Top 10 Most Famous Canadians That You Should Know

Top 10 Iconic Canadians

From Prime Ministers to movie stars, these Canucks have all made a huge impact on the Great White North, and on the rest of the world as well. WatchMojo ranks some of the most influential Canadians of all time.

List rank and entries:
#10: David Suzuki
#9: Tommy Douglas
#8: Neil Young
#7: Sir John A. Macdonald
#6: Céline Dion
#5: Lester B. Pearson
#4: Jim Carrey
#3, #2 & #1: ?

For this list, we're looking at the most iconic Canadians in history – in terms of their influence and notoriety at home and abroad.

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[lostcrusader]

Sir Fredrick Banting? The guy who found out how to synthesise insulin and treat diabetes. Not even mentioned...

[jasonalexander]

when i was 9 years old my grampa who was a long haul truck driver took me on a cross canada trip, as we got into southern ontario he pulled his rig over and gave me 20 dollars so i could give it to terry fox. terry should be known world wide for being one of the strongest and most heroic human beings ever to walk this planet. i am humbled to have just seen him in the flesh. what that young man undertook defies all human capability and he did it as a teen and even towards the end when his cancer returned he got back out on the lonley canadian highways and fought till he couldnt fight anymore.

[d_smith]

Even as an oiler fan Gretzky is not greater than terry fox

[oraved]

IF YOU DONT KNOW WHO TERRY FOX IS, YOU DONT KNOW CANADA

[brandoncrown]

From a canadian, terry fox should be #1

[samkingsway]

What about Canadian physician Frederick Banting??? Frederick Banting and medical student Charles H. Best discovered the hormone insulin saving millions of lives of people with diabetes

[demitrikozolov]

Terry fox is a great hero. He deserves number one.

[johnsundsethvik]

I am so glad that Justin was not on the list

[Sh]

Where is Chris Hadfield? not even a honorable mention

[loraz]

Man I am Canadian and I didn't even know about #9 Tommy Douglas. Wow, dude, bless his soul. You made the cherry on top of the sundae that is Canada.

[titanspirit]

Us Irish love you beautiful Canadians! You're a great bunch of people, you're all welcome here anytime!

[AlyssaDiCesare]

It's funny that you ranked Tommy Douglas #9 when Canada voted for him as #1

[Asrugan]

I'm surprised there wasn't at least an honorable mention for the one person I knew for an absolute fact growing up was Canadian, yet spoke to the world, Peter Jennings. One of the greats of journalism.

[nathanlau]

As a huge hockey fan and someone who grew up loving Wayne Gretzky as any young Canadian does. I honestly believe Terry Fox should be #1. His legacy will live forever. What he has done outweighs all the records that Gretzky achieved.

[theravingtimes]

Dallaire should've made it to the top 10. He risked his life by going against orders from both the UN and the Rwandan government in an attempt to prevent the Rwandan genocide, though he was only capable of saving 32, 000 lives rather than the 1.2 million who perished.

[Agnethatheredhairkid]

I first heard of Canada at the age of 7 in 1966 when I watched a movie on a projector I received for Christmas 'Trail Of The Mounties'. I fell in love with Canada immediately and would love to live there.
I'm Irish too incidentally!

[betsycow]

How is a hockey player better than someone with camcer and a fake leg running a marathon coast to coast.

[delphi-moochymaker]

Terry Fox was the definition of determination. He ran 26 miles a day (full marathon) every day, day after day for weeks! Oh, on 1 leg and 1 prosthetic leg of course. He was not a professional athlete. Just a young man with a heart as big as Canada. Running to help others who have cancer. Show me a world class athlete who could accomplish this today with 2 legs!

[brinanna]

We do the terry fox run every year and raise money at my school we raised over 3, 000 dollars this year

[robertkapitsky]

You forgot Stomin’ Tom Conners. He may not have gotten worldwide acclaim, but he returned his 6 Juno’s because he felt that the Juno’s were not recognizing Canadian talent. Terry Fox should have been #1.