Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Sharon Acker |
Actor |
2-Apr-1935 |
|
Point Blank |
Patrick J. Adams |
Actor |
27-Aug-1981 |
|
Mike Ross on Suits |
Stephen Amell |
Actor |
8-May-1981 |
|
Oliver Queen on Arrow |
Will Arnett |
Actor |
5-May-1970 |
|
George Bluth on Arrested Development |
Harvey Atkin |
Actor |
18-Dec-1942 |
|
Sgt. Coleman on Cagney and Lacey |
Teri Austin |
Actor |
17-Apr-1957 |
|
Jill Bennett on Knots Landing |
Liane Balaban |
Actor |
24-Jun-1980 |
|
The Trotsky |
Samantha Bee |
Comic |
25-Oct-1969 |
|
The Daily Show |
Jalynn H. Bennett |
Business |
12-Mar-1943 |
|
Jalynn H. Bennett & Associates |
Robert J. Birgeneau |
Educator |
1942 |
|
Chancellor, UC Berkeley |
Rachel Blanchard |
Actor |
19-Mar-1976 |
|
Cher Horowitz on Clueless |
Hart Bochner |
Actor |
3-Oct-1956 |
|
Breaking Away |
Lloyd Bochner |
Actor |
29-Jul-1924 |
29-Oct-2005 |
It's a cookbook |
Nicole de Boer |
Actor |
20-Dec-1970 |
|
Lt. Dax on Star Trek: DS9 |
Devon Bostick |
Actor |
13-Nov-1991 |
|
Adoration |
Edwin Alonzo Boyd |
Criminal |
2-Apr-1914 |
17-May-2002 |
Notorious Canadian bank robber |
David Brooks |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1961 |
|
Conservative pundit |
Reva Brooks |
Photographer |
May-1913 |
24-Jan-2004 |
Photographer |
Tom Burlinson |
Actor |
14-Feb-1956 |
|
The Man from Snowy River |
Morley Callaghan |
Novelist |
22-Sep-1903 |
25-Aug-1990 |
Strange Fugitive |
Christian Campbell |
Actor |
12-May-1972 |
|
All My Children |
Anne Carson |
Poet |
21-Jun-1950 |
|
Autobiography of Red |
Graydon Carter |
Journalist |
14-Jul-1949 |
|
Editor of Vanity Fair |
Sarah Carter |
Actor |
30-Oct-1980 |
|
DOA: Dead or Alive |
Donald J. Carty |
Business |
23-Jun-1946 |
|
CEO of American Airlines, 1998-2003 |
Thomas Cavanagh |
Actor |
26-Oct-1963 |
|
Ed Stevens on Ed |
Berton Churchill |
Actor |
9-Dec-1876 |
10-Oct-1940 |
Heroes for Sale |
Jerry Ciccoritti |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1956 |
|
The Life Before This |
Enrico Colantoni |
Actor |
14-Feb-1963 |
|
Elliot DiMauro on Just Shoot Me! |
John Colicos |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
6-Mar-2000 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
Lauren Collins |
Actor |
29-Aug-1986 |
|
Degrassi: The Next Generation |
Lionel Conacher |
Hockey |
24-May-1900 |
26-May-1954 |
Canadian All-Around Athlete |
Christina Cox |
Actor |
31-Jul-1971 |
|
Vicki Nelson on Blood Ties |
Jonathan Crombie |
Actor |
12-Oct-1966 |
15-Apr-2015 |
Green Gables |
David Cronenberg |
Film Director |
15-Mar-1943 |
|
Videodrome |
Henry Czerny |
Actor |
8-Feb-1959 |
|
The Tudors |
Brooke D'Orsay |
Actor |
17-Feb-1982 |
|
Caitlin Cooke on 6Teen |
Lolita Davidovich |
Actor |
15-Jul-1961 |
|
The Agency |
William B. Davis |
Actor |
13-Jan-1938 |
|
Cancer Man on The X-Files |
William Dear |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1943 |
|
Angels in the Outfield |
Chris Diamantopoulos |
Actor |
9-May-1975 |
|
Rodney on The Starter Wife |
Cory Doctorow |
