John Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

male, deceased (1979)
Saskatchewan lawyer, Canadian military personnel of World War I, Canadian of German descent, Canadian of Scottish descent, anti-communist, Cold War leader…D.Litt
John George Diefenbaker, CH, PC, QC, BA, MA, LL.B, LL.D, DCL, FRSC, FRSA, D.Litt, DSL, (18 September 1895 - 16 August 1979) was the 13th Prime...
Pierre Berton

Pierre Berton

male, deceased (2004)
from Vaughan, Ontario, Canadian military personnel of World War II, Canada's Walk of Fame, World War I historian, death by myocardial infarction, Canadian military personnel…D.Litt
Pierre Francis Berton, CC, O.Ont, BA, D.Litt (July 12, 1920 - November 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana...
Marcus Jastrow

Marcus Jastrow

male, deceased (1903)
rabbi, Marcus Mordechai Jastrow, Rogozno, Prussian Poland, Orthodox Judaism, American…D.Litt
Marcus Mordechai Jastrow (June 5, 1829, Rogasen, Prussian Poland - October 13, 1903, Germantown, Pennsylvania) was a renowned Talmudic scholar,...
Mavor Moore

Mavor Moore

male, deceased (2006)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, professor, OBC, Order of Canada, Upper Canada College alumni, Doctor of Letters…D.Litt
James Mavor Moore, CC, OBC, BA, D.Litt (March 8, 1919 - December 18, 2006) was a Canadian writer, producer, actor, public servant, critic, and...
Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat

male, 88 years old
RV Farley Mowat, Canadian military personnel of World War II, Non-fiction writer, novelist, Order of Canada, Never Cry Wolf…D.Litt
Farley McGill Mowat OC, BA, D.Litt (born May 12, 1921 in Belleville, Ontario) is a conservationist and one of Canada's most widely-read authors....
P. K. Page

P. K. Page

female, 93 years old
Canadian women writer, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, Patricia Kathleen Page, D.Litt, Order of British Columbia, Doctor of Letters
Patricia Kathleen Page,CC, OBC, D.Litt (born November 23, 1916), commonly known as P. K. Page, is a Canadian poet. She was born in England and...
Dorothy Livesay

Dorothy Livesay

female, deceased (1996)
Canadian women writer, Trinity College (Canada) alumni, simon fraser university, University of Toronto alumni, Officer of the Order of Canada, trinity college…D.Litt
Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, OC, OBC, M.Ed, D.Litt, FRSC (12 October 1909 - 29 December 1996) was a Canadian poet. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the...
W. O. Mitchell

W. O. Mitchell

male, deceased (1998)
Presbyterian, who has seen the wind, From Saskatchewan, Order of Canada, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Doctor of Letters…D.Litt
William Ormond Mitchell, PC, OC, D.Litt better known as W.O. Mitchell (March 13, 1914 - February 25, 1998) was a Canadian writer. W. O. Mitchell...
Tom Devine

Tom Devine

male, 64 years old
PhD, FRSE, Academic of the University of Edinburgh, Alumni of the University of Strathclyde, Academic of the University of Aberdeen, D.Litt
Professor Tom M Devine (Thomas Martin Devine) OBE FRSE FBA (born Motherwell, Scotland 1945) is a well-known and widely published Scottish...
William Hutt

William Hutt

male, deceased (2007)
Trinity College (Canada) alumni, Leukemia death, LGBT actor, sir john a. macdonald, From Canada, Long Day's Journey Into Night…D.Litt
William Ian DeWitt Hutt, CC, O.Ont, MM, BA, DFA, D.Litt (May 2, 1920 - June 27, 2007) was a Canadian actor of stage and film. Hutt was born in...