Most Famous Canadian Academics
Canada has produced 98 notable academics throughout history, led by Chris Hadfield. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
CH
Chris Hadfield Canadian Astronaut Born 1959
#
5,785
JV
Jean Vanier Canadian Philosopher 1928 – 2019
#
23,548
BL
Bernard Lonergan Canadian Theologian 1904 – 1984
#
27,728
PC
Patricia Churchland Canadian Philosopher Born 1943
#
28,804
CB
Charles Best (medical scientist) Canadian Biochemist 1899 – 1978
#
29,521
JI
J. I. Packer Canadian Theologian 1926 – 2020
#
46,350
HM
Hans Moravec Canadian Faculty Born 1948
#
54,902
TH
Ted Honderich Canadian Philosopher Born 1933
#
139,860
LB
Luc Brisson Canadian Philosopher Born 1946
#
140,109
JG
Jean Grondin Canadian Philosopher Born 1955
#
141,136
BL
Benoît Lacroix Canadian Philosopher 1915 – 2016
#
150,596
TR
Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton Canadian Academic 1900 – 1993
#
198,292
DC
David Crombie Canadian Academic Born 1936
#
199,561
MT
Marcel Trudel Canadian Historian 1917 – 2011
#
215,740
TC
Timothy Caulfield Canadian Scholar Born 1963
#
225,645
JN
Jan Narveson Canadian Philosopher Born 1936
#
231,843
RG
Robert G. L. Waite Canadian Historian 1919 – 1999
#
237,421
GB
Gérard Bouchard Canadian Historian Born 1943
#
239,605
RS
Roman Serbyn Canadian Historian Born 1939
#
251,106
CN
Charles Norris Cochrane Canadian Historian 1889 – 1945
#
276,193