurse
Sarah Nurse is a Canadian professional ice hockey player of the Canadian women's national ice hockey team and an independent member of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She made her debut with the national team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup. In 2018, she represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics where she won a silver medal.
Victoria Pratt
Victoria Ainslie Pratt is a Canadian actress, author, and fitness model.