C.C. (Companions of the Order of Canada)
Recipients of the Canadian highest honor; C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canada).
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John Black Aird
Jean Victor Allard
Doris Anderson
Edgar Archibald
Eric Arthur
Edwin Baker
Charles Band (Businessman)
Henry J.M. Barnett
John Bassett
Michel Bastarache
Thomas J. Bata
Laurent Beaudoin
Jean Beetz
Robert Edward Bell
Agnes Benidickson
Avie Bennett
Mario Bernardi
Claude Bertrand (neurosurgeon)
Florence Bird
Claude Bissell
S. Robert Blair
Jean Sutherland Boggs
Gerald Bouey
William Boyd (Pathologist)
Willard Boyle
John Ross Bradfield
Francois Philippe Brais
Bertram Brockhouse
E.L.M. Burns
Marcel Cadieux
Thane Campbell
Gerald Emmett Carter
John Robert Cartwright
Therese Casgrain
Clifford Chadderton
Lionel Chevrier
Floyd Chalmers
Joan Chalmers
Louise Charron
Brock Chisholm
Fernand Choquette
Bishop Howard Clark
Joe Clark
John Clyne
Reuben Cohen
Major James Coldwell
Harold Copp
James Corry (academic)
Peter Cory
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
Purdy Crawford
Donald Creighton
Buck Crump
E.M. Culliton
David Culver
Balfour Currie
Camille Dagenais
Roy Daniells
Pierre Dansereau
Paul David
George Forrester Davidson
Bill Davis
Robert Defries
Marie Deschamps
Jules Deschenes
John James Deutsch
Jack Diamond (Canadian Businessman)
Brian Dickson
Charles George Drake
Willard Estey
John Robert Evans
Ellen Fairclough
Marcel Faribault
Gerald Fauteux
Gerard Filion
George Bernard Flahiff
Ross Flemington
Robert Ford (Poet)
Claude Fortier
Yves Fortier (lawyer)
Ruth Frankel
Armand Frappier
Rowland Frazee
Martin Friedland
Henry Friesen
Leslie Frost
William Fyfe
George Alexander Gale
Walter Gage
Stuart Garson
Jacques Genest
Reva Gerstein
Roger Gaudry
William-Henry Gauvin
Arthur Gelber
Paul Antoine Giguere
Gustave Gingras
Roland Giroux
Phil Gold
Victor Goldbloom
Charles Gonthier
Nicholas Goldschmidt
Donald Gordon (Canadian businessman)
Walter L. Gordon
Joseph Gosnell
Duncan Archibald Graham
Alain Grandbois
A. Jean De Grandpre
Louis-Philippe De Grandpre
Herb Gray
James Lorne Gray
Roger Guindon
Ian Hacking
Emmett Matthew Hall
Francesca Halpenny
Kenneth Hare
Lawren Harris
Arnold Heeney
James M. Harrison
Gordon Henderson
Gerhard Herzberg
Henry Hicks (Nova Scotia politician)
Lotta Hitschmanova
Gerda Hnatyshyn
Helen Sawyer Hogg
Peter Hogg
George Ignatieff
Richard M. Ivey
A.Y. Jackson
Stephen A. Jarislowsky
Diamond Jenness
Albert Wesley Johnson
David Johnston
Wilfred Judson
Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside
Roy Kellock
Mart Kenney
Thomas Worrall Kent
Larkin Kerwin
Walter Koerner
Arthur Kroeger
Gerard La Forest
Luc Lacourciere
Antonio Lamer
Roger Landry
Renaude Lapointe
Bora Laskin
Charles Philippe Leblond
Maurice LeClair
Gabrielle Leger
Jules Leger
Robert Legget
Mary LeMessurier
Jean Paul Lemieux
Raymond Lemieux
Georges-Henri Levesque
Bennett Lewis
Davis Lewis (politician)
Stephen Lewis
Claire L'Heureux-Dube
Arthur Lismer
Charles Holland Locke
Bernard Longergan
Arthur R.M. Lower
John MacAulay
Donald Stovel MacDonald
James Macdonnell (Canadian politician)
William McIntyre (judge)
Jack Mackenzie
Norman MacKenzie
William Archibald Mackintosh
Ernest MacMillan
H.R. MacMillan
Norman John MacMillan
John C. Major
Ernest Manning
Leo Marion
Paul Martin
Paul Joseph James Martin
Ronald Martland
Goldwyn Arthur Martin
Don Mazanowski
Harrison McCain
Margaret McCain
Wallace McCain
Jack McClelland (publisher)
Robert Baird McClure
Pauline Mills McGibbon
Gordon McGregor
Hector McKinnon
John B. McNair
John Meisel
Frank Robert Miller
Brenda Milner
H.R. Milner
Moses Morgan
Raymond Moriyama
Joe Morris (trade unionist)
Donald Walter Gordon Murray
James Fraser Mustard
Hilda Neatby
Nathaniel Nemetz
John Lang Nichol
Betty Oliphant
Gordon Osbaldeston
Bernard Ostry
Sylvia Ostry
Alphonse Ouimet
Leonard Outerbridge
P.K. Page
Jean Papineau-Couture
Jean Guy Paquet
Alphonse Marie Parent
Alfred Pellan
Laurent Picard
Jack Pickersgill
Jean Philippe Pigeon
John Polanyi
Adrien Pouliot
Christopher Pratt
Juda Hirsch Quartet
Ivan Rand
Louis Rasminsky
Louis-Marie Regis
Escott Reid
Kathleen M. Richardson
Charles Ritchie (diplomat)
Edgar Ritchie
Roland Ritchie
Jean Paul Riopelle
Norman Robertson
Robert Gordon Robertson
Rocke Robertson
Louis Robichaud
John Josiah Robinette
Dufferin Roblin
Charles Ronning
Ghislaine Roquet
Alfred Rouleau
Roger Rousseau
Guy Saint Pierre
Robert B. Salter
Lucien Saulnier
Maurice Sauve
Lily Schreyer
F.R. Scott
Ted Scott
Charles Scriver
Joseph Sedgwick
Robert Fletcher Shaw
Louis Siminovitch
Michael Smith (chemist)
Omond Solandt
Margaret Southern
Ron Southern
Wishart Spence
George Stanley
Jack Sures
Thomas Symons
Robert Taschereau
Charles Taylor (philosopher)
Paul Tellier
Harry Thode
Walter P. Thompson
Shirley Thomson
Paul Thorlakson
Graham Towers
Marcel Trudeau
John Turner
William Twaits
Louis Albert Vachon
Murray Vaughan
Marcel Vincent
Patrick Watson (producer)
Ronald Lampman Watts
L. Dana Wilgress
Healey Willan
John Tuzo Wilson
Michael Wilson (Canadian politician)
Harold Wright (athlete)
Max Yalden
Those listed below are not here on this site.
John Black Aird
Jean Victor Allard
Doris Anderson
Edgar Archibald
Eric Arthur
Edwin Baker
Charles Band (Businessman)
Henry J.M. Barnett
John Bassett
Michel Bastarache
Thomas J. Bata
Laurent Beaudoin
Jean Beetz
Robert Edward Bell
Agnes Benidickson
Avie Bennett
Mario Bernardi
Claude Bertrand (neurosurgeon)
Florence Bird
Claude Bissell
S. Robert Blair
Jean Sutherland Boggs
Gerald Bouey
William Boyd (Pathologist)
Willard Boyle
John Ross Bradfield
Francois Philippe Brais
Bertram Brockhouse
E.L.M. Burns
Marcel Cadieux
Thane Campbell
Gerald Emmett Carter
John Robert Cartwright
Therese Casgrain
Clifford Chadderton
Lionel Chevrier
Floyd Chalmers
Joan Chalmers
Louise Charron
Brock Chisholm
Fernand Choquette
Bishop Howard Clark
Joe Clark
John Clyne
Reuben Cohen
Major James Coldwell
Harold Copp
James Corry (academic)
Peter Cory
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
Purdy Crawford
Donald Creighton
Buck Crump
E.M. Culliton
David Culver
Balfour Currie
Camille Dagenais
Roy Daniells
Pierre Dansereau
Paul David
George Forrester Davidson
Bill Davis
Robert Defries
Marie Deschamps
Jules Deschenes
John James Deutsch
Jack Diamond (Canadian Businessman)
Brian Dickson
Charles George Drake
Willard Estey
John Robert Evans
Ellen Fairclough
Marcel Faribault
Gerald Fauteux
Gerard Filion
George Bernard Flahiff
Ross Flemington
Robert Ford (Poet)
Claude Fortier
Yves Fortier (lawyer)
Ruth Frankel
Armand Frappier
Rowland Frazee
Martin Friedland
Henry Friesen
Leslie Frost
William Fyfe
George Alexander Gale
Walter Gage
Stuart Garson
Jacques Genest
Reva Gerstein
Roger Gaudry
William-Henry Gauvin
Arthur Gelber
Paul Antoine Giguere
Gustave Gingras
Roland Giroux
Phil Gold
Victor Goldbloom
Charles Gonthier
Nicholas Goldschmidt
Donald Gordon (Canadian businessman)
Walter L. Gordon
Joseph Gosnell
Duncan Archibald Graham
Alain Grandbois
A. Jean De Grandpre
Louis-Philippe De Grandpre
Herb Gray
James Lorne Gray
Roger Guindon
Ian Hacking
Emmett Matthew Hall
Francesca Halpenny
Kenneth Hare
Lawren Harris
Arnold Heeney
James M. Harrison
Gordon Henderson
Gerhard Herzberg
Henry Hicks (Nova Scotia politician)
Lotta Hitschmanova
Gerda Hnatyshyn
Helen Sawyer Hogg
Peter Hogg
George Ignatieff
Richard M. Ivey
A.Y. Jackson
Stephen A. Jarislowsky
Diamond Jenness
Albert Wesley Johnson
David Johnston
Wilfred Judson
Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside
Roy Kellock
Mart Kenney
Thomas Worrall Kent
Larkin Kerwin
Walter Koerner
Arthur Kroeger
Gerard La Forest
Luc Lacourciere
Antonio Lamer
Roger Landry
Renaude Lapointe
Bora Laskin
Charles Philippe Leblond
Maurice LeClair
Gabrielle Leger
Jules Leger
Robert Legget
Mary LeMessurier
Jean Paul Lemieux
Raymond Lemieux
Georges-Henri Levesque
Bennett Lewis
Davis Lewis (politician)
Stephen Lewis
Claire L'Heureux-Dube
Arthur Lismer
Charles Holland Locke
Bernard Longergan
Arthur R.M. Lower
John MacAulay
Donald Stovel MacDonald
James Macdonnell (Canadian politician)
William McIntyre (judge)
Jack Mackenzie
Norman MacKenzie
William Archibald Mackintosh
Ernest MacMillan
H.R. MacMillan
Norman John MacMillan
John C. Major
Ernest Manning
Leo Marion
Paul Martin
Paul Joseph James Martin
Ronald Martland
Goldwyn Arthur Martin
Don Mazanowski
Harrison McCain
Margaret McCain
Wallace McCain
Jack McClelland (publisher)
Robert Baird McClure
Pauline Mills McGibbon
Gordon McGregor
Hector McKinnon
John B. McNair
John Meisel
Frank Robert Miller
Brenda Milner
H.R. Milner
Moses Morgan
Raymond Moriyama
Joe Morris (trade unionist)
Donald Walter Gordon Murray
James Fraser Mustard
Hilda Neatby
Nathaniel Nemetz
John Lang Nichol
Betty Oliphant
Gordon Osbaldeston
Bernard Ostry
Sylvia Ostry
Alphonse Ouimet
Leonard Outerbridge
P.K. Page
Jean Papineau-Couture
Jean Guy Paquet
Alphonse Marie Parent
Alfred Pellan
Laurent Picard
Jack Pickersgill
Jean Philippe Pigeon
John Polanyi
Adrien Pouliot
Christopher Pratt
Juda Hirsch Quartet
Ivan Rand
Louis Rasminsky
Louis-Marie Regis
Escott Reid
Kathleen M. Richardson
Charles Ritchie (diplomat)
Edgar Ritchie
Roland Ritchie
Jean Paul Riopelle
Norman Robertson
Robert Gordon Robertson
Rocke Robertson
Louis Robichaud
John Josiah Robinette
Dufferin Roblin
Charles Ronning
Ghislaine Roquet
Alfred Rouleau
Roger Rousseau
