Famous Canadians--add to this list.

[raccoon]

Neil Young
William Shatner
Anne Murray
Joni Mitchell
Robert Goulet

[Dastard Stepchild]

1. The Kids in the Hall....

Dave Foley
Bruce McCulloch
Kevin McDonald
Mark McKinney
Scott Thompson

[zanne]

2. Um.....Celine Dion. nt

[SteppingRazor]

3. Avril Levigne, Bare Naked Ladies, The New Pornographers...

Shania Twain, Pam Anderson, Leonard Cohen, The Guess Who, both Sutherlands (Donald and Keifer)... I'm sure I could think of many, many more. Hell, there's probably Web sites with copious lists of famous Canadians.

[raccoon]

5. Avril Levigne? Is she the one who spit at the reporter?

I didn't think Canadians did things like that.

[Heidi]

18. Leonard Cohen, also known as "The Man of Heidi's Dreams."

:7

[SteppingRazor]

20. He's your man!

;)

[Heidi]

26. Don't I wish.

Call Me Wesley has been on notice from the beginning of our relationship that if L. Cohen ever comes callin', I'm gone. :rofl:

[zanne]

34. I've been in love with Leonard since 1973

I still swoon when I hear "Famous Blue Raincoat".

[stuntcat]

43. (I'm a Cohen noob)

I never listened to him until 1999 and since then I've fallen in love with all his old songs and made a couple of other people Noob Fans too!

[Rising Phoenix]

4. Bryan Adams

[taterguy]

28. He's that guy from Whiskeytown right?

[dropkickpa]

6. James Cameron n/m

[Guava Jelly]

7. Dorothy Stratten

playmate 1980

And a certain lounge hoser.
:7

[Orrex]

8. Pamela Anderson

[CanuckAmok]

141. Following the floozy thread: Kim Cattrall

[Orrex]

9. Neal Peart and company

[AllegroRondo]

12. How dare you dismiss Geddy and Alex as "and company"!

[Orrex]

14. Who?

:evilgrin:

[ms liberty]

16. Don't you mean Percussion God & BMW Motorcyclist Neal Peart?

and his best mates, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson?

I had intended to post pics from their website here, but it's telling me that there's illegal code?!

So, here's the linkys...

http://www.rush.com/php/home.php?f=1

http://www.neilpeart.net/

[RedStateShame]

133. No, he means "Trailer Park Boys" cameo star Alex Lifeson and the guy Pavement sang about...

...with Neil Peart.

[terrya]

10. More:

Glenn Ford

Eric McCormick

Alex Trebek

[MissMillie]

11. Alannis Morrissette

though we haven't heard from her in a while....

[sasquatch]

13. Michael J. Fox and Jennifer Granholm

[reyd reid reed]

15. Paul Schafer

Peter Jennings

[auntAgonist]

17. Sarah McLachlan,

Prime Minister (deceased) Pierre Elliot Trudea

Stompin' Tom Connors
Keanu Reeves

[Heidi]

19. primate1.

He's Canadian _and_ he has the best hair in North America. :thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

59. Hahaha... *takes a bow*

[NoGOPZone]

21. Lorne Michaels

James Naismith, inventor of basketball, in its modern form anyway.

[MissMillie]

22. Wayne Gretzky

right?

[auntAgonist]

24. oh yes!! from Brantford Ontario. good one!

[MissMillie]

25. I suppose we could add a lot of hockey players

but I think he'd be the most famous

(around Boston, we'd add Cam Neely)

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

84. Can't talk hockey players without

talkin' about Gordie! :)

[Bassic]

151. There's also Mario Lemieux.

Cam Neely also kicked ass.

