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OTTAWA

Most Famous People Born in Ottawa, Canada

Notable people
1,174
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1951
Most distinctive
Curler 23.1×

Less a national capital than the place Canada uses to manufacture winter athletes — the Curler bench runs at better than twenty-three times the global baseline, which is extreme even by Canadian standards, and the broom-and-blade pipeline goes deeper than the Parliament Hill day jobs. A disproportionate Skater count and a catch-all Sport bump fill in everything the Rideau Canal has frozen into Olympians over the decades.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Ottawa during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 146 notable births.

What Ottawa Is Known For

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Hockey is Ottawa's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (248).

Ottawa over-indexes on curler23.1× the global rate.

Ottawa under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Hockey248
  2. Politician119
  3. Actor89
  4. Football68
  5. Sport39
  6. Writer35
  7. Lawyer29
  8. Singer28
  1. Curler1623.1×
  2. Hockey24817.8×
  3. Skater196.7×
  4. Sport392.0×
  5. Film231.6×
  1. Football680.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Ottawa's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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1,174 notable people

0601 ACTOR

Cascy Beddow

Born 1982

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0602 DESIGNER

David Berman (graphic designer)

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0603 PRODUCER

Matthew McCauley (producer)

Born 1954

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0604 PHYSICIST

Hamish Robertson

Born 1943

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0605 GYMNAST

Heather Purnell

Born 1986

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0606 HOCKEY

Stephen Blunden

Born 1989

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0607 MUSIC

Dick Maloney (singer)

1933 - 2010

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0608 POLITICIAN

Brad Butt

Born 1967

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0609 SCREENWRITER

Brad Abraham

Born 1950

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0610 HOCKEY

Bobby Joliat

1898 - 1953

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0611 ACTOR

Catherine-Anne Toupin

Born 1975

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0612 HOCKEY

John Newman (ice hockey)

1910 - 1967

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0613 MARTIAL ART

Mark Holst

Born 1984

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0614 MUSIC

Gene Cornish

Born 1944

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0615 MUSIC

Kevin Turcotte

Born 1964

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0616 NOVELIST

Scott Albert (writer)

Born 1975

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0617 BASKET

Debbie Huband

Born 1956

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0618 GEOGRAPHER

J. Keith Fraser

Born 1922

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0619 HOCKEY

Pete Laframboise

1950 - 2011

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0620 HOCKEY

Edgar Dey

1883 - 1912

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0621 MUSIC

Winifred Bambrick

1892 - 1969

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0622 ROWER

Mike Neary

Born 1948

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0623 FOOTBALL

Mikaël Cantave

Born 1996

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0624 PHOTOGRAPHER

Julie Enfield

Born 1956

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0625 HOCKEY

Jack Fournier (ice hockey)

1892 - 1966

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0626 ACTOR

Holly Larocque

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0627 BOXER

Clayton Kenny

1928 - 2015

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0628 BASKET

Bev Barnes

1951 - 2016

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0629 SECRETARY

James Alexander Gibson

1912 - 2003

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0630 HOCKEY

Morley Bruce

1894 - 1959

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0631 SURGEON

Balfour Mount

Born 1939

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0632 ACTOR

Marcelle Barthe

1904 - 1964

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0633 SINGER

Catherine McClenahan

Born 1959

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0634 POET

Jean Ménard

1930 - 1977

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0635 COMMANDER

Jean Boyle

Born 1947

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0636 SKATER

Chauncey Bangs

1901 - 1942

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0637 HOCKEY

Garnet Sixsmith

1885 - 1967

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0638 SKIER

William Clark (skier)

1910 - 1975

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0639 HOCKEY

Brian Smith (ice hockey, born 1940)

1940 - 1995

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0640 HOCKEY

Tim Leveque

Born 1968

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0641 HOCKEY

Allan Parr

1879 - 1954

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0642 ARCHITECT

Edgar Lewis Horwood

1868 - 1957

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0643 LACROSSE

Callum Crawford

Born 1984

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0644 GYMNAST

Talia Chiarelli

Born 1995

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0645 HOCKEY

Roy Rickey

1893 - 1959

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0646 SKIER

Katherine Stewart-Jones

Born 1995

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0647 POLITICIAN

Philip Toone

Born 1965

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0648 ACTOR

Angela Besharah

Born 1977

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0649 POLITICIAN

Norm Sterling

Born 1942

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0650 ACTOR

Rosa Labordé

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0651 ACTOR

Pierre-Luc Lafontaine

Born 1991

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0652 HOCKEY

Ken Kilrea (ice hockey)

1919 - 1990

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0653 ACTOR

Matthew Godfrey (actor)

Born 1971

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0654 MILITAR

John Emilius Fauquier

1909 - 1981

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0655 CURLER

Stephanie Hanna

Born 1982

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0656 FOOTBALL

Jed Roberts

Born 1967

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0657 NOVELIST

Roy MacSkimming

Born 1944

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0658 NOVELIST

Anne DeGrace

Born 1960

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0659 HOCKEY

Paul-André Cadieux

Born 1947

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0660 POLITICIAN

Louis Côté

1890 - 1943

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0661 OFFICER

Jean-Pierre Kingsley

Born 1943

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0662 SPORT

Todd Nicholson

Born 1969

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0663 SPORT

Serron Noel

Born 2000

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0664 FILM

Jane Marsh Beveridge

1915 - 1998

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0665 OFFICER

Thomas G. Fuller

1909 - 1994

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0666 HARPSICHORDIST

Hubert Bédard

1933 - 1989

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0667 POLO

Marianne Illing

Born 1974

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0668 SINGER

Edwin Orion Brownell

Born 1964

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0669 PRODUCER

Richard Garner

Born 1969

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0670 PAINTER

Charles Edwin Ruttan

1884 - 1939

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0671 POLITICIAN

Jean Pigott

1924 - 2012

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0672 COMPOSER

Anne Eggleston

1934 - 1994

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0673 WRITER

Régis Roy

1864 - 1944

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0674 BASEBALL

T. J. Burton

Born 1983

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0675 FOOTBALL

Joe Tubman

1897 - 1975

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0676 RACING

Philip Major

Born 1988

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0677 JOURNALIST

Jean Charpentier

1935 - 2010

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0678 POLITICIAN

Marjorie Elliott Sypher

1926 - 2015

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0679 DIPLOMAT

Ulrich A. Sante

Born 1957

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0680 CARTOONIST

Lou Skuce

1886 - 1951

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0681 POLITICIAN

Kenneth Binks

1925 - 2018

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0682 HOCKEY

Yip Radley

1908 - 1963

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0683 BASSIST

Derek Shirley

Born 1975

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0684 SCREENWRITER

Jon Knautz

Born 1979

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0685 MUSIC

Jean Beaudet

Born 1950

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0686 FOOTBALL

Don Loney

1923 - 2004

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0687 SKI

Jacques Landry

1911 - 1976

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0688 ARCHITECT

George F. Pelham

1857 - 1937

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0689 ARTIST

Patrick McEown

Born 1968

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0690 JOURNALIST

Andrew Chang

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0691 HOCKEY

Eddie Long (ice hockey)

Born 1933

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0692 ACTOR

Karina Logue

Born 1966

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0693 BUSINESS

Frank Dangeard

Born 1958

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0694 ACTOR

Robin Brûlé

Born 1974

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0695 CITY COUNCIL

Riley Brockington

Born 1975

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0696 ACTOR

Alejandro Abellan

Born 1965

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0697 POLITICIAN

Marc Laviolette

-

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0698 SPORT

David Mathers (curler)

Born 1991

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0699 POLITICIAN

Barry Turner (politician)

Born 1946

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0700 PLAYER

Julianne Zussman

Born 1987

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0701 HOCKEY

Ray Kinsella

1911 - 1996

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0702 WRITER

Gilles Lacombe

Born 1946

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0703 POLITICIAN

Frank Charles McGee

1926 - 1999

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0704 HOCKEY

Vince Williams (ice hockey)

Born 1975

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0705 SPORT

William Smith (sport shooter)

1877 - 1953

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0706 FILM

Errol Taggart

1895 - 1940

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0707 WRITER

François Guérin (écrivain)

Born 1952

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0708 HOCKEY

Erica Howe

Born 1992

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0709 PAINTER

Laure Berthiaume-Denault

1910 - 1971

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0710 HOCKEY

James A. McGee

1879 - 1904

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0711 POET

Paul Legault

Born 1985

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0712 POLITICIAN

Danny Cameron (politician)