Guy Saint Pierre
Robert B. Salter
Lucien Saulnier
Maurice Sauve
Lily Schreyer
F.R. Scott
Ted Scott
Charles Scriver
Joseph Sedgwick
Robert Fletcher Shaw
Louis Siminovitch
Michael Smith (chemist)
Omond Solandt
Margaret Southern
Ron Southern
Wishart Spence
George Stanley
Jack Sures
Thomas Symons
Robert Taschereau
Charles Taylor (philosopher)
Paul Tellier
Harry Thode
Walter P. Thompson
Shirley Thomson
Paul Thorlakson
Graham Towers
Marcel Trudeau
John Turner
William Twaits
Louis Albert Vachon
Murray Vaughan
Marcel Vincent
Patrick Watson (producer)
Ronald Lampman Watts
L. Dana Wilgress
Healey Willan
John Tuzo Wilson
Michael Wilson (Canadian politician)
Harold Wright (athlete)
Max Yalden
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Václav Havel was born on 5 October 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Leaving (2011), The Beggar's Opera (1991) and Heart Beat 3D (2010). He was married to Dagmar Havlová and Olga Splíchalová. He died on 18 December 2011 in Hrádecek, Czech Republic.- Lincoln Alexander served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. He was the first Black Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons in 1968. He was named Federal Minister of Labour in 1979. In 1985 he was named as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, a position he held until 1991.
He currently serves as Chancellor of the University of Guelph, the Alma Mater of Andromeda star Laura Bertram. - Composer
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Louis Applebaum was born on 3 April 1918 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a composer and writer, known for Story of G.I. Joe (1945), Walk East on Beacon! (1952) and The Mask (1961). He died on 20 April 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Louise Arbour was born on 10 February 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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One of Québec's most politically aware filmmakers, Denys Arcand studied history at Université de Montréal, where he co-directed Seul ou avec d'autres (1962) with Denis Héroux and co-written with Stéphane Venne. He joined the National Film Board (NFB) in 1963, where his feature-length documentary on the textile industry, On est au coton (1970), was so controversial it was suppressed for 6 years. He made another fine documentary, Québec: Duplessis et après... (1972), before leaving the NFB for the private sector. La maudite galette (1972), Réjeanne Padovani (1973) and Gina (1975) were distinctive views of Québec society, original and provocative. All 3 used the gangster film as a source while distorting many of its conventions. He then moved to TV, scripting the Duplessis (1978) series for Radio-Canada and directing 3 episodes of Empire, Inc. (1983). He returned to the NFB to make a documentary on the 1980 referendum, Le confort et l'indifférence (1982), which revealed growing cynicism about the political process. It won the Québec Critics Prize.
He returned to commercial filmmaking after a hiatus of 10 years with The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984), before achieving major success with the scathing comedy about sexual mores, The Decline of the American Empire (1986) (The Decline of the American Empire), a film that won numerous prizes, including the prestigious Critic's Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The New York Film Critics voted it Best Foreign Film in 1986 and it won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the 1987 Genies. It was also nominated as Best Foreign Film by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Jesus of Montreal (1989) confirmed Arcand's international reputation, winning the Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It won 10 Genies, including Best Picture and Director, and was nominated in the Best Foreign Film category by the Academy. Arcand then moved into English-language production in an attempt to break into a larger international market. Love and Human Remains (1993), his first feature in English, was followed by Stardom (2000), a film that looked at the world of fashion. Neither achieved the subtlety and texture of his earlier work.
