Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This is a list of well-known Canadians. Table of contents 1 Artists 2 Astronauts 3 Authors 4 Business Personalities 5 Cartoonists 6 Criminals 6.1 Alleged criminals 6.2 Wrongfully convicted 7 Educators 8 Explorers 9 Humanitarians 10 Inventors 11 Military Figures 12 Motion Pictures, Radio, & Television 13 Musicians 14 Political Leaders 15 Religious personalities 16 Scholars 17 Scientists 18 Sports Personalities 19 Other Personalities Artists The Group of Seven - male painters The Beaver Hall Group - female painters Robert Bateman (1930-), painter Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter Emily Carr (1871-1945), painter Jack Chambers Susan M. Cohen Watercolour artist, Thornhill, Ontario Greg Curnoe (1936-1992) Charles Daudelin (1920-2001), sculptor Marcelle Ferron (1924-2001), glazier Pierre Granche (1948-1997), sculptor Jack Harman, (1927-2001), sculptor Jean-Paul Mousseau, (1927-1991), muralist Lauren Harris - group of seven, early Canadian abstraction A.Y. Jackson - last member of Group of Seven Karen Kain - ballerina Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), photographer Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872), painter Robert Markle (1936-1990, painter Norval Morrisseau - founded 'Woodland' school of art Jack Reid Jean-Paul Riopelle, (1923-2002), painter Tom Thomson - ill fated wilderness painter Jeff Wall - photographer See also List of Canadian painters Astronauts Roberta Bondar - first Canadian woman in space Marc Garneau, (born 1949), first Canadian in space Chris Hadfield, (born 1959), first Canadian to walk in space Steven MacLean, astronaut Julie Payette, (born 1963), astronaut Robert Thirsk, astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason, astronaut Authors Milton Acorn, (1923-1986), poet, has published 18 volumes of poetry Gilles Archambault - novelist, essayist, critic Margaret Atwood, (born 1939), poet, novelist, essayist Margaret Avison, (born 1918), poet, has published 8 volumes of poetry Pierre Berton, (born 1920), popularizer of Canadian history, TV personality, columnist Earle Birney, (1904-1995), anti-conventional poet, also wrote novels, short stories, drama Bill Bissett, (born 1939), poet, famous for incorporating sound and the visual into poetry Di Brandt, (born 1952), Manitoba poet and literary critic Morley Callaghan, (1903-1990), novelist, short story writer Barry Callaghan, (born 1937), author/poet Bliss Carman, (1861-1929), poet, wrote Low Tide on Grand Pre Roch Carrier, (born 1937), author Anne Carson, (born 1950), writer Wayson Choy, (born 1939), writer, novelist Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), poet/singer Douglas Coupland, (born 1961), author Robertson Davies, (1913-1995), author William Henry Drummond, (1854-1907), poet, The habitant Timothy Findley, (1930-2002), author Louis Fréchette, (1839-1908), poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist Mavis Gallant, (born 1922), author William Gibson, (born 1948), author, The Neuromancer Barbara Gowdy, The Romantic; The White Bone and short stories Arthur Hailey, (born 1920), author Louis Hémon, (1880-1913), novelist and journalist, Maria Chapdelaine Jack Hodgins, writer, novelist Nancy Huston, (born 1953), author J. Robert Janes, (born 1932), writer Guy Gavriel Kay, fantasy genre fiction Margaret Laurence, (1926-1987), author Stephen Leacock, (1869-1944), author/humorist Dennis Lee, writer of children's poetry Hugh MacLennan, (1907-1990), novelist and essayist, wrote Two Solitudes and Barometer Rising Alistair MacLeod, (born 1936), writer, novelist Yann Martel, (born 1963), 2002 Booker Prize Winner John Metcalf, writer Rohinton Mistry, (born 1952), author W.O. Mitchell, author, Who has Seen the Wind Lucy Maude Montgomery, (1874-1942), Anne of Green Gables Susanna Moodie, (1803-1885), Roughing it in the Bush Farley Mowat, (born 1921), Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America Alice Munro, (born 1931), short story writer Robert Munsch - American-born writer of children's books Emile Nelligan, (1879-1941), poet B. P. Nichol, (1944-1988), poet Michael Ondaatje, (born 1943), author Jean Baptiste Proulx, (1846-1904), dramatist and essayist Nino Ricci, (born 1959), novelist; winner of the 1990 Governor General's Award for Fiction David Adams Richards, (born 