1924 - 2009

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0713 POLITICIAN

Bud Wildman

Born 1946

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0714 ACTOR

George Chiang

-

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0715 ACTOR

Budd Knapp

Died 1982

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0716 ACADEMIC

David Lyle Jeffrey

Born 1941

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0717 ARTIST

Owen Cook

Born 1979

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0718 DANCER

David Lee Moroni

Born 1938

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0719 ARCHITECT

Charles D. Sutherland

1879 - 1957

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0720 BUSINESS

Suzanne Labarge

Born 1940

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0721 WRITER

Jeff Miller (writer)

Born 1979

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0722 ACTOR

Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez

-

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0723 PHOTOGRAPHER

Will Gill

Born 1968

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0724 SKATER

Neil Paterson (figure skater)

Born 1964

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0725 CURLER

Howard Steward

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0726 PRESENTER

Patrick Groulx

Born 1974

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0727 POLITICIAN

Sydney John Smith

1892 - 1976

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0728 POLITICIAN

François Beaulne

Born 1946

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0729 PRESENTER

Teddy Wilson (television personality)

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0730 FAMILLE ROYALE

Lois Frances Booth

1897 - 1941

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0731 FLYING ACE

Gerald Gordon Bell

1890 - 1989

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0732 COMPOSER

Jeanne Landry

1922 - 2011

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0733 BASKET

Donna Hobin

Born 1956

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0734 FOOTBALL

Yann-Alexandre Fillion

Born 1996

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0735 POLITICIAN

Ricca Slone

Born 1947

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0736 POLITICIAN

Claudette Boyer

1938 - 2013

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0737 MUSIC

Dan Kanter

Born 1981

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0738 POLITICIAN

Claude Bennett

1936 - 2020

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0739 ARCHITECT

John Albert Ewart

1872 - 1964

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0740 HOCKEY

David Saunders (ice hockey)

Born 1966

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0741 FOOTBALL

Kristina Kiss

Born 1981

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0742 MILITAR

Ellard A. Walsh

1887 - 1975

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0743 CURLER

Chris Gardner (curler)

Born 1985

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0744 HOCKEY

Kevin Kemp

1954 - 1999

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0745 DIPLOMAT

Yvon Beaulne

1919 - 1999

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0746 SINGER

Wade Morissette

Born 1974

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0747 HOCKEY

Rick Lalonde

Born 1955

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0748 SWIMMER

Elizabeth Collins

Born 1982

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0749 MISSING

Guillaume Rambourg

Born 1971

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0750 FILM

Shane Belcourt

Born 1972

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0751 POLITICIAN

Robert Henry Grant

1860 - 1930

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0752 MARKETING

Simon Huck

Born 1983

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0753 FOOTBALL

Bob McKeown

Born 1950

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0754 ATHLETIC

Brian Marshall (athlete)

Born 1965

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0755 ACTOR

Simon Lacroix (acteur)

Born 1984

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0756 PRINTMAKER

Betty Davison

1909 - 2000

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0757 HOCKEY

Bruce Baker (ice hockey)

Born 1956

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0758 ACTOR

Adam Reid

Born 1973

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0759 HOCKEY

Bryan McSheffrey

Born 1952

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0760 PLAYER

Adam Simac

Born 1983

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0761 SINGER

Nicolas Dromard

Born 1980

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0762 ACTOR

Douglas Greer

1921 - 2016

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0763 CURLER

Karen Sagle

Born 1986

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0764 LACROSSE

Jeff Zywicki

Born 1981

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0765 POLITICIAN

Robert Major

1915 - 1997

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0766 POLITICIAN

Scott Fraser (politician)

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0767 FOOTBALL

Ndzemdzela Langwa

Born 1998

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0768 FOOTBALL

Alex Mateas

Born 1991

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0769 HOCKEY

Rolly Huard

1902 - 1979

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0770 HOCKEY

Brett Clouthier

Born 1981

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0771 ANNOUNCER

John Kelly (sportscaster)

Born 1960

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0772 ENTREPRENEUR

Adrian Scott (entrepreneur)

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0773 HOCKEY

Arthur Sixsmith

1880 - 1969

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0774 CURLER

Mark Homan

Born 1979

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0775 JOURNALIST

Michel Roy (journaliste)