The overwhelming success of The Barbarian Invasions (2003), which marked both a return to the French language and to the characters who had peopled The Decline of the American Empire (1986), showed that Arcand had lost none of his powers of observation. The film won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival (best screenplay, and best actor for Marie-Josée Croze), Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival and the prestigious Oscar for Best Foreign Film. In 2005 Arcand was named Companion of the Order of Canada, which recognizes individuals for exceptional achievements of national or international significance.- Kenojuak Ashevak was born on 3 October 1927 in near Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada [now Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada]. She was married to Johnniebo Ashevak, Itigajuaqujaku Pii, Joanasie Igiju and ? Kenojuak. She died on 8 January 2013 in Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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- Production Designer
Ludmilla Chiriaeff was born on 10 January 1924 in Riga, Latvia. She was a production designer, known for The Bell Telephone Hour (1959), Pas de deux (1968) and Appelez-moi Lise (1972). She was married to Uriel Luft and Chiriaeff. She died on 22 September 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Robert Choquette was born on 22 April 1905. He was a writer, known for Quatuor (1956), Le curé de village (1949) and Témoignages (1973). He died in 1991.
- Jean Chrétien was born on 11 January 1934 in Shawinigan, Québec, Canada. He was previously married to Aline Chrétien.
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- Actress
Adrienne Clarkson was born on 10 February 1939 in Hong Kong. She is a producer and writer, known for Adrienne Clarkson Presents (1988), Artemisia (1997) and Corner Gas (2004). She has been married to John Ralston Saul since 31 July 1999. She was previously married to Stephen Clarkson.- Gilles Cloutier was born in 1943. He was an actor, known for Desjardins (1990), Les aventures tumultueuses de Jack Carter (2003) and Les muses orphelines (2000). He died on 6 July 2007 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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- Composer
Leonard Cohen was born on 21 September 1934 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a music artist and composer, known for Watchmen (2009), Night Magic (1985) and Natural Born Killers (1994). He died on 7 November 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Alex Colville was born on 24 August 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Rhoda Wright. He died on 16 July 2013 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox was born on July 28, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The son of Betty Fox and Rolly Fox, Terry had three siblings: Older brother Fred Fox, younger sister Judy Alder-Fox, and younger brother Darrell Fox. His father Rolly was a switchman for the Canadian National Railway. The Fox family moved to Surrey, British Columbia in 1966 prior to settling in Port Coquitlam in 1968. A driven and determined athlete from a young age, Terry played baseball, rugby, and soccer while growing up. He later took up long distance running while in high school. Fox was chosen as a member of the starting team of his high school basketball team in 10th grade and was co-winner of his school's Athlete of the Year Award in 12th grade. Following graduation from high school, Terry attended Simon Fraser University, where he studied kinesiology so he could become a physical education teacher and was chosen for the school's junior varsity basketball team.
Fox was diagnosed with bone cancer in 1977 and had to have his right leg amputated fifteen centimeters above the knee. Terry was walking again with the assistance of an artificial prosthetic leg several weeks after the amputation surgery. Fox joined Canadian philanthropist Rick Hansen's wheelchair basketball team in the summer of 1977; he won three national titles as part of the team and was named an all-star by the North American Wheelchair Association in 1980.
However, Terry aspired to do something more in the name of cancer research and cancer awareness. Touched by the pain and suffering he had witnessed from numerous fellow cancer patients during his months of chemotherapy in the wake of the amputation of his right leg and furthered inspired by an article on Dick Traum, who was the first amputee to ever successfully finish the New York City Marathon, Fox decided to run across Canada in order to raise both money and awareness for cancer research. Terry started marathon running training with a special prosthetic leg made specifically for running and competed in a marathon in Prince George, British Columbia in August, 1979.
Fox started his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980 in St. John's, Newfoundland. Despite initial tepid coverage by the media, frequent extreme pain, and harsh weather such as heavy rain, gale force winds, and even a snowstorm during the first few days of his run, Terry continued to plug away and soon became a media sensation and national hero as he made his way throughout the provinces of Canada. Fox was greeted by all 10,000 residents of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland with a donation of 10,000 dollars. By the time Terry arrived in Ontario on June 22 his cause had raised over 200,000 dollars in donations. Fox met Governor General Ed Schreyer and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau upon his arrival in Ottawa. Moreover, Terry performed a ceremonial kickoff in front of sixteen thousand fans at a Canadian Football League game. Fox arrived in Toronto on July 11, where National Hockey League star Darryl Sittler gave Fox his 1980 All-Star Game jersey. In addition, Canadian Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr gave Terry a check for twenty-five thousand dollars.
Fox was forced to stop his marathon on September 1, 1980 because of severe exhaustion and serious chest pains due to the fact that his cancer had spread to his lungs. By the time Terry finished his marathon he had run 3,339 miles over the course of 143 days in which he ran the equivalent of a full marathon on each day and had raised 1,700,000 dollars for cancer research. Fox died at age 22 on June 28, 1981. The first annual Terry Fox Run was held in September of that same year. Moreover, The Terry Fox Foundation has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in the name of cancer research and The Terry Fox Research Institute was founded in 2007. In addition, many schools, roads, parks, and buildings throughout Canada have been named in Fox's honor. - Actress
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Celia Franca was born on 25 June 1922 in Mile End, London, England, UK. She was an actress and director, known for Festival (1960), The Dance of Salome (1949) and Folio (1955). She was married to James (Jay) Morton, Herbert Anderson and Leo Kersley. She died on 19 February 2007 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.- Ursula Franklin was born on 16 September 1921 in Munich, Germany. She was married to Fred. She died on 22 July 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Northrop Frye was born on 14 July 1912 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Passerby (1995), University (1961) and The Scholar in Society: Northrop Frye in Conversation (1984). He was married to Elizabeth Brown and Helen Kemp. He died on 23 January 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Margaret Atwood was born on 18 November 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a writer and producer, known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Alias Grace (2017) and MaddAddam. She was previously married to Graeme Gibson and Jim Polk.- Marius Barbeau was born on 5 March 1883 in St-Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada. He was a writer, known for Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? (1952), False Faces (1963) and Marius Barbeau et l'art totémique (1959). He was married to Marie Ernestine Larocque . He died on 27 February 1969 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Lloyd Barber was born on 8 March 1932 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Michel Bélanger is known for L'homme de terre (1989).
