List of Canadians

This is a list of well-known Canadians.

Other personalities

• Scott Abbott - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
• Marie-Joseph Angélique, executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire
• The Great Antonio - strongman, showman, and eccentric
• The Black Donnellys - the common nickname for the notorious Donnelly family who were the participants and/or victims of a vicious community feud in Lucan, Ontario that ended with a home invasion and massacre of the family by the residents of the community.
• Yves Engler, political writer and activist
• 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
• Josiah Henson - former slave, believed to be the inspiration for "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
• Neil MacDonald - CBC journalist
• Bat Masterson - (1853-1921) gunfighter, fight promoter, sports journalist
• Charles Vance Millar - (1853-1926) Lawyer and financier and posthumous practical joker and birth control activist with his will.
• Henry Morgentaler - Doctor, who caused Canada's abortion statute to be struck down as unconstitutional.
• John Wilson Murray - Canada's first major detective.
• Daniel Negreanu - Professional poker player
• Edgar Randolph Parker - better known as "Painless" Parker - flamboyant dentist
• Winnie the Pooh - aka Winnipeg the Bear who inspired Milne
• Alexander Ross -aka The Birdman, pre-American Civil War abolitionist and participant in the Underground Railroad
• Sue Rodriguez, (1950-1994), ALS sufferer and right to die advocate
• Joshua Slocum, (1844-1909?) - First man who sail around the world solo.
• Margaret Trudeau (born 1948), former wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau