- Narendra Modi
Narendra Dāmodardās Modī (Gujarātī: નરેંદ્ર દામોદરદાસ મોદી, born September 17, 1950) has been the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat since October 7, 2001. He participated in the rise to political dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat as its elections organiser in the early 1990s, a period which led to its election in 1995. He became Gujarat's Chief Minister in October 2001, … - Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. Some of his best-known albums are "Reckless", "18 til I Die", and "Waking Up the Neighbours". Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for his contribution to popular music and his philanthropic work. He was also inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998, … - Ken McVay
Ken McVay OBC (b. ca. 1940), a Canadian-American dual citizen, is one of the Internet's foremost experts on the subject of Holocaust denial and the methods used by deniers to promote it. He is the founder of the Nizkor Project, one of the first (and largest) World Wide Web sites against Holocaust denial. One of the most active participants on the newsgroup "alt.revisionism", … - Diana Krall
Singer/pianist Diana Krall got her musical education when she was growing up in Nanaimo, British Columbia, from the classical piano lessons she began at age four and in her high school jazz band, but mostly from her father, a stride piano player with an extensive record collection. "I think Dad has every recording Fats Waller ever made," she said, "and I tried to learn them all." - Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC (born January 28, 1968) is a Grammy-winning Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. She is known for the emotional sound of her ballads, some of her most popular songs include "Angel", "Building a Mystery", "Adia", "Possession", "Fallen", "I Will Remember You", and "World on Fire". Her best-selling album to date is "Surfacing", for which she won four Juno Awards and two Grammy Awards. - Iona Campagnolo
Iona Campagnolo, PC, CM, OBC, LL.D "(honoris causa)" (born October 18, 1932) is a Canadian politician, currently the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. As The Queen's Vice-Regal Representative in British Columbia, she is styled Her Honour while in office, and The Honourable for life. However, as she was already a Member of The Queen's Privy Council for Canada before she became Lieutenant-Governor, she was already styled The Honourable. - D. Devaraj Urs
D. Devaraj Urs (1915 -1982) dominated Karnataka politics for many years and was thrice Chief Minister of the state. Originally from Mysore, he was a member of what came to be known as the 'Syndicate' of powerful regional leaders, though he never went as far as, for example, Kamaraj, in opposition to Indira Gandhi. He is particularly remembered for his reforms that targeted the scheduled castes and the OBCs of Karnataka, and for his constant pipe-smoking. - David Suzuki
David Takayoshi Suzuki, CC, OBC, Ph.D (born March 24 1936), is a Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist. Since the mid 1970s, Suzuki has become known for his TV and radio series and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine, "The Nature of Things", seen in syndication in over 40 nations. - Michael Smith
Michael Smith, CC, OBC (April 26, 1932 - October 4, 2000) was a British-born Canadian biochemist who was the 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry. Smith received the Prize for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies. Born in Blackpool, England, he received his PhD in 1956 from the University of Manchester. - Bill Bennett
William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC, (born August 18, 1932 in Kelowna, British Columbia) was Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia 1975-1986. He is the son of the former Premier, W.A.C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed of Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada. - Steve Nash
Steven John Nash, OBC (born February 7, 1974), is a Canadian professional basketball player who currently plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named NBA Most Valuable Player in 2005 and 2006. Nash had an outstanding high school basketball career, nearly averaging a triple-double per game in his senior season-more than 21 points, 11 assists, … - David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC, LL.D. (born November 1, 1949 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a 14-time Grammy Award winning musician, producer, composer and arranger. From an early age, it was apparent that he would make his mark in the music industry and he began taking piano lessons at the age of 5. As a keyboardist, he established himself in the early 1970s as a sought-after session musician. - David Lam
David See-Chai Lam OC, CVO, OBC, (林思齊, pinyin: Lín Sīqí) (born September 2, 1923) was Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1988 to 1995. He was Canada's second non-white Lieutenant-Governor (first was Lincoln Alexander of Ontario), and the first Asian-Canadian Canadian Lieutenant-Governor. He was born in Hong Kong, and his family immigrated to British Columbia following the Second World War. - Rick Hansen
Richard Marvin Hansen CC, OBC, LLD "(honoris causa)", D.Litt. "(honoris causa)" (born August 26, 1957) is a Canadian paraplegic athlete and activist for people with spinal cord injuries. Following a car crash at the age of 15, Hansen sustained a spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the belly button down. Hansen is most famous for his "Man in Motion" world tour. - Trevor Linden
