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Could be because it's my third glass of wine, could be because I'm just sad, but we're sitting here trying to think of as many famous Canadians as we can, and all we've come up with so far are the following:-

1. Bryan Adams
2. Avril Lavigne
3. Alanis Morissette

Sean thinks Nickleback must be Canadian as the radio station we listen to on internet radio (BOB