Famous Canadians
These are just a few of the famous people who were either born in Canada or spent some important time in Canada.
Pamela Anderson, actress
Aaron Ashmore, actor
Shawn Ashmore, actor
Margaret Atwood, novelist
Dan Aykroyd, actor
Jay Baruchel, actor
Gil Bellows, actor
Conrad Black, newspaper publisher
Lindy Booth, actress
Kurt Browning, ice skater
Genevieve Bujold, actress
Neve Campbell, actress
Jim Carrey, actor
Kim Cattrall, actress
Michael Cera, actor
Justin Chatwin, actor
Emmanuelle Chriqui, actress
Hayden Christensen, actor
Warren Christie, actor
A.J. Cook, actress
David Cronenberg, director
Hume Cronyn, actor
Elisha Cuthbert, actress
Rick Danko, musician, The Band
Nicole de Boer, actress
Catherine de Léan, actress
Celine Dion, singer
Lexa Doig, actress
James Doohan, actor
David James Elliott, actor
Leslie Feist, singer and songwriter
Reginald Fessenden, inventor, AM radio
Nathan Fillon, actor
David Foley, actor
Michael J. Fox, actor
Matt Frewer, actor
Victor Garber, actor
Ryan Gosling, actor
Aubrey Graham, actor
Tom Green, comedian
Lorne Greene, actor
Wayne Gretzky, hockey player
Corey Haim, actor
Monty Hall, game show host
Laura Harris, actress
Phil Hartman, actor
Jillian Hennessy, actress
Garth Hudson, musician, The Band
Michael Ironside, actor
Stana Katic, actress
Arthur Kent, the Scud Stud TV war
reporter
Margot Kidder, actress
Taylor Kitsch, actor
Zacharias Kunuk, director
Vincent Lam, novelist
Avril Lavigne, singer
Eugene Levy, actor
Evangeline Lilly, actress
Rich Little, impressionist
Jessica Lucas, actress
Norm MacDonald, actor
Howie Mandel, comedian and game show host
Richard Manual, musician, The Band
Lois Maxwell, actress
Rachel McAdams, actress
Gina Mollicone-Long, author
Rick Moranis, actor
Alice Munro, novelist
Mike Myers, actor and comedian
Kate Nelligan, actress
Brian Oser, ice skater
Ellen Page, actress
Missy Peregrym, actress
Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
Tamara Podemski, actress
Adam Powley, author
David Rancourt, singer and songwriter
Ryan Reynolds, actor
Robbie Robertson, musician, The Band
Seth Rogan, actor, comedian, and screenwriter
Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, ultimate
fighting champion
William Shatner, actor
Helen Shaver, actress
Gregory Smith, actor
Cobie Smulders, actress
The Theory of a Deadman, rock band
Jennifer Tilly, actress
Meg Tilly, actress
Alex Trebek, game show host
Tsufit, author
Shannon Tweed, actress
Emily Vancamp, actress
Victor Webster, actor
Deryck Whibley, lead singer of Sum 41
Jeff Wincott, actor
Michael Wincott, actor
Fay Wray, actress
Bob Young, founder of Lulu.com
Kevin Zegers, actor