1950), writer, novelist Mordecai Richler, (1931-2001), author Sinclair Ross, author, As for Me and My House Gabrielle Roy, (1909-1983), author Robert W. Service, Author, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Cremation of Sam McGee","Songs of a Sourdough" Carol Shields, (1935-2003), author Elizabeth Smart, Author, "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept" Samuel Strickland, (1804-1867), Twenty-seven Years in Canada West Catharine Parr Traill, (1802-1899), Life in the Backwoods of Canada Michel Tremblay, (born 1942), author, playwright, poet Jane Urquhart, (born 1949), novelist George Woodcock, (1912-1995), poet, critic and anarchist author of Anarchism See also List of Canadian writers for a much more extensive list Business Personalities Max Aitken, (1879-1964), "Lord Beaverbrook" - publishing baron, entrepreneur Izzy Asper, (1932-2003) Conrad Black, (born 1944), "Lord Black of Crossharbour", entrepreneur, publisher Roy Thomson, (1894-1976), "Lord Thomson of Fleet", entrepreneur, publisher Samuel Bronfman - founded the "Seagrams" distillery empire Robert Campeau - bankrupted Bloomingdale's Department Store, NYC Jack Kent Cooke - owner of the Washington Redskins Samuel Cunard, (1787-1865), Cunard Steamship Lines Paul Desmarais - Chairman: Power Corporation of Canada Timothy Eaton, (1834-1907), founder of T.Eaton Company of Canada department stores Bernie Ebbers - CEO (former) of WorldCom - largest bankruptcy in world history Alfred Fuller, (1885-1973), Fuller Brush Company Tim Horton (1930-1974) - NHL player and founder of Tim Hortons doughnut shops (now owned by Wendy's) Victor Li, Deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, son of Li Ka Shing Milton and Nelson Good - first Canadian Automobile K.C. Irving - Industrialist Izaak Walton Killam, (1885-1955) Louis B. Mayer, (1885-1957), co-founder: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios Harrison McCain - New Brunswick potato magnate Sam McLaughlin - Buick Automobile Manufacturer John Molson, (1763-1836), founder of Molson Breweries Jimmy Pattison -West Coast billionaire Paul Reichmann - sunk by Canary Wharf John Roth - CEO (former) Nortel Networks - "the most successful businessman in modern Canadian history"....Time Europe 12/25/00 John F. Stairs, (1848-1904), entrepreneur, statesman E.P. Taylor - entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder Nat Taylor - movie theatre mogul, originator of the multi auditorium movie theatre or cineplex Jack Warner, (1892-1978), founder of Warner Bros Studios Moses Znaimer - television mogul Citytv, Bravo, MuchMusic Cartoonists John Byrne - cartoonist/writer best known for his work on superhero characters like The Fantastic Four and Superman. Jennifer Cuthbert - The Adventures of Lollipop Lynn Johnston - writer/cartoonist, For Better or For Worse Todd McFarlane, (born 1961), cartoonist/writer, Spawn Spiderman Joe Shuster, (1914-1992), creator of Superman Ben Wicks, illustrator and comic strip cartoonist, as well as humanitarian Criminals Paul Bernardo, (born 1964) Edwin Alonzo Boyd - bank robber Marc Carbonneau - convicted terrorist Jacques Cossette-Trudel - convicted terrorist Louise Cossette-Trudel - convicted terrorist Karla Homolka - (Mrs. Paul Bernardo) Jacques Lanctôt, (died 1980), convicted terrorist Yves Langlois, FLQ Terrorist Bernard Lortie, FLQ Terrorist Clifford Olson - convicted serial child killer Paul Rose - convicted terrorist Jacques Rose - convicted terrorist Francis Simard - convicted terrorist Alleged criminals Robert Pickton -- charged with largest number of serial killings in Canadian history, and still counting Nicholas Ribic -- charged with having taken UN hostages during the war in the Balkans Wrongfully convicted David Milgaard - served 23 years for a murder he did not commit Donald Marshall Jr - wrongfully convicted of murder; subject of a Supreme Court of Canada case regarding First Nations rights to natural resources Guy Paul Morin - was not only tried twice for the same crime but spent 10 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Educators Sue Johanson, sex educator Explorers Louis Joliet, (1645-1700), explorer John Rae, (1813-1893), travelled widely through the Canadian Arctic Charles de Salaberry, (1778-1829), soldier Alexander Mackenzie, first to reach the Pacific north of Mexico via an overland route William Grant Stairs, (1863-1892), Victorian explorer, discovered one source of the Nile River, first non-African to ever climb Mt.Ruwenzori Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, (1685-1749), explored Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg Humanitarians Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) - Fur Trapper and Conservationist who posed as a Native American Norman Bethune, (1890-1939), surgeon,inventor, socialist, battlefield doctor in Spain and China Steve Fonyo, Retraced and completed Terry Fox's cross country cancer research fundraising marathon. Terry Fox, (1958-1981), attempted one-legged cross country run for cancer research, Canadian Hero Rick Hansen, Parapelegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research. Inventors Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Invented the telephone in Canada, developed it in US. (Canadian/American/Scot) Joseph-Armand Bombardier - invented the snowmobile J. Brown - invented the washing machine Thomas Carroll - first self-propelled combine harvester Mathew Evans - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb Charles Fenerty - pulp to paper process Reginald Fessenden - inventor the Radiotelephone and sonar - produced 1st radio broadcast Sir Sandford Fleming, (1827-1915), inventor of the system of standard time zones in use today James Gosling, (born 1956), invented Java computer language Larry Hanson - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag Rasmus Lerdorf - invented PHP computer language used on internet Elijah McCoy, (born 1844), inventor, automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "real McCoy" Samuel McKeen - invented the Odometer Gideon Sundback - invented the zipper Harry Wasyluk - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag Henry Woodward - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb Military Figures Gustave Biéler (1904-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis Billy Bishop WW1 and WW2 Flying Ace Arthur Currie The nation's greatest general responsible for the WW1 victory at Vimy Ridge Peter Dmytruk (1920-1943), WW II Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance John Kenneth Macalister (1914-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis John McCrae (1872-1918), soldier, poet, author of In Flanders' Fields Andrew McNaughton, Minister of Defense during World War II Henry Norwest (1884-1918), one of the most famous snipers of World War I Francis Pegahmagabow (1891-1952), the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I Frank Pickersgill (1915-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis Tommy Prince (1915-1977), one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, a member of the joint US/Canada special commando unit known as the Devil's Brigade James Ralston, Minister of Defense during World War II Roméo Sabourin (1923-1944), SOE agent, executed by the Nazis Sam Steele (1851-1919), A member of the North West Mounted Police Motion Pictures, Radio, & Television See also: List of Canadian entertainers, Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood Pamela Anderson, (born 1967), model, actress Dan Aykroyd, (born 1952), actor/comedian James Cameron, (1954-), director Neve Campbell, (born 1973), actor (Scream series, Party of Five) John Candy, (1950-1994), actor/comedian Jim Carrey, (born 1962), actor/comedian Leslie Cheung, (1956-2003), Hong Kong-based actor/singer Sidney M. Cohen, (born 1947), TV Director and program creator David Cronenberg, (born 1943), director Richard Day, art director, winner of seven Academy Awards Yvonne De Carlo, actress Marie Dressler, actress, Academy Award winner Atom Egoyan - director (The Sweet Hereafter) Michael J. Fox, (born 1961), actor/comedian (Back to the Future trilogy, Spin City, Family Ties) Tom Green, (born 1971), actor/comedian Lorne Greene, (1915-1987), actor (Pa Cartwright on Bonanza), TV news anchor Peter Gzowski -- radio personality Foster Hewitt, (1902-1985), broadcaster Peter Jennings, (born 1938), News anchor Norman Jewison, (born 1926), director, received The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Margot Kidder, Lois Lane in Superman Eugene Levy - actor/comedian Rick Mercer - actor/comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes Lorne Michaels, (born 1944), originator of