Dan Ackroyd 
, comedian, actor, and one-half of the “Blues Brothers”.
Paul Anka, singer, writer; wrote “My Way”, and the “Tonight Show” theme for Johnny Carson.
Conrad Bain, actor, played the father in TV’s “Diff’rent Strokes”.
Donovan Bailey, athelete. Not just Canada’s, but the world’s fastest runner.
Robert Bateman, painter. Wonderful, realistic wildlife portrayals.
Raymond Burr, actor; best known for “Ironside” and “Perry Mason”.
Dean Butler, actor, played "Almonzo Wilder" on the TV series "Little House On The Prairie"
John Candy, comedian extroidinaire and actor who died well before his time.
Emily Carr, writer, painter. Painted nature, and a lot of totem poles.
Jim Carrey, comedian, actor, best known for his time on “In Living Color”, “The Mask” and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” movies.
Jack Carson, actor. Best known for his roles in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, and Mildred Pierce.
Susan Clark, actress. Played the mother on TV’s “Webster”.
Tommy Chong, comedian, actor. Best known as one-half of “Cheech and Chong”.
Glenn Ford, actor. Best known movie: “Blackboard Jungle”.
Michael J. Fox, actor. Best known for playing “Alex P. Keaton” on TV’s “Family Ties”, and his newest sitcom, “Spin City”.
Philippe Gagnon, impressionist.
Graham Greene , actor. He was best known for his performance in “Dances With Wolves”.
Lorne Greene, actor, probably best known for the TV show “Bonanza”.
Wayne Gretzky, athelete. The world’s greatest hockey player ever. And we’ve got the stats to prove it.
Monty Hall, TV personality. He hosted TV’s “Let’s Make A Deal” for years.
Arthur Hailey, author. He wrote “Airport”. Although not born in Canada, he immigrated with his parents while young.
Don Harron, comedian, actor, and (unfortunately) known for his appearances on “Hee Haw”.
Doug Henning, illusionist.
Landsford Whiting Ingalls, born in Canada, but not as famous as his granddaughter, Laura Ingalls Wilder!
Margot Kidder, actress. Best known as “Lois Lane” in the “Superman” movies.
Kids In The Hall.
W.P. Kinsella, author. Wrote “Shoeless Joe” which was made into the movie “Field Of Dreams”.
Peter Jennings, A.B.C. news anchorman.
Jenny Jones. Well, we can’t be proud of everyone...
Pamela Anderson Lee, actress. Discovered by the jumbo-tron at a B.C. Lions football game, she is best known for “Baywatch”.
Eugene Levy , comedian, actor; best known for his work on SCTV.
Art Linkletter, TV personality.
Rich Little, comedian/impressionist.
Norm MacDonald, comedian. Best known for his work on “SNL”.
Catherine O’Hara, comedian, actor; best known for her work on SCTV, and “Home Alone”.
Rich Little, comedian/impressionist.
Howie Mandell, comedian, actor. He has co-hosted “Regis and Kathie Lee” several times. We saw him in Las Vegas - what a blast!
Lorne Michaels, creator, producer, director of “Saturday Night Live”.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, author. She wrote the “Anne of Green Gables” stories.
Rick Moranis, comedian, actor, probably best known as “Bob MacKenzie” from SCTV, and from the “Honey, I Shrunk The Kids” movies.
Keith Morrison, journalist. Best known for his correspondance work on “Dateline NBC”. Step-father to Mathew Perry.
Farley Mowat, author. He penned such classics as “Never Cry Wolf”.
Mike Myers , comedian, actor, best known for his portrayal of “Wayne Campbell” on “SNL” and the “Wayne’s World” movies.
Leslie Neilson, actor. Best known for his “Airplane” and “Naked Gun” movies.
Michael Ondaatje , author. Wrote “The English Patient”.
Mathew Perry, actor. Best known for his role on TV’s “Friends”.
Jason Priestly, actor. Best known for his role on TV’s 90210.
Donald Sutherland, actor, father of Keifer. He’s best known for his roles in movies such as “M*A*S*H*”, “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers”, “JFK”, and “Backdraft”.
The Red Green Show, created by genius Steve Smith.
Keanu Reeves, actor. Though not born in Canada, he lived here and considers himself a citizen.
Royal Canadian Air Farce.
William Shatner, actor, best known for his role as “Captain Kirk” on TV’s “Star Trek”. We saw him on a game show in London recently...
Martin Short , comedian (Rosie O’Donnell’s favorite), actor; best known for his character from SCTV and SNL: “Ed Grimly”.
Joe Shuster, cartoonist; original co-creator of the “Superman” comic strip. First cousin to Frank.
Donald Sutherland, actor, father of Keifer. He’s best known for his roles in movies such as “M*A*S*H*”, “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers”, “JFK”, and “Backdraft”.
Alan Thicke, actor. He was best known for TV’s “Growing Pains”.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes. A political satire show on Canada’s Canadian Broadcast Corporation (C.B.C.).
Dave Thomas, comedian, actor, probably best known as “Doug MacKenzie” from SCTV, and from the TV show “Grace Under Fire”.
Alex Trebek, TV personality. Host of TV’s “Jeopardy”.
Al Waxman, actor best known for “Cagney and Lacey”, and Canada’s “The King of Kensington”; currently on stage with “Death of a Salesman”.
Wayne & Shuster, comedian team of John (Louis) Wayne and Frank Shuster; set a record of 67 performances on “The Ed Sullivan Show”.
Orson Welles, actor, director. Best known for “Citizen Kane”.
Winnie The Pooh. Named for a bear found by Canadian soldiers who they named “Winnie” - after the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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