Blogger |
17-Jul-1971 |
|
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
Lexa Doig |
Actor |
8-Jun-1973 |
|
Andromeda |
Drake |
Rapper |
24-Oct-1986 |
|
I'm On One |
Robin Dunne |
Actor |
19-Nov-1976 |
|
Borderline Normal |
Allan Dwan |
Film Director |
3-Apr-1885 |
28-Dec-1981 |
Sands of Iwo Jima |
Jayne Eastwood |
Actor |
17-Dec-1946 |
|
Chicago |
Richard Eden |
Actor |
13-Feb-1959 |
|
RoboCop TV series |
David James Elliott |
Actor |
21-Sep-1960 |
|
JAG |
Jake Epstein |
Actor |
16-Jan-1987 |
|
Degrassi: The Next Generation |
Percy Faith |
Musician |
7-Apr-1908 |
9-Feb-1976 |
Easy listening arranger and composer |
Stacey Farber |
Actor |
25-Aug-1987 |
|
Ellie Nash on Degrassi |
Melanie Fiona |
Singer |
4-Jul-1983 |
|
The Bridge |
Dave Foley |
Actor |
4-Jan-1963 |
|
The Kids in the Hall |
Megan Follows |
Actor |
14-Mar-1968 |
|
Anne of Green Gables |
Melyssa Ford |
TV Personality |
7-Nov-1976 |
|
BET personality |
Rob Ford |
Politician |
28-May-1969 |
22-Mar-2016 |
Mayor of Toronto, 2010-14 |
Rick Fox |
Basketball |
24-Jul-1969 |
|
Former Los Angeles Laker |
David Frum |
Pundit |
30-Jun-1960 |
|
Coined "Axis of Evil" |
Sidney J. Furie |
Film Director |
28-Feb-1933 |
|
The Ipcress File |
Gay Hart Gaines |
Administrator |
11-Feb-1938 |
|
Chairman of GOPAC, 1993-97 |
Frank Gehry |
Architect |
28-Feb-1929 |
|
Postmodern architect |
Lionel M. Gelber |
Historian |
13-Oct-1907 |
10-Aug-1989 |
The Rise of Anglo-American Friendship |
Peter C. Godsoe |
Business |
1938 |
|
CEO of Bank of Nova Scotia, 1993-2003 |
Chris Gordon |
Business |
c. 1973 |
|
Bain Capital |
Glenn Gould |
Pianist |
25-Sep-1932 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Canadian pianist, Bach soloist |
George Grant |
Philosopher |
13-Nov-1918 |
27-Sep-1988 |
Propagator of Red Toryism |
Shenae Grimes |
Actor |
24-Oct-1989 |
|
Annie Wilson on 90210 |
Corey Haim |
Actor |
23-Dec-1971 |
10-Mar-2010 |
The Lost Boys |
Stephen Harper |
Head of State |
30-Apr-1959 |
|
Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-15 |
Mike Harris |
Politician |
23-Jan-1945 |
|
Premier of Ontario, 1995-2002 |
Dale Hawerchuk |
Hockey |
4-Apr-1963 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer |
Jeff Healey |
Guitarist |
25-Mar-1966 |
2-Mar-2008 |
The Jeff Healey Band |
Anne Helm |
Actor |
12-Sep-1938 |
|
Follow That Dream |
Dan Hill |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Jun-1954 |
|
Sometimes When We Touch |
Gabriel Hogan |
Actor |
1973 |
|
Ian Farnham on Traders |
Walter Huston |
Actor |
6-Apr-1884 |
7-Apr-1950 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
Michael Ignatieff |
Author |
12-May-1947 |
|
Blood and Belonging |
Punch Imlach |
Hockey |
15-Mar-1918 |
1-Dec-1987 |
NHL Coach, Hall of Famer |
Michael Ironside |
Actor |
12-Feb-1950 |
|
Scanners, Top Gun, Starship Troopers |
Jennifer Irwin |
Actor |
17-Jun-1975 |
|
Linda Michaels on Still Standing |
Robert Iscove |
Film Director |
4-Jul-1947 |
|
She's All That |
Lou Jacobi |
Actor |
28-Dec-1913 |
23-Oct-2009 |
Avalon |
Lisa Jakub |
Actor |
27-Dec-1978 |
|
Rambling Rose |
Graham Jarvis |
Actor |
25-Aug-1930 |
16-Apr-2003 |
Canadian-American character actor |
Peter Jennings |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1938 |
7-Aug-2005 |
Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight |
Norman Jewison |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1926 |
|
Moonstruck |
Sue Johanson |
Talk Show Host |
29-Jul-1930 |
|
Talk Sex With Sue Johanson |
Andrea Jung |
Business |
1959 |
|
CEO of Avon |
k-os |
Rapper |
20-Feb-1972 |
|
Joyful Rebellion |
Brian Kernighan |
Computer Programmer |
1942 |
|
The C Programming Language, awk |
Shane Kippel |
Actor |
4-Jun-1986 |
|
Gavin Mason on Degrassi |
Mia Kirshner |
Actor |
25-Jan-1975 |
|
The L Word |
Maria M. Klawe |
Educator |
5-Jul-1951 |
|
President, Harvey Mudd College |
Kevin Klose |
Government |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of National Public Radio |
Ted Kotcheff |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1931 |
|
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz |
Maurice LaMarche |
Actor |
30-Mar-1958 |
|
Kif on Futurama |
Les Lye |
Comic |
18-Nov-1924 |
21-Jul-2009 |
You Can't Do That On Television |
Gwendolyn MacEwen |
Poet |
1-Sep-1941 |
29-Nov-1987 |
A Breakfast for Barbarians |
C. B. Macpherson |
Scholar |
18-Nov-1911 |
22-Jul-1987 |
Political Theory of Possessive Individualism |
Howie Mandel |
Comic |
29-Nov-1955 |
|
Host of Deal Or No Deal |
Jay Manuel |
TV Personality |
14-Aug-1972 |
|
Judge, America's Next Top Model |
Raymond Massey |
Actor |
30-Aug-1896 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Things to Come |
Vincent Massey |
Government |
20-Feb-1887 |
30-Dec-1967 |
Governor-General of Canada, 1952-59 |
Walter Massey |
Actor |
19-Aug-1928 |
4-Aug-2014 |
Canadian voice and character actor |
Sheila McCarthy |
Actor |
27-Jan-1956 |
|
Sarah Cunningham on Little Mosque |
Eric McCormack |
Actor |
18-Apr-1963 |
|
Will Truman on Will & Grace |
Dean McDermott |
Actor |
16-Nov-1966 |
|
Constable Turnbull on Due South |
John McKay |
Politician |
21-Mar-1948 |
|
Canadian MP, Scarborough--Guildwood |
Don McKellar |
Actor |
17-Aug-1963 |
|
Last Night |
Heather Menzies |
Actor |
3-Dec-1949 |
|
Logan's Run TV series |
John Merivale |
Actor |
1-Dec-1917 |
6-Feb-1990 |
The List of Adrian Messenger |
Lorne Michaels |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Nov-1944 |
|
Producer of Saturday Night Live |
John Mills-Cockell |
Musician |
19-May-1946 |
|
Intersystems electronics |
Shay Mitchell |
Actor |
10-Apr-1987 |
|
Emily Fields on Pretty Little Liars |
Rick Moranis |
Actor |
18-Apr-1953 |
|
SCTV, Honey I Shrunk The Kids |
Kevin M. Murai |
Business |
c. 1964 |
|
President of Ingram Micro, 2005-07 |
Alannah Myles |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Dec-1958 |
|
Black Velvet |
Mystery |
Performance Artist |
24-Sep-1971 |
|
The Pick-Up Artist |
Naheed Nenshi |
Politician |
2-Feb-1972 |
|
Mayor of Calgary |
Brooke Nevin |
Actor |
22-Dec-1982 |
|
Julianne Simms on Breakout Kings |
Gordon O'Connor |
Politician |
18-May-1939 |
|
Canadian Minister of Defence |
Catherine O'Hara |
Comic |
4-Mar-1954 |
|
Delia in Beetlejuice |
Peter Outerbridge |
Actor |
30-Jun-1966 |
|
David Sandstrom on ReGenesis |
Jesse Palmer |
Football |
5-Oct-1978 |
|
New York Giants QB, 2001-04 |
Brad Park |
Hockey |
6-Jul-1948 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer |
Reagan Pasternak |
Actor |
8-Mar-1977 |
|
Julianne Giacomelli on Being Erica |
Peaches |
Electronic Musician |
11-Nov-1966 |
|
The Teaches of Peaches |
Lester Bowles Pearson |
Head of State |
23-Apr-1897 |
27-Dec-1972 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1963-68 |
Mary Pickford |
Actor |
8-Apr-1892 |
29-May-1979 |
America's Sweetheart |
Alison Pill |
Actor |
27-Nov-1985 |
|
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
Gilbert Plass |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1922 |
1-Mar-2004 |
Climate change scientist |
Christopher Plummer |
Actor |
13-Dec-1929 |
|
A Beautiful Mind |
James D. Plummer |
Educator |
3-Dec-1944 |
|
Dean of Stanford's Engineering School |
Sarah Polley |
Actor |
8-Jan-1979 |
|
Road to Avonlea |
Chris Potter |
Actor |
23-Aug-1960 |
|
Dan Lennox on Wild Card |
Penny Priddy |
Politician |
5-Mar-1944 |
|
Canadian MP, Surrey North |
James Randi |
Magician |
7-Aug-1928 |
|
The Amazing Randi |
Gloria Reuben |
Actor |
9-Jun-1964 |
|
Timecop |
John Reynolds |
Politician |
19-Jan-1942 |
|
Canadian MP, West Vancouver |
John D. Roberts |
Journalist |
15-Nov-1956 |
|
Fox News reporter/host |
Robbie Robertson |
Musician |
5-Jul-1944 |
|
The Band |
Morley Safer |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1931 |
19-May-2016 |
60 Minutes |
Jonathan Scarfe |
Actor |
16-Dec-1975 |
|
Charlie Sagansky on Raising the Bar |
Caterina Scorsone |
Actor |
16-Oct-1981 |
|
Dr. Amelia Shepherd on Private Practice |
Michael Seater |
Actor |
15-Jan-1987 |
|
Life with Derek |
Isadore Sharp |
Business |
8-Oct-1931 |
|
Founder, Four Seasons Hotels |
Morton Shulman |
Politician |
25-Apr-1925 |
18-Aug-2000 |
Ontario MPP, iconoclast |
Joe Shuster |
Cartoonist |
10-Jul-1914 |
30-Jul-1992 |
Co-Creator of Superman |
Shadia Simmons |
Actor |
28-Jun-1986 |
|
Emily on Life with Derek |
H. Gordon Skilling |
Scholar |
12-Feb-1912 |
2-Mar-2001 |
Czechoslovakia's Interrupted Revolution |
Gregory Smith |
Actor |
6-Jul-1983 |
|
Ephram on Everwood |
Conn Smythe |
Hockey |
1-Feb-1895 |
18-Nov-1980 |
Longtime owner, Toronto Maple Leafs |
Lewis C. Solmon |
Economist |
17-Jul-1942 |
17-Dec-2007 |
Education reformer |
Cassie Steele |
Actor |
2-Dec-1989 |
|
Degrassi: The Next Generation |
Jessica Steen |
Actor |
19-Dec-1965 |
|
Linda Metcalf on Homefront |
Mark Steyn |
Author |
8-Dec-1959 |
|
America Alone |
June Storey |
Actor |
20-Apr-1918 |
18-Dec-1991 |
In Old Chicago |
Trish Stratus |
Wrestling |
18-Dec-1975 |
|
100% Stratusfaction Guaranteed |
Tara Strong |
Actor |
12-Feb-1973 |
|
Voice of Bubbles on Powerpuff Girls |
Ronald D. Sugar |
Business |
1948 |
|
CEO of Northrop Grumman |
Tamara Taylor |
Actor |
27-Sep-1970 |
|
Dr. Camille Saroyan on Bones |
Brad Templeton |
Computer Programmer |
20-Apr-1960 |
|
Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation |
Ken Thomson |
Business |
1-Sep-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Ex-CEO, Thomson Corp. |
Linda Thorson |
Actor |
18-Jun-1947 |
|
Tara King on The Avengers |
Shirley M. Tilghman |
Educator |
17-Sep-1946 |
|
President of Princeton University |
John Tory |
Politician |
28-May-1954 |
|
Mayor of Toronto |
John H. Tory |
Business |
28-May-1954 |
|
CEO of Rogers Cable, 1999-2003 |
Pat Travers |
Musician |
12-Apr-1954 |
|
Canadian rocker |
Laura Vandervoort |
Actor |
22-Sep-1984 |
|
Sadie Harrison on Instant Star |
Alberta Watson |
Actor |
6-Mar-1955 |
21-Mar-2015 |
Madeline on La Femme Nikita |
Paul Watson |
Activist |
2-Dec-1950 |
|
Environmental activist |
Al Waxman |
Actor |
2-Mar-1935 |
18-Jan-2001 |
Lt. Samuels on Cagney and Lacey |
Harland Williams |
Actor |
14-Nov-1962 |
|
Rocket Man |
Michael H. Wilson |
Politician |
4-Nov-1937 |
|
Canadian Ambassador to the US |
Michael Wincott |
Actor |
21-Jan-1958 |
|
The Crow |
Douglas T. Wright |
Educator |
4-Oct-1927 |
|
President, University of Waterloo, 1981-93 |
Neil Young |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Nov-1945 |
|
Harvest |
Stephen Young |
Actor |
19-May-1939 |
|
Ben Caldwell on Judd for the Defense |
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Alex Barris |
TV Personality |
16-Sep-1922 |
15-Jan-2004 |
Canadian TV star from the '50s and '60s |
Pierre Berton |
Author |
12-Jul-1920 |
30-Nov-2004 |
Canadian writer and TV personality |
Earle Birney |
Novelist |
13-May-1904 |
3-Sep-1995 |
Now Is Time |
Fred Bodsworth |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1918 |
15-Sep-2012 |
Last of the Curlews |
Michel Brault |
Cinematographer |
25-Jun-1928 |
21-Sep-2013 |
Les Ordres |
Peter Brock |
Historian |
30-Jan-1920 |
29-May-2006 |
Pacifism in the United States |
Morley Callaghan |
Novelist |
22-Sep-1903 |
25-Aug-1990 |
Strange Fugitive |
Norman Campbell |
Film Director |
4-Feb-1924 |
12-Apr-2004 |
TV director, producer |
Hurricane Carter |
Boxing |
6-May-1937 |
20-Apr-2014 |
Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder |
Maury Chaykin |
Actor |
27-Jul-1949 |
27-Jul-2010 |
A Nero Wolfe Mystery |
Matt Cohen |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1942 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Emotional Arithmetic |
John Colicos |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
6-Mar-2000 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
Jack Creley |
Actor |
6-Mar-1926 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Dr. Strangelove, Videodrome |
Roy Daniells |
Poet |
6-Apr-1902 |
13-Apr-1979 |
The Chequered Shade |
Rob Ford |
Politician |
28-May-1969 |
22-Mar-2016 |
Mayor of Toronto, 2010-14 |
Maureen Forrester |
Singer |
25-Jul-1930 |
16-Jun-2010 |
Contralto, interpreter of Mahler |
Don Francks |
Actor |
28-Feb-1932 |
3-Apr-2016 |
Walter on La Femme Nikita |
Northrop Frye |
Author |
14-Jul-1912 |
23-Jan-1991 |
Fearful Symmetry |
Lionel M. Gelber |
Historian |
13-Oct-1907 |
10-Aug-1989 |
The Rise of Anglo-American Friendship |
Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
Glenn Gould |
Pianist |
25-Sep-1932 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Canadian pianist, Bach soloist |
Jeff Healey |
Guitarist |
25-Mar-1966 |
2-Mar-2008 |
The Jeff Healey Band |
Harold Innis |
Scholar |
5-Nov-1894 |
8-Nov-1952 |
Empire and Communications |
Jane Jacobs |
Author |
4-May-1916 |
25-Apr-2006 |
The Death and Life of Great American Cities |
George Jonas |
Author |
15-Jun-1935 |
10-Jan-2016 |
Vengeance |
Jack Layton |
Politician |
18-Jul-1950 |
22-Aug-2011 |
Leader of Canada's NDP |
Stephen Leacock |
Author |
30-Dec-1869 |
28-Mar-1944 |
Literary Lapses |
Donald C. MacDonald |
Politician |
7-Dec-1913 |
8-Mar-2008 |
Leader of Ontario CCF and NDP, 1953-70 |
Gwendolyn MacEwen |
Poet |
1-Sep-1941 |
29-Nov-1987 |
A Breakfast for Barbarians |
Alexander Mackenzie |
Head of State |
28-Jan-1822 |
17-Apr-1892 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-78 |
C. B. Macpherson |
Scholar |
18-Nov-1911 |
22-Jul-1987 |
Political Theory of Possessive Individualism |
Walter Massey |
Actor |
19-Aug-1928 |
4-Aug-2014 |
Canadian voice and character actor |
Spark Matsunaga |
Politician |
8-Oct-1916 |
15-Apr-1990 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90 |
Marshall McLuhan |
Author |
21-Jul-1911 |
31-Dec-1980 |
Understanding Media |
Arthur Meighen |
Head of State |
16-Jun-1874 |
5-Aug-1960 |
Twice Canadian Prime Minister |
Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Novelist |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Apr-1942 |
Anne of Green Gables |
Henry Morgentaler |
Doctor |
19-Mar-1923 |
28-May-2013 |
Abortion rights in Canada |
John Neville |
Actor |
2-May-1925 |
19-Nov-2011 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
Zebulon Pike |
Military |
5-Jan-1779 |
27-Apr-1813 |
Lent his name to Pike's Peak |
Sam Pollock |
Hockey |
25-Dec-1925 |
15-Aug-2007 |
GM of Montreal Canadiens, 1964-78 |
E. J. Pratt |
Poet |
4-Feb-1883 |
26-Apr-1964 |
Newfoundland Verse |
Sir Charles G. D. Roberts |
Poet |
10-Jan-1860 |
26-Nov-1943 |
Earth's Enigmas |
Tony Rosato |
Comic |
26-Dec-1954 |
10-Jan-2017 |
Second City |
Morton Shulman |
Politician |
25-Apr-1925 |
18-Aug-2000 |
Ontario MPP, iconoclast |
H. Gordon Skilling |
Scholar |
12-Feb-1912 |
2-Mar-2001 |
Czechoslovakia's Interrupted Revolution |
Goldwin Smith |
Historian |
13-Aug-1823 |
7-Jun-1910 |
Controversialist |
Ken Thomson |
Business |
1-Sep-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Ex-CEO, Thomson Corp. |
Alberta Watson |
Actor |
6-Mar-1955 |
21-Mar-2015 |
Madeline on La Femme Nikita |
Al Waxman |
Actor |
2-Mar-1935 |
18-Jan-2001 |
Lt. Samuels on Cagney and Lacey |
Adele Wiseman |
Author |
21-May-1928 |
1-Jun-1992 |
The Sacrifice |