Memorials & famous biographies

Canadian professional wrestler, judoka, and actor known for his charismatic and often controversial presence in the ring and on screen

Canadian professional wrestler known for his intense in-ring style, whose career ended tragically with a murder-suicide

Canadian professional wrestler known for his work in the WWF under his own name and as The Blue Blazer

Canadian physicist awarded the Nobel Prize for developing neutron scattering techniques and spectroscopy for condensed matter studies

Canadian writer best known for creating the beloved Anne of Green Gables series and a wide array of other novels, essays, and poems

Canadian physicist who won the 1990 Nobel Prize for experiments proving the existence of quarks inside protons and neutrons

Canadian-American actress who became the first five-time Academy Award acting nominee and won Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930)

Canadian-American actress and screenwriter known for her versatile performances in comedy and drama, and for receiving multiple prestigious awards

Canadian physicist and inventor who shared the 2009 Nobel Prize for co-inventing the charge-coupled device (CCD)

Canadian-American economist, diplomat, and public official whose bestselling books on economics and influential service during World War II helped stabilize the American economy

Canadian-American actor and comedian known for his prolific career and iconic deadpan humor

Canadian medical scientist and doctor who co-discovered insulin and its therapeutic potential, earning him a Nobel Prize

14th Prime Minister of Canada, distinguished diplomat, scholar, and author of influential works on international relations

Canadian-American actor best known for his leading roles as Phillip Drummond in Diff'rent Strokes and Dr. Arthur Harmon on Maude, also an entertainer and activist

Canadian and American architect celebrated for his postmodern, sculptural buildings and innovative use of materials that redefined urban landscapes

Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada in two non-consecutive terms

Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar known as "the father of media studies" for his groundbreaking work on media theory

Canadian American film actress and producer, pioneering Hollywood's silent era as "America's Sweetheart" and the "Queen of the Movies," who became Hollywood's first millionaire and defined the ingénue archetype

Canadian actor known for a seven-decade career across film, stage, and television, achieving the Triple Crown of Acting with an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards