Most Famous Canadian Scientists & Academics

50 Canadian Scientists & Academics in view out of 165

Science 165
Canada 3,744
Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting Canadian Physician 1891 – 1941
#1,930
Erving Goffman
Erving Goffman Canadian Sociologist 1922 – 1982
#3,083
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian Economist 1908 – 2006
#3,196
Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura Canadian Psychologist Born 1925
#4,567
CH
Chris Hadfield Canadian Astronaut Born 1959
#5,785
William Osler
William Osler Canadian Physician 1849 – 1919
#9,012
Norman Bethune
Norman Bethune Canadian Physician 1890 – 1939
#11,770
Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Fessenden Canadian Inventor 1866 – 1932
#14,974
DO
Donald O. Hebb Canadian Psychologist 1904 – 1985
#18,156
MA
Mary Ainsworth Canadian Psychologist 1913 – 1999
#20,175
Harold Innis
Harold Innis Canadian Economist 1894 – 1952
#20,731
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Frances Oldham Kelsey Canadian Physician 1914 – 2015
#28,803
Charles Best (medical scientist)
Charles Best (medical scientist) Canadian Biochemist 1899 – 1978
#29,521
Richard E. Taylor
Richard E. Taylor Canadian Physicist 1929 – 2018
#31,947
Kenneth E. Iverson
Kenneth E. Iverson Canadian Mathematician 1920 – 2004
#33,786
JT
Joseph Tyrrell Canadian Geologist 1858 – 1957
#45,858
EB
Ernest Burgess Canadian Sociologist 1886 – 1966
#46,092
Marie-Victorin Kirouac
Marie-Victorin Kirouac Canadian Botanist 1885 – 1944
#59,725
Maude Abbott
Maude Abbott Canadian Physician 1869 – 1940
#60,540
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Inventor 1907 – 1964
#63,649
Abraham Pineo Gesner
Abraham Pineo Gesner Canadian Geologist 1797 – 1864
#67,143
John Garand
John Garand Canadian Inventor 1888 – 1974
#67,981
John William Dawson
John William Dawson Canadian Botanist 1820 – 1899
#71,145
James Craig Watson
James Craig Watson Canadian Astronomer 1838 – 1880
#75,616
BT
Bruce Trigger Canadian Anthropologist 1937 – 2006
#78,289
Jerrold E. Marsden
Jerrold E. Marsden Canadian Mathematician 1942 – 2010
#80,372
R. Tait McKenzie
R. Tait McKenzie Canadian Physician 1867 – 1938
#84,328
Marius Barbeau
Marius Barbeau Canadian Anthropologist 1883 – 1969
#88,104
Harriet Brooks
Harriet Brooks Canadian Physicist 1876 – 1933
#90,007
RA
Reginald Aldworth Daly Canadian Geologist 1871 – 1957
#92,580
Maud Menten
Maud Menten Canadian Chemist 1879 – 1960
#94,106
Stevo Todorčević
Stevo Todorčević Canadian Mathematician Born 1955
#98,420
Simon Plouffe
Simon Plouffe Canadian Mathematician Born 1956
#99,718
Elijah McCoy
Elijah McCoy Canadian Inventor 1844 – 1929
#108,032
Colin Munro MacLeod
Colin Munro MacLeod Canadian Geneticist 1909 – 1972
#108,192
Brian Goodwin
Brian Goodwin Canadian Mathematician 1931 – 2009
#118,906
MB
Murray Barr Canadian Physician 1908 – 1995
#126,725
EM
Elsie MacGill Canadian Engineer 1905 – 1980
#131,097
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Canadian Neuroscientist Born 1959
#138,593
Carrie Derick
Carrie Derick Canadian Botanist 1862 – 1941
#172,544
RT
Rodrigue Tremblay Canadian Economist Born 1939
#197,878
TR
Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton Canadian Academic 1900 – 1993
#198,292
David Crombie
David Crombie Canadian Academic Born 1936
#199,561
James Alcock
James Alcock Canadian Psychologist Born 1942
#202,727
John Macoun
John Macoun Canadian Botanist 1831 – 1920
#221,318
FD
Fernand Dumont Canadian Sociologist 1927 – 1997
#230,555
Louis-Edmond Hamelin
Louis-Edmond Hamelin Canadian Geographer 1923 – 2020
#237,602
Carlyle Smith Beals
Carlyle Smith Beals Canadian Astronomer 1899 – 1979
#242,342
GR
Guy Rocher Canadian Sociologist Born 1924
#257,465
RC
Raymond Clare Archibald Canadian Mathematician 1875 – 1955
#270,127

By the numbers

Inside Canada Scientists & Academics

165 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous canada scientists & academics born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Canada Scientists & Academics peaked in the 1920s with 25 people.

What Canada Scientists & Academics Are Known For

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Physician are Canada Scientists & Academics's biggest group — 10% of all notables (17).

Canada Scientists & Academics over-index on educator — 49.2× the global rate.

  1. Physician17
  2. Mathematician15
  3. Physicist11
  4. Engineer11
  5. Economist9
  6. Anthropologist9
  7. Inventor8
  8. Geologist8
  1. Educator749.2×
  2. Geologist834.6×
  3. Sociologist527.4×
  4. Inventor825.8×
  5. Anthropologist919.9×
  6. Physicist1116.0×
  7. Economist915.8×
  8. Mathematician1514.6×

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