- Rick Hillier
Born in Newfoundland and Labrador, General Rick Hillier joined the Canadian Forces as soon as he could. Having enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1973 through the Regular Officer Training Plan program, he graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. After completing his armour officer classification training, he joined his first regiment, the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) in Petawawa, Ontario. - Desmond Morton
Desmond Morton, OC, Ph.D., FRSC (born 1937) is a Canadian historian who specializes in the history of the Canadian military, as well as the history of Canadian political and industrial relations. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Morton is a graduate of the Collège Militaire Royal de St-Jean, the Royal Military College of Canada, a Rhodes Scholar, the University of Oxford (where he received his PhD), and the London School of Economics. - Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson (née Poy, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, LL.D "(honoris causa)" (born February 10, 1939) is an accomplished Canadian journalist. From October 7, 1999 to September 27, 2005 she served as the 26th Governor General of Canada (representing Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada): she was the first Chinese Canadian (although she does not speak Chinese) and second woman to hold this position, the first being Jeanne Sauvé. - Jack Granatstein
Jack Lawrence Granatstein, OC, PhD, LLD, FRSC (born 1939) is a Canadian historian who specializes in political and military history. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Granatstein received a graduation diploma from Le College militaire royal de Saint-Jean in 1959, his BA from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1961, his MA from the University of Toronto in 1962 and his Ph.D from Duke University in 1966. He served in the Canadian Army from 1956 to 1966. - Gordon O'Connor
Gordon James O'Connor, PC, OMM, CD, BA, B.Sc., MP (born May 18, 1939) is a retired Brigadier-General, current Canadian Member of Parliament and the Minister of National Defence. He is one of a few Defence Ministers to have served in the military, the last being Gilles Lamontagne. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he has a B.Sc Mathematics and Physics from Concordia University and BA in Philosophy from York University. He served over 30 years in the Canadian Army, … - Billy Bishop
Air Marshal William Avery "Billy" Bishop VC CB DSO & Bar MC DFC ED (8 February 1894 - 11 September 1956) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 72 victories, the highest number for a British Empire pilot. - Roméo Dallaire
Lieutenant-General Roméo Alain Dallaire, OC, CMM, GOQ, MSC, CD, B.Sc, LL.D (h.c.) (born June 25, 1946 in Denekamp, The Netherlands) is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general. Dallaire is widely known for having served as Force Commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda between 1993 and 1994, and for trying to stop a war of genocide that was being waged by Hutu extremists against Tutsis and Hutu moderates. - Marc Garneau
Marc Garneau was famous for being the first male Canadian astronaut to spent time in space. Marc was born in Quebec city on February 13, 1949. When Marc grew up, he wanted to learn more about the Canadian Forces Command. So, he attended the Canadian forces Command and Staff college of Toronto. Later, Marc had a space training and trained for one year and went in space in march 1984. Up in space, Marc did not go to the moon but had two missions. - Leonard Birchall
Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, CM, OBE, DFC, O.Ont, CD (July 6, 1915 - September 10, 2004), "The Saviour of Ceylon" Leonard Joseph Birchall was born on July 6, 1915, in St. Catharines, Ontario. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, student #2364 in 1933. After serving in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1937 to train as a pilot. - John de Chastelain
General Alfred John Gardyne Drummond de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH, LL.D., BA (born July 30, 1937) is a retired Canadian soldier and diplomat. He was appointed head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, which is responsible for ensuring the decommissioning of arms by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. De Chastelain was born a British subject in 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. - Nichola Goddard
Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard MSM (May 2 1980 - May 17 2006) was the first female Canadian soldier killed in combat, and the 16th Canadian soldier killed in Canadian operations in Afghanistan. - Chris Hadfield
Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) was the first Canadian to walk in space. Hadfield was born in Sarnia, Ontario. He attended Montclair Senior School in Oakville and White Oaks High School in Oakville, both near Toronto. In 2005, Colonel Hadfield revisited Montclair to talk to the students about dreams and determination. In Milton, Hadfield was a Wolf Cub and later joined the Royal Canadian Air Cadets' 820 Blue Thunder Squadron. - Ray Henault
Raymond (Ray) Roland Joseph Henault, CMM, CD, BA (born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1949) was the Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada from June 28, 2001. On November 7, 2004, Henault was voted to become the next chairman of NATO's military committee. General Henault enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1968. On completion of pilot training at CFB Borden, Ontario, and CFB Gimli, Manitoba, General Henault was transferred to CFB Bagotville, Québec, … - John McCallum
John McCallum, PC, MP, MA, Ph.D (born April 9, 1950) is a Canadian politician, economist and university professor. Following the 2006 Federal Election, he became the Liberal Finance Critic in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. Before the election, he was the thirty-seventh Minister of National Revenue and was also the Minister responsible for Canada Post Corporation, the Royal Canadian Mint, from 2004 to 2006 and acting Minister of Natural Resources from 2005 to 2006. - Harry Crerar
