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Please help add to this list of famous Canadians. If you know a band or artist was born in Canada, or is a Canadian citizen, send their name to rmac@novatone.net for inclusion on this list. Please include the names of Canadian members of bands (if known) as well as the band name, and Hometown (if known).
For Actors, include the names of Movies or Shows they have been in if possible.
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Lee Aaron
Bryan Adams
Paul Anka
April Wine
Jann Arden
Arrogant Worms
Barenaked Ladies
Barney Bental
Big Rude Jake
Big Sugar
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blue Rodeo
The Blues Brothers - Elwood (Dan
Aykroyd)
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
BTO - Randy Bachman
Buffalo Springfield -
(American band with Canadian Members) Neil Young
Chilliwak
Tom Cochrane
Bruce Cockburn
Coal (Vancouver BC)
Cowboy Junkies
Stompin' Tom Conners
Jim Byrnes
Leonard Cohen
Holly Cole
Crash Test Dummies
Crash Vegas
Crowbar
Celine Dion
Jerry Doucette
Duchess - Phil (Bass), Liene
(Guitar), Mina (Drums) From Montreal
Flatland 6
A Foot In Cold Water
Matthew Good Band
Great Big Sea
The Guess Who - Burton Cummings
Gene Hardy
Harlequin
Corey Hart
Ronnie Hawkins - Moved to Canada in 1958
Haywire
The Headpins
The Headstones
The Jeff Healey Band
Heart
Helix
Honeymoon Suite
I Mother Earth
Colin James
Sas Jordan
Gene Hardy
Junk House
The Killjoys
The Kings
K.D. Lang
Gordon Lightfoot
Avril Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) Born
in Napanee, Ontario
Lighthouse
Loverboy
The Lowest Of The Low
Ashley MacIsaac
Amanda
Marshal
Sarah McLaughlin
Holly McNarland
Men Without Hats
Joni Mitchell
Kim Mitchell
The Moffatts
Moist - David Usher, Mark Makowy,
Kevin Young, Paul Wilcox
Alanis Morrisette
Anne Murray
The Ocean
Odds
The Original Cast
Our Lady Peace
The Paolas
The Philosopher
Kings
Platinum Blonde
Prairie Oyster
Prisim
The Pursuit Of Happiness
Pure
The Rankins
Red Rider
The Rheostatics
Rymes With Orange
Robbie Robertson
Rush
Rusty
Saga
The Skydiggers
Sloan
Hank Snow
Spirit Of The West
Steppenwolf (American band with Canadian Members) - John Kay (German born, 2 years in
Canada), Jerry Edmonton, Goldie McJohn
The Tea Party
The Tragically Hip
Treble Charger
Triumph
Trooper
Shania Twain
The Watchmen
Wide Mouth Mason
Dave Wilcox
Wild Strawberries
Michelle Wright
Neil Young
Pamela Anderson - Actress
Dan Akroyd (Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, Saturday Night Live etc.)
Born as Raymond 'William Stacy' Burr, 21 May 1917, in New
Westminster - Actor Perry Mason
John Candy - Actor / Comedian
Jim Carrey - Actor / Comedian
Don Cherry - Hocky Expert
Yvonne DeCarlo, deceased,Vancouver
Micheal J. Fox - Actor
Lorne Green - Actor
Phil Hartman, Deceased –Cdn
Joshua Jackson - Actor (Dawson's Creek)
Petter Jennings - News Anchor
Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912, in Moosejaw,
Saskatchewan
Rich Little, Ottawa, Voice impersonator
Lorne Michaels - Television/Movie Producer
Rick Moranias - Actor / Comedian
Mike Myers - Actor Comedian (SNL, Waynes World, Auston Powers) Born in England,
raised in Canada
Leslie Nielson - Actor
Matthew Perry - Actor (Friends)
Gordon Pinsent, Nfld;
Jason Priestly - Actor
Paul Shaeffer - Musician / Talkshow sidekick
William Shatner (Star Trek, TJ Hooker)
Donald Sutherland, New Brunswick
