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Washington David Ewart ISO – – Chief Dominion Architect to architect of Dominion Archives Building Royal Canadian Mint Victoria Memorial Museum Connaught Building in Ottawa Étienne Gaboury RAIC OAA born – architect of the Embassy of Canada in Mexico and the Royal Canadian Mint building in Winnipeg Frank Gehry CC LLD hc PhD hc DEng hc DArch hc DA hc AIA born – architect of Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Experience Music Project Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Art Gallery of Ontario Dan Hanganu OQ DArch hc RAIC OAQ born – architect of Pointe à Callière Museum and Montreal Archival Centre Stephen Irwin RAIC RIBA OAA born c – architect of Purdy s Wharf Bruce Kuwabara FRAIC OAA AIA born RAIC – architect of the Gardiner Museum and Kitchener City Hall E J Lennox RAIC OAA – – architect of Old City Hall in Toronto and Casa Loma John M Lyle FRIBA OAA – RAIC – architect of the New York Public Library the Royal Alexandra Theatre and Toronto s Union Station Raymond Moriyama CC OOnt born architect of the Ontario Science Centre Ottawa City Hall and Canadian War Museum John Ostell – – architect of the McGill University Arts Building and the Montreal Custom House Francis Rattenbury RAIC AIBC – – architect of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings and the Empress Hotel Moshe Safdie CC LLD hc FRAIC FAIA born – architect of Habitat the National Gallery of Canada and Vancouver Library Square Fariborz Sahba born Master s degree from Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran – architect of Lotus Temple and Terraces Bahá í Bing Thom CM FRAIC AIBC born – architect of Central City Centre Ronald Thom FRAIC AIBC – – architect of Massey College the Shaw Theatre and Trent University Bob Topping RAIC OAA born Accessibility and Universal Design specialist Artists edit Actors edit Main articles List of Canadian actors and Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood Broadcasters edit Main articles List of Canadian television personalities and List of Canadian radio personalities Musicians edit Main articles List of Canadian musicians and List of bands from Canada Visual arts edit Main articles List of Canadian artists and List of Canadian painters Cartoonists edit Danny Antonucci born – creator of Ed Edd n Eddy Lupo the Butcher and The Lion King Kate Beaton – creator of Hark A Vagrant Chester Brown born – creator of Yummy Fur Underwater and Louis Riel John Byrne born – influenced superhero characters like The Fantastic Four and Superman Andy Donato born – editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Sun Hal Foster – – artist for Tarzan comic strip creator of Prince Valiant J D Frazer born – moniker Illiad creator of the webcomic User Friendly Gregory Gallant born – moniker Seth creator of Palookaville Lynn Johnston CM OM born – creator of For Better or For Worse John Kricfalusi born – moniker John K creator of Ren and Stimpy Graeme MacKay born – editorial cartoonist Todd McFarlane born – creator of Spawn Win Mortimer – – illustrator for DC Comics Superman and Batman Terry Mosher OC DLitt hc born – moniker Aislin Montreal Gazette newspaper Len Norris – – long time editorial columnist for the Vancouver Sun Ryan North born – creator of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics Scott Ramsoomair born – creator of the webcomic VG Cats Joe Shuster – – co creator of Superman Dave Sim born – creator of Cerebus the Aardvark Fiona Staples born – co creator of the comic Saga Paul Szep born – editorial cartoonist for the Boston Globe from to Ben Wicks CM – – illustrator comic strip cartoonist and humanitarian Astronauts edit Roberta BondarRoberta Bondar OC OOnt ScD hc FRCP C FRSC born – first Canadian woman in space Marc Garneau CC CD ScD hc born – first Canadian man in space Chris Hadfield OOnt MSC LLD hc DEng hc born – first Canadian to walk in space first Canadian to command the International Space Station Steven MacLean ScD hc born Julie Payette CQ FMC born Robert Thirsk born holds Canadian record for longest time spent in space Bjarni Tryggvason ScD hc born Athletes edit Main articles List of Canadian sports personalities and Canada s athletes of the th century Businesspeople and entrepreneurs edit Max Aitken st Baron Beaverbrook Baron Beaverbrook PC – – publishing baron entrepreneur Francesco Aquilini Chairman of the Aquilini Investment Group and owner of the Vancouver Canucks David Asper born – chairman Canwest Global Communications Izzy Asper OC QC OM PhD hc LLD hc – – chairman Canwest Global Communications Conrad Black Lord Black of Crossharbour OC PC KCSG LLD hc born – entrepreneur publisher Willard Boyle born – invented charge coupled device Edgar Bronfman Sr – – head of Seagram s and long time president of the World Jewish Congress Samuel Bronfman CC – – founder of Seagram s Robert Campeau born – real estate mogul Jack Kent Cooke – – owner of the Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Kings Washington Redskins and the Chrysler Building James Alexander Cowan – – public relations consultant and founder of Stratford Shakespeare Festival Samuel Cunard Bt – – founder of Cunard Line William Davidson – – lumberman shipbuilder merchant Christine M Day – former CEO of the Canadian clothing company Lululemon Athletica Michael DeGroote OC born – businessman and philanthropist Paul Desmarais PC CC LLD hc – Chairman Power Corporation of Canada Timothy EatonCraig Dobbin OC ScD hc LLD hc – – founder chairman and CEO of CHC Helicopter Corporation James Hamet Dunn Bt – – financier steel magnate Timothy Eaton – – founder of Eaton s department stores Bernie Ebbers LLD hc born – former CEO of WorldCom Alfred Fuller – – Fuller Brush Company Arcadi Gaydamak born owner of Beitar Jerusalem Percy Girouard KSMG – – railway builder governor