Trevor Linden, OBC, (ancestrally "van der Linden") (born April 11, 1970 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He plays centre and right wing. - Jim Pattison
James (Jimmy) Allen Pattison, CM, OBC, (born October 1, 1928 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur who is the chairman, president, CEO, and sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group. His company, the third largest privately held company in Canada owns numerous car dealerships, Overwaitea Foods and Save-On-Foods, Ripley's Believe it or Not, and radio & TV stations in British Columbia and Alberta. - Lori Fung
Lori Fung Methorst, CM, OBC (馮黎明 born February 21, 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian gymnastics coach and retired rhythmic gymnast. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, she was the first gold medal winner awarded for the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics. She was a coach for the Canadian National Team, U.S.A. National Team, and Mexican National Team. She is currently a director and coach for Club Elite Rhythmic Gymnastics in British Columbia. - Mavor Moore
James Mavor Moore, CC, OBC, BA, D.Litt (March 8, 1919 - December 18, 2006) was a Canadian writer, producer, actor, public servant, critic, and educator. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Francis John Moore, an Anglican theologian, and Dora Mavor Moore, who helped establish Canadian professional theatre in the 1930s and 1940s, Moore graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto in 1941. During World War II, he was an intelligence officer. - Jack Diamond
Jack Diamond, CC, OBC, LL.D (1909 - March 25, 2001) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. Born in Lubience in Galicia, he immigrated to Vancouver in 1927. He bought a butcher shop and later created British Columbia's largest meat packing firm, Pacific Meats. He sold it in 1963 and formed another, West Coast Reduction, a tallow and feed company. He was Chancellor of Simon Fraser University from 1975 until 1978. In 1979 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, … - Garde Gardom
Garde Basil Gardom, OBC, QC, LL.B., BA (born July 17, 1924) is a former Canadian politician, lawyer, and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Born in Banff, Alberta, he obtained his BA and LLB degrees from the University of British Columbia. During his undergraduate years, he was an active member of the BC Alpha Chapter of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He practiced law in Vancouver. - Douglas Jung
Douglas Jung, CM, OBC, CD (鄭天華, pinyin: Zhèng Tiānhuá) (February 24, 1924 – January 4, 2002) was the first Chinese Canadian Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons. - John Allen Fraser
John Allen Fraser, PC, OC, OBC, CD, QC, LL.B (born December 15, 1931) is a retired Canadian parliamentarian and former Speaker of the House of Commons. Born in Yokohama, Japan, Fraser first won a seat in Parliament in the 1972 general election as a Progressive Conservative from Vancouver. He stood as a candidate at the 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership convention to replace Robert Stanfield, but did poorly. He was re-elected in 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984 and 1988. - Dorothy Livesay
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 daughter of J.F.B. Livesay and Florence Randal Livesay, she moved to Toronto, Ontario with her family in 1920. Livesay received a BA in 1931 from Trinity College in the University of Toronto and received a diploma from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work in 1934. - Roy Henry Vickers
Roy Henry Vickers CM, OBC (born June, 1946, in Laxgalts'ap (now known as Greenville), British Columbia) is a Canadian First Nations artist. He owns and operates two galleries in British Columbia, one in Tofino and one in Victoria. Vickers was born on the Nass River but raised in Kitkatla, Hazelton, British Columbia, and Victoria, B.C. His father was a fisherman who was matrilineally Tsimshian, also with Haida and Heiltsuk ancestry. - Thomas R. Berger
Thomas Rodney Berger, OC, OBC (born March 23, 1933) is a Canadian politician of Swedish descent. Berger was the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party for most of 1969, prior to David Barrett. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he was elected to the House of Commons in the 1962 election, representing the riding of Vancouver—Burrard for the New Democratic Party. However, in the 1963 election, he was defeated by Liberal opponent Ron Basford. - Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
Henry Pybus "Budge" Bell-Irving, OC, DSO, OBE, OBC, ED, CD, D.Sc.M. (January 21, 1913 - September 21, 2002) was Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1978 to 1983. Born in Vancouver, he was educated at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island and Loretto at Musselburgh, Scotland. He returned to attend the University of British Columbia, but dropped out due to the war. - Gerald Smedley Andrews
Gerald Smedley Andrews, CM, MBE, OBC, B.Sc, D.Eng, FRGS (December 12, 1903 - December 5, 2005) was a Canadian frontier teacher, farm and ranch hand, cook, horse wrangler, engineer and soldier. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was educated in Vancouver, Toronto, Oxford and Dresden. From 1922 to 1930, he was a school master at Big Bar Creek and Kelly Lake. In 1930, he became a land surveyor until World War II. During World War II, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. - P. K. Page
