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.

Top Ranked

  1. Chris Hadfield — Canadian Astronaut (Born 1959) , ranked #5785
  2. Jean Vanier — Canadian Philosopher (1928–2019) , ranked #23548
  3. Bernard Lonergan — Canadian Theologian (1904–1984) , ranked #27728
  4. Patricia Churchland — Canadian Philosopher (Born 1943) , ranked #28804
  5. Charles Best (medical scientist) — Canadian Biochemist (1899–1978) , ranked #29521
  6. J. I. Packer — Canadian Theologian (1926–2020) , ranked #46350
  7. Hans Moravec — Canadian Faculty (Born 1948) , ranked #54902
  8. Ted Honderich — Canadian Philosopher (Born 1933) , ranked #139860
  9. Luc Brisson — Canadian Philosopher (Born 1946) , ranked #140109
  10. Jean Grondin — Canadian Philosopher (Born 1955) , ranked #141136
  11. Benoît Lacroix — Canadian Philosopher (1915–2016) , ranked #150596
  12. Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton — Canadian Academic (1900–1993) , ranked #198292
  13. David Crombie — Canadian Academic (Born 1936) , ranked #199561
  14. Marcel Trudel — Canadian Historian (1917–2011) , ranked #215740
  15. Timothy Caulfield — Canadian Scholar (Born 1963) , ranked #225645
  16. Jan Narveson — Canadian Philosopher (Born 1936) , ranked #231843
  17. Robert G. L. Waite — Canadian Historian (1919–1999) , ranked #237421
  18. Gérard Bouchard — Canadian Historian (Born 1943) , ranked #239605
  19. Roman Serbyn — Canadian Historian (Born 1939) , ranked #251106
  20. Charles Norris Cochrane — Canadian Historian (1889–1945) , ranked #276193