Zabeen Hirji born Chief Human Resources Officer Royal Bank of Canada Janet Holder business executive head of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Robin Ingle – CEO and Chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies K C Irving OC ONB – – industrialist F Ross Johnson born – former CEO of RJR Nabisco Ron Joyce CM DComm hc born – original partner with Horton in Tim Hortons primary builder of the chain Moez Kassam – hedge fund manager founder of Anson Group Izaak Walton Killam – – major financier Guy Laliberté OC CQ born – founder and owner of the Cirque du Soleil Cindy Lee founder of T&T Supermarket Michael Lee Chin LLD hc born – CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Li Ka shing born Chairman of the Board of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa Victor Li born – deputy chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings Limited Pete Luckett – owner of Pete s Frootique and host of The Food Hunter William Christopher Macdonald – – tobacco manufacturer education philanthropist Terry Matthews KBE FIEE FREng hc born – entrepreneur chairman of Mitel and Wesley Clover Louis B Mayer – – co founder of Metro Goldwyn Mayer MGM Studios Harrison McCain CC ONB – – New Brunswick potato magnate Colonel Samuel McLaughlin CC CD ED LLD hc – – Buick automobile manufacturer Simon McTavish – – fur trader Hartland Molson OC GOQ OBE DCL hc – – Senator President of Molson Breweries John Molson – – founder of Molson Breweries Peter Munk OC LLD hc born – founder of Barrick Gold Jim Pattison CM OBC born – chairman president CEO and owner of the Jim Pattison Group Pierre Péladeau CM OQ – – founder of Quebecor Inc Pierre Karl Péladeau born – President CEO of Quebecor Inc Québecor Média Inc and Sun Media Corporation John Draper Perrin entrepreneur financier mining executive Richard Porritt OC LLD hc – – mining industry executive Jean Pouliot – – founder of CFCF et Télévision Quatre Saisons John Redpath – – canal builder sugar refinery founder Paul Reichmann born – developer of Canary Wharf Edward Samuel Rogers OC ScD hc – – president and CEO of Rogers Communications John Roth born – former CEO of Nortel Networks Lino Saputo born – founder of Saputo Isadore Sharp OC LLD hc DComm hc born – founder of the Four Seasons Hotel chain E D Smith – – founder of E D Smith & Sons Ltd Levy Solomons – – merchant and fur trader John F Stairs – – entrepreneur statesman Frank Stronach CM born – entrepreneur founder of Magna International E P Taylor – – entrepreneur thoroughbred horse breeder Nat Taylor – originator of Cineplex Entertainment Kenneth Thomson Baron Thomson of Fleet – Roy Thomson Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE DLitt hc DCL hc LLD hc DHL hc – – entrepreneur publisher William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG – – constructed the Canadian Pacific Railway Jack L Warner – – founder of Warner Bros Studios Galen Weston OC OOnt born – owner of Loblaws Holt Renfrew and Selfridges Chip Wilson born founder of Lululemon Athletica Bob Young – self publishing website owner of CFL Hamilton Tiger Cats Criminals and suspects edit Marie Joseph Angélique – – executed for setting the city of Montreal on fire Johnson Aziga born – first person to be charged with first degree murder in Canada for spreading HIV Paul Bernardo born – murderer rapist Richard Blass – – multiple murderer Edwin Alonzo Boyd – – bank robber Jacques Cossette Trudel born – FLQ terrorist Louise Cossette Trudel born – FLQ terrorist Evelyn Dick born – convicted of infanticide convicted and acquitted of having murdered her husband Larry Fisher born – convicted of the murder for which David Milgaard see "Wrongfully convicted" below was originally convicted and subsequently exonerated Charles Guité born c – fraud Karla Homolka born – murderer Bindy Johal Vancouver gangster Jacques Lanctôt born – FLQ terrorist Yves Langlois born FLQ terrorist Robert Latimer born – convicted of second degree murder Allan Legere born – serial killer Marc Lépine – – mass murderer Bernard Lortie born – FLQ terrorist Denis Lortie – murderer Grace Marks born — convicted of murder in Allan McLean – son of Fort Kamloops Chief Trader and leader and eldest of the group known as the Wild McLean Boys who went on a killing spree with his brothers and accomplice Alex Hare in the British Columbia Interior in Paddy Mitchell – bank robber leader of The Stopwatch Gang Clifford Olson – – serial child murderer Rocco Perri – c – gangster bootlegger Robert Pickton born – serial murderer Inderjit Singh Reyat – terrorist Louis Riel – – executed for treason Lucien Rivard c – – narcotics smuggler Paul Rose born – FLQ terrorist Frank "Dunie" Ryan born – gangster Francis Simard born – FLQ terrorist Slumach died Katzie man convicted and hung for the murder of Louis Bee a Kanaka Hawaiian half breed Cathy Smith born – convicted of manslaughter in death of John Belushi Colin Thatcher born – murderer Mark Twitchell born – murderer Russell Williams born – former RCAF military pilot and wing commander convicted murderer rank and decorations revoked upon conviction Wrongfully convicted or lynched edit Robert Baltovich born – wrongfully convicted of murder Donald Marshall Jr – – wrongfully convicted of murder David Milgaard born – wrongfully convicted of murder Guy Paul Morin – wrongfully convicted of murder Louie Sam – wrongfully accused of murder and hanged by lynch mob in Whatcom County Washington Steven Truscott born – wrongfully convicted of murder Educators edit J Willis Ambrose born c – Queen s University professor Richard Lee Armstrong FRSC – – University of British Columbia professor geochemist Stephen E Calvert FRSC born – University of British Columbia emeritus professor geologist oceanographer Petr Cerny ScD hc FRSC – University of Manitoba professor mineralogist and crystallographer