- James Doohan
James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series "Star Trek". Doohan's characterization of the Scottish Chief Engineer of the Starship "Enterprise" was one of the most recognizable elements in the "Star Trek" franchise. He also made several contributions behind the scenes for the "Star Trek" franchise. - Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC, MP, BA, LLB, LLD (h.c.) (born August 28, 1938) was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada and a former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. On November 14, 2003, Martin succeeded Jean Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party and became Prime Minister on December 12, 2003. The 2004 election yielded a minority government in which the Liberals under Martin remained in power. - Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, LLD (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. According to Canadian protocol, as a former Prime Minister, he is styled "The Right Honourable" for life. - Brian Moore
Brian Moore (August 25, 1921 - January 11, 1999) was a novelist. He published twenty novels, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times and also worked as a screenwriter. - Jean Charest
John James Charest, PC, LL.B., MNA known as Jean Charest (born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and politician from the province of Quebec. He is a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party (1993 - 1998), the current leader of the Parti libéral du Québec and, the 29th Premier of Quebec. - John Abbott
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC, BCL, DCL (March 12, 1821-October 30, 1893) was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. He was also the great-grandfather of Canadian actor Christopher Plummer. - Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician and, since October 23, 2003, Premier of Ontario. He is the twenty-fourth premier of Ontario, and only the second Roman Catholic to hold this office. The first was John Sandfield Macdonald, who served as premier from 1867 to 1871. McGuinty is generally regarded as a moderate fiscal conservative, … - Black Donnellys
The Black Donnellys is the common nickname of the Donnelly family; a family that emigrated from County Tipperary, Ireland, to Canada in about 1845-1846, and who participated in a notorious feud in Biddulph Township in Middlesex County, Ontario. Biddulph Township contains the village of Lucan, a location forever linked with this feud. - John Labatt
John Labatt (11 December 1838 - 27 April 1915) was an Irish-Canadian businessman and brewer. Labatt was born in Westminster Township, near London, Ontario, Upper Canada, and was the third son of John Kinder Labatt who came from Ireland and was the founder of the Labatt Brewing Company. When the elder Labatt died in 1866, John assumed control of the company. Under his supervision, it grew to be the largest brewery in Canada. - Snow
Darrin O'Brien - born October 30 1969, in Toronto, Ontario is an award-winning Canadian reggae musician, best known by his stage name Snow. - Irish Newfoundlanders
- Amanda Walsh
Amanda Walsh (born October 3, 1981 in Rigaud, Quebec) is a Canadian actress and former VJ for the Canadian television station MuchMusic. Amanda started her acting career "acting" out border-crossing scenarios at the Canada Customs college in her home town of Rigaud. Amanda went to Hudson High School, in Hudson, Quebec. Since the age of 12, Amanda has been working as a professional actor and dabbled in sketches and stand-up comedy, … - Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt, C.M. (born February 17 1957) is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist and pianist most famous for writing, recording and performing world music with a New-Age/Celtic feel. - Louis St. Laurent
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, was the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957. - John Fitzgerald
John Kennedy FitzGerald is a former Canadian international soccer player. A right-winger, Fitzgerald was capped for Canada 12 times, 11 coming in 1988 and a final one earned against Mexico in 1990. He played for the Toronto Blizzard during this time. He played collegiately for the Toronto Varsity Blues. John Fitzgerald also played reserve football in England for in 1987 for both Brentford and Crystal Palace. After retiring from soccer due to a knee injury, … - John Walsh
John Walsh (24 May 1830 - 30 July 1898) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, Canada from 1888 to 1898. - Sheila Copps
Sheila Maureen Copps, PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), (born November 27, 1952, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and former politician. Copps is a second-generation member of a political family that has dominated Hamilton-area politics on the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Her father, Victor K. Copps, was one of the most influential mayors of the City of Hamilton; the city's landmark sports arena, Copps Coliseum, is named in his honour. - Mike Myers
Michael John Myers (born May 25, 1963, in Scarborough, Ontario) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-British comedian, actor, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his comedy work in "Saturday Night Live" and film roles including the title characters of "Wayne's World", the "Austin Powers" series, and "Shrek". - Jim Flaherty
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, BA, LL.B, MP (born December 30, 1949) is Canada's Minister of Finance; he had formerly served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005 he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, representing the Progressive Conservative Party. He was previously a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris, and has sought the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives on two occasions. - Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian/American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live". He has been nominated for an Emmy Award. - John White
John White (June 8 1811 - May 3 1897) was an Ontario lumber merchant and political figure. He represented Halton in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874. Born in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1811, White came to Canada with his family in 1823 and was educated in Toronto. He served on the council for the Gore District and then on the council for Halton County. - John White
John White (May 6 1833 - September 24 1894) was an Ontario machinist and political figure. He represented Hastings East in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1871 to 1887. He was born in Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland in 1833 and grew up there. In 1856, he married Esther Johnston. He operated a cheese factory on the Moira River near the town of Roslin. White served as reeve for Tyendinaga. - Dalton McGuinty Sr.
Dalton James McGuinty (born August 13, 1926 in Osceola, Ontario; died March 16, 1990) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990. He is particularly notable for being the father of the current Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, and David McGuinty, a member of the Parliament of Canada. McGuinty was educated at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, … - Catherine O'Hara
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress and comedian. She is well known for appearing on the sketch show "SCTV", the roles as Delia Deetz in "Beetlejuice", Kate McCallister in "Home Alone", Sally in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and in several films written and directed by Christopher Guest. - Larry O'Brien
Larry O'Brien (born July 19, 1949 in Ottawa) is the current mayor of Ottawa, Canada, as well as the current director of Calian Technologies and its former CEO and chairman. O'Brien attended Elmdale Public School, Fisher Park Public School, and graduated from Merivale High School in 1968. He continued his post-secondary studies at Algonquin College School of Technology and graduated with a diploma in Technology in 1972. - Ben Mulroney
Ben Mulroney has been appointed a National Ambassador by UNICEF Canada. One of Mulroney's first responsibilities as a UNICEF Canada National Ambassador will be to serve as national spokesperson for this year's revitalized Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign, in which Canadian kids will engage in fundraising and educational activities to help give children in Malawi the chance to go to school. - Matthew Barrett
Matthew William Barrett (born September 20, 1944) is an Irish/Canadian banker who until recently was the Chairman of Barclays Bank. Born in County Kerry, Ireland, he attended the Christian Brothers School in Kells, County Meath, and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme in 1981. He started his banking career in the London office of the Bank of Montreal (BMO) in 1962, and moved from London to Canada in 1967. - Frank McKenna
Frank J. McKenna graduated from the Law School in 1974 and has gone on to excel in the fields of law, politics, government and business. Highlights of his career include serving as premier of New Brunswick from 1987-1997, serving as the Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America from 2005 to 2006, and playing leading roles in numerous provincial, national and international companies. Presently, Mr. McKenna is the Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group. - Pat Quinn
John Brian Patrick "Pat" Quinn (born January 29, 1943, in Hamilton, Ontario), is a former head coach in the National Hockey League, most recently with the Toronto Maple Leafs between 1998 and 2006. He is also a retired NHL defenceman. He has won the junior league's Memorial Cup as both a player and an owner. - Mary Walsh
Mary Cynthia Walsh, CM, LL.D (h.c.) (born May 13, 1952, St. John's, Newfoundland) is an actress and comedian. - Daniel Johnson Sr
Francis Daniel Johnson, Sr., PC (April 9, 1915 - September 26, 1968) was a Quebec politician and Premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968. - Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 - November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy." - Stephen Fearing
Stephen Fearing (born 1963) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Fearing was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He returned to Canada in 1981 and began pursuing a career in music. In addition to his solo career, Fearing was one of the founding members of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings in 1996. - Pat O'Brien
Patrick Wayne "Pat" O'Brien, M.Ed, BA (born January 13, 1948) is a former member of the Canadian House of Commons. Elected as a Liberal, he ended his career in 2005 as the independent Member of Parliament (MP) for London—Fanshawe in London, Ontario. O'Brien graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Western Ontario in 1971, and earned his Master of Education from UWO in 1981. - John O'Connor
John O'Connor, PC (January 1 1824 - November 3 1887) was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Irish immigrants John and Mary O’Connor, he moved with his family to Essex County, Upper Canada in 1828. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada in 1863. In 1867, he was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament representing the riding of Essex. - Stompin' Tom Connors
Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors OC (born February 9, 1936) is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known folk singers. - John Joseph Lynch
John Joseph Lynch C.M. (6 February 1816 - 12 May 1888) was the Bishop of Toronto from 1860 to 1870 and the last Bishop as the diocese and the first Archbishop of Toronto (1870-1888). - Claude Ryan
Claude Ryan, CC, D.h.c. (January 26, 1925 - February 9, 2004) was a Canadian politician and leader of the Parti libéral du Québec from 1978 to 1982. He was also the National Assembly of Quebec member for Argenteuil from 1979 to 1994. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the director of "Le Devoir", a French-language newspaper available in the province of Quebec, from 1964 to 1978. - Thomas Murray
Thomas Murray (January 18 1836 - July 29 1915) was a businessman and political figure in the Ottawa Valley. He represented Renfrew North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1870 to 1871, from 1879 to 1882 and from 1883 to 1890 and Pontiac in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member in 1891 and 1892 and from 1900 to 1904. He was born in Goulbourn Township in 1836, the son of an Irish immigrant. He was a merchant in Ottawa and then Pembroke, … - Dave Foley
Dave Foley (born January 4, 1963, in Etobicoke, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, best known for his work in "The Kids in the Hall", "NewsRadio", and "Celebrity Poker Showdown". He also frequently appears on "The Late Late Show" on CBS.
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