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Justin Trudeau
Justin Pierre James Trudeau is a Canadian politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025. He led the Liberal Party from 2013 until his resignation in 2025 and was the member of Parliament (MP) for Papineau from 2008 until 2025.

Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

Zbigniew Brzezinski
Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (1928–2017)
Willard Boyle
Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011)
Ralph Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist (1943–2011)

Rudolph A. Marcus
Canadian chemist

Laurie Holden
American-Canadian actress

Grimes
Claire Elise Boucher (, ; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her work often invokes themes of science fiction, feminism, and fantasy. She has released five studio albums.

Charles Taylor
Canadian philosopher (born 1931)

Douglas Coupland
Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and graphic designer (born 1961)

Gad Elmaleh
Moroccan-Canadian comedian and actor

Peter Howitt
Canadian economist (born 1946)

Mia Kirshner
Canadian actress (born 1975)

Mackenzie Davis
Canadian actress (born 1987)

Hubert Reeves
Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science (1932–2023)
Samantha Bee
Canadian comedic actress and author (born 1969)

Jessalyn Gilsig
Canadian actress

Jack Layton
Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (1950-2011)

Charles Krauthammer
American journalist (1950-2018)
Hume Cronyn
Canadian-American actor (1911–2003)
Evan Goldberg
Canadian screenwriter (born 1982)
Gerald Cohen
Canadian philosopher (1941–2009)
Kirsten Prout
Canadian actress
Julian Jaynes
American psychologist (1920–1997)
Autumn Phillips
former granddaughter-in-law of Elizabeth II
Jade Raymond
Canadian video game executive
S. I. Hayakawa
Canadian-American academic and politician (1906–1992)
Harriet Brooks
Canadian nuclear physicist (1876–1933)

Colin Ferguson
Canadian-American actor, director and producer (born 1972)
Victoria Kaspi
Canadian astrophysicist
Bernard Nathanson
American physician, abortion rights activist and writer (1926–2011)
Daniel Oduber Quirós
37th President of Costa Rica (1921-1991)
Stefan Molyneux
Irish-Canadian white supremacist podcaster and conspiracy theorist
Athena Karkanis
Canadian television actress
Conrad Black
Canadian and British newspaper publisher (born 1944)
Carrie Matilda Derick
Canadian botanist and geneticist (1862-1941)
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Nicaraguan-American playwright, screenwriter, comic book writer and showrunner
John R. Saul
Canadian writer, International PEN president and public intellectual
Dillon Casey
American actor
Miles Mander
English actor (1888–1946)
Zineb Triki
French actress of Moroccan descent
Maude Abbott
Canadian physician (1868–1940)
Win Butler
Canadian-American singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist; member of the band Arcade Fire
Robert W. Service
Canadian poet and writer (1874-1958)
Mariko Tamaki
Canadian writer and artist
Judith Nisse Shklar
American political theorist (1928–1992)
John F. Burns
British journalist
David Berry
Canadian-Australian actor
Yetide Badaki
Nigerian actress
Munroe Bourne
Canadian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist (1910-1992)
Megan Fahlenbock
Canadian actress
Dov Joseph
Israeli politician (1899–1980)
Grover Furr
academic
Peng Ming-min
Taiwanese activist (1923–2022)
David Bezmozgis
Canadian writer and filmmaker
Sam Roberts
Canadian singer-songwriter

Daniel Waters
Screenwriter, born 1962
Deborah Chow
Canadian film director
Gaétan Soucy
Canadian writer
Paul Bloom
Canadian/American psychologist