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