Famous people from Canada
The most-searched people from Canada right now, with the latest news on each.
Christine Sinclair
Canadian association football player
Megan Follows
Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows is a Canadian actress and director. She is known for her role as Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels. From 2013 to 2017, she starred as Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, in the television drama series Reign.
Olivia Chow
Olivia Chow is a Canadian politician who has been the 66th and current mayor of Toronto since 2023. Previously, Chow served as the New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament (MP) for Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014, and was a councillor on the Metro Toronto Council from 1992 to the 1998 amalgamation followed by Toronto City Council until 2005.
Cade Smith
Cade Jared Benjamin Smith is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024. Smith was named to his first All-Star game in 2026.
Pierre-Luc Dubois
Pierre-Luc Dubois is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dubois was born in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, but grew up in Rimouski. He was drafted third overall in the 2016 NHL entry draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, and has also played for the Winnipeg Jets and Los Angeles Kings.
Cole Perfetti
Cole Perfetti is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected tenth overall by the Jets in the 2020 NHL entry draft.
Josh Morrissey
Joshua Morrissey is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Jets in the first round, 13th overall, of the 2013 NHL entry draft.
Scott Speedman
Robert Scott Speedman is a Canadian actor and model. He is known for portraying Ben Covington in the coming-of-age drama television series Felicity, Lycan–Vampire hybrid Michael Corvin in the gothic horror–action Underworld films, Barry "Baz" Blackwell in the TNT crime drama series Animal Kingdom and R.J. Decker in the ABC crime drama R.J. Decker. His other film work includes Duets, Dark Blue, XXX: State of the Union, The Strangers, Barney's Version, The Vow, and Crimes of the Future. In 2021...
Steven Stamkos
Steven Stamkos is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Stamkos was selected first overall in the 2008 NHL entry draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Stamkos holds the Lightning franchise record for most goals and points scored and captained the Lightning to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2020 and 2021 as well as appearances in the Stanley Cup Final in 2015 and 2022.
Alex Newhook
Alex Newhook is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 16th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2019 NHL entry draft and won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2022, becoming the third player from Newfoundland and Labrador to do so, following Daniel Cleary (2008) and Michael Ryder (2011).
Ryan O'Reilly
Ryan O'Reilly is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Colorado Avalanche, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. O'Reilly was drafted 33rd overall in the 2009 NHL entry draft by the Colorado Avalanche, with whom he spent the first six seasons of his NHL career and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship. He is...
Nick Paul
Nicholas Paul is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the fourth round, 101st overall, of the 2013 NHL entry draft. He has also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators.
Jaden Schwartz
Jaden Schwartz is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Schwartz was selected 14th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2010 NHL entry draft.
Frances Nunziata
Frances Nunziata is a Canadian municipal politician who has served on Toronto City Council since the city's amalgamation in 1998, representing York South–Weston. Since December 1, 2010, she has been the Speaker of Council. Before amalgamation, she served as the mayor of what was then the City of York, from 1994 to 1997. She had been elected to York City Council in 1988 after previously becoming a school board trustee in 1985. She is the sister of former Member of Parliament John Nunziata and ...
Cam Talbot
Cameron Talbot is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators, Los Angeles Kings, and Detroit Red Wings.
Frédérick Gaudreau
Frédérick Gaudreau is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Marwah Rizqy
Marwah Rizqy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Saint-Laurent until 2026. She was elected as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Beckett Sennecke
Beckett Flynn Sennecke is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted third overall by the Ducks in the 2024 NHL entry draft.
Porter Martone
Porter Joseph Martone is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted sixth overall by the Flyers in the 2025 NHL entry draft.
Kevin O'Leary
Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary, self-styled as Mr. Wonderful, is a Canadian businessman and television personality. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows, including the business news program The Lang and O'Leary Exchange as well as reality show Dragons' Den. O'Leary hosted Discovery Channel's Project Earth in 2008 and has appeared on Shark Tank, the American version of Dragons' Den, since 2009. He made his feature film debut as Milton Rockwell in Josh Safdie's Mar...
Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994)
Matthew Murray is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender and an unrestricted free agent. Murray was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third round of the 2012 NHL entry draft. In 2016, Murray won his first Stanley Cup championship as the starting goaltender for the Penguins during the playoffs after having replaced then-starter Marc-André Fleury. Murray would split the net with Fleury during the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, winning the Stanley Cup again in 2017 an...
Sean Burke
Sean Burke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and the current director of goaltending for the Vegas Golden Knights, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2023. He played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Los Angeles Kings between 1988 and 2007. He was born in Windsor, Ontario, but grew up in Toronto...
Morgan Rielly
Morgan Frederick Rielly is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Maple Leafs in the first round, fifth overall, of the 2012 NHL entry draft. Before being drafted, Rielly played with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He has represented Canada internationally on several occasions, most notably at the 2016 World Championship, where he won a...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Canadian basketball player (born 1998)