- Jean Béliveau is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, "Le Gros Bill" Béliveau is widely regarded as one of the Ten Greatest NHL players of all time. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Béliveau first played professionally in the Quebec Major Hockey League (QMHL). He made his NHL debut with the Canadiens in 1950, but chose to remain in the QMHL full-time until 1953.
By his second season in the NHL, Béliveau was among the top three scorers. He was the fourth player to score 500 goals and the second to score 1,000 points. Béliveau won two Hart Memorial Trophies as league MVP (1956, 1964) and one Art Ross Trophy as top scorer (1956), as well as the inaugural Conn Smythe Trophy as play-off MVP (1965). He has 17 Stanley Cup championships, the most by any individual to date. All championships have been with the Montreal Canadiens: 10 as a player and 7 as an executive.
In 2017, Beliveau was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. - Writer
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Pierre Berton was born on 12 July 1920 in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for Klondike (1960), Folio (1955) and ABC Weekend Specials (1977). He was married to Janet Berton. He died on 30 November 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Stunts
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- Marie-Claire Blais was born on 5 October 1939 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She was a writer, known for La belle bête (2006), Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel (1973) and Festival (1960). She died on 30 November 2021 in Key West, Florida, USA.
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Roger Blais was born on 6 February 1917 in Giffard, Québec, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Grierson (1973), Monsieur John Grierson (1974) and Vive le ski! (1946). He was married to Louise Bellavance. He died on 9 November 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Boutros Boutros-Ghali was born on 14 November 1922 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Walad w Bent (2010), Ein Shams (2008) and Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace (2009). He was married to Leila Kahil and Leia Maria Nadler. He died on 16 February 2016 in Cairo, Egypt.
- Clément Cormier is known for Possible Worlds (2000).
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- Writer
Paul Crépeau was a director and actor, known for Ma passion, mon harmonie (1986), Les deux Marcelle (1987) and Lettre à Tom (1987). He died on 19 January 2015 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.- Thomas Crerar was born on 17 June 1876 in Molesworth, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1975.
- Barney Danson was born on 8 February 1921 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He died on 17 October 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Robertson Davies was born on 28 August 1913 in Thamesville, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for First Person (1960), Encounter (1952) and Teleplay (1976). He died on 3 December 1995 in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada.- Actress
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- Script and Continuity Department
Natalie Zemon Davis was born on 8 November 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), Divine Magic (1995) and Apostrophes (1975). She was married to Chandler Davis. She died on 21 October 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Producer
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Rock Demers was born on 1 December 1933 in Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Bécancour, Québec, Canada. He was a producer and actor, known for Tadpole and the Whale (1988), The Dog Who Stopped the War (1984) and Vincent and Me (1990). He died on 17 August 2021 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.- Paul Desmarais was born on 4 January 1927 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Jacqueline Maranger. He died on 8 October 2013 in Sagard, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada.
- Mavis Gallant was born on 11 August 1922 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was a writer, known for Drága kisfiam! (1978), Contact, l'encyclopédie de la création (2006) and Telescope (1963). She was married to John Gallant. She died on 18 February 2014 in Paris, France.
- Marc Garneau was born on 23 February 1949 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is married to Pamela Soame. They have four children.
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- Director
Brother of actor Gabriel Gascon and father of actress Nathalie Gascon, Jean was an important personality in Quebec theatre. With actor Jean-Louis Roux, his fellowman of the "Compagnons de Saint-Laurent" acting troupe, he founded the "Théâtre du Nouveau Monde" (litterally, "Theater of the New World") and he has also been director of the Stratford Art Center.- Actor
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After graduating from Harvard University, Gehry studied architecture. In the middle of his studies he moved to the University of Los Angeles. In 1962 he founded his own architectural firm in Venice, California. In the following years he advanced from a conventional planner to an early representative of deconstructivism, an architectural movement that existed from the 1970s onwards and which, contrary to conventional principles, sought free, collage-like combinations of divergent buildings. His breakthrough was the design of the California Aerospace Museum Los Angeles (1982-1984). While the architectural style trend at this time was still directed towards postmodernism with its colorfulness and chic facade design, Gehry allowed deconstructivism to take tangible form in his planned buildings. In 1989 he caused a sensation in Europe with the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. At the Vitra Design Museum, he showed what the new extravagance should look like: The building no longer houses harmony, but stands out due to a variety of dissonances.
Cubes are either raised or inserted into one another, multiple broken vaults or half and quarter arches are the external components of the extravagant building for the museum, which, even when viewed through the usual glasses, is missing the structure with roof and facade. This work, like many of Gehry's other designs, was ahead of his time. Nevertheless, the interior is functionally designed for its exhibition purposes and fulfills the desired intentions. Due to the development direction from inside to outside, the light intake is moved upwards. The original planning of the Vitra Design Museum established the architect's global reputation. The attention, acceptance and also rejection that Gehry received culminated in the awarding of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the informal Nobel Prize for architecture, in 1989. In Düsseldorf, Gehry designed the "Neuer Zollhof" (1997-1999) on the new media mile with its three extraordinary buildings as office and shop towers. They are also known as dancing houses.
In Oeynhausen he designed a center for communication and technology, which he gave a complex appearance. Inside, there is once again tidy functionality in favor of the users' wishes. In Berlin on Pariser Platz he planned the DG Bank building. In doing so, he had to adhere to specified design requirements - structure of the facades and a geometrically strict window cut. The building now appears with a classicist facade. From 1991 to 1994, the American Center in Paris was built after Gehry. Gehry achieved his most important and media-effective design with the new Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain (1993-1997). The outside of the building is characterized by a futuristic-looking titanium facade. A bold construction that goes against even the most unusual architectural conventions. The building in Bilbao is a worldwide attraction and is itself considered a work of art of building construction - in fact, a calling card of art.
As unusual as his results look and appear, the entire planning phase of the projects is just as unusual. The design often begins with building blocks that are used for spatial experiments by turning and turning. Gehry constantly reworks his designs and sketches. For further processing and calculation he uses 3D simulation software from the aerospace industry. Gehry also designs armchairs made of corrugated cardboard, which are also very successful. From 2001 to 2005 he realized the MARTa Herford Museum in Herford. From 2003 to 2006, the Hotel Marques de Riscal in Spain was built according to his plans. In 2014, the Fondation d''entreprise Louis Vuitton in Paris was opened according to his plans. This private museum was created on the initiative of Bernard Arnault, chairman of the French luxury goods group Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH).
In the same year, 2014, he received the Prince of Asturias Prize in the Art category. In 2016, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States of America's two highest civilian awards.- Actor
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Gratien Gélinas was born on 8 December 1909 in Saint-Tite, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Tit Coq (1953), La dame aux camélias, la vraie (1942) and Les Quat' fers en l'air (1954). He was married to Huguette Oligny and Simone Lalonde. He died on 16 March 1999 in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada.- Producer
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Pierre Gendron was born in 1952 in Grand-Mère, Québec, Canada. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Jesus of Montreal (1989), Night Zoo (1987) and The 3 L'il Pigs (2007).- Paul Gérin-Lajoie was born on 23 February 1920 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was married to Andrée Papineau. He died on 25 June 2018 in province of Québec, Canada.
- Émile Girardin is known for La joueuse d'orgue (1925).
- Allan Gotlieb was born on 28 February 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was married to Sondra Gotlieb. He died on 18 April 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Yvette Brind'amour was born on 30 November 1918 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Pyx (1973), Deburau (1962) and The Morning Man (1986). She was married to Paul Gury. She died on 4 April 1992 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Ed Broadbent was born on 21 March 1936 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Ellen Meiksins Wood, Lucille Munroe and Yvonne Yamaoka. He died on 11 January 2024 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Charles Bronfman was born on 27 June 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a producer, known for Oceans of Hope (2001) and Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010). He was previously married to Andrea Morrison.
- Samuel Bronfman was born on 27 February 1889 in Soroki, Bessarabskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Soroca, Moldova]. He was married to Saidye Rosner. He died on 10 July 1971 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Robert Bryce is known for Juice: Power, Politics & The Grid (2024), Juice: How Electricity Explains the World (2019) and Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003).
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Morley Callaghan was born on 22 February 1903 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for Suspense (1949), Now That April's Here (1958) and Programme X (1970). He was married to Loretto Florence Dee. He died on 25 August 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Writer
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June Callwood was a pioneering Canadian journalist who participated in the promotion of many causes, including child poverty, aboriginal rights, homelessness, free speech, racism, reproductive freedom, capital punishment and prison reform. She was involved in the organization and development of a number of assistance agencies in and around the city of Toronto, including Casey's, an AIDS hospice named in honor of her youngest child, who was killed by a drunk driver; Jessie's, for teen parents; Nellie's, for abused and homeless women; Maggie's, for prostitutes; and Digger House, for teenagers at risk, living on the streets and getting into trouble with the law. She was a Companion of the Order of Canada.- Kim Campbell was born on 10 March 1947 in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada. She has been married to Hershey Felder since 1997. She was previously married to Howard Eddy and Nathan Divinsky.
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- Gretta Chambers was born on 15 January 1927 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was married to Egan Chambers. She died on 9 September 2017 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Hailing from the small town of Charlemagne, Québec, Céline Dion has become one of the all-time greatest singers. Céline was born in 1968, the youngest of 14 children. Early in childhood, she sang with her siblings in a small club owned by her parents. From these early experiences, Céline gained the know-how to performing live. At the age of 12, Dion composed a song in her native French and sent it to a record company, where it garnered the attention of René Angélil, a respected manager. Angélil believed in Céline so much that he actually mortgaged his house in order to finance her debut album. Already very popular and successful internationally, Céline burst onto the U.S. stage when she recorded the theme song to Disney's hit Beauty and the Beast (1991). The song garnered a Grammy and an Oscar, and from this point Céline has brought forth hit after hit. Her 'Falling Into You' album, released in 1996, became the best-selling album of that year, selling more than 25 million copies worldwide. In 1999, Dion took a hiatus in order to begin a family. She returned to the spotlight in 2002, releasing yet another hit album. Starting in 2003, Céline began a three-year commitment to perform in an arena built for her in Las Vegas.- Tommy Douglas was born on 20 October 1904 in Falkirk, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Debate (1974) and 90 Minutes Live (1976). He was married to Irma Dempsey. He died on 24 February 1986 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Jean Drapeau was born on 18 February 1916 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He died on 12 August 1999 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- George Drew was born on 7 May 1894 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Fiorenza Johnson. He died on 4 January 1973.
