Yann Martel (Life of Pi)
Louis B. Mayer, co founder of MGM Studios
Isadore Sharp, founder of the Four Seasons Hotel
Nat Taylor, movie theatre mogul, originator of the multi auditorium movie theatre or cineplex
Jack Warner, (1892-1978), founder of Warner Bros. Studios
Pamela Anderson
Dan Aykroyd
Neve Campbell
Hayden Christiansen (!!!!)
Erica Durance (Lois Lane on Smallville)
Margot Kidder (Lois Lane from the Superman movies)
Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang on Smallville)
A lot of people relating to Superman are Canadian
Ryan Gosling
Eugene Levy
Evangeline Lilly (Kate from Lost)
Eric McCormack (Will from Will and Grace)
Anna Paquin
Matthew Perry
Keanu Reeves
William Shatner
Donald and Kiefer Sutherland
Nia Vardalos
Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Invented the telephone in Canada, developed it in US. (Canadian/American/Scot)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier - invented the snowmobile
J. Brown - invented the washing machine
Thomas Carroll - first self-propelled combine harvester
Mathew Evans - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
James Gosling, (born 1956), invented Java computer language
Larry Hanson - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bagElijah McCoy (from where the saying came "the real McCoy")
P.L. Robertson invented the Robertson screw
Gideon Sundback - invented the zipper (without Canadians THERE WOULD NOT BE ZIPPERS!)
Lewis Urry - invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
Harry Wasyluk - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag (where would we be without green garbage bags??)
Henry Woodward - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
Stompin' Tom Connors (without which we would not have The Hockey Song)
Wilfred Bigelow - first artificial pacemaker
Sir William Osler - Physician, "most influential physician in history"
Donovan Bailey
Mario Lemieux
Willie O'Ree, (born 1935), first black ice hockey player in the NHL
Winnie the Pooh
Dr. Frederick Banting isolated insulin for treatment of diabetes and was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize for medicine. (remember reading about him Heidi? He was the one that took out dogs' spleens. Or something. No it was the pancreas.)
Billy Bishop was a World War I ace fighter pilot who downed 72 enemy aircraft, the highest number for a British Empire pilot.
Rick Hansen circumnavigated the world in a wheelchair to raise money for spinal cord research, promote disabled athletics and show what the disabled can do.
Laura Secord saved a British force during the War of 1812 by warning it of an impending attack.
So there. Canadians have a lot to be proud of (can you tell I'm still stung by that moron on The Tim Show?)
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haha, the tim show...haha. anyways, this is like emailing, not like chatting
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