List of Famous people born in Canada

Mark Steyn

First Name Mark
Last Name Steyn
Born on December 8, 1959 (age 66)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Mark Steyn is a Canadian conservative author and commentator. He has written several books, including the New York Times bestsellers America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It and After America: Get Ready for Armageddon. He has guest-hosted the nationally syndicated Rush Limbaugh Show, as well as Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News, on which he regularly appears as a guest and fill-in host when Tucker Carlson is away.

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Melyssa Ford

First Name Melyssa
Born on November 7, 1976 (age 49)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Melyssa Savannah Ford is a Canadian media personality, actress, and former video vixen. She attended York University and studied in the field of forensic psychology. Ford's father is Afro-Barbadian and her mother is Russian and Norwegian. She is often referred to as Jessica Rabbit, an animated character whose sensuous figure Ford's is said to resemble.

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Brent Carver

First Name Brent
Last Name Carver
Born on November 17, 1951
Died on August 4, 2020 (aged 68)

Brent Carver was a Canadian actor who was best known for his performances on Broadway in Parade as Leo Frank and Kiss of the Spider Woman as Molina, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical in 1993.

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Raffi Torres

Raphael Torres
First Name Raffi
Born on October 8, 1981 (age 44)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Raphael Torres is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He was drafted by the New York Islanders fifth overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks.

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Marilyn Hall

First Name Marilyn
Born on May 17, 1927
Died on June 5, 2017 (aged 90)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Marilyn Hall was a Canadian television and theatre producer, as well as a television writer. She also wrote songs, a cookbook and book reviews. She supported many charities, including Jewish causes in the United States and Israel.

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Suroosh Alvi

First Name Suroosh
Born on March 26, 1969 (age 57)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Suroosh Alvi is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Vice Media, a youth media brand operating in more than 50 countries. Alvi is a travelled journalist and an executive producer of film, covering global youth culture, news, and music. He has hosted and produced award-winning documentaries investigating controversial issues, movements, and subcultures, including conflict minerals in the Congo, the Iraq War, and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban and global terrorism.

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Bill Davis

First Name Bill
Last Name Davis
Born on July 30, 1929 (age 96)
Born in Canada, Ontario

William Grenville Davis, is a Canadian former politician who served as the 18th Premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was minister of education. He succeeded Robarts as Premier of Ontario and held the position until resigning in 1985.

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Paul Ranger

First Name Paul
Last Name Ranger
Born on September 12, 1984 (age 41)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Paul D. Ranger is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an assistant coach with the UOIT Ridgebacks. He has spent the majority of his professional career with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League before leaving the sport at the professional level for almost three years due to severe depression. Ranger returned to professional hockey at the American Hockey League with the Toronto Marlies during the 2012–13 season, and subsequently signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 24, 2013, to return to the NHL.

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Gilles Duceppe

First Name Gilles
Last Name Duceppe
Born on July 22, 1947 (age 78)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Gilles Duceppe is a Canadian politician, proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and has been the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for 15 years in three stints: 1996, 1997-2011 and in 2015. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from March 17, 1997, to June 1, 1997. He resigned as party leader after the 2011 election, in which he lost his own seat to New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Hélène Laverdière and his party suffered a heavy defeat; however, he returned four years later to lead the party into the 2015 election. After being defeated in his own riding by Laverdière again, he resigned once more.

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Andre Tricoteux

First Name Andre
Last Name Tricoteux
Born on January 1, 2000 (age 26)

Andre Tricoteux is a Canadian actor and stuntman, known for playing Colossus in Deadpool and Orc War Captain in Warcraft. He has done stunt work on many TV and movies such as Once Upon a Time, Seventh Son, and See No Evil 2.

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