1929 - 2011

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0776 HOCKEY

Charles Spittal

1874 - 1931

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0777 SCREENWRITER

Lex Gigeroff

1962 - 2011

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0778 HOCKEY

Rene Lafleur

1899 - 1968

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0779 ACTOR

Alexander Carson (filmmaker)

Born 1982

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0780 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Eric Hehner

Born 1947

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0781 FREESTYLE

Chris Simboli

Born 1962

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0782 LAWYER

Sam Berger

1900 - 1992

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0783 DIPLOMAT

John Mundy (diplomat)

Born 1952

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0784 MURDER

Jennifer Teague

1987 - 2005

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0785 SKIER

Joan Groothuysen

1957 - 2018

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0786 ARTIST

Chris Dyer (artist)

Born 1979

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0787 OFFICER

André Gauthier (sculptor)

1935 - 2017

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0788 BOTANIST

John Montague Gillett

1918 - 2014

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0789 SINGER

Amy Lockwood

Born 1987

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0790 HOCKEY

Ben Delaney

Born 1996

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0791 HOCKEY

Jack Duggan

1897 - 1977

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0792 POLITICIAN

Jennifer Rice

-

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0793 FOOTBALL

Jim Foley

Born 1946

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0794 ICE HOCKEY

William Foran

1871 - 1945

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0795 BUSINESS

Jordan Banks

Born 1968

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0796 HOCKEY

Carl Greenhous

Born 1972

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0797 WRITER

Susan Wood (literary scholar)

1948 - 1980

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0798 POLITICIAN

Hamnett Pinhey Hill

1876 - 1942

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0799 HOCKEY

Murray Kuntz

Born 1945

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0800 SPORT

Mark Lee (sportscaster)

Born 1956

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0801 HOCKEY

Burke Murphy

Born 1973

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0802 WRITER

John O'Neill (editor)

Born 1964

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0803 ACTOR

Martha Gibson

Born 1939

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0804 HOCKEY

Eddie Ouellette

1911 - 1975

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0805 HOCKEY

Frank Dunlap

1924 - 1993

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0806 FOOTBALL

Zak Drake

Born 1991

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0807 HOCKEY

Gene Chouinard

1902 - 1957

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0808 CURLER

James Grattan (curler)

Born 1974

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0809 MUSIC

Bender (rapper)

1980 - 2018

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0810 OFFICER

Kevin Gregson

Born 1966

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0811 CIVIL SERVICE

Janice Charette

-

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0812 FOOTBALL

Jason Kralt

Born 1974

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0813 POLITICIAN

Francis Lawrence Connors

1891 - 1964

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0814 MUSIC

Gabrielle Diana

Born 1999

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0815 HOCKEY

Billy Baird

1884 - 1968

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0816 SPORT

Emily Kemp

Born 1992

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0817 SKATER

Janet Morrissey

Born 1959

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0818 HOCKEY

William Duval (ice hockey)

1877 - 1905

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0819 FOOTBALL

Dan Dever

Born 1946

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0820 SPORT

Marcel Bellefeuille

Born 1966

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0821 HOCKEY

Marc Rancourt

Born 1984

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0822 BASEBALL

George Korince

Born 1946

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0823 HOCKEY

Teddy Saunders

1911 - 2002

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0824 SPRINT

Ricardo Greenidge

Born 1971

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0825 ACTOR

Annie Murphy

Born 1986

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0826 DIPLOMAT

Terence Colfer

Born 1942

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0827 FOOTBALL

Noah Cantor

Born 1971

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0828 FOOTBALL

Tyler Holmes

Born 1988

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0829 FILM

Ginny Stikeman

Born 1941

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0830 HOCKEY

Tony Licari

1921 - 2013

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0831 HOCKEY

Jason Bailey

Born 1987

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0832 FOOTBALL

Mike Blum

1943 - 2008

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0833 HOCKEY

Mark Paterson (ice hockey)

Born 1964

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0834 GANG

Paddy Mitchell

1942 - 2007

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0835 ACTOR

Vincent Poirier (acteur)

