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Most Famous Canadian Business People
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Canada 3,744
19,273 EA 
Elizabeth Arden Canadian Entrepreneur 1878–1966
Elizabeth Arden Canadian Entrepreneur 1878–1966 58,650 MC 
Mark Carney Canadian Bank b. 1965
Mark Carney Canadian Bank b. 1965 62,182 WC 
William Cornelius Van Horne Canadian Entrepreneur 1843–1915
William Cornelius Van Horne Canadian Entrepreneur 1843–1915 78,313 JJ 
James J. Hill Canadian Entrepreneur 1838–1916
James J. Hill Canadian Entrepreneur 1838–1916 111,838 SB 
Samuel Bronfman Canadian Business 1889–1971
Samuel Bronfman Canadian Business 1889–1971 132,572 JL 
James L. Kraft Canadian Entrepreneur 1874–1953
James L. Kraft Canadian Entrepreneur 1874–1953 145,839 CS 
Cyrus S. Eaton Canadian Entrepreneur 1883–1979
Cyrus S. Eaton Canadian Entrepreneur 1883–1979 186,860 SE 
Stephen Elop Canadian Business b. 1963
Stephen Elop Canadian Business b. 1963 210,366 SB 
Stewart Butterfield Canadian Entrepreneur b. 1973
Stewart Butterfield Canadian Entrepreneur b. 1973 256,534 WM Wallace McCain Canadian Entrepreneur 1930–2011
266,870 WM 
William Mackenzie (railway entrepreneur) Canadian Entrepreneur 1849–1923
William Mackenzie (railway entrepreneur) Canadian Entrepreneur 1849–1923 295,858 SP 
Sunanda Pushkar Canadian Business 1962–2014
Sunanda Pushkar Canadian Business 1962–2014 307,880 SM 
Samuel McLaughlin Canadian Business 1871–1972
Samuel McLaughlin Canadian Business 1871–1972 319,137 PD 
Pierre du Calvet Canadian Merchant 1735–1786
Pierre du Calvet Canadian Merchant 1735–1786 333,918 SR Sinclair Ross Canadian Bank 1908–1996
371,945 SR Saidye Rosner Bronfman Canadian Business 1897–1995
373,271 WC 
William Christopher Macdonald Canadian Business 1831–1917
William Christopher Macdonald Canadian Business 1831–1917 384,449 AM 
Alexander McSween Canadian Business 1837–1878
Alexander McSween Canadian Business 1837–1878 416,456 JW 
John Wilson McConnell Canadian Business 1877–1963
John Wilson McConnell Canadian Business 1877–1963 466,626 ML Magdelaine Laframboise Canadian Business 1780–1846
496,087 BD Billy Diamond Canadian Business 1949–2010
522,331 CT Charles-Émile Trudeau Canadian Entrepreneur 1887–1935
560,356 PY Petro Yatsyk Canadian Business 1921–2001
594,532 HS 
Herbert Samuel Holt Canadian Business 1856–1941
Herbert Samuel Holt Canadian Business 1856–1941 623,904 HM 
Henry Morgan (merchant) Canadian Merchant 1819–1893
Henry Morgan (merchant) Canadian Merchant 1819–1893 639,367 AC André Caillé Canadian Business b. 1943
666,118 JL Jacques Le Ber Canadian Merchant 1633–1706
697,836 WT William Teron Canadian Business 1932–2018
764,910 HR 
H. R. MacMillan Canadian Business 1885–1976
H. R. MacMillan Canadian Business 1885–1976 786,127 HM 
Hart Massey Canadian Business 1823–1896
Hart Massey Canadian Business 1823–1896 802,764 AG 
Alexander Gibson (industrialist) Canadian Business 1819–1913
Alexander Gibson (industrialist) Canadian Business 1819–1913 833,060 JA John Askin Canadian Merchant 1739–1815
843,392 AB André Bérard Canadian Bank b. 1940
843,588 EA 
Edwin Atwater Canadian Business 1808–1874
Edwin Atwater Canadian Business 1808–1874 867,258 AF Alfred Fuller Canadian Business 1885–1973
876,963 GF 
Gaétan Frigon Canadian Entrepreneur b. 1940
Gaétan Frigon Canadian Entrepreneur b. 1940 888,889 PK Philip Kives Canadian Business 1929–2016
951,783 SS Steve Stavro Canadian Business 1927–2006
973,020 TL Theodore Loblaw Canadian Entrepreneur 1872–1933
993,722 AD Alban D'Amours Canadian Business b. 1940
1,005,609 RM 
Robert McLaughlin (industrialist) Canadian Industrialist 1836–1921
Robert McLaughlin (industrialist) Canadian Industrialist 1836–1921 1,006,656 DD Dominic D'Alessandro Canadian Chief Executive b. 1947
1,041,784 RM 
Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne Canadian Business 1761–1844
Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne Canadian Business 1761–1844 1,116,854 CT Cora Tsouflidou Canadian Business b. 1947
1,166,756 JM John Murdock Canadian Business 1888–1963
1,197,977 WD 
William Donald Ross Canadian Financier 1869–1947
William Donald Ross Canadian Financier 1869–1947 1,205,558 KK Ken King (ice hockey) Canadian Executive 1952–2020
1,248,544 CR Cedric Ritchie Canadian Business 1927–2016
1,273,102 CB Charles Benjamin Howard Canadian Business 1885–1964
1,300,418 JH 
Joseph Hickson Canadian Business 1830–1897
Joseph Hickson Canadian Business 1830–1897
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