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If
you've already chosen a famous Canadian person, search for his or her
name in the Index.
But if
you're not sure who
to write about, here are a few ideas:
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- Banting,
Frederick
- He was a doctor who
discovered
insulin. It
saved the lives of millions of people who have a disease called
diabetes.
- Belaney,
Archie (also
known as Grey Owl)
- He was an English
man who pretended to
be a
First Nations person. His books and lectures about wildlife
conservation made him a world-wide celebrity.
- Bethune, Norman
- He was a doctor who
worked on
battlefields
in Spain and China. He started the first mobile blood transfusion
service and saved countless lives.
- Bishop, Billy
- He was an ace
fighter pilot in World
War I.
He shot down the famous German pilot known as The Red Baron.
- Brébeuf,
Jean de
- He was a missionary
who started the
first
European settlement in Ontario. He's the patron saint of Canada.
- Carr, Emily
- She was one of
Canada's most famous
painters.
- Champlain, Samuel de
- He was one of the
earliest Europeans
to
visit Canada. He started some early settlements and canoed down the
Lachine Rapids in his underwear.
- Conacher, Lionel
- He was a great
athlete--not just in
one
sport, but in many! He was one of Canada's most famous sports
stars.
- Cyr, Louis
- He was the strongest
man in the world.
- Douglas, Tommy
- He was recently
voted #1 in a contest
to
name "The Greatest Canadian." He started Canada's system of free
medical care.
- Fraser, Simon
- He was the first
European to follow an
important river (now called the Fraser River, guess why?) all the way
from the mountains to the ocean. Along the way, he had many scary
adventures.
- Hudson, Henry
- He discovered Hudson
Bay. But
beware....the
story of his life ends with the words "and he was never seen again!"
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie
- He was Canada's
longest-serving Prime
Minister. He had conversations with his dead mother. Also, he had three
dogs, all named "Pat."
- Longboat, Tom
- He was the fastest
runner in the world.
- Montgomery, L.M.
- She was one of
Canada's most famous
writers.
She wrote the book Anne of Green
Gables.
- Pitikwahanapiwiyin
(also known as Poundmaker)
- He was a leader
among the Plains Cree
people. He fought for peace.
- Radisson
&
Groseilliers
- They were
brothers-in-law who explored
Canada and the northeastern U.S. They helped to start the
Hudson's Bay Company.
- Richard, Maurice
(also known
as Rocket Richard)
- He was Canada's
greatest hockey
player.
- Riel, Louis
- He was a leader for
the Métis
people who was tried and executed as a traitor. He helped to create the
province of Manitoba.
- Ruddick, Maurice
- He and his friends
were buried alive
for
nine days after an explosion in a coal mine...and lived to tell
about it.
- Secord, Laura
- She was one of
Canada's greatest
heroes. She
risked her life to tell her army's leader about the enemy's plan to
attack.
- Shadd,
Mary Ann (also known as Mary
Ann Shadd Cary)
- She was the first
woman to publish a
newspaper in Canada. She fought for the rights of black people in the
U.S. and Canada.
- Stephenson, William
- He was one of the
most famous spies in
the
world--the real man behind the imaginary spy James Bond.
- Stowe, Emily
- She was the first
woman doctor in
Canada,
and a fighter for women's rights.
- Swan, Anna
- She was the tallest
woman in the
world. She travelled with Barnum's circus, hung out with royalty,
and married a giant.
- Tecumseh
- He was a Shawnee
chief who helped the
British during the War of 1812.
- Thanadelthur
- She was a Dene woman
who survived
kidnapping
and slavery. Against incredible odds, she led a successful peace
mission in the early 1700s.
- Thayendanegea
(also known as Joseph Brant)
- He fought for the
rights of the
Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) people when the British and French were
struggling for control of North America.
- Thompson, David
- He explored the
whole length of the
Columbia
River from its source to its mouth--not necessarily in that order!
- Tyrrell, J.B.
- He found the first
dinosaur bones in
Drumheller, Alberta.
- Vérchères,
Madeleine de
- She defended a
French fort against an
attack. By the way, she was only 14 years old at the time.
- Ware, John
- He was Alberta's
first black cowboy.
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