General Henry Duncan Graham (Harry) Crerar, CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD PC (April 28, 1888 - April 1, 1965) was a Canadian general and the country's "leading field commander" in World War II. - Guy Simonds
Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD, (April 23, 1903 - May 15, 1974) was a Canadian Army officer who commanded the II Canadian Corps during World War II. Additionally, he served as acting commander of the Cdn. 1st Army, leading the Allied forces to victory in the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944. After the war, in 1951, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff, the head officer of the Canadian Army. - Joseph A. Day
Joseph A. Day, BEng, LLM (born January 24, 1945 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a Canadian engineer, lawyer, and politician. He has been a Canadian Senator since October 4, 2001. Senator Joseph A Day studied at College Militaire Royal in 1963. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1968, student # H7543. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1963 - 1968. He is an honorary member of the Royal Military College of Canada. - Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh
Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh, CD PhD born Harold Kenny, is an Associate Professor of physics at the Royal Military College of Canada and a captain in the Canadian Forces Reserve. He graduated from the Royal Roads Military College and the Royal Military College of Canada in 1982, student #13752. Dr. Mac Giolla Chainnigh researches the circumstellar morphology in symbiotic star systems e.g. red giant stars and white dwarf stars. - Alex Morrison
William Alexander (Alex) Morrison (born 1941) is a former Lieutenant Colonel of the Canadian Forces. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968 from Mount Allison University. He joined the Canadian Forces in 1959 and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1990. While in the CF, he received a Master of Arts in war studies degree from Royal Military College of Canada, student #G0053 in 1980. - David Pratt
David Pratt, PC, BA (born January 3, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Nepean—Carleton from 1997 until 2004. He was Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2001 to 2003 and also served as a Special Envoy for the Minister of Foreign Affairs to Sierra Leone. Pratt served as Canada's 36th Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada from December 12, 2003 to July 19, 2004. - Bert Hoffmeister
Major General (Ret'd) Bertram Meryl (Bert) Hoffmeister, O.C., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D. (May 15, 1907 - December 4, 1999) was a Canadian Army officer, businessman, and conservationist. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was a sales manager with the Canadian White Pine Co. Ltd. in Vancouver. He enlisted with the Non-Permanent Active Militia (the Canadian Army Reserve Force) in 1927. He was promoted Captain in 1934. After he was promoted to Major, in 1939, … - James White
James White (b. 1863 in Ingersoll, Ontario) was a Canadian geographer. White studied geology at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. In 1883, he became the Geographer and Chief Draftsman for the Geological Survey of Canada. White and a team of 20 cartographers produced the first edition of the Atlas of Canada in 1906. - Andrew Godefroy
Andrew Godefroy, CD, M.A., Ph.D. (born 1972) is a strategic analyst and historian who specializes in leadership, innovation, technology, systems approach studies, and operational design and analysis. He is well known for his work on technology and culture, Canadian space, aerospace, and missile defence issues, as well as the history and evolution of Canada's military and defence research organizations. Dr. Godefroy has written books, several book chapters, … - William Grant Stairs
William Grant Stairs (July 1, 1863 - June 9, 1892) was a Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer who had a leading role in two of the most controversial expeditions in the history of the colonisation of Africa Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the sixth child and third son of John Stairs and Mary Morrow, he attended school at Fort Massey Academy in Halifax, Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Royal Military College of Canada. - Desmond Piers
Admiral Desmond W. Piers, DSC, CM, CD, D.sc.Mil, Klj, RCN (Ret'd) (June 12, 1913-November 1, 2005) was a rear-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. Born in Halifax and long-time resident of Chester, Nova Scotia, Piers served in the RCN from 1932 to 1967. In 1930, he was the first graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, student # 2184 to join the RCN. He became agent general of Nova Scotia in the United Kingdom in 1977. - Jean Boyle
Joseph Édouard Jean Boyle, CMM, CD (born 1947 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian fighter pilot, retired General, and businessman. Boyle joined the military in 1967, and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada four years later, student # 8790. He returned to the Royal Military College of Canada as Commandant in 1991. - John-James Ford
John-James Ford (born 1972) is a Canadian poet and fiction writer. Born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Ford studied at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is a Canadian foreign service officer who lives in Ottawa and abroad. His poetry and short fiction have been published in "Grey Borders", "Papertiger", "qwerty", "Carousel" and "Prairie Fire". - William Throsby Bridges
Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG (February 18 1861 - May 18 1915) served with Australian forces during World War I, and was the first Australian to reach the rank of general. He was also the first Australian general to be killed during the war, at Gallipoli on 18 May 1915. Born in Greenock, Scotland, he was educated at Ryde on the Isle of Wight, at the Royal Naval School at New Cross, London and at Trinity College, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. - Howard Douglas