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0836 BASKET

Kory Hallas

Born 1969

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0837 HOCKEY

Ben Storey

Born 1977

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0838 ACTOR

Marc McMulkin

-

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0839 POLITICIAN

Joan Russow

Born 1938

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0840 HOCKEY

Arthur Throop

1884 - 1973

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0841 HOCKEY

Leo Carbol

1910 - 1991

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0842 FOOTBALL

Dale Potter

Born 1949

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0843 SINGER

Jonathan Estabrooks

Born 1983

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0844 HOCKEY

Andre Champagne

Born 1943

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0845 POLITICIAN

William Costello Kennedy

1868 - 1923

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0846 FOOTBALL

Obby Khan

Born 1980

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0847 JAZZ

Pierre-Yves Martel

Born 1979

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0848 SKATER

Siobhan Karam

Born 1986

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0849 PUPPETEER

Stephen Brathwaite

Born 1949

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0850 PRODUCER

Harvey Glatt

Born 1934

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0851 PUPPETEER

Matt Ficner

Born 1973

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0852 BOTSCHAFTER

Peter McLaren Roberts

1927 - 2003

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0853 HOCKEY

Mike Corneau

Born 1979

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0854 EDITOR

Francess Halpenny

1919 - 2017

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0855 ARTIST

Damien Smith (artist)

Born 1968

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0856 HOCKEY

Craig Binns

Born 1974

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0857 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Cynthia Menard

Born 2000

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0858 POLITICIAN

Alfred Ernest Fripp

1866 - 1938

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0859 ARTISTE

Richard Purdy

Born 1953

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0860 PHYSICIAN

Guy A. Rouleau

Born 1957

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0861 FOOTBALL

Jack Manners

1914 - 1986

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0862 ACTIVIST

Michelle Douglas

Born 1963

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0863 WRITER

Elise Aylen Scott

1904 - 1972

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0864 POLITICIAN

Alexander Robillard

1843 - 1907

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0865 POLITICIAN

George Ashe (Canadian politician)

1932 - 2014

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0866 HOCKEY

Steve Hull

Born 1952

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0867 HOCKEY

Teddy Groulx

1883 - 1936

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0868 CURLER

Mathew Camm

Born 1990

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0869 FOOTBALL

Pat Woodcock

Born 1977

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0870 ENTREPRENEUR

Chuck Rifici

Born 1974

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0871 DESIGNER

Christiane Lemieux

Born 1969

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0872 FOOTBALL

Zachary Sukunda

Born 1995

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0873 FOOTBALL

Paul Girodo

Born 1973

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0874 COACH

Jim Daley

-

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0875 ARTIST

Diana Burgoyne

Born 1957

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0876 POLITICIAN

Barb Fisher

Born 1951

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0877 PRESENTER

Chéli Sauvé-Castonguay

Born 1980

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0878 DIPLOMAT

Mike Wadsworth

1943 - 2004

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0879 JUDGE

Frederick E. Gibson

Born 1935

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0880 JOCKEY

Francine Villeneuve

Born 1964

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0881 SPORT

John Primrose (sport shooter)

Born 1942

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0882 DANCER

Bradley Yaeger

Born 1985

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0883 HOCKEY

Andy Schliebener

Born 1962

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0884 HOCKEY

Mike Ford (ice hockey)

Born 1952

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0885 HOCKEY

Leth Graham

1894 - 1944

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0886 SINGER

Andrew Cassara

Born 1995

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0887 SISTER

Gretchen Brewin

Born 1938

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0888 HOCKEY

Bob Walton

1912 - 1992

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0889 FOOTBALL

Jeff Turcotte (Canadian football)

Born 1952

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0890 FOOTBALL

Don Blair

Born 1972

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0891 POLITICIAN

Jacquelin Holzman

Born 1930

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0892 FOOTBALL

Tom Pullen

Born 1945

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0893 HOCKEY

Harvey Rockburn

1908 - 1977

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0894 FOOTBALL

Moe Levesque

Born 1938

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0895 FOOTBALL

Mike Renaud

Born 1983

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0896 LAWYER

Fraser Elliott

1921 - 2005

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0897 DIPLOMAT

Lucie Edwards

Born 1954

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0898 WIDOW

Lilias Massey

1918 - 1997

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0899 ATHLETIC

Josh Cassidy

Born 1984

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0900 POLITICIAN

Lloyd Francis

1920 - 2007

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