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Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)

Neil Young
Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist and author Scott Young, Young embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. He then moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. His solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, includes critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). Young was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.
Cory Doctorow
Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author

Sarah Chalke
Canadian actress

Jack Layton
Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (1950-2011)
Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Indian-Canadian Sikh separatist (1977–2023)
Elizabeth May
Canadian politician (born 1954)
Shirley Douglas
Canadian actress (1934–2020)
Ashley Leggat
Canadian actress
D.O.A.
Canadian punk rock band
Agnes Macphail
Canadian politician and activist (1890-1954)
Cyrus Stephen Eaton Sr.
American businessman (1883–1979)
Ayah Bdeir
Entrepreneur, inventor, and interactive artist (born 1982)
Anna Mae Aquash
Mi'kmaq activist (1945-1975)
Craig Kielburger
child rights advocate
Stephen Lewis
Canadian politician (1937–2026)

Matthew Good
Canadian musician
Peter McLaren
Canadian academic
Joseph Howe
Canadian politician (1804–1873)
Eliza Ritchie
Canadian suffragist and philosopher (1856-1933)
J. S. Woodsworth
1st Leader of the Canadian Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Alexa McDonough
Canadian politician (1944–2022)
Muriel Duckworth
Canadian activist (1908-2009)
Paul Dewar
Canadian politician (1963–2019)

Suzy Lake
Canadian photographer (born 1947)
Ricken Patel
leader of online protest
Marc Kielburger
Canadian lawyer and activist
Gary Anandasangaree
Canadian politician
Ryan Hreljac
Canadian fundraiser
Link Byfield
Canadian politician
Hodan Nalayeh
Somali media executive, marketing consultant, activist, entrepreneur
Adelaide Hoodless
Canadian educational reformer (1858–1910)
Tara Beier
Canadian singer-songwriter
Rathika Sitsabaiesan
Canadian politician
Freddy Will
American author, philanthropist, and Hip-Hop recording artist
Bill Phipps
Canadian politician
Joséphine Marchand
French Canadian journalist, writer and feminist

Peter Julian
Canadian politician
James Patrick Brady
Canadian Métis political leader (1908-1967)
Israel Halperin
Canadian mathematician (1911-2007)

Sigmund Sobolewski
Polish activist
June Callwood
Canadian writer