Adrian Raeside
Great cartoonist, "The Other Coast". Visit www.raesidecartoon.com
Arthur Hailey
author of "Airport". Not born here but raised as a youngster.
Cirque du Soleil
acrobatic circus performers
Farley Mowat
author, "Never Cry Wolf"
Frank Shuster
1/2 of comedy team Wayne and Shuster
Guy Laliberte
genius behind Cirque du Soleil
Joe Shuster
co-creator of Superman comic strip, cousin of Frank Shuster of Wayne&Shuster
John McCrae
poet, physician, "In Flanders Fields"
Johnny Wayne
1/2 of comedy team Wayne and Shuster, 67 appearances on Ed Sullivan
Karen Kain
ballet dancer, beautiful lady
Lynn Johnston
cartoonist, "For Better or for Worse"
Margaret Atwood
author, "Handmaid's Tale"
Michael Ondaatje
writer, "The English Patient"
Mordecai Richeler
author, "Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"
Norm MacDonald
comedian, worked on Saturday Night Live
Philipe Gagnon
impressionist
Rich Little
comedian/impressionist. The Best
Robert Bateman
painter
Stephen Leacock
humorist
Veronica Tennant
ballet dancer
W.P. Kinsella
wrote "Shoeless Joe", turned into the movie "Field of Dreams"

 

 

Famous Canadians Artists