Famous People from Canada
99 notable historical figures from Canada, including leaders, artists, scientists, and other influential people.
Margaret Atwood
1939 – Present
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
Born November 18Bryan Adams
1959 – Present
Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and photographer
Born November 5Pierre Trudeau
1919 – 2000
Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984 (1919–2000)
Born October 18Michael J. Fox
1961 – Present
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
Born June 9Conrad Bain
1923 – 2013
Canadian-American actor, personality, entertainer, and activist (1923–2013)
Born February 4Jordan Peterson
1962 – Present
Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist
Born June 12Lester B. Pearson
1897 – 1972
14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968 (1897–1972)
Born April 23Leslie Nielsen
1926 – 2010
European-Canadian/American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, producer and comedian (1926–2010)
Born February 11John Kenneth Galbraith
1908 – 2006
Canadian-American economist and diplomat (1908–2006)
Born October 15Sunny Leone
1981 – Present
American-Canadian actress, model and former pornographic actress
Born May 13Sue Gardner
1967 – Present
Canadian journalist and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Born May 11John A. Macdonald
1815 – 1891
1st prime minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891
Born January 11Steven Pinker
1954 – Present
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind
Born September 18