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 moved with her family to Canada in 1919. She now lives in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1977 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1998. In 2006, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. <sup></sup> - Joseph Gosnell
Chief Joseph Arthur Gosnell, Sr., CC, OBC (born June 21 1936) is a distinguished leader of the Nisga'a people of northern British Columbia. The son of Eli and Mary Gosnell, he was born at Arrandale Cannery and grew up in the village of New Aiyansh where he still lives. He received his formal education at St. Michael's Residential School in Port Alberni, British Columbia. As a young man he worked as a fisherman. - W. P. Kinsella
William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBC (born May 25, 1935) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. His work has often concerned baseball and Canada's First Nations and other Canadian issues. Though born in Edmonton, Alberta, Kinsella was raised until he was 10 years-old at a homestead near Darwell, Alberta, 60 km west of the city, home-schooled by his mother and taking correspondence courses. - Geoffrey Ballard
Geoffrey Ballard, CM, OBC (born 1932) is a Canadian businessman and the founder of Ballard Power Systems, where he served as chairman until 1997. His work, along of that of his fellow founders of Ballard Power, on PEMFC development is his most well-known. Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, he is acknowledged worldwide as the father of the fuel cell industry. He has numerous publications and patents to his credit and is a Member of the Order of Canada. - John Turvey
John Wilfred Turvey CM, OBC (b. about 1945, d. October 11 2006) was a long-time advocate for the disadvantaged in Vancouver, British Columbia. After becoming a heroin addict at 13 years old and dropping out of school in grade seven, John Turvey went on to serve as the executive director of the Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society for 20 years. He died of mitochondrial myopathy in Comox, British Columbia at the age of 61. - Ernest Smith
Ernest Alvia ("Smokey") Smith, VC, CM, OBC, CD (3 May,1914 - 3 August, 2005) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the last living Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross. - Kathleen Heddle
Kathleen Heddle, OBC (born November 27, 1965 in Trail, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower. Heddle and her long-time rowing partner Marnie McBean were the first Canadians to win three Olympic Gold medals. In 1997, Heddle was awarded the Order of British Columbia and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Heddle also was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by FISA, the International Rowing Federation, for her outstanding career in international rowing. - Dal Richards
Dal Richards, CM, OBC, is a legendary Canadian big band leader, also known as the King of Swing, a famous Vancouverite, a recipient of the Order of Canada and living legend of the Big Band Era. According to the "Greater Vancouver Book", an urban encyclopedia (Editor in Chief: Chuck Davis), Dal Richards led his band for many years in a weekly CBC Radio show broadcast nationally from the Panorama Roof Ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver. - E. J. Hughes
Edward John Hughes, CM, OBC (February 17, 1913 - January 5, 2007) was a Canadian artist. Hughes was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and spent a significant part of his childood in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Raised during the Depression he studied at the Vancouver School of Applied Art and Design where he graduated in 1933. His talent was recognized early, one of his teachers was Frederick Varley of the Group of Seven (artists), and another member, Lawren Harris, … - Robert Gordon Rogers
Robert Gordon Rogers, OC, OBC (born August 19, 1919) was the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1983 to 1988. He was graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston. From 1991 to 1996, he was the Chancellor of the University of Victoria. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1990, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia. - Francis John Blatherwick
Dr. Francis John Blatherwick, CM, OBC, C.St.J., CD, MD, F.R.C.P.(C). (born September 11, 1944) was one of Canada's trailblazing leaders in public health and was the longest-serving medical health officer in Canada when he retired. - Frank Arthur Calder
Frank Arthur Calder, OC, OBC, L.Th, DD (August 3, 1915 - November 4, 2006) was a Nisga'a politician in Canada, the first Status Indian to be elected to any Parliament of Canada. Born in Nass Harbour, British Columbia, Calder was the first Indian to graduate from the Anglican Theological College of the University of British Columbia. He died November 4th, 2006 at an assisted-living home in Victoria from the effects of cancer and recent abdominal surgery. - Raffi
Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC (born July 8, 1948) is a Canadian singer. Known to fans by his first name, Raffi began his career as a children's entertainer in 1974. He has developed his career as a "global troubadour", to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, systems thinker, and the founder of Child Honouring, a vision for global restoration.
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