- Davidson Dunton was born on 4 July 1912 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He died on 7 February 1987 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Pierre Dupuy was born on 9 July 1896 in Montreal, Québec, Canada. He was married to Thérèse Ferron . He died on 21 May 1969 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was born on 4 August 1900 in St. Paul's Waldenbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was married to King George VI. She died on 30 March 2002 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Arthur Erickson was born on 14 June 1924 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He died on 20 May 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Maureen Forrester was born on 25 July 1930 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Alien: Resurrection (1997), Iolanthe (1984) and The Adventures of Tintin (1991). She was married to Eugene Kash. She died on 16 June 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Eugene Forsey was born on 28 May 1904 in Grand Bank, Newfoundland, Canada. He died on 20 February 1991 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed "The Great One, " is widely considered the greatest hockey player of all-time. At the time of his retirement at the end of the 1998-99 NHL season he was the NHL's all-time scoring leader in Goals, Assists & Points in both the regular season & Stanley Cup Playoffs. He led the NHL in scoring a record 10 times, was Captain of 4 Stanley Cup Championship teams, and was named the league's MVP a record 9 times. He is the only NHL player ever to score 200 Points in a season, and did so 4 times in the span of 5 years. A great ambassador of pro sports, he was also named the NHL's Most Gentlemanly Player 4 times and received the Order of Canada (their highest civilian honor) in 1998. Upon his retirement in 1999, his trademark jersey No. 99 was retired by the NHL.- Actor
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Peter Gzowski was born on 13 July 1934 in Toronto, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Fighting Words (1970), Gzowski & Co. (1985) and The Industry (1998). He died on 24 January 2002 in Toronto, Canada.- Rick Hansen was born on 26 August 1957 in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada. He has been married to Amanda Reid since October 1987. They have three children.
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Evelyn Hart was born on 4 April 1956 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for II (2012), Decorum (2013) and Scored by time (2022).- Anne Hébert was born on 1 August 1916 in Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Québec, Canada. She was a writer, known for La mercière assassinée (1958), Kamouraska (1973) and Les fous de Bassan (1987). She died on 22 January 2000 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Martha Henry was born on 17 February 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Great Performances (1971), Dancing in the Dark (1986) and The Wars (1983). She was married to Rod Beattie, Douglas Rain and Donnelly Rhodes. She died on 21 October 2021 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.- Actor
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Ben Heppner was born on 14 January 1956 in Murrayville, Langley, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977), Shadow Conspiracy (1997) and Tristan und Isolde (1999).- William Hutt was born on 2 May 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Great Performances (1971), Slings and Arrows (2003) and The Statement (2003). He died on 27 June 2007 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
- Flora MacDonald was born on 3 June 1926 in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 26 July 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Hugh MacLennan was born on 20 March 1907 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a writer, known for Barometer Rising, Two Solitudes (1978) and Each Man's Son (1954). He was married to Frances Waker and Dorothy Duncan. He died on 7 November 1990 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Antonine Maillet was born on 10 May 1929 in New Brunswick, Canada. She is a writer, known for Gapi (1982), Séraphin: Heart of Stone (2002) and La sagouine (1975).
- Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario, Lester Bowles Pearson was the son of Annie Sarah Bowles and Edwin Arthur Pearson. Throughout World War I, Pearson volunteered for service and entered in it. He survived an aeroplane crash and Pearson went by the code name, "Mike".
After World War I, Pearson returned back to school and received his Bachelor of Arts in Toronto in 1919. In 1925, Pearson married Maryon Moody, who was from Winnipeg. Together, they had two children, Geoffrey and Patricia. In 1929, with the Stock Market Crash and Mackenzie King's defeat, Pearson entered his diplomatic career. During World War II, he served in the United Kingdom. After the war, Pearson served as the second Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations.
In 1957, Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Suez Canal Crisis. The following year, he became leader of the Liberal Party, after Louis St. Laurent retired. In 1963, Pearson defeated John Diefenbaker in the 1963 election. Pearson remained Prime Minister until April 20, 1968, when Pierre Trudeau defeated him.
Pearson remained active until he died from cancer on December 27, 1972. He was 75 years old. - Writer
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Gérard Pelletier was born on 21 June 1919 in Victoriaville, Québec, Canada. He was a writer, known for Les 90 jours (1959), La communauté juive de Montréal (1956) and Les parents à l'école (1954). He was married to Alec Pelletier. He died on 22 June 1997 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.- Producer
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Michaëlle Jean was born on 6 September 1957 in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. She is a producer, known for Black Life: Untold Stories (2023), Tropique nord (1994) and Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games (2006). She is married to Jean-Daniel Lafond. They have one child.- Director
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Norman Jewison was an award-winning, internationally acclaimed filmmaker who produced and directed some of the world's most memorable, entertaining and socially important films, exploring controversial and complicated subjects and giving them a universal accessibility. Some of his most well-known works include the pre-glasnost political satire The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, the original The Thomas Crown Affair, the groundbreaking civil rights-era drama In the Heat of the Night (winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture), the first rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, the futuristic cult hit Rollerball, hit musical comedy-drama Fiddler on the Roof, the romantic comedy Moonstruck, the courtroom drama ...And Justice For All, the military drama A Soldier's Story, the labor movement picture F.I.S.T., the war dramas The Statement and In Country, and the masterfully told story of Reuben 'Hurricane' Carter, The Hurricane, among many others.
Jewison was personally nominated for four Oscars and received three Emmy Awards; his films received 46 nominations and won 12 Academy Awards. In 1999, Jewison received the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy Awards.
In Canada, his life's work has been recognized with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, and he was named a Member of the Order of Canada, an Officer of the Order of Ontario and a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour. In 2010, Jewison was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America.
Jewison was committed to advancing the art of storytelling and filmmaking, both through his groundbreaking films, and through his creation of the Canadian Film Centre (CFC) in 1986, which opened its doors in Toronto in 1988. The CFC is a charitable cultural organization which drives the future of Canadian storytelling.- Raoul Jobin was born on 8 April 1906 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. He died on 13 January 1974 in Québec City, Québec, Canada.
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Karen Kain was born on 28 March 1951 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for The Magic of Aladdin (1989), Seeing Things (1981) and Adolphe Adam Giselle (1976). She has been married to Ross Petty since 28 May 1983.- Additional Crew
One of the greatest photographers of all time Yousuf Karsh arrived in Canada as an Armenian refugee from the Turkish Ottoman Empire which perpetrated the Armenian genocide. In 1928 Karsh apprenticed with photographer John Garo in Boston then returned to Canada where Prime Minister Mackenzie King helped him photograph the visiting diplomats. In 1941 Karsh took the legendary portrait of Winston Churchill -- one of the most reproduced images in history.
The photographic subjects of Karsh (Armenian name Hovsep Karshian) included Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, Queen Elizabeth II, Clark Gable, Audrey Hepburn, Pope John Paul II, Grace Kelly, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Sophia Loren, Laurence Olivier, George Bernard Shaw, Andy Warhol, Frank Lloyd Wright, Humphrey Bogart, Mother Theresa, Walt Disney, Mohammed Ali, Martin Luther King and many more.
Karsh was named one of the 100 Most Notable People of the Century in 2000 by International Who's Who and Karsh had photographed 51 of those 100. Karsh was also the only Armenian, the only Canadian, and the only photographer to make the list.
Karsh died at age 93 on July 13th, 2002 in Boston.
His awards include: Medal of Service of the Order of Canada and the Centennial Medal (1968), Medal of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1975), Achievement of Life Award of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1980), Companion of the Order of Canada (1990), Gold Medal of Merit of the National Society of Arts and Letters, USA (1991).
Karsh's 100th anniversary was marked by the release of 3 postal stamps with photographs Karsh took of Winston Churchill, Audrey Hepburn, and of himself.- Director
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Jean-Daniel Lafond was born in France. He is known for Salam Iran: A Persian Letter (2002), Madwoman of God (2008) and Le voyage au bout de la route ou La ballade du pays qui attend (1988).- Phyllis Lambert was born on 24 January 1927 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Victor Bourgeau, architecte, 1809-1888 (1984), Mies (1986) and Citizen Lambert: Joan of Architecture (2007). She was previously married to Jean Lambert.
- Margaret Laurence was born on 18 July 1926 in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada. She was a writer, known for Rachel, Rachel (1968), A Bird in the House (1973) and To Set Our House in Order (1985). She was married to John F. Laurence. She died on 5 January 1987 in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada.
- Gerald LeDain was born on 27 November 1924 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He died on 18 December 2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Diana Leblanc was born in 1943 in Montreal, Canada. She was a founding member of the Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto and a member of the Neptune Theatre, as well as artistic director for the French Theatre of Toronto. She has directed for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, The National Arts Centre, Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Mirvish Productions, Tarragon Theatre, the Canadian Opera Company, Calgary Opera,Pacific Opera,and the International Opera Centrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. As an actress, she has performed at the Shaw Festival, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, National Arts Centre, Soulpepper, French Theatre of Toronto, and Tarragon Theatre, in plays ranging from classics to contemporary works. Her film and television credits include roles in Remedy, Murdoch Mysteries, This Is Wonderland, Snakes & Ladders, Trudeau II, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, North of 60, Mahoney's Last Stand,Lies My Father Told Me and The Third Walker. Diana Leblanc's awards and honors include a Gemini Award, the Gascon-Thomas Award, the Silver Ticket Award, the Sterling Award, and the Prix Alliance. In 2015 she received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award.- Actor
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013) was the former leader of the African National Congress (ANC). He was known for his lifelong struggle against apartheid (enforced racial separation), which was instituted in South Africa in 1948. The ANC was soon declared a terrorist organization and banned by the South African government. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and imprisoned for life on "terrorist" charges, but in 1990, he was freed by South African president F.W. de Klerk. In 1994, Mandela was elected president of South Africa.
Two biographical films were made and Mandela and de Klerk (1997) focused on Mandela's life's struggles.