Henry C Gunning ScD hc FRSC – – University of British Columbia professor geologist Aleksis Dreimanis born – University of Western Ontario emeritus professor quaternary geologist James E Gill – – McGill University professor geologist James Edwin Hawley – – Queen s professor geologist Hawleyite Frank Hawthorne OC FRSC born – University of Manitoba professor mineralogist and crystallographer Adelaide Hoodless – – education and women s activist Michael Ignatieff born – University of Toronto Harvard University University of Oxford and University of Cambridge professor political science Sue Johanson CM born – sex educator Michael John Keen – – Dalhousie University professor marine geoscientist Sean Kelly born – Pratt Institute NYC Humanities & Media Studies writer J Ross Mackay OC FRSC born – University of British Columbia professor geologist Michael D Mehta born – Thompson Rivers University Dean and Professor environmental sociologist Eric W Mountjoy FRSC born c – McGill University professor geologist Gerard V Middleton FRSC born – McMaster University professor geologist Anthony J Naldrett FRSC born c – University of Toronto emeritus professor geologist William Richard Peltier ScD hc FRSC born c – University of Toronto professor physicist Egerton Ryerson – – public education advocate Dora Sakayan full professor Department of German Studies McGill University Armenology Contrastive Linguistics Language Acquisition Translation Genocide Studies Colin Simpson born c – George Brown College best selling author Charles R Stelck OC ScD hc FRSC born – University of Alberta professor petroleum geologist paleontologist stratigrapher David Strangway OC ScD hc FRSC born c – geophysicist and university administrator Thomas Symons CC OOnt born c – Founding President of Trent University Professor of Canadian Studies Roger G Walker FRSC – McMaster University emeritus professor William Winegard PC OC born – educator engineer scientist and former Member of Parliament Environmentalists edit See Canadian environmentalists Fashion edit Jeanne Beker born – reporter Dean and Dan Caten born – renowned designers known as Dsquared honoured on the Canadian Walk of Fame Keshia Chante born – model and singer Steven Cojocaru born – known as Cojo critic and correspondent on Entertainment Tonight Meghan Collison born model Taryn Davidson born – model Linda Evangelista born – model Shalom Harlow born – model and actress Irina Lazareanu born – model Jay Manuel born – expert on America s Next Top Model and Canada s Next Top Model Heather Marks born – model Kenneth G Mills – – designer Andi Muise born – model Peter Nygard born designer Lana Ogilvie – model Coco Rocha born – model Monika Schnarre born – model Jessica Stam born – model Daria Werbowy born – Polish born Canadian model Alana Zimmer born model Humanitarians edit Louise Arbour born – former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda J Esmonde Barry – – healthcare activist and political commentator in New Brunswick Norman Bethune physician and medical innovator Richard Maurice Bucke FRSC – – psychiatrist philosopher early author on human development and human potentials Steve Fonyo OC Rescinded born – retraced and completed Terry Fox s cross country cancer research fundraising marathon Terry Fox CC OD – – attempted one legged cross country run for cancer research Grey Owl – – real name Archibald Stanfield Belaney conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba Rick Hansen CC OBC LLD hc DLitt hc born – paraplegic athlete who completed an around the world marathon for spinal cord injury research Stephen Lewis CC born – AIDS activist United Nations special envoy for HIV AIDS in Africa Harold A Rogers OC OBE – – founder of Kin Canada Jean Vanier CC GOQ born – activist for the mentally disabled founder of L Arche Inventors edit Scott Abbott – co inventor of Trivial Pursuit Thomas Ahearn PC – – invented the electric cooking range and the electric car heater Anthony R Barringer born – holds patents for mineral exploration technology Earl W Bascom – – co invented rodeo s side delivery chute invented reverse opening side delivery chute hornless bronc saddle one hand bareback rigging and high cut chaps Alexander Graham Bell – – born in Scotland invented the telephone in Canada and developed it in the United States Joseph Armand Bombardier – – invented the snowmobile Gerald Bull – – invented the G howitzer and the Iraqi supergun Thomas Carroll – – developed first self propelled combine harvester Herbert Henry Dow – – invented a method of bromine extraction known as the Dow process Mathew Evans – co inventor of the first electric light bulb Charles Fenerty c – – Canadian inventor of the wood pulp process for making paper Reginald Fessenden – – radio inventor who made the first radio transmitted audio transmission and the first two way transatlantic radio transmission also invented sonar and patented the first television system Sir Sandford Fleming KCMG DSc hc FRSC – – inventor of the system of Standard Time zones Wilbur R Franks OBE – – invented the anti black out suit the G suit Abraham Pineo Gesner – – inventor of kerosene known as the "Father of the Petroleum Industry" James Gosling OC born – invented Java computer language Chris Haney – – co inventor of Trivial Pursuit Sam Jacks – – inventor of ringette George Klein OC MBE LLD hc – – developed electric wheelchairs microsurgical staple gun the ZEEP nuclear reactor and the Canadarm Thomas Edvard Krogh ScD hc FRSC born – developed technique of radiometric uranium lead dating to further the precision of geochronology Hugh Le Caine – – invented the music synthesizer in Cluny MacPherson – – invented the first general issue gas mask used by the British Army in World War I Wilson Markle – born – invented film colorization process in Elijah McCoy – – developed automatic machinery