Famous Canadians

[L Gilbert]

Off the top of my head:
Gordon Lightfoot, FG Banting, Nelly Furtado, AG Bell, Tommy Chong, Elisha Cuthbert, Chief Dan George, Marshall McLuhan, Gordie Howe, Don Cherry, Dolph Schluter, Gerhard Herzberg, Jimmy Pattison, etc

 

[Canadian Crazy]

Could we have a special award: Famous Canadians who have remained in Canada?

Bit of an oxymoron. Unless we had an award for Canadian Famous...

 

[scratch]

Bryan Adams, Diana Krall, Corey, Hart, Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman, The Headpins, BTO, The Guess Who, Celine Dion, Avril Lavinge, Glen Gould, Barbara Ann Scott, the "Rocket", Jean Beliveau, "Boom Boom", the "Flower" Toe Blake, `Punch Imlach`, Bret Hart, Rita MacNeil ....
.....Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball

 

[NorthernSun]

Please someone do a writeup on Burton Cummings. He is probably one of the best Canadian rockers of all time.

 

[NorthernSun]

Also, Frederick Banting. He helped make insulin for diabetics.

 

[scratch]

Do not leave out Best.

 

[Cannuck]

Emmanuelle Chriqui...our most magnificent export

http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/flickr/41/46/002529114146.jpg

 

[Tyr]

Pierre Trudeau, Lester B. Pearson, Wayne Gretzky, Jack London, Margret Atwood, Billy Bishop, ....

 

[faithlessforeve]

Actor Glenn Ford born in Sainte-Christine, Quebec 1916.

-source IMDb

 

[Johnnny]

Big Joe Mufferaw

 

[Francis2004]

Forum Canadians why Andem...

Oh you mean Famous Canadians... What about Larry Walker ( Baseball ) and Gille Villeneuve ( Car Racing )

 

[Liberalman]

Captain Kirk William Shatner a space cadet from the get go

 

[Liberalman]

King Kongs girl friend Faye Rae

 

[brewmaster]

Does Ben Johnson count?

Does Ben Johnson count? He broke the 100-metre record in 1988, beating Carl Lewis and winning a gold for Canada--only to test positive for steroids and have his medal taken away.

Famous for all the wrong reasons...

 

[johnnyhangover]

Mitsou!

You know, "Bye-bye, mon cowboy" --insert sl utty pouty face here.

 

[L Gilbert]

Big Joe Mufferaw

Who?

 

[L Gilbert]

lol Joe Clark for being famous as "Joe Who?"

 

[L Gilbert]

Buffy St. Marie, Gordon Lightfoot.

 

[EagleSmack]

Neve Campbell!

 

[L Gilbert]

Top 10 famous Canadian supermodels:

Linda Evangelista (I says, "Who?")
Meghan Collison (I says, "Who?")
Shalom Harlow (I heard of this one. The name Harlow stuck out. lol)
Ehrinn Cummings (Who?)
Estella Warren (I saw Planet of the Apes. Cool)
Mei-Yin Lloyd (Who?)
Tricia Helfer (Who?)
Coco Rocha (sounds like a drink)
Heather Marks (any relation to Heidi Marks?)
Jessica Stam (Not familiar)