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James Cameron
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer. His films combine cutting-edge film technology with classical filmmaking techniques and have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director of all time. A major figure in the post-New Hollywood era, Cameron has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for six British Academy Film Awards.

Linda Evangelista
Canadian model (born 1965)
Cory Doctorow
Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author
Norman Jewison
Canadian film director, producer and actor (1926–2024)
Ivan Reitman
Slovak–Canadian filmmaker (1946–2022)
Yousuf Karsh
Armenian-Canadian photographer (1908–2002)
James LaBrie
Canadian singer
David Baszucki
Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation

Kenneth E. Iverson
Canadian computer scientist (1920–2004)
Sebastian Bach
Canadian-American singer
Arthur Hiller
Canadian-American director (1923-2016)

Pokimane
Imane Anys (born 14 May 1996), better known as Pokimane, is a Moroccan and Canadian online streamer, YouTuber and influencer based in California. She is best known for gameplay and commentary livestreams on Twitch, most notably in Valorant and Fortnite. She is a co-founder of OfflineTV, an online social entertainment group of content creators.
Mark Robson
film director, producer, and editor from Canada (1913-1978)
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Canadian mathematician (1923–2017)

Michael Ruse
British-Canadian science philosopher (1940–2024)
Mary Harron
Canadian film director
Ted Kotcheff
Canadian film and television director (1931–2025)
Ilya Sutskever
Canadian-Israeli AI researcher
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist (1932-2016)

Rob Friend
Canadian footballer
John Kricfalusi
Canadian animator
Domee Shi
Chinese-Canadian filmmaker, animator and storyboarding artist (born 1989)
Karen David
Canadian actress, singer and songwriter
George Orton
Canadian athlete (1873-1958)

William Kwong Yu Yeung
Canadian astronomer
Daria Werbowy
Canadian model, artist, and photographer
John T. Dunlap
Canadian lawyer and a official of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Shroud
Canadian streamer
Yasmeen Ghauri
Canadian model
Viola Desmond
Canadian activist (1914-1965)
Sidney J. Furie
Canadian film director
Michelle MacLaren
Canadian television director and producer
André Boisclair
Canadian politician
Kevin O'Leary
Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary, self stylized as Mr. Wonderful, is a Canadian businessman, television personality and actor. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows, including the business news program The Lang and O'Leary Exchange as well as reality show Dragons' Den. O'Leary hosted Discovery Channel's Project Earth in 2008 and has appeared on Shark Tank, the American version of Dragons' Den, since 2009. He made his feature film debut as Milton Rockwell in Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme (2025).
John Clute
Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary critic (born 1940)

Jay Manuel
Jay Manuel is a Canadian TV host, creative director, make-up artist, and author. He is most recognizable as the creative director on the popular reality television show America's Next Top Model for the first eighteen seasons. Manuel also was featured as the host of Canada's Next Top Model.
Cyrus Stephen Eaton Sr.
American businessman (1883–1979)
R. Tait McKenzie
Canadian artist (1867–1938)
Bernard Ebbers
Canadian businessman and fraudster (1941-2020)
Magnus Goodman
Canadian ice hockey player (1898-1991)
Greg Wells
Canadian record producer
Jeff Skoll
Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer
Yasmin Warsame
Somali-Canadian model
Jennifer Botterill
ice hockey player
Joe De Grasse
Canadian film director (1873-1940)
Albert Benjamin Simpson
Canadian theologian (1843–1919)
Garrett Camp
Canadian entrepreneur
Michael Snow
Canadian artist (1928–2023)

John Weinzweig
Canadian composer (1913–2006)
Zal Yanovsky
Canadian singer (1944-2002)
Daniel Petrie
Canadian film director (1920-2004)
J. Miles Dale
Canadian director and producer
Angela Lee
American mixed martial artist
Chamath Palihapitiya
Sri Lankan-born Canadian-American businessman and CEO of Social Capital
Jason Wu
Taiwanese-Canadian fashion designer

Glenn McQueen
Canadian animator (1960-2002)
Raymond Lemieux
Canadian chemist (1920–2000)
Wells Coates
Canadian architect (1895–1958)
Rodney Eastman
Canadian actor
Elias Toufexis
Canadian actor