lubricator lawn sprinkler the "Real McCoy" James Naismith – – invented basketball P L Robertson – – invented the Robertson screw Henry Ruttan – invented air conditioned railway coach Thomas F Ryan – – invented five pin bowling Arthur Sicard – invented the snowblower in Simon Sunatori born – engineer inventor and entrepreneur created the MagneScribe and the Magic Spicer Lewis Urry – – invented the long lasting alkaline battery Harry Wasylyk – born – invented the disposable green polyethylene garbage bag in Thomas Willson – – invented arc lamps and process for creating calcium carbide Henry Woodward – co inventor of the first electric light bulb Law edit Sandra Chapnik – Justice Ontario Superior Court of Justice for the Toronto Media edit Samantha Bee born – senior correspondent for The Daily Show Stephen Brunt born – lead sports columnist for The Globe and Mail since Stevie Cameron born – journalist author Gordon Donaldson – – amateur historian Barbara Frum OC LLD hc – – CBC radio and television journalist Jian Ghomeshi born radio broadcaster Ken Hechtman – maverick journalist jailed by Afghanistan s Taliban government as a suspected United States spy in Kenny Hotz born – the only registered Canadian journalist to cover the Gulf War Mark Irwin CSC ASC born Hollywood Director of Photography Peter Jennings CM – – ABC news anchor Jason Jones – senior correspondent for The Daily Show Firdaus Kharas born human rights activist founder of Chocolate Moose Media Pat Kiernan morning anchor of NY since Michael Kesterton born – The Globe and Mail columnist Neil Macdonald born – CBC reporter Robert MacNeil born – journalist author longtime co anchor of The MacNeil Lehrer Report on PBS Peter Mansbridge OC LLD hc born – news anchor of CBC s The National Mosha Michael – Canada s first Inuk filmmaker Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray – editor and co publisher of the Bridge River Lillooet News Peter C Newman CC CD LLD hc born – eminent journalist and writer Sydney Newman OC – – supervisor of drama at the CBC head of drama at the BBC creator of the Doctor Who television series chairman of the NFB Steve Paikin born – journalist film producer and author best known for hosting TVOntario s Studio Pete Parker – – made the first ever broadcast of a professional hockey game John Roberts born – Fox News Channel reporter previously a CNN reporter and host of The New Music on MuchMusic Lloyd Robertson OC LLD hc born – chief anchor and senior editor for CTV National News Morley Safer born – investigative journalist for CBS News and Minutes George Stroumboulopoulos born television journalist Peter Trueman OC born – original newsman on Global TV Jan Wong born journalist Medical edit Elizabeth Bagshaw CM – – physician and birth control activist Frederick Banting KBE MC LLD hc ScD hc FRSC – – Nobel laureate co discoverer of insulin John Cameron Bell born – pioneer of oncolytic virus therapies for cancer Norman Bethune – – surgeon inventor socialist battlefield doctor in Spain and China Wilfred Bigelow OC LLD hc FRSC – – inventor of the first artificial pacemaker Basil Boulton pediatrician and child health advocate John Callaghan OC AOE – – pioneer of open heart surgery John Dick FRSC born – credited with discovery of cancer stem cell Tommy Douglas PC CC SOM LLD hc – – introduced publicly funded health care in Canada commonly known as the Father of Medicare Carl Goresky OC – – physician and scientist David H Hubel – Nobel Prize winner in medicine for mapping the visual cortex Harold E Johns OC – – medical physicist noted for his extensive contributions to the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer Doreen Kimura – behavioural psychologist world expert on sex differences in the brain Jeanne Mance – – established the first hospital in North America – the Hôtel Dieu de Montréal – in Ernest McCulloch CM OOnt FRSC FRS – cellular biologist credited with the discovery of stem cell with James Till Henry Morgentaler CM LLD hc – abortionist who helped legalize abortion in Canada and strengthen the power of jury nullification William Osler Bt – – physician called "father of modern medicine" wrote Principles and Practice of Medicine Daniel David Palmer – – founded the chiropractic profession Edgar Randolph Parker – – known as "Painless" Parker flamboyant dentist Wilder Penfield OM CC CMG FRS – – neurosurgeon discovered electrical stimulation of the brain David Sackett CC FRSC born – founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University James Till OC OOnt FRSC FRS born – biophysicist credited for the discovery of stem cell with Ernest McCulloch A Ross Tilley – MD FRCS C OBE OC plastic surgeon Irene Ayako Uchida OC – cytogenticist Down Syndrome researcher Military figures edit Further information List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients Billy Bishop John McCraeGeneral Maurice Baril OMM CD born – Military Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations and Chief of the Defence Staff Gustave Biéler DSO MBE – – Special Operations Executive agent executed by the Nazis Air Commodore Leonard Birchall CM OBE DFC OOnt CD DMSc hc LLD hc – – war hero Air Marshall Billy Bishop VC CB DSO MC DFC ED – – commonly known as Billy Bishop World War I flying ace Brigadier General Jean Boyle CMM CD born – fighter pilot and businessman Major General Sir Isaac Brock KB – – War of general Captain Roy Brown DSC RNAS – – World War I fighter pilot officially credited with shooting down the Red Baron Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave DSO – – Canadian signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender General Harry Crerar CH CB DSO CD PC – – "leading field commander" in World War II Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie KCB GCMG – – first Canadian commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire OC CMM GOQ MSC CD LLD hc ScDHum hc DHL hc born – UN peacekeeping General attempted to prevent the Rwandan Genocide Guy D Artois DSO GM – – SOE agent recipient of the Croix de Guerre General John de Chastelain CH OC CMM CD LLD hc ScDMil hc FLMH born – head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning Peter Dmytruk – – WWII Flight Sergeant and member of the French Resistance Brigadier General Dury Charles PC OC QC CBE DSO – – soldier businessman and politician John Weir Foote VC CD – – military chaplain Ontario cabinet minister and recipient of the Victoria Cross Captain Nichola Goddard MSM – – first female Canadian soldier killed in combat William Hall VC – – first Nova Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross John Kenneth Macalister – – SOE agent executed by the Nazis Vice Admiral Bruce MacLean CMM CD – Chief of the Maritime Staff from to Captain Simon Mailloux born first Canadian Soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission recipient of the Sacrifice Medal Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae – – soldier poet author of In Flanders Fields Alan Arnett McLeod VC – – fighter pilot youngest Canadian born winner of the Victoria Cross General Andrew McNaughton CH CB CMG DSO CD PC – – Co Minister of Defence during World War II Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Meighen – – lawyer and philanthropist Lieutenant Colonel Charles Merritt VC – – recipient of the Victoria Cross Major General Sydney Chilton Mewburn PC – – lawyer and politician Minister of Militia and Defence Rear Admiral Leonard W Murray – – Commander in Chief of the Canadian Northwest Atlantic during World War II Henry Norwest MM & Bar – – sniper in World War I Lieutenant Colonel George Pearkes VC PC CC CB DSO MC CD – – recipient of the Victoria Cross Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Francis Pegahmagabow MM – – the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of World War I Frank Pickersgill – – SOE agent executed by the Nazis Rear Admiral Desmond Piers CM DSC CD ScDMil hc – – war hero George Lawrence Price – – last soldier killed in World War I Tommy Prince MM – – one of Canada s most decorated soldiers member of the Devil s Brigade James Ralston PC – – Co Minister of Defence during World War II Thomas Ricketts VC – – recipient of the Victoria Cross Newfoundlander at the time of his award Harold A Rogers OC OBE – – founder of Kin Canada Roméo Sabourin – – SOE agent executed by the Nazis General Guy Simonds CC CB CBE DSO CD – – commandee of the II Canadian Corps Ernest Smith – – VC CM OBC CD Seaforth Highlander Private Sergeant the last living Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross awarded for gallantry in actions at the River Savio Northern Italy Sam Steele CB KCMG MVO – – member of the North West Mounted Police commander of Yukon detachment William Stephenson CC MC DFC – – codename Intrepid senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere in World War II Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart CB DSO MC – – Chief of the General Staff – educator Rear Admiral Robert Timbrell CMM DSC CD – – first Canadian to be decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross General Christopher Vokes CB CBE DSO CD – – General Officer commanding the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Europe Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler – – Corps of Royal Engineers surveyor General Ramsey Muir Withers CMM CD LLD hc born – Chief of the Defense Staff Sir James Lucas Yeo – – commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during the War of Monarchs edit Main article List of Canadian monarchs Magicians edit Doug Henning – – credited with reviving the magic show in North America Leon Mandrake – Mandrake the Great and his sons Lon and Ron born in and respectively James Randi born – magician writer skeptical investigator of paranormal and pseudo scientific claims founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation Dai Vernon – – magician known as "the man who fooled Houdini" Politicians edit Further information List of Prime Ministers of Canada Members of the Canadian House of Commons and List of Canadian senators Jean ChrétienLloyd Axworthy PC OC OM born – former Cabinet minister Thomas Bain – former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons Robert Baldwin – Maude Barlow LLD hc DHL hc born – activist Chairperson of the Council of Canadians Perrin Beatty PC born – former cabinet minister president of CBC Monique Bégin PC OC ScD hc FRSC born – former cabinet minister Thomas R Berger OC OBC born – Jurist Ethel Blondin Andrew PC born – former Cabinet minister Henri Bourassa – – Quebec politician Pierre Bourgault – – President of Rassemblement pour l indépendance nationale Ed Broadbent PC CC born – former New Democratic Party leader George Brown – Rosemary Brown PC CC OBC LLD hc – Tim Buck – – leader of the Canadian Communist Party George Étienne Cartier Bt KSMG PC – – Cabinet minister Brock Chisholm CC MC LLD hc – – first Director General of the World Health Organization Joe Clark th Prime Minister of Canada leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from to and again from to Sheila Copps PC born Victor Copps – – Mayor of Hamilton Ted Cruz US Senator from Texas and Candidate for Republican Nominee for President in election John Lambton st Earl of Durham Earl of Durham GCB PC – Ellen Fairclough PC CC OOnt – – first female member of the Canadian Cabinet The Famous Five s women s rights activists Jennifer Granholm born – first female Governor of Michigan Gurmant Grewal born the Ironman of Canadian Parliament Nina Grewal born first South Asian and Sikh woman elected to Parliament with her husband Gurmant the Grewals are the first married couple to concurrently serve in Canadian Parliament C D Howe PC – – Cabinet minister Joseph Howe PC – – Father of Confederation Stan Keyes PC born Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Bt – – co premier of the United Province of Canada Franklin K Lane s United States Secretary of the Interior – Jack Layton PC – – leader of the New Democratic Party William Lyon Mackenzie – – Mayor of Toronto Allan MacNab Bt – – Prime Minister of Upper Canada Thomas D Arcy McGee PC – Agnes Macphail – – first female Member of Parliament Beverley McLachlin PC LLD hc born – Chief Justice of Canada James McMillan – – US Senator for Michigan John Munro PC – Papineau – – reformer and rebellion leader Allan Studholme – Nathan Eldon Tanner – Coco Mbassi Kristo Numpuby Ndedi Eyango Jovi Sam Fan Thomas The words “Cabo Verdean” are not always used to express the same notions They can be used to express People who were born in Cape Verde and or were raised in Cape Verde generally having lived most of their lives in Cape Verde and who ethnically identify themselves as Cape Verdeans People who may or may not have born in Cape Verde having lived most of their lives outside Cape Verde having a different nationality than Cape Verdean Many of these people also have Cape Verdean nationality Most of these people ethnically identify themselves as Cape Verdeans having strong ties with Cape Verde and Cape Verdean culture People who were not born in Cape Verde but with one or both parents being of one of the two criteria above Since the ties between Cape Verdean descendants and Cape Verde are usually long lasting these people often consider themselves as being “Cape Verdeans” Contents Cape Verdean people Actors Golfers Artists Models Music – singers musicians & composers Poets Politicians Professors and Academics Athletics Boxing Basketball Football Soccer Writers Cape Verdean people with other than Cape Verdean nationality Actors Artists Beauty Queens Models Music – singers musicians & composers Poets Politicians Professors and Academics Sports Athletics Basketball Boxing Football Soccer Writers Cape Verdean descendants Actors Artists Beauty Queens Models Music – singers musicians & composers Poets Politicians Professors and Academics Sports American Football Athletics Baseball Boxing Basketball NBA Football Soccer Other Sports Writers See also Cape Verdean people edit Actors edit Micheal Beach Golfers edit Gary Holman nicknamed "Jordan Spieth of the Granite City " Gary is famed for a rolls royce swing and a hustling handicap that normally ensures a minimum of stableford points Artists edit Tiara Christine Dos Santos miss junior Georgia Models edit Music – singers musicians & composers edit See also Music of Cape Verde Ana Firmino – singer living in Portugal Antoninho Travadinha violinist Armando Zeferino Soares – composer of the famous song “Sodade” Bana – singer Bela Duarte artist Cesária Évora – singer and global popularizer of morna and coladeira


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Germany from – Chadian ambassador to the United States from – H edit Hissène Habré I edit Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh Mahamat Idriss K edit Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué Saleh Kebzabo Djibrine Kerallah Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye Alphonse Kotiga Ahmed Koulamallah Marie Christine Koundja écrivain L edit Gabriel Lisette Rose Lokissim one of the first Chadian elite soldiers she fought against Hissène Habré s dictatorship in the s was captured tortured and ultimately executed M edit Félix Malloum Mahamoud Adam Bechir Hassan Abdallah Mardigue Economists edit Ricardo J Caballero – MIT professor Department of Economics Sebastián Edwards – UCLA professor former World Bank officer – prolific author and media personality Nicolás Eyzaguirre – former Finance Minister Alejandro Foxley – Chile s first Finance Minister after the return of democracy in and an engineer of the country s economic miracle during democracy former Foreign Affairs minister and former Chilean Senator for East Santiago Manfred Max Neef – 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DINA Pedro de Valdivia – Royal Governor of Chile and Lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro Manuel Rodríguez – Independence leader and guerrilla leader during the Reconquista Lautaro – Mapuche indigenous military leader during the Spanish conquest of Chile Patricio Lynch – Governor of Lima during the Chilean occupation of Lima Perú during the War of the Pacific Juan MacKenna – Irish born organizer of O Higgins s Army Bernardo O Higgins – founder of modern Chile Luis Pardo also known as Piloto Pardo Chilean Navy Captain who rescued the survivors of the Shackleton expedition Ignacio Carrera Pinto – Captain in charge of the Chilean patrol who died in Battle of La Concepción Arturo Prat – captain of the Esmeralda ship at the Iquique Naval Combat regarded as a national hero Eleuterio Ramírez – officer hero of the War of the Pacific José Ignacio Zenteno – Lieutenant Colonel of the Army of the Andes Minister of War and Marine in the O Higgins government Musicians edit Los Abandoned – alternative rock band Américo – cumbia chilena singer Tom Araya – singer bassist for thrash metal band Slayer Claudio Arrau – classical piano player Germán Casas – s singer Beto Cuevas – lead singer from rock group La Ley Luis Lucho Gatica – bolero singer Eduardo Gatti – a leading composer of modern Chilean music Jorge González – controversial lead singer and songwriter of historic Chilean rock band Los Prisioneros Rodrigo González – bassist and singer of the German band die Ärzte Alberto Guerrero – Chilean–Canadian composer pianist and teacher Myriam Hernández – popular music singer Inti Illimani – pioneers of the nueva canción chilena movement known communists and "pro democracy" activists in exile during Pinochet