Canadian & World Politics The 100 Greatest Canadians

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The 100 Greatest

Canadians

100. J.S. Woodsworth

• Pioneer of the social democratic movement

99. MGen Sir Sam Steele

• Northwest Mounted Police Officer

98. Mordecai Richler

• Author

97. Louise Arbour

• Chief Prosecutor, U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

• Puisne Justice, Supreme Court of Canada

• U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights

96. Geddy Lee

• Musician

95. Lord Stanley

• Governor General of Canada

94. Anne Murray

• Singer

93. Joni Mitchell

• Singer

92. John Molson

• Brewer

91. Preston Manning

• Founder, Reform Party of Canada

• Leader of the Official Opposition

90. Bryan Adams

• Singer

89. Donovan Bailey

• Olympic Sprinter

88. Farley Mowat

• Author

87. Dr. Henry Morgentaler

• Physician

• Abortion Rights Activist

86. Mike Weir

• Golfer

85. Emily Carr

• Painter

• Author

84. Kurt Browning

• Olympic Figure Skater

83. Elijah Harper

• Politician

• Held up the Meech Lake Accord from being passed in the Manitoba Legislature

• (required unanimous consent to bypass usual 2 day notice for introduction of bill)

82. Dan Aykroyd

• Actor

81. Sandra Schmirler

• Olympic Curler

80. Chief Dan George

• Actor

79. Ed Belfour

• Hockey Player

78. Robert Munsch

• Children’s Author

77. Dr. Charles Best

• Physician

• Co-discovered insulin

76. LCol John McCrae, M.D.

• Physician

• Author, In Flander’s Field

75. Sarah McLachlan

• Singer

74. Emily Murphy

• Women’s Rights Activist

73. David Thompson

• Surveyor

• Explorer

72. The Hon. Senator Anne Cools

• Social Services Proponent

71. Margaret Atwood

• Author

70. Dr. James Naismith

• Inventor of Basketball

69. René Lévesque

• Premier of Quebec

68. Jean Béliveau

• Hockey Player

67. Patrick Roy

• Hockey Player

66. Sheila Fraser

• Auditor General of Canada

65. Burton Cummings

• Singer

64. The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney

• Prime Minister of Canada

63. Dr. Roberta Bondar

• Astronaut

62. Marshall McLuhan

• Communications Professor

61. Sir William Edmond Logan

• Geologist

60. Stan Rogers

• Singer

59. Tim Horton

• Hockey Player

• Founder of Tim Horton’s

58. Paul Henderson

• Hockey Player

• Scored the winning goal in the 1972 summit against the Soviet Union

57. Lucy Maud Montgomery

• Author, Anne of Green Gables

56. William Shatner

• Actor

55. Glenn Gould

• Pianist

54. Sir William Stephenson

• Soldier

• Inventor

• Spy Trainer

53. Gordie Howe

• Hockey Player

52. Craig Kielburger

• Children’s Rights Activist

• Founder, Free the Children

• Author, Me to We: Turning Self-Help on Its Head

51. Pamela Anderson

• Actor

50. Rick Mercer

• Comedian

49. The Rt. Hon. Wm. Lyon Mackenzie King

• Prime Minister of Canada

48. Billy Bishop

• Airman

47. The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker

• Prime Minister of Canada

46. Leonard Cohen

• Author

• Singer

45. The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien

• Prime Minister of Canada

44. Mary Maxwell

• Bahá'í adherent

43. The Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier

• Prime Minister of Canada

42. Sir Sandford Fleming

• Engineer

• Inventor, Standard Time

41. John Candy

• Actor

40. Avril Lavigne

• Singer

39. Bret Hart

• Wrestler

38. Mario Lemieux

• Hockey Player

37. Tecumseh

• Aboriginal Leader

36. Ernie Coombs

• Children’s Entertainer

• “Mr. Dressup”

35. Laura Secord

• War Heroine

34. Hal Anderson

• Radio Show Host

• Encouraged his listeners to continually vote for him as the Greatest Canadian

33. Gordon Lightfoot

• Singer

32. Michael J. Fox

• Actor

31. Pierre Berton

• Author

• Historian

• Broadcaster

30. Rick Hansen

• Athlete

• Humanitarian

29. Jim Carrey

• Actor

28. MGen Sir Isaac Brock

• Soldier

27. Céline Dion

• Singer

26. Dr. Norman Bethune

• Physician

• Inventor, medical instruments and blood transfusion procedure

25. Nellie McClung

• Women’s Rights Activist

24. Gen Sir Arthur Currie

• Soldier

23. Maurice Richard

• Hockey Player

22. Harold A. Rogers

• Founder, Kin Clubs of Canada

21. The Unknown Soldier

• To represent all soldiers who were lost in battle

20. Mike Myers

• Actor

19. Bobby Orr

• Hockey Player

18. Shania Twain

• Singer

17. H.E. Stephen Lewis

• Leader, Ontario New Democratic Party

• Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations

• Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

• U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa

16. LGen The Honourable Roméo Dallaire

• Soldier

• Commander, United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda

• Senator of Canada

15. Peter Gzowski

• Broadcaster

14. Neil Young

• Singer

13. Stompin' Tom Connors

• Singer

12. Jean Vanier

• Founder, L’Arche - an international network of faith-based communities creating homes and day programs with people who have developmental disabilities

• Son of former GG MGen The Rt. Hon. Georges Vanier

11. Louis Riel

• “Father of Manitoba”

• Métis Leader

• Politician (although he never took his seat)

10. Wayne Gretzky

• Hockey Player, Owner, Coach

9. Alexander Graham Bell

• Inventor

8. The Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald

• Prime Minister of Canada

7. Don Cherry

• Hockey Coach, Commentator

6. The Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson

• Prime Minister of Canada

5. Dr. David Suzuki

• Scientist

4. Sir Frederick Banting, M.D.

• Physician

• Co-discovered insulin

3. The Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau

• Prime Minister of Canada

2. Terry Fox

• Cancer Activist

1. The Hon. Tommy Douglas

• Premier of Saskatchewan

• Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada

• Founder, Universal Medicare in Canada

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