MOST FAMOUS CANADIANS
Here are the most famous Canadians and what they are famous for. Their last names start with letters D-G. You can find more famous Canucks if you check under specific categories (music, actors, etc.). Or you can click on a name for more information about that Canadian.
MOST FAMOUS CANADIANS
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Dallaire, Roméo - Lieutenant-General (Commander of the United Nations Mission in Rwanda, UN Advisor) |
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De Carlo, Yvonne - Actress (The Ten Commandments, Band of Angels, McLintock!)
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Dewhurst, Colleen -,Actress (A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Trial of Susan B. Anthony , Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea)
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Diefenbaker, John - Prime Minister (Appointed 1st female minister in Canadian history & 1st aboriginal member of the Senate)
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Dion, Celine - Singer ("My Heart Will Go On", "Because You Loved Me" "Where Does My Heart Beat Now")
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Dionne Quintuplets - First quintuplets known to have survived infancy.
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Doherty, Dennis - Singer/Songwriter/Musician ( founding member of the 1960s musical group The Mamas & the Papas)
Doohan, James - Actor (Star Trek) Drake - Rapper, Actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Thank Me Later, Take Care, Nothing Was the Same, OVO Sound) Dryden, Ken - Goalie (Montreal Canadiens, Hockey Hall of Fame, #25 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players) |
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Durance, Erica - Actress (Lois Lane on the TV series Smallville, and Dr. Alex Reid on the medical drama series Saving Hope)
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Durbin, Deanna - Actress, Singer (Three Smart Girls, One Hundred Men and a Girl, Lady on a Train)
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Egoyan, Adam - Film Director (Erotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Chloe)
Elliott, David James - Actor (Street Legal, JAG, The Man Who Lost Himself) Emmett, Rik - Musician (Triumph) Esposito, Phil - Hockey Player (18 Seasons in NHL, Hockey Hall of Fame, named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players' in history) Evangelista, Linda - Model (Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Elle, one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time) Ezrin, Bob - Record Producer (Kiss, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple) |
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Feist - Musician (Broken Social Scene, "1,234") |
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Fillion, Nathan - Actor (One Life to Live, Castle)
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Fisher, Mike - Hockey Player (19 Seasons in NHL, Ottawa Senators, Nashville Predators, Married to Carrie Underwood)
Fleming, Sandford - Engineer/Inventor (creator of Universal Standard Time) Foley, Dave - Actor (Kids in the Hall) Follows, Megan - Actress (Anne of Green Gables, Reign) Ford, Glenn - Actor (Gilda, The Big Heat, Blackboard Jungle) Forrester, Maureen - Opera Singer (New York City Opera, Metropoitan Opera, Companion of the Order of Canada) Foster, David - Music Producer (Celion Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble, Natalie Cole) Fox, Michael J. - Actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Spin City) Fox, Terry - Athlete ( embarked on an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research) Furnish, David - Filmmaker (co-chief of Rocket Pictures with Elton John) Furtado, Nelly - Singer/Songwriter (Whoa, Nelly", "I'm Like a Bird", "Say What You Want") Frye, Northrop - Literary Critic ( one of the most influential of the 20th century) |
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Gadon, Sarah - Actress (Alias Grace, Enemy, Cosmpolis) |
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Galbraith, John Kenneth - Economist (American Capitalism, The Affluent Society, The New Industrial State)
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Garneau, Marc - Astronaut (First Canadian in Space, 3 flights aboard NASA Space shuttles)
Gehry, Frank - Architect (Guggenheim Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Louis Vuitton Foundation) |
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George, Chief Dan - Author/Actor (Little Big Man, The Outlaw Josey Wales)
Gosling, James - Computer Scientist (Creator and lead designer behind the Java programming language) |
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Gosling, Ryan - Actor (The Notebook, Half Nelson, La La Land)
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Gould, Glenn - Classical Pianist (celebrated pianist and prolific broadcaster)
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Greene, Graham - Actor (Dances with Wolves, North of 60, Longmire)
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Greene, Lorne - Actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica, Lorne Greene's New Wilderness)
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Gretzky, Wayne - Hockey Player (20 years in NHL, Edmonton Oliers, Los Angeles Kings, called the greatest hockey player by many)
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