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Literature

  • Margaret Atwood [r]: (1939 - ) Canadian poet, literary critic, essayist, and writer of novels with an emphasis on feminism as well as Canadian nationalism and identity. [e]
  • Robertson Davies [r]: Canadian writer (1913-1995), considered one of the founders of modern Canadian literature. [e]

Politicians

Scientists

  • Sidney Altman [r]: Canadian biologist (1938 - ) who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on transfer RNA. [e]
  • Frederick Banting [r]: Canadian physiologist (1891-1941) who was awarded a Nobel Prize for his discovery of insulin. [e]
  • Bertram Brockhouse [r]: Canadian physicist (1918- ) who was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work in the development of neutron spectroscopy. [e]
  • Charles Saunders [r]: Canadian agronomist (1867-1937) who developed Marquis wheat and thus greatly extended the area in which wheat could be grown. [e]

Sports

  • James Naismith [r]: Physical educationist and inventor of basketball (1861-1939); also credited with the invention of the football helmet. [e]
  • Dick Pound [r]: Former Olympic athlete and Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, was head of World Anti-Doping Agency (1999-2007); born 1942. [e]

Others (not yet sorted)