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James Cameron
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer. His films combine cutting-edge film technology with classical filmmaking techniques and have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director of all time. A major figure in the post-New Hollywood era, Cameron has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for six British Academy Film Awards.

Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
Willard Boyle
Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011)
James Naismith
Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball
James Gosling
Canadian computer scientist
Florence Lawrence
Canadian-American actress (1886-1938)

Reginald Fessenden
Canadian radio pioneer (1866–1932)
Gerald Bull
Canadian artillery engineer, entrepreneur (1928–1990)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Canadian inventor and businessman (1907–1964)
Michael Brook
Canadian musician (born 1951)
Sam Panopoulos
Canadian cook (1934-2017)
Herbert Henry Dow
Canadian American chemical industrialist (1866–1930)
Jacob Schick
American businessman (1877-1937)
Steve Mann
Canadian wearable computing researcher and professor

Martha Matilda Harper
Canadian-American entrepreneur (1857-1950)

Roman Kroitor
Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Imax Corporation
Frederick G. Creed
Canadian inventor (1871–1957)
Peter Norman Nissen
Canadian engineer
C. Donald Bateman
Canadian-born US electronics engineer, inventor
Thomas Willson
Canadian inventor (1860–1915)

Chris Haney
Canadian game designer
Cluny Macpherson
Canadian inventor of the gas mask (1879-1966)
Bill Lishman
Canadian inventor, artist and flying enthusiast
Thomas Chang
Canadian physician (1933-)