Michael J. Fox09 June 1961
Actor
Leonard Cohen21 September 1934
Singer-songwriter
Margaret Atwood18 November 1939
Writer, Environmental Activist
Steve-O13 June 1974
Actor
Denis Villeneuve03 October 1967
Film Director, Screenwriter, Playwright
Robert Herjavec14 September 1962
Business People
William Gibson17 March 1948
Speculative Fiction Writer
Naomi Klein08 May 1970
Author
Robin Sharma16 June 1964
Writer, Public Speaker
Alice Munro10 July 1931
Jane Jacobs04 May 1916
Journalist, Author, Activist
Michael Ondaatje12 September 1943
Canadian poet
A. E. van Vogt26 April 1912
Science Fiction Author
Robertson Davies28 August 1913
Author and Journalist
Timothy Findley30 October 1930
Canadian novelist
David Brooks11 August 1961
Journalist
Alanis Morissette01 June 1974
Singer-songwriter, Singer, Actor, Composer,
Gavin McInnes17 July 1970
Writer, Actor, Entrepreneur, Comedian, Columnist,
Evan Goldberg01 January 1982
screenwriter, film producer, film director
Stefan Molyneux24 September 1966
Philosopher, Writer, Novelist, Podcaster, YouTuber
Margaret Trudeau10 September 1948
Autobiographer, Actor
Meg Tilly14 February 1960
Actress
Meg Tilly14 February 1960
Actress
James Doohan03 March 1920
Screenwriter, Television actor, Film actor, Actor,
Pattie Mallette02 April 1975
Autobiographer
Elizabeth May09 June 1954
Writer, Politician, Journalist, Lawyer
Andrea Martin15 January 1947
Actress
Severn Cullis-Suzuki30 November 1979
Television presenter, Writer
Louis Slotin01 December 1910
Physicist, Chemist, Non-fiction writer
Harland Williams14 November 1962
Actor
Lisa Jakub27 December 1978
Actor, Writer
Phan Thi Kim Phuc02 April 1963
Writer
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Lois Maxwell14 February 1927
Actor, Writer
Mark Steyn08 December 1959
Pundit, Writer, Journalist, Music critic
Saul Rubinek02 July 1948
Actor
Chrystia Freeland02 August 1968
opinion journalist, politician, journalist, writer
Louise Penny01 July 1958
Novelist, Writer
Paul Haggis10 March 1953
Screenwriter, Film producer, Film director
Alison Arngrim18 January 1962
Actress
Erving Goffman11 June 1922
Sociologist, Non-fiction writer
Jian Ghomeshi09 June 1967
Musician
Tom Cochrane14 May 1953
Singer-songwriter, Musician, Singer, Writer
David Frum30 June 1960
Journalist
Cory Doctorow17 July 1971
Blogger
Brent Butt03 August 1966
Actor, Writer
Jann Arden27 March 1962
Street artist, Singer, Film producer, Television
Mylène Farmer12 September 1961
Singer-songwriter, Writer, Singer, Actor,
Roméo Dallaire25 June 1946
Politician, Autobiographer, Writer, Military
Yann Martel25 June 1963
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Paul Hellyer06 August 1923
Politician, Ufologist, Writer
David Shore03 July 1959
Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Morley Safer08 November 1931
War correspondent, Television presenter,
Dan Hill03 June 1954
Singer, Songwriter, Writer, Singer-songwriter
Steven Erikson07 October 1959
Anthropologist, Writer
Michael Ignatieff12 May 1947
Journalist, Historian, Politician, Novelist,
Farley Mowat12 May 1921
Writer
Adrienne Clarkson10 February 1939
26th Governor General of Canada
Guy Gavriel Kay07 November 1954
Lawyer, Writer
Northrop Frye14 July 1912
Writer, Philosopher, Educationist, Cleric, Poet,
Douglas Coupland30 December 1961
Writer, Sculptor, Novelist, Artist, Designer,
Janette Oke18 February 1935
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Albert S. Ruddy28 March 1930
Film producer, Screenwriter
Anne Carson21 June 1950
Linguist, Poet, Translator, Writer, University
Miriam Toews21 May 1964
writer
Stanley Coren1942 AD
psychologist
Bilal Philips07 January 1947
teacher, writer
Mordecai Richler27 January 1931
Screenwriter, Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Shulamith Firestone07 January 1945
Writer, Feminist
W. P. Kinsella25 May 1935
Writer, Scrabble player
Jeff Lemire21 March 1976
Writer, Comics artist
Rohinton Mistry03 July 1952
Writer
Irshad Manji1968 AD
journalist
Stéphane Dion28 September 1955
Politician, Sociologist, Academic, Writer,
Rick Mercer17 October 1969
Television presenter, Blogger, Screenwriter,
Arthur Hailey05 April 1920
Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter
Patrick deWitt1975 AD
novelist, writer
Margaret Laurence18 July 1926
Novelist, Writer, Children's writer
J. Philippe Rushton03 December 1943
Psychologist, Faculty, Non-fiction writer
David Rakoff27 November 1964
Essayist, Journalist, Actor, Writer
Gordon Korman23 October 1963
Writer, Science fiction writer, Children's writer
Kelley Armstrong14 December 1968
Novelist, Writer
Marjorie Gross18 April 1956
Writer, Television producer, Screenwriter
Ed Greenwood1959 AD
writer, science fiction writer
Charles Templeton07 October 1915
Journalist
Keith L. Moore05 October 1925
Biologist
Pierre Berton12 July 1920
Journalist, Historian, Writer
Rosie Shuster19 June 1950
Screenwriter
Robert J. Sawyer29 April 1960
Science fiction writer, Screenwriter, Writer
Joseph Boyden31 October 1966
Novelist
John Ralston Saul19 June 1947
Philosopher, Novelist, Writer
Don McKellar17 August 1963
Screenwriter, Film director, Actor
Robert Bourassa14 July 1933
Politician, Lawyer, Non-fiction writer, Economist
Robert Lepage12 December 1957
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer,
Maureen Jennings1939 AD
novelist, writer
Linwood Barclay1955 AD
journalist, novelist, writer
Joey Smallwood24 December 1900
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Trade unionist