Saturday Night Live Rick Moranis, actor (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) Louis B. Mayer, co-founder MGM Mike Myers, (born 1963), actor (Austin Powers series, Saturday Night Live) Leslie Nielsen, (born 1926), actor Mary Pickford, (1892-1979), actress and producer Christopher Plummer, (born 1927), actor Keanu Reeves, (born 1964), actor Mack Sennett, {1880-1960) film producer William Shatner, (born 1931), actor Norma Shearer, actress, Academy Award winner Martin Short - actor/comedian, Saturday Night Live Donald Sutherland, (born 1934), actor Kiefer Sutherland, (born 1966), actor (24), son of Donald Alex Trebek, (born 1940), game show host (Jeopardy) Jack Warner, co-founder Warner Brothers Moses Znaimer, (born 1942), television magnate Musicians Bryan Adams, (born 1959), singer Paul Anka, (born 1941), singer Talena Atfield, bassist and vocalist of Kittie Randy Bachman, (born 1943), singer The Band (excepting Levon Helm) Leslie Cheung, (1946-2003), Hong Kong-based actor/singer Bruce Cockburn, (born 1945), singer Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), singer, songwriter Stomping Tom Conners, Canadian country/folk singer/songwriter Andy Creeggan, the Barenaked Ladies Celine Dion, (born 1968), singer Georges Dor, chansonnier, composer and singer of "La Manic", novelist, playwright Percy Faith, (1908-1976), band leader Maynard Ferguson, (born 1928), band leader, trumpet Nelly Furtado, pop singer Glenn Gould, (1932-1982), pianist, composer Paul Horn, flute player Colin James,(b. 1964), singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, singer k.d. lang, (born 1961), singer Avril Lavigne, (born 1984), singer/songwriter Geddy Lee, (born 1953), singer, bassist, keyboardist Rush Gordon Lightfoot, (born 1938), singer/songwriter Guy Lombardo, (1902-1977), his band's instumental version of Auld Lang Syne brought in the new year across North America for more than a generation. Loreena McKennitt (born 1957), singer Sarah McLachlan, (born 1968), singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, (born 1943), singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette, (born 1974), singer/songwriter Anne Murray, (born 1945), singer/songwriter Geoffrey O'Hara, (1882-1967), songwriter Walter Ostanek - Polka, three-time Grammy Award winner Oscar Peterson - (1925- ) jazz pianist Stan Rogers, (died 1983), folk musician Paul Shaffer, (born 1949), Musical director "Letterman" show Jane Siberry, (born 1955), singer entrepreneur Sarah Slean, singer, songwriter, pianist Hank Snow, (1914-1999), country & western singer Salli Terri, (1922-1996), mezzo soprano Devin Townsend, (born 1972), singer/songwriter/producer Shania Twain, (born 1965), singer Gilles Vigneault - his song Mon pays has been a significant rallying song among the Québécois. Hawksley Workman, singer/songwriter/producer/performer Neil Young, (1945-), singer/songwriter See also: List of Canadian musicians Political Leaders William Aberhart, (1878-1943), premier of Alberta 1935-09-03 to 1943-05-23 Robert Baldwin, (1804-1858) Henri Bourassa, (1868-1952), Quebec politician Rosemary Brown, (1930-2003), Canadian politician John E. Brownlee, (1884-1961), premier of Alberta 1925-11-23 to 1934-07-10 Gordon Campbell, premier of British Columbia 2001-06-05 to ... Sir George-Étienne Cartier, (1814-1873), French-Canadian statesman Jean Charest, (born 1958) elected premier of Quebec in 2003. Glen Clark, (born 1957), premier of British Columbia1996-02-22 to 1999-08-25 Amor De Cosmos, (1825-1897), premier of British Columbia 1872-12-23 to 1874-02-11 Ujjal Dosanjh, (2000-2001), premier of British Columbia 2000-02-24 to 2001-06-05 Tommy Douglas (1904-1986) premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961. Maurice Duplessis, (1890-1959), premier of Quebec Lord Durham, (1792-1840), (John George Lambton) Andrew Charles Elliott, premier of British Columbia 1876-02-01 to 1878-06-25 Donald Getty, premier of Alberta 1985-11-01 to 1992-12-13 Herbert Greenfield, (1869-1949), premier of Alberta 1921-08-13 to 1925-11-23 Michael Harcourt, (born 1943), premier of British Columbia 1991-11-05 to 1996-02-22 C. D. Howe Joseph Howe Rita Johnston, (born 1935), premier of British Columbia 1991-04-02 to 1991-11-05 William Lyon Mackenzie King, (1874-1950), Canadian prime minister Ralph Klein, (born 1942), premier of Alberta 1992-12-14 to ... Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, (1807-1864) Wilfrid Laurier, (1896-1911), Canadian prime minister René Lévesque, (1922-1987) Peter Lougheed, (born 1928), premier of Alberta 1971-09-10 to 1985-11-01 William Lyon Mackenzie Ernest C. Manning, (1908-1996), premier of Alberta 1943-05-31 to 1968-12-12 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, (1825-1868), promoter of a federal union for the Canadian provinces Agnes Macphail - Canada's first female Member of Parliament and subsequently a leader in penal reform for Canada Louis-Joseph Papineau, (1786-1871) Richard G. Reid, (1879-1980), premier of Alberta 1934-07-10 to 1935-09-03 Louis Riel, (1844-1885), controversial Canadian figure (hanged for treason) Alexander C. Rutherford, (1857-1941), premier of Alberta 1905-09-02 to 1910-05-26 Louis Stephen St. Laurent, (1882-1973), prime minister Jeanne Sauvé, (1922-1993), governor general Arthur L. Sifton, (1858-1921), premier of Alberta 1910-05-26 to 1917-10-30 Charles Stewart (1868-1946), premier of Alberta (1868-1946), 1917-10-30 to 1921-08-13 Harry E. Strom, (1914-1984), premier of Alberta 1968-12-12 to 1971-09-10 John Sparrow David Thompson, (1845-1894), prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, (1919-2000), Prime minister of Canada 1968-1979; 1980-1984. William N. Vander Zalm, (born 1934), premier of British Columbia 1986-08-06 to 1991-04-02 The Valiant Five, 1920's Rights Group (See also lists: Prime Minister of Canada, Canadian Confederation, Members of the Canadian House of Commons) Religious personalities St. Marguerite Bourgeoys - first Canadian saint St. Marie-Marguerite d'Youville - founder of the Grey Nuns St. Jean de Brébeuf - martyr St. Isaacs Jogues - martyr St. Charles Garnier - martyr St. Anthony Danile - martyr St. Gabriel Lallemant - martyr St. Noel Chabanel - martyr St. John de Lalande - martyr St. Rene Goupil - martyr Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Blessed Frère André Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger Abbé Lionel Groulx Scholars Louise Arbour, (born 1947), jurist, controversialist Northrop Frye, (1912-1991), influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar John Kenneth Galbraith, (born 1908), economist Marshall McLuhan, (1911-1980), communications theorist, "The medium is the message" John Peters Humphrey, (1905-1995), legal scholar, principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights John Ralston Saul, businessman, essayist, diplomat F. R. Scott, (1899-1985), law professor, philospher, poet Charles Taylor, philosopher Scientists Sid Altman - Molecular Biology Frederick Banting, (1891-1941), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin Charles Best, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin Wilfred Bigelow - first artificial pacemaker Bertram Brockhouse - designed the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope William Francis Giauque - 1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry James Gosling - Programmer, inventor of Java Gerhard Herzberg - 1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for Molecular Spectroscopy David Hubel - 1981 Novel Prize winner in Medicine for mapping the visual cortex Doreen Kimura - Behavioural Psychologist: World expert on sex differences in the brain Julia Levy - Microbiologist: co-discovered photodynamic anti-cancer drugs William Logan, (1798-1875), founded the Geological Survey of Canada, knighted by Queen Victoria, awarded the French Legion of Honor. Rudolph Marcus - 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions (e.g. rust) Henry Morgentaler - abortionist Sir William Osler - Physician, "most influential physician in history" Wilder Penfield - Neurosurgeon, discovered electrical stimulation of the brain John Polanyi - 1986 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Chemi-luminescence Charles Edward Saunders - Marquis Wheat Arthur Schawlow - 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (for lasers) Myron Scholes - 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics Hans Selye - (1907-1982) - pioneering stress researcher Michael Smith (1932-2000), 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for site-based mutagenesis David Suzuki, (born 1936), geneticist and science popularizer Henry Taube - 