General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet of Carr, GCB, GCMG, FRS (23 January 1776 - 9 November 1861) was a British military officer born in Gosport, the younger son of Admiral Sir Charles Douglas. He entered the Royal Military Academy in 1790. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1794, becoming Lieutenant a few months later. In 1795 he was shipwrecked while in charge of a draft for Canada, … - Hartland Molson
Hartland de Montarville Molson, OBE, OC, DCL, FCA (May 29, 1907 - September 28, 2002) was an Anglo-Quebecer statesman, Canadian Senator and a member of the prominent Molson family of brewers. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a wealthy brewing family, Hartland Molson was educated at Selwyn House School in Montréal and at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec before attending the Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston, … - Jacques Dextraze
General Jacques Alfred Dextraze, CC, CMM, CBE, DSO, CD, LL.D (August 15, 1919-May 9, 1993) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1972–1977. Born in Montreal, Québec, the son of Jacques Dextraze and Armanda (Bond) Dextraze, he joined Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal in 1940 as a Private, and was soon commissioned to Lieutenant. He studied at Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean Royal Military College of Canada. In 1942, he married Frances Helena Pare. - Ramsey Muir Withers
Ramsey Muir Withers, CMM, CStJ, CD, LL.D (born 28 July 1930) is a past Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest ranking position in the Canadian Forces 1980–1983. Born in Scarborough, Ontario to Scottish immigrant parents, Ramsey was appointed to the position of Chief in 1980 following 32 years of distinguished military service. In all, Withers spent 35 years in uniform, serving in the Korean War and in command and staff positions throughout Canada and overseas. - Gérard Bessette
Gérard Bessette was a French Canadian author and educator. Bessette was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois, Quebec and attended the Université de Montréal where he studied literature and already began to publish works of poetry. One of his most noted works is "Le libraire" (1960), an existentialist tale of a book store employee in a small Quebec town in the 1950s. The book deals with one of Bessette's most common themes: the stifling culture of Quebec of that time. - Charles H. Belzile
Lieutenant-General Charles H. Belzile (born March 12, 1933), CM, CMM, CD was a Canadian soldier and a former head of the Canadian Army. He is an honorary member of the Royal Military College of Canada student #H22547. Born in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, he enrolled in the Canadian Army in 1951 and was commissioned in the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (QOR of C) on graduation from the Université de Montréal in 1953. He was then assigned as a platoon commander in Korea. - Sharon Donnelly
Sharon Donnelly (born on July 29, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario) is an athlete from Canada, who competed in triathlon (1.5-km swim, 40-km cycle, 10-km run). She graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1990, (17324) with a B.A. (Commerce). She served as an Army Logistics Officer for 5 years. She won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. To pursue a spot on the 2000 Olympic team, she transferred to the Reserves in 1995. - Barney Danson
Barnett Jerome (Barney) Danson, PC, CC, LL.D (born February 8 1921) is a former Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. Barney Danson was born to a Jewish family in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood. He joined The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in 1939 as the Second World War broke out, rose to the rank of lieutenant and served until he was severely wounded in the Battle of Normandy, and lost an eye. - Walker Powell
Walker Powell (May 20 1828 - May 6 1915) was a Canadian businessman, militia officer and political figure. He was born in Waterford, Upper Canada in 1828, studied at Victoria College in Cobourg and settled in Port Dover. He served on the council for Norfolk County, becoming warden in 1856. He also served in the local militia. Powell worked as an insurance agent and ran a shipping company. In 1857, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Norfolk. - Paul David Manson
Paul David Manson, OC, CMM, CD, B.Sc., P.Eng (born 1934 in Trail, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian general, fighter pilot, and businessman. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1956, student # 3528. From 1986 to 1989, he was the chief of the Defence Staff. He was the chairman of Lockheed Martin Canada. In 1981, he was made a Commander of the Order of Military Merit. - George Hees
George Harris Hees, PC, OC (June 17 1910 - June 11 1996) was a Canadian politician. Born in Toronto to a patrician family, Hees earned a playboy image during his youth, but then became a stalwart member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was educated at the exclusive Crescent School in Toronto, Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario, the Royal Military College, student # 1976 (where he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Military Science in 1986), … - John Keiller Mackay
John Keiller MacKay, PC, DSO, VD, QC LL.D., D.C.L., (July 11 1888 - June 12 1970), served as the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1957 to 1963. John Keiller MacKay was born in 1888 in the village of Plainfield, Nova Scotia in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, the son of John Duncan and Bessie (Murray) MacKay. He was educated at the Pictou Academy, the Royal Military College (1909), Saint Francis Xavier University (BA 1912) and Dalhousie University (LL.B. 1922).
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