One of 12 children of Polish immigrants, Jack L Warner, along with three of his brothers, formed the iconic production house Warner Bros. Apart from producing the first talkie, The Jazz Singer, and iconic films such as Casablanca, they also launched the careers of the who’s who of Hollywood.
Linus Sebastian is a Canadian YouTube personality whose technology channel Linus Tech Tips is ranked highly among Google's most preferred advertising channels for the technology category on YouTube. Also an entrepreneur, Sebastian owns a video sharing platform called Floatplane Media. Sebastian is also credited with founding Linus Media Group for which he has been serving as the CEO since 2013.
Joe Clark is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and politician. In 1979, he became the youngest person to be elected as the prime minister of Canada and served in this position until 1980. He lost the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 1983 before gaining prominence once again in 1984 when he served as a senior cabinet minister.
![Mark Carney Mark Carney](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mark-carney-14754-1.jpg)
After his 13-year stint with Goldman Sachs, Mark Carney served as the governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. He was also part of the Canadian finance department. He is an ice-hockey lover and played the sport actively during the school and university days.
![René Angélil René Angélil](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ren-anglil-45950-1.jpg)
René Angélil is best remembered as singer Céline Dion’s manager and, later, husband. Born to Syrian immigrants in Canada, he grew up to be a talent manager and music producer. He met Dion when she was 12 and he was 38, and began dating her when she was 20.
Tech magnate Garrett Camp made headlines in 2020 when he quit his position of board director of Uber, a company co-founded by him, to focus on its product strategy. Camp has also formed companies such as StumbleUpon and the start-up incubator Expa Labs, and is part of The Giving Pledge.
![Mike Holmes Mike Holmes](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mike-holmes-50361-1.jpg)
![Shane Smith Shane Smith](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/shane-smith-1.jpg)
Vice co-founder and CEO Shane Smith is a renowned journalist and entrepreneur whose work has taken him to remote and war-torn places such as North Korea and Liberia. Listed as one of Canada's Richest People in 2015, he is a self-made millionaire with riches such as an 8-bedroom California mansion.
![Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jack-kent-cooke-1.jpg)
![Peter Nygård Peter Nygård](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/peter-nygrd.jpg)
![Galen Weston Galen Weston](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/galen-weston-1.jpg)
![Michael Rapino Michael Rapino](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/michael-rapino-1.jpg)
![Elizabeth Arden Elizabeth Arden](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/elizabeth-arden-1.jpg)
![Sunanda Pushkar Sunanda Pushkar](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/sunanda-pushkar-118236-1.jpg)
![Joseph Tsai Joseph Tsai](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/joseph-tsai-118374-1.jpg)
![Feras Antoon Feras Antoon](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/tfp-no-profile-image-found.jpg)
Canadian pornographer Feras Antoon is best known as co-founder and CEO of the privately held Canadian company called MindGeek that mainly focuses on pornography. It is considered to be the largest pornography company across the world and runs many popular pornographic video sharing websites like Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube, and also adult film production companies like Brazzers and Reality Kings.
![Scott McGillivray Scott McGillivray](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/scott-mcgillivray-1.jpg)
The star of hit HGTV series such as Income Property and Moving the McGillivrays, Scott McGillivray also owns real-estate and entertainment firms. He is also a Habitat for Humanity Canada ambassador and has penned bestselling home improvement and real-estate investing books. He divides time between his homes in Ontario and Florida.
![Lawrence Stroll Lawrence Stroll](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/lawrence-stroll-120573-1.jpg)
![Michael Lee-Chin Michael Lee-Chin](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/michael-lee-chin-51936-1.jpg)
Michael Lee-Chin is a Jamaican-Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for his association with a privately held investment company named Portland Holdings Inc., where he serves as the CEO and chairman. A well-known philanthropist, Michael Lee-Chin has donated millions of dollars to educational institutions and museums across Canada.