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for electron transfer reactions Richard Taylor - 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for verifying the Quark Theory Irene Ayako Uchida - Cytogenticist: World-famous Down syndrome researcher William Vickrey - 1996 Nobel Prize winner in economics Tuzo Wilson - Geophysicist. plate tectonics For a more detailed list of renowned Canadian scientists, including Nobel Prize winners, see the outside link: http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientists.php Sports Personalities Donovan Bailey, (born 1967), sprinter Jean Béliveau, (born 1931), ice hockey player Marilyn Bell, first person to swim Lake Ontario Tommy Burns, (1881-1955), World Heavyweight boxing Champion Myriam Bédard, (born 1969), Olympic Gold Medal Don Cherry, ice hockey coach and commentator George Dixon (1870-1909), first black World boxing champion Catriona LeMay Doan, (born 1970), two-time Olympic gold medalist in speed skating Eric Gagne, (born 1976), baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers closer, 2003 National League Cy Young Award Marc Gagnon, (born 1975), Olympic Gold medalist Nancy Greene, (born 1943), Olympic Gold Medal in Downhill Skiing Wayne Gretzky, (born 1961), ice hockey legend Ned Hanlan, world champion sculler Sandy Hawley, (born 1949), Hall of Fame jockey John Hayes, (1917-1998), harness racing driver Paul Henderson, ice hockey player, scored winning goal in 1972 Canada/Russia match Clara Hughes, (born 1972), speed skating and cycling medalist in both summer and winter olympics Bobby Hull, (born 1939), The "Golden Jet" first player in the NHL to score more than 50 goals in a season. Russ Jackson, Canadian footballer Ferguson Jenkins, (born 1943), baseball pitcher, MLB Hall of Fame member Gordie Howe, (born 1928), ice hockey player Ben Johnson, (born 1961), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for doping Joe Krol, Canadian footballer Joseph Lannin, owner of the Boston Red Sox who signed Babe Ruth Lucien Laurin, (1912-2000), Hall of Fame trainer of Secretariat Mario Lemieux, (born 1965), ice hockey player Greg Moore, (1975-1999) Bronko Nagurski, (1908-1990), player with Chicago Bears James Naismith, (1861-1939), YMCA instructor who invented the game of Basketball Steve Nash, (born 1974), NBA star with Dallas Mavericks Bobby Orr, (born 1948), ice hockey player, considered by many to be the best ever, revolutionized the role of a defenceman Jacques Plante, (1929-1986), pioneer ice hockey goaltender Terry Puhl, baseball player Maurice Richard, (1921-2000), ice hockey player, "The Rocket," first player to score 50 goals in a season Patrick Roy, (born 1965), legendary ice hockey goalie Sandra Schmirler, (1963-2000), curler Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater, Olympic Gold Medal Matt Stairs, (born 1968), professional baseball player Paul Tracy, (born 1968), CART racing Champion Ron Turcotte, (born 1941), jockey of Secretariat Mike Vanderjagt, (born 1970), placekicker for Indianapolis Colts Gilles Villeneuve, (1950-1982), race car driver Jacques Villeneuve, (born 1971), race car driver, son of Gilles Larry Walker, (born 1966), baseball star for the Colorado Rockies Mike Weir, (born 1970), golfer, Masters tournament winner Percy Williams, (1908-1982), sprinter Steve Yzerman, (born 1965), ice hockey player See also: List of famous Canadian sports personalities Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century Other Personalities Scott Abbott - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit Marie-Joseph Angélique, (died 1734), African slave The Great Antonio - strongman, showman, and eccentric Linda Evangelista, (born 1965), supermodel Bret Hart, (born 1957), professional wrestler Owen Hart, (1965-1999), professional wrestler, brother of Bret Chris Haney - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit Bat Masterson - (1853-1921) gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist Edgar Randolph Parker - better known as "Painless" Parker - flamboyant dentist Winnie the Pooh - aka Winnipeg the Bear who inspired Milne Margaret Trudeau (born 1948), former wife of Pierre Elliot Trudeau See also: Asian-Canadian, Richest Canadians, List of people by nationality, List of Canadian Heroes and Heroines This article is from Wikipedia. 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