John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith

male, deceased (2006)
Canadian, fromElginCounty, Ontario, Institutional economist, U.S. ambassador, Liberalism, keynesian economics…From Boston
John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15 1908-April 29 2006) was an influential Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist,...
Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

female, 33 years old
Wedding Crashers, The Notebook, film actor, actress, Canadian, actor…From St. Thomas, Ontario, fromElginCounty, Ontario, CENTRAL ELGIN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Ontario actor, From London, Ontario
Rachel McAdams (born October 7, 1976) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the Hollywood films "Mean Girls", "The Notebook" and...
Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver

female, 58 years old
Genie Award winner for Best Supporting Actress, From St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada's Walk of Fame, Locarno International Film Festival, Genie Award, Gemini Award…fromElginCounty, Ontario, Ontario actor
Helen Shaver (born February 24 1951 or 1952) is a Canadian actress and film and television director.
James Craig Watson

James Craig Watson

male, deceased (1880)
University of Michigan, Astronomer, Canadian American, naturalized citizen of the United States, asteroid, Asteroid discoverer…From Ann Arbor, fromElginCounty, Ontario, Pre-Confederation Ontario
James Craig Watson was a Canadian-American astronomer born in the village of Fingal, Ontario Canada. His family relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan in...
Graham Spry

Graham Spry

male, deceased (1983)
New Democratic Party activist, socialist, Companion of the Order of Canada, Canadian, diplomat, Business Person…fromElginCounty, Ontario
Graham Spry, CC (February 20 1900 - November 24 1983) was a Canadian broadcasting pioneer, business executive, diplomat and socialist. He was the...
Jack Graney

Jack Graney

male, deceased (1978)
Ontario athlete, award, Major League Baseball, Major League left fielder, Major League Baseball announcer, cleveland indian…Ontario sportspeople, fromElginCounty, Ontario
John Gladstone Graney was a Canadian left fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Cleveland Indians (1908,...
Walter A. Bell

Walter A. Bell

male, deceased (1969)
Canadian military personnel of World War I, paleontology, Scottish Canadian, continental drift, Canadian, Paleontologist…fromElginCounty, Ontario, GSC Director from 1950-53 (GSC 201114)
Walter Andrew Bell (January 4, 1889-1969) was a Canadian geologist. He worked for the Geological Survey of Canada for over 40 years and authored or...

Ann Shipley

female, deceased (1981)
member of parliament, Lisgar Collegiate, Speech from the Throne, fromElginCounty, Ontario, Timiskaming, Canadian House of Commons…From Ontario
Marie Ann Shipley (April 8, 1899 - March 22, 1981) was a Canadian politician. Born in Lawrence Station in Southwold, Ontario, she was educated at...
Audrey McLaughlin

Audrey McLaughlin

female, 73 years old
Canadian of British Isles descent, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Doctor of Laws, fromElginCounty, Ontario, Reform Party of Canada, Ontario New Democratic Party…from the Yukon, University of Western Ontario alumni
Audrey Marlene McLaughlin, (née Brown) PC, OC, MSW BA, LL.D (born November 7, 1936) was leader of Canada's New Democratic Party from 1989 to 1995. S...
Murray Barr

Murray Barr

male, deceased (1995)
Officer of the Order of Canada, University of Western Ontario alumni, Canadian, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, physician, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame…University of Western Ontario, fromElginCounty, Ontario
Murray Llewellyn Barr (June 20, 1908 - May 4, 1995) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher, who discovered, in 1948, an important cell...