![Jim Pattison Jim Pattison](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jim-pattison-1.jpg)
![David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/david-thomson-3rd-baron-thomson-of-fleet-12545-1.jpg)
![Sergio Marchionne Sergio Marchionne](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/sergio-marchionne-1.jpg)
![Suroosh Alvi Suroosh Alvi](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/suroosh-alvi-1.jpg)
Suroosh Alvi is a Canadian filmmaker and journalist of Pakistani origin. He is credited with co-founding a digital media and broadcasting company called Vice Media which is currently operating in over 50 countries. As a filmmaker, Suroosh Alvi has produced documentaries that deal with controversial issues, such as the Iraq War and the rise of global terrorism.
Seagram heir Edgar Bronfman Jr. initially avoided joining his family business. Skipping college, he set out to make a career in music and movies, making the commercially unsuccessful film The Border. He later joined Seagram and also served Warner Music as its CEO. He is now the chairman of FuboTV.
![Nathaniel Philip Rothschild Nathaniel Philip Rothschild](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/no-profile-img.jpg)
![Paul Snider Paul Snider](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/paul-snider-20870-1.jpg)
![Brian Tracy Brian Tracy](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/brian-tracy-1.jpg)
![Maxime Bernier Maxime Bernier](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/maxime-bernier-20818-1.jpg)
![Edgar Bronfman Sr. Edgar Bronfman Sr.](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/edgar-bronfman-sr--1.jpg)
Edgar Bronfman Sr. was a Canadian-American entrepreneur best remembered for his role as president, treasurer, and CEO for the popular multinational conglomerate, Seagram. Bronfman was also a philanthropist who helped organizations like Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. In 1999, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
![Stewart Butterfield Stewart Butterfield](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/stewart-butterfield-1.jpg)
![Peter Munk Peter Munk](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/peter-munk-18762-1.jpg)
Peter Munk was a Hungarian-Canadian investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is credited with founding numerous high-profile business ventures, such as Clairtone Sound Corporation Limited, Barrick Gold Corporation, and TrizecHahn Corporation. He also helped found the Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation which has given away over $300 million to various non-profit organizations that aim at improving the lives of Canadians.
![Michael Latifi Michael Latifi](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/michael-latifi-120444-1.jpg)
![Guy Laliberte Guy Laliberte](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/guy-laliberte-1.jpg)
![Victor Li Tzar-kuoi Victor Li Tzar-kuoi](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/victor-li-tzar-kuoi-1.jpg)
![Jim Treliving Jim Treliving](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jim-treliving.jpg)
![Anna Olson Anna Olson](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/anna-olson-1.jpg)
![Richard Li Richard Li](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/richard-li-17392-1.jpg)
![Christy Chung Christy Chung](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/christy-chung-120635-1.jpg)
![Eugene Melnyk Eugene Melnyk](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/eugene-melnyk.jpg)
![Susur Lee Susur Lee](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/susur-lee-120490-1.jpg)
![Patrick Moore Patrick Moore](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/patrick-moore-10768-1.jpg)
Currently a nuclear energy advocate and industry consultant, former activist Patrick Albert Moore began his career with Don't Make a Wave Committee—a forerunner of Greenpeace—eventually being elected as its President. Later, he left Greenpeace over differences in policy and founded a PR company called Greenspirit Enterprise, developing solutions in areas of natural resources, biodiversity, energy and climate change.
![Nav Bhatia Nav Bhatia](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/nav-bhatia-118253-1.jpg)
![Frank McKenna Frank McKenna](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/frank-mckenna-26125-1.jpg)
Frank McKenna is a Canadian businessman who is currently serving as the Toronto-Dominion Bank's Deputy Chairman. A former politician, McKenna served as the premier of New Brunswick between 1987 and 1997. An influential and authoritative leader, McKenna was expected to lead the federal Liberal Party in 2008 after the resignation of Stéphane Dion. However, he didn't contest for the position.
![Mark Shapiro Mark Shapiro](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mark-shapiro.jpg)
![Jayde Nicole Jayde Nicole](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jayde-nicole-1773-1.jpg)
![Mike Lazaridis Mike Lazaridis](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mike-lazaridis-18158-1.jpg)