Famous Canadians

[Marie-Alexianne]

Celine Dion est québécoise en passant..

 

[#juan]

Marie-Alexianne

Celine Dion est Québécois tout en passant. Elle est également Canadienne tandis que le dépassement mais elle est attaché par l'argent vers les États-Unis.

 

[Jay]

Celine Dion is drunk on Maple Syrup.

Just kidding.....

 

[missile]

If she had, she'd weigh more than her 60 plus pounds,eh?

 

[Daz_Hockey]

dont forget:

Trish Stratus
Pamela Anderson
Kristen Kruek
and
Sheryl Crowe

now thats a line up of hotties any country would love to have...my personal fav has to Kristen Kruek...man she's out of this world hot.....what is it about chinese/canadian girls eh?

 

[Jay]

If she had, she'd weigh more than her 60 plus pounds,eh?

True that!

 

[Jay]

Sheryl Crowe.....she isn't Canadian.

 

[Daz_Hockey]

I thought she was....ok...I might be wrong gonna check

 

[Daz_Hockey]

alright I was wrong...besides she was the one letting the list down!!!........for not being as hot as the others

 

[CanEcosse]

Other famous Canadians include (but not mentioned here yet I believe) Deborah Cox (singer), Tamia (singer), Remy Shand (singer), Jane Child (one hit wonder singer), Avril Lavigne (might have been mentioned here already), Nelly Furtado (singer), Alanis Morissette, Stepenwolf, Howie Mandel, Cowboy Junkies, Leonard Cohen, Cree Summer, Rainbow Sun Francks (formerly of Much Music and now an actor on Stargate Atlantis), Doug Henning (late magician born in Manitoba), Kelly Rowan (on the O.C born in Ottawa), Shannon Tweed (partner of Gene Simmons from Kiss) as well as many others.

 

[#juan]

Canadians who stayed home? How about Wayne and Shuster, They were well known in both the U.S. and Canada. Other than taking over the Ed Sullivan show once in a while, they stayed in Canada.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

Gordon Lightfoot.

 

[cortez]

Bruce Cockburn....Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland (grandson of Tommy Douglas, the initiator of Health Care).....

 

[honeebee]

Wayne Gretzkey.....47% of the hockey players in the hockey hall of fame are from Ontario.....(dougie gilmore, gordie howe, bobbie orr etc.)

Mike Meyers (yeah baby!)

Dan Ackroyd

Avril Lavigne

Bryan Adams

The Guess Who

Alexander Graham Bell (invented the telephone)

Tommy Douglas

Celine Dion (although only the quebecer's are proud of this)

Lester B. Pearson (won a nobel peace prize, made french an official language in canada, introduced medicare and student loans, canadian pensions, defended canada's honour from an arrogant Charles de gaulle)

David Suzuki

Pamela Anderson

Terry Fox (22 year old who died of cancer while running across canada to raise money for cancer research)

Don Cherry

Geddy Lee (from the band rush)

Joni Michell

Donovan Bailey

Kurt Browning (gold medal olympic figure skater)

Sarah McLachlan

Robert Munsch (famous children's book author)

Margaret Atwood (Oxford educated novelist)

Lucy Maud Montgomery (wrote anne of green gables)

William Shatner

Leonard Cohen

John Candy

Bret Hart (wrestler)

Ernie Coombs (Mr. Dress-up)

Rick Hansen

Micheal J. Fox

Alanis Morrisette

Neil Young

 

[Kreskin]

Canada's Greatest Athlete - Gene Kiniski

 

[Kreskin]

Fighters:

Tommy Burns
George Chuvalo
Trevor Berbick
The Hiltons
Michael Olajide
Lennox Lewis
Kirk Johnson
Arturo Gatti

Kickboxing legend - Jean Yves Theriault

 

[Semperfi_dani]

May i suggest some other famous Canadians.

Roch Voisine
Marie-Claire Blais
Margaret Attwood
Moredechai Richler
W.O. Mitchell
Margaret Laurence
Daniel Lanois
Tea Party
Our Lady Peace

 

[Finder]

Well I know Tommy Douglas as already been said but I hope you include him. But there is also Dr Norman Bethune who is a Canadian and Chiness hero.

 

[Kreskin]

Santa Claus

 

[G]

KARYN DWYER "is one of the most promising young actresses working today, she has proven herself on the stage, and in roles in independent films. (...) Do we see an Oscar in the future for this bright young star?"

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