[fudge stripe cookays]

147. Here ya go Auntie...

Walter Gretzky had a son
He grew up to be the great one
He came from Brantford Ontario
He liked Gordie Howe you know
Americans don’t understand
The national sport of the north land
The world's fastest game they always dissin’
But they don’t know what they are missin’
If they’d just watch Wayne Gretzky play
Then they’d watch hockey everyday
Actually I like the Hawks
But boy oh boy Wayne Gretzky rocks

When I lived in Edmonton
He made us the City of Champions
With Jari and Semenko by his side
He filled our frigid city with pride
Then he moved out to L.A.
To help bring hockey to the U.S.A.
Everyone hated Peter and Janet
For trading the best player on the planet
They traded him and sure enough
He took the Kings to the Stanley Cup
Actually I like the Hawks
But boy oh boy Wayne Gretzky rocks

He came from Brantford Ontario
His rival’s name is Mario
Actually I like the Hawks
But boy oh boy Wayne Gretzky rocks

TPOH. One of my favorite songs of all time!
:hi: fsc

[auntAgonist]

158. Arrogant Worms!

I've never heard of them or that song before. I love it!!

thanks fsc
:hug:

aA

[fudge stripe cookays]

160. I never had before I looked up the lyrics to post quickly.

According to the Worms' own website, it IS a Pursuit of Happiness song. And I adore Moe Berg, so this makes me happy. I had no clue anyone covered it. I was trying to figure out who got original credit!

With apologies to my adorable husband, I have a thing for geeky Albertans. (for those of you who don't know him, reprehensor is also a geeky Albertan, but a very cute one)

:hi:
fsc

[auntAgonist]

23. more, ....

Shania Twain
Joni Mitchell

[northzax]

27. Bob and Doug McKenzie

[sasquatch]

30. "Take off you hoser"

[u4ic]

67. You called?

[sasquatch]

91. Who made you official lounge hoser?

[u4ic]

110. Strangely enough,

no one else stepped up to the plate. :shrug:

[sasquatch]

111. I think we should have a discussion thread about the position

See if any other Cannuck wants the spot.

[u4ic]

116. No way!

I've grown rather fond of the title now.

[demrabble]

29. Lorne Greene

Of "Bonanza" and "Earthquake" fame.

[demrabble]

31. Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara...and

All those folks from SCTV:

Rick Moranis

Catherine O'Hara

Joe Flaherty

Dave Thomas

Andrea Thomas

Eugene Levy

Martin Short

John Candy

[NYCGirl]

32. Eugene Levy, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short,

Joe Flaherty, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas

[northzax]

33. why so many actors and singers?

Saul Bellow?
Sydney Altmann?

[Canadian Socialist]

38. Margaret Atwood n/t

[auntAgonist]

35. Lucy Maude Montgomery: Anne Of Green Gables.

Pierre Berton.

Joe Shuster, created Superman with American Jerome Siegel

Dionne Quintuplets, born in Norther Ontario, May 28, 1934

[achtung_circus]

36. Norman Bethune. nt

[achtung_circus]

37. Frederick Banting

Stephen Leacock

[ornotna]

39. Paul Bernardo, Karla Homolka

"Ken and Barbie of Murder and Mayhem"

[stuntcat]

41. ~!~REpReSenT~!~

Let's hear it for serial killers, right on!

[auntAgonist]

44. they were and ARE

despicable. Karla Homolka/Teale/Bernardo just gave birth to a child and is free to live her life. He's in jail for LIFE, a dangerous offender.

For those of us who lived close to the area where they committed these horrible crimes, the whole thing was an horrendous travesty of justice. (there was / is no justice)


aA
kesha

[stuntcat]

45. for real though!

she does NOT deserve to live, much less breed.
(I can't get enough reading about serial killers but they're (especially these two) Filthy!)

[auntAgonist]

46. here you go ..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=190x19583



http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/bernardo/index_1.html

http://www.geocities.com/paedophilewatch/bernardo.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/bernardo/



evil personified:

[querelle]

90. Those Are Not Famous Canadians

They are "infamous" Canadians. BTW, did you know that Karla recently had a baby?

Q

[auntAgonist]

105. yes .. that's in my link too.

`disgusting is what they are :(


aA
:hi:

[CanuckAmok]

143. Don't get me started... I covered part of his trial.

I don't even think they deserve mention. Let's put this sub-thread to bed.

[ornotna]

47. Killing her won't change a thing

She does belong behind bars though.

[auntAgonist]

48. agreed. She should never be free. n/t

[Crabby Appleton]

88. i agree, a travesty nt

[Zavulon]

50. Don't forget Robert Pickton

"The Coquitlam Pig Farmer."