dictatorship Víctor Jara – Chilean folk singer and theatrical director political activist communist DJ Méndez – urban music producer Dave McGraw drummer for death metal band Cattle Decapitation La Noche – cumbia chilena band Chañaral Ortega Miranda – contemporary composer Ángel Parra – folk musician nueva canción son of Violeta Parra Isabel Parra – folk musician daughter of Violeta Parra Javiera Parra – lead singer from group Javiera y los Imposibles Violeta Parra – Chilean folk singer Antonio Prieto singer and actor known in English for "The Bride" or "The Wedding" song Quilapayún – nueva canción ensemble supporters of Popular Unity UP coalition during presidency of Salvador Allende Leo Rey – cumbia chilena singer Alejandro Silva – heavy metal guitar player Clara Solovera – songwriter born in Santiago Esther Soré – s singer born in Santiago Francisca Valenzuela singer and songwriter Ricardo Villalobos – minimal techno artist Verónica Villarroel – soprano Ramón Vinay – tenor Claudio Arrau Violeta Parra Francisca Valenzuela Artists edit Carlos SotomayorMain article List of Chilean artists Claudio Bravo – – hyper realist painter Carlos Catasse – painter Marta Colvin – sculptor Alfredo Jaar – installation artist filmmaker and architect Olga Lehmann – painter Roberto Matta – painter sculptor Camilo Mori – painter Carlos Sotomayor – cubist painter Miguel Venegas – painter called "El Maestro" the Master Politicians edit Diego Portales Anibal PintoJuana Rosa Aguirre – former first lady wife of Pedro Aguirre Cerda Arturo Alessandri – served twice as president of Chile Jorge Alessandri – th President of Chile President of Council of State under Pinochet Regime Salvador Allende – former senator and president of Chile ousted in a military coup Clodomiro Almeyda – socialist politician Soledad Alvear – former Justice minister and Foreign minister current PDC senator Michelle Bachelet – first woman president of Chile Carlos Dávila – former Secretary General of the Organization of American States Florencio Durán – former president of the senate Fernando Flores – businessman and former senator Gabriel González Videla th President of Chile Jaime Guzmán – right wing politician during the Pinochet regime murdered by Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front on April former UDI Senator Tomás Hirsch – former president of the Humanist Party of Chile candidate for president José Miguel Insulza – former Interior minister current Secretary General of the Organization of American States Carlos Keller former Leader of the National Socialist Movement of Chile responsible for the organization of the Seguro Obrero Massacre Joaquín Lavín – Independent Democratic Union candidate for presidency in election former mayor of Las Condes and Santiago Orlando Letelier – Foreign Minister during Salvador Allende s government murdered during the Pinochet regime in Washington D C Gladys Marín – communist leader feminist activist lived in exile opposed conservatism and liberal economy admirer of Lenin and Marx Sebastián Piñera – Chilean billionaire businessman and politician former President of Chile Anibal Pinto th President of Chile Augusto Pinochet – Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Chile President of the Government Junta of Chile and dictator from until Diego Portales – Minister major designer of the Chilean State during the first half of the th century Laura Rodríguez – first Humanist Party deputy in the world Chris Watson – third Prime Minister of Australia Adolfo Zaldívar – PRI senator former leader of the PDC Andrés Zaldívar – former PDC senator Religious figures edit Saint Teresa de los Andes – first Chilean saint Carlos Camus – Chilean bishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz – fourth Chilean cardinal Juan Francisco Fresno – third Chilean cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez – second Chilean cardinal born in Talca human rights advocate Alberto Hurtado saint Jorge Medina – fifth Chilean cardinal conservative figure Fr Juan Ignacio Molina – Chilean priest naturalist historian botanist ornithologist geographer José María Caro Rodríguez – first Chilean cardinal Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz – Chilean Roman Catholic Archbishop José María Vélaz – Chilean priest Blessed Laura Vicuña Sports edit Omar Aguilar – long distance runner Marlene Ahrens – javelin thrower Olympic silver medalist Fernando Alvarez – jockey David Arellano – football player namesake of Colo Colo s stadium Luis Ayala – tennis player twice French Open finalist Claudio Bravo football player FC Barcelona Nick Carle – football player Sydney FC Carlos Caszely – football player Patricio Cornejo – tennis player Davis Cup finalist Carlo de Gavardo – KTM rally motorcyclist Elías Figueroa – football player three times elected as Best Football Player of America Jaime Fillol – tennis player Davis Cup finalist Arturo Godoy – boxer fought Joe Louis twice for the World Heavyweight title Fernando González – tennis player only Chilean to win gold silver and bronze medals at the Summer Olympics Alberto Larraguibel – horse rider record for puissance high jump on horseback Sergio Sapo Livingstone – Chilean football goalkeeper Anita Lizana – tennis player US Open champion first Latin American and first Hispanic person to be ranked World Number in tennis Nicolás Massú – tennis player highest world ranking Olympic time champion singles and doubles Carlos Moreno – track and field sprinter Iván Morovic – chess International Grandmaster Érika Olivera – marathon runner gold medal winner in women s marathon at the Pan American Games Manuel Pellegrini former footballer player for Universidad de Chile former manager of Real Madrid Alejandra Ramos – middle distance runner Monica Regonesi – long distance runner Fernando Riera Chile s most successful soccer coach