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Sitting Bull
Hunkpapa Lakota medicine man and holy man (1831–1890)
Alphonso Davies
Canadian soccer player
Michaëlle Jean
Canadian journalist and 27th Governor General of Canada
Randy Quaid
American actor (born 1950)
K’naan
Keinan Abdi Warsame (; born 1 February 1978), known professionally as '''K'naan''' ( ), is a Somali-Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter and filmmaker. He rose to international fame after releasing the single "Wavin' Flag", which was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Besides hip hop, K'naan's sound is influenced by elements of Somali music and world music. A Grammy Award-winning artist and FIPRESCI Prize-winning director, he is also involved in various philanthropic initiatives.
Yousuf Karsh
Armenian-Canadian photographer (1908–2002)
Sarah Hegazi
Egyptian LGBT activist
Adrienne Clarkson
26th governor general of Canada
MS St. Louis
German passenger ship
Q60811
German Holocaust denier (1939–2017)
Rahaf Mohammed
citizen of Saudi Arabia who fled the country in fear of her life
Fedir Bohatyrchuk
Ukrainian chess player (1892–1984)
Karima Baloch
Pakistani human rights activist
Fariba Rezayee
Afghan judoka
Shyam Selvadurai
Canadian writer
Maryam Monsef
Canadian politician
Lai Changxing
Chinese businessman
Soraya Martinez Ferrada
Chilean-Canadian politician
Arif Virani
Canadian politician
Vincent Nguyen
Catholic bishop
Shlomo Erez Helbrans
Israeli anti-Zionist religious leader
Shahid Ahmadzai
Canadian cricketer
Ahmed Ressam
Algerian terrorist
Joe Schlesinger
Canadian television journalist (1928-2019)