[Zavulon]

51. Kiefer Sutherland

[Zavulon]

52. Nelly Furtado

[Zavulon]

53. The Trailer Park Boys

[Zavulon]

54. Jill Hennessy and her TWIN SISTER.

Yes, there's two of them. Like that's fair.

[Zavulon]

55. Ryan Reynolds (a.k.a. Van Wilder)

[ms liberty]

64. Grandson of Tommy Douglas, creator of Canada's health care system - big one! n/t

[Zavulon]

129. Brought up Douglas in #49.

It was my first post in the thread and my first thought upon seeing the theme of the thread.

BTW, about half a year ago I read Kiefer lost out on a chance to play his grandfather in a movie because of his shooting schedule for 24.

[ms liberty]

130. Yes, I didn't see your post til after I'd posted!

I also read about Kiefer's losing out on the chance to play him. Sucks for him, from what I've read he kinda idolized his grandfather. I've always liked Kiefer, and of course his dad is one of the greats!

[stuntcat]

113. (sorry to get too excited)

I've read so much about serial killers the last few years- 2 studies, 3 serial killer encyclopedia(s). I've looked over those web sites tons of times.. watched movies, researched, etc blah blah, pretty much wore the subject out.
And I hate violent criminals More Than Anything.
But I still joke too much about life/death, I need to be more careful with it.

[stuntcat]

40. Leslie Feist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqVKOilZO2A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmG0sPyZJBg

[meegbear]

42. Men Without Hats - the band that put Canada on the map

[Zavulon]

49. Nobody's thought of Tommy Douglas yet?

He was only named "Greatest Canadian." :)

[AlCzervik]

56. Samantha Bee and Jason Jones from The Daily Show.

[kwassa]

57. Rick James, the superfreak.

Not really, he was from Buffalo.

He did spend his early professional music years in Toronto, and was in a band with ...

Neil Young. The Mynah Birds.

[kaiden]

58. The Ladies. The Barenaked ones.

n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

60. Maynard!! (see sig)

[av8rdave]

153. wasn't he awesome? I saw him live several times..always a thrill

[hippywife]

61. Bruce Cockburn. n/t

[billyskank]

62. Conrad Black.

:D

[Bassic]

154. No way man, he's all yours now

And we don't want him back :D

[izzybeans]

63. Steve Nash

[sarge43]

65. Christopher Plummer, Leslie Nielsen n/t

[u4ic]

66. Lester Pearson

For those unfamiliar with his name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson

Stephen Lewis: http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/about_who.htm

David Suzuki: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/

[KamaAina]

68. Marshall McLuhan

are the Internets a cool medium or a hot one? The image is similar to that of the cool TV medium, but the participatory, tribal aspect says "Hot!"

[KamaAina]

69. The Frantics

Boot to the head! And another for Bush and Cheney...

[jakefrep]

70. Rick Mercer, Gordon Lightfoot nt

[blitzen]

71. Ian Tyson...a true giant of folk and cowboy music

[blitzen]

73. Hank Snow

[auntAgonist]

156. Syvia; His former wife and singing partner along

with The Great Speckled Bird.

aA

[Calliope]

72. Sarah Polley, Atom Egoyan

[ironflange]

74. Bret "Hitman" Hart, Feist

I was in high school with Bret, but we moved in different circles. My type was not even worth beating up by his type.

(Leslie) Feist graduated from the school my daughter is currently at.

[u4ic]

75. John Kenneth Galbraith n/t

[Taverner]

76. Peter Jennings, Jim Carrey,

[terrya]

77. Pierre Trudeau

[KitchenWitch]

78. Jillian Barberie Reynolds

[terrya]

79. Stan Rogers

A terrific singer. My partner introduced me to Stan Rogers' music.

[1gobluedem]

124. I love Stan Rogers!

The Mary Ellen Carter is one of my favorite songs.

[Hand]

166. Hear hear!

"Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage..." :applause:

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

80. David Cronenberg

[martymar64]

81. Tommy Chong

Red Green too!

[sasquatch]

97. "Keep your stick on the ice"

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

82. Mike Meyers and Phil Hartman from SNL n/t

[trof]

83. Sir Frederick Grant Banting,

KBE, MC, MD, FRSC (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discovers of insulin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Banting

Sadly, NOT famous, but should be.

[terrya]

85. Don McKellar

Actor, director, writer...won a Tony last year for co-writing "The Drowsy Chaperone".

Also directed, written and starred in one of my favorite movies, "Last Night"

[Calliope]

95. Bob Martin who also co-wrote Drowsy Chaperone

and is absolutely sweet wonderful sad funny poignant as "the man in the chair."

[jmowreader]

86. Ron Fellows

One of the greatest roadracers to ever live. And a great human being besides.

Unfortunately, he may be the ugliest man alive.

[smtpgirl]

87. Stacey Dales (ESPN announcer, WNBA player)

Moxy - Canadian Rock Group
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Billy Thorpe
Margaret Atwood
KD Lang
Tammy Sutton-Brown - WNBA player
Jack Kent Cooke - Former owner of the Washington Redskins
Izaak Walton Killam
Dan Aykroyd
Geneviève Bujold
Neve Campbell
Yvonne De Carlo
Keanu Reeves

[Crabby Appleton]

89. Dudley Do-right of the Mounties

[maveric]

92. Jim Carrey, Leslie Neilson, Ferguson Jenkins.

Norm McDonald, Bobby Orr...

[UrbScotty]

93. Colin Mochrie

[sakabatou]

142. Dammit

I was about to say his name.

[WI_DEM]

94. before your time, but actor Glenn Ford was a Canadian

[Hosnon]

96. Tom DeLay.

BLAME CANADA! BLAME CANADA!

:evilgrin:

[stuntcat]

98. NEKO CASE

all caps :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVjcsRO6N7s

[Steve Nash is god 13]

99. Steve Nash???

anybody mention him yet? :D

[kedrys]

100. Me...!

:P

Okay, maybe not. How about infamous?

[Kat45]

101. Alex Trebek, The Tragically Hip

[pokerfan]

102. Daniel Negreanu

Are poker players famous?

Total live tournament winnings exceed $10,000,000, behind only Jamie Gold and Joseph Hachem.

[bullwinkle428]

103. Mike Weir, Pierre Lueders...

Canada DOES have some athletes outside of hockey!

[bumblebee1]

104. Why yes, bullwinkle428.

Larry Walker- outfielder (not sure what team)
Eric Gagne- closer for the LA Dodgers and Texas Rangers

The next few are figure skaters:
Jamie Sale
David Pelletier
Elvis Stojko
Brian Orser
Toller Cranston

[Kutjara]

106. Michael J. Fox

[styersc]

107. Rocky and Bullwinkle

are both Canadian- but to be honest I think Bullwinkle is a guy in a moose suit.

[SaveElmer]

138. Minnesotans....

Frostbite Falls, MN

[CanuckAmok]

144. Statehood for Moosylvania.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosylvania

Moosylvania is neither Canadian or US. It's a disputed-zone (neither side wants it).

[Pool Hall Ace]

108. Denny Doherty

[AwakeAtLast]

109. Is this so we can play "Dead or Canadian" later?

:shrug: :hide:

[slj0101]

112. Howie Mandel

[slj0101]

114. Tons of wrestlers

Bret Hart was already mentioned (the whole Hart family totals about a dozen, easily)
Chris Jericho
Chris Benoit
Lance Storm
Edge
Christian Cage
Rocky Johnson (father of The Rock)
Rowdy Roddy Piper


That's just a few.

[Telly Savalas]

115. Ricky, Adrian, and Bubbles

[LostInAnomie]

117. George W. Bush

Don't try to deny it!

[liberal hypnotist]

118. JD Lang.

[terrya]

119. And also k.d. lang

[liberal hypnotist]

120. oops!

[TheBaldyMan]

121. Benton the Mountie

from Due South - one of my all time favourite TV shows.

[auntAgonist]

122. Not famous but I am Canadian, .. here's another. Red Green!

aka Steve Smith.

[NewJeffCT]

123. GirlinContempt should be at the top of the list

of Canadians, no?

[KamaAina]

125. It says "famous Canadians", not "infamous"

:evilgrin:

[NewJeffCT]

126. well

Infamy is a kind of fame, no?
:evilgrin:

[GirlinContempt]

134. I'm at the top of many lists

But I'm not sure if this is one I max out ;)

[NewJeffCT]

136. Not so confused now?

You seemed confused when I mentioned it in your tax refund thread.

[GirlinContempt]

152. Not as much, no

[NewJeffCT]

161. still buying me something with your tax refund?

It's been a rough week for me, so I could use a pick-me-up.

[GirlinContempt]

162. We'll see

:P

[CBHagman]

127. I can't believe no one's mentioned...

The Band, except for Levon Helm:

Robbie Robertson
Garth Hudson
the late Rick Danko
the late Richard Manuel

Greg Keelor, Jim Cuddy et al of Blue Rodeo

actress Kate Nelligan

songwriter/musician/singer Loreena McKennitt

[KurtNYC]

128. Wayne Gretsky, Michael Myers, Lorne Michaels, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Carrey

Pierre Elliot Trudeau,Dan Aykroyd, Jean Paul Cretin, Michael J. Fox, Alanis Morrisette, Shania Twain, Neve Campbell....on and on

And, as I always say, Who could ask for a better neighbor than Canada?

[Chemical Bill]

131. Farley Mowat!

:bounce: :bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[RedStateShame]

132. Sloan

The pride of NS!!

[EstimatedProphet]

135. Louis Real

[baldguy]

137. Tim Horton

[SaveElmer]

139. Dudley Doright!!..nt

[BuelahWitch]

140. Mary Pickford

Mack Sennett
Marie Dressler

[Robeson]

145. The Cowboy Junkies.

[Zookeeper]

146. U4ic....

Well, she's a famous Lounge DUer....:shrug:

:hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

148. Ashley MacIsaac

David Suzuki
Nellie McClung
John D. MacDonald

[fudge stripe cookays]

149. Faye Wray

King Kong's screaming lady love.

[mduffy31]

150. Scott Mosier

Kevin Smith's producer and partner from Clerks forward.

[breakaleg]

155. David Foster

[terrya]

157. Mary Louise Parker

[Bridget Burke]

159. Paul Gross, the Mountie in "Due South"

Now to be seen on Sundance TV in "Slings & Arrows."

"Due South" introduced me to Things Canadian. The show also featured Leslie Nielsen in several episodes. Martha Burns (Paul's wife) showed up--& she's his co-star in "Slings & Arrows." Paul Haggis helped create the series & has continued a successful writing career.

Callum Keith Rennie (the Second Detective Vecchio in "Due South") is also in "Twitch City"--Don McKellar's weird comedy finally out on DVD. The dog who played Dief even shows up! And two of the Kids in the Hall play the same role--which is explained by a head transplant.
www.amazon.com/Twitch-City-Complete-Bruce-McCulloch/dp/B000H5VACA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6060729-8091140?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1172854306&sr=8-1

Of course, Don McKellar is also in "Slings & Arrows." He & Callum Rennie appeared in "Existenz"--in which Canadian director David Cronenburg pushed the boundaries of "weird."

Let's not forget "Hard Core Logo"--starring Rennie & Hugh Dillon (as Joe Dick)--who had a cameo in both "Twitch City." Molly Parker appeared in "Hard Core Logo" & "Twitch City". You may remember her from "Deadwood."

Just a bit incestuous. That's OK, as long as you keep it in the family.

[Meshuga]

163. Martin Brodeur

The best goalie in hockey!

[fladonkey]

164. Leonard "Mr. Spock" Niemoy

[Bucky]

165. Crash Test Dummies (the band, not the actual safety manaquins)

Mmmm mmm mmmm mmm... once.... there wuz this kiiiiid who....

[Hand]

167. Steve Harper!

:puke:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

168. Moe Berg.............

What ever happened to TPOH?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_Happiness

[Swede]

169. Ryan Gosling and Robbie Robertson.

Erica Durance and Kristin Kruek of Smallville and Tricia Helfer of Battlestar Gallactica.

[SmileyBoy]

170. NOBODY SAID CHRIS JERICHO!!!!

:headbang: