Ivan Reitman is a Slovakian-born, Canadian-raised jewish film actor, producer, and director. He is most remembered for directing and producing a string of comedies, mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He produced two films for director David Cronenberg with "Shivers/They Came from Within/The Parasite Murders" (1974) and "Rabid" (1976).

Rudolf 'Rudi' Vrba, born Walter Rosenberg, was a professor of pharmacology at the University of British Columbia. In April 1944, Vrba and his friend Alfréd Wetzler became the second and third of only five Jews to escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp and pass information to the Allies about the mass murder that was taking place there.

Otto John Jelinek, PC (born Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 20, 1940-) is a businessman and former figure skater and Canadian Politician. Jelinek's family fled to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the beginning of the Cold War. He and his sister, Maria, became figure skaters and achieved prominence in 1962 when they won the gold medal at the World Figure Skating Championships that was held that year in Jelinek's birthplace of Prague. The pair had been warned not to return, …

Alexander Sasha "Alex" Baumann (born April 21, 1964) is a Canadian athlete, who won two gold medals and set two world records in swimming at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Stanislav "Stan" Mikita was a Slovak-Canadian professional ice hockey player, generally regarded as the best center of the 1960s. Mikita was born in Sokolče, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), as Stanislav Gvoth, but moved to Ontario, Canada, as a young boy to avoid the political troubles in the area due to Communist control. He was adopted by his aunt and uncle who gave him their surname, Mikita.

Rick Lanz (born September 16, 1961 in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman who spent 10 seasons in the National Hockey League and is best known for his time with the Vancouver Canucks. He was born in Czechoslovakia, but his family defected to Canada following the invasion by the Soviet Union in 1968.

Peter Šťastný is a Slovak ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1995. During his time with the Quebec Nordiques, Stastny became a Canadian citizen. Since 2004, he has also served as a Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia. During his NHL career, he played with the Quebec Nordiques, New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues.

David Z. Scheffel, Ph.D. is associate professor of anthropology at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Scheffel is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including "In the Shadow of Antichrist" (Broadview Press, 1991), a work on the Russian Orthodox breakaway Old Believers sect in Alberta. Scheffel was born February 5, 1955 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He migrated with his family to Austria in 1968, where his father, …

George Gross is a famous Canadian sport journalist, who was very much involved in Canadian Soccer in the early years of his life in Canada, both as a player and a journalist. In 1957 Gross covered Canada's FIFA World Cup qualifying matches in Mexico, and even practiced with the national team. One year later was in Sweden he for the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals and interviewed the 17 year old Pelé.

Anthony Roman (born January 17, 1936 in Velky Ruskov, Czechoslovakia; died October 30, 1992 in Markham, Ontario) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. Roman served as the Mayor of the Town of Markham, Ontario from 1970 to 1984, Chair of the Regional Municipality of York in 1984, and independent Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of York North from 1984 to 1988.

Michael Lucas (born March 7 1926) is an artist, designer and political activist residing in Toronto, Ontario. He is the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Friends of Soviet People (formerly the USSR-Canada Friendship Association) and the Chair of the International Council of Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People, operating out of Toronto.

Vit Klemes, born 1932 in Czechoslovakia. Canadian hydrologist of Czech origin. He received a Civil Engineering degree (Ing) from the Technical University in Brno (Moravia), a CSc degree (a local equivalent of PhD) in hydrology and water resources from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava (Slovakia) and a DrSc degree from the Czech Technical University in Prague (Bohemia). Following the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, Dr.

Peter Breiner is a Slovak pianist, conductor, and composer. Breiner began to play the piano at age four, but did not begin formal training until age nine, at the Conservatory in Košice, Slovakia (where he studied piano, percussion, composition and conducting). He subsequently moved to Bratislava, Slovakia where he attended the Academy of Performing Arts continuing his composition studies under the tuition of Alexander Moyzes; he was graduated from the Academy in 1982.