Elijah McCoy

Elijah McCoy

male, deceased (1929)
ypsilanti, Afro-Canadian, Michigan Central Railroad, railroads, Black Canadian, locomotive…Canadian
Elijah J. McCoy(May 2 1843 - October 10, 1929) was a Afro-Canadian inventor. McCoy had wanted to work as an engineer but was repeatedly frustrated...
Maka Kotto

Maka Kotto

male, 48 years old
Francophone Quebecers, Canadian heritage, Afro-Canadian, from Montérégie, Quebec, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Bloc Québécois…Canadian House of Commons, member of the Canadian House of Commons, Black Canadian, Canadian
Maka Kotto is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He is a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, and the first Afro-Canadian Me...
Lili Francks

Lili Francks

female
First Nations actor, Canadian, actor, cree, actress, First Nation…Afro-Canadian
Lili Red Eagle Francks is a Canadian actress and dancer who is of Cree and Afro-Canadian ancestry; she is also a member of the Plains Cree First...
Henry McNeal Turner

Henry McNeal Turner

male, deceased (1915)
supreme court, African Methodist Episcopal bishop, President Lincoln, Radical Republican, From Georgia, Reconstruction…Afro-Canadian
Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915) was a Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Turner was born "free" in Georgia, United States....
Mike Commodore

Mike Commodore

male, 30 years old (Raleigh, North Carolina, United States)
NHL, Carolina Hurricanes, Michael "Mike" Commodore, Ice hockey personnel from Alberta, Calgary Flames player, New Jersey Devils draft pick…Canadian ice hockey defenceman, afro
Michael "Mike" Commodore (born November 7, 1979 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays...
Mark Steenhuis

Mark Steenhuis

male, 29 years old
Buffalo Bandits player, National Lacrosse League weekly award winner, Ontario athlete, 2007 NLL season, Canadian, Ken Montour…afro
Mark Steenhuis (b. December 3, 1980 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a lacrosse player for the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League. His...
Jesse Cook

Jesse Cook

male
Narada Productions, jazz guitarist, New Flamenco, Afro Celt Sound System, seed, Flamenco guitarist…Canadian
Jesse Cook is a Toronto-based Nuevo Flamenco guitarist, born in Paris to Canadian parents. Like other guitarists of his style of music, he...
Rick Fox

Rick Fox

male, 40 years old
Country star, Small Forward, Ontario athlete, Canadian of Italian descent, Bahamians of Canadian descent, Canadian of Bahamian descent…Afro-Italian, Italian Canadian, Canadian, Black Canadian
Ulrich Alexander (Rick) Fox (born July 24 1969 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian television actor and retired professional basketball player.
Melyssa Ford

Melyssa Ford

female, 33 years old
barbados, Bajan, York University alumni, Canadian of Norwegian descent, Canadian of Barbadian descent, Canadian of Russian descent…Canadian advice columnist, Canadian infotainer, Afro-Caribbean, Canadian, Black Canadian
Melyssa Ford is the living, breathing embodiment of many a straight man's fantasies. Not only is she a physical goddess, but the girl's got brains...
M. G. Vassanji

M. G. Vassanji

male, 59 years old
Afro-Asian-Canadian, university of nairobi, Order of Canada, Tanzanian, immigrant to Canada, South Asian…South Asian Canadian, Canadian
M.G. Vassanji, C.M. is an Afro-Asian-Canadian novelist. Although of South Asian heritage, Vassanji grew up in East Africa--he was born in Nairobi,...