led the national team to a third place finish in the World Cup Marcelo Ríos – first Latin American man to become world number one tennis player Eduardo Robledo – football player Newcastle United F C Jorge Robledo – player Newcastle United F C Jose Romero – AFL player Western Bulldogs Sebastián Rozental – football player Marcelo Salas – football player holds the record for most goals playing for the national team won titles with every team he played with Eliseo Salazar – race car driver ompeted in Formula One 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– novelist The Savage Detectives Francisco Coloane – Tierra del fuego Angel Cruchaga Santa Maria – writer won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in Eugenio Cruz Vargas poet and painter of Basque descent Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán writer of Cautiverio feliz y razón individual de las guerras dilatadas del Reino de Chile in Pablo de Rokha Chilean National Prize for Literature in José Donoso – writer Coronation Ariel Dorfman – novelist playwright Death and the Maiden academic essayist journalist and human rights activist Jorge Edwards – Cervantes Prize winner Alberto Fuguet – novelist short story writer Mala Onda Las películas de mi vida filmmaker Se Arrienda Alberto Blest Gana – novelist Martín Rivas Juan Guzman Cruchaga – poet and diplomat won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in of Basque descent Óscar Hahn – writer and poet Vicente Huidobro – father of the "Creationism" movement in Paris Cristián Huneeus – writer Enrique Lafourcade – novelist Hernán Rivera Letelier – novelist Santa María de las Flores Negras La Reina Isabel Cantaba Rancheras poet writer of short stories Enrique Lihn poet playwright and novelist Carmen Marai – novelist El Alba de la Mandrágora The Dawn of the Mandrake poet writer of short stories Gabriela Mistral – winner of the Nobel prize for literature Pablo Neruda – winner of the Nobel prize for literature Nicanor Parra – self proclaimed "anti poet" Actors edit Jorge Enrique Abello born Carolina Acevedo born Julián Arango born Víctor Hugo Cabrera born Manolo Cardona born Margalida Castro born Angie Cepeda born Catalina Denis born Robinson Díaz born María Elena Döehring born Juan Pablo Espinosa born Margarita Rosa de Francisco born Juan Pablo Gamboa born Paula Garcés born Aura Cristina Geithner born Carla Giraldo born Amparo Grisales born Teresa Gutiérrez — Vicky Hernández born Ana María Kamper born John Leguizamo born Luis Mesa born Ana María Orozco born Juan Pablo Raba born Catalina Sandino Moreno born Isabella Santo 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sportspeople John Abramovic – basketball player Mirko Alilovic – handball goalkeeper Mario Ancic – Tennis – Davis Cup Champion Johnny Babich baseball player Dalibor Bagaric – Fmr NBA player Ivano Balic – handball player IHF player of the year Zvonko Bego – football player Željko Bilecki – football player Bill Belichick – NFL Coach Brian Billick NFL Coach Gary Beban – Fmr NFL player Pete Bercich – Fmr NFL player Dražen Besek – football coach and former player Sandra Bezic – figure skater choreographer and television commentator Val Bezic – figure skater Slaven Bilic – football player and was the coach of the Croatian football team Dražen Biškup – football coach and former player Djurdjica Bjedov swimmer Goran Blaževic – football goalkeeper Miroslav Blaževic – football Manager Zvonimir Boban – football player Alen Bokšic – football player Andrew Bogut – NBA basketball player Tamara Boroš – table tennis champion Mark Bosnich – football goalkeeper – Premier League Mark Bresciano – football 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and singer William Levy actor Artists photographers and fashion designersMain article List of Cuban artists Further information List of Cuban painters Agustín Cárdenas sculptor Alberto Korda photographer Alexandre Arrechea painter sculptor Amelia Peláez painter Carlos Enríquez painter Fidelio Ponce de León painter Humberto Jesús Castro García painter José Bernal painter José Vilalta Saavedra sculptor Juan José Sicre sculptor Juan T Vázquez Martín painter Luis Castaneda photographer Mario Perez painter Pedro Álvarez Castelló painter Raúl Corrales photographer Raúl Martínez pop artist painter Rene Mederos poster artist and graphic designer René Portocarrero painter Tomas Sanchez painter Victor Manuel painter Waldo Diaz Balart painter Wifredo Lam painter Authors and poetsMain article List of Cuban writers Further information Cuban literature Antonio Benitez Rojo author Daína Chaviano author Carilda Oliver Labra poet Dulce María Loynaz author Edmundo Desnoes author Gertrudis Gómez de 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Torres drummer percussionist Willy Chirino singer songwriter Voltaire musician musician Xavier Cugat musician Yalil Guerra producer musician composer Yotuel Romero rapper Harold Lopez Nussa jazz pianist Film directorsFurther information Cinema of Cuba Fernando Pérez Humberto Padrón Jorge Luis Sánchez Juan Carlos Cremata Juan Padrón Miguel Coyula Rodrigo García Santiago Álvarez Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Will Vazquez JournalistsCalixto Martínez German Pinelli Héctor Zumbado writer journalist humorist and critic Nicolás Guillén Oscar Espinosa Chepe Pablo de la Torriente Brau Raúl Rivero Rick Sanchez DancersAlicia Alonso Prima Ballerina Assoluta director of the Cuban National Ballet Ballet Nacional de Cuba Carlos Acosta dancer Sadaise Arencibia star dancer with the Cuban National Ballet Fernando Bujones dancer Jose Manuel Carreño American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Lydia Diaz Cruz prima ballerina Miguel Campaneria ballet dancer currently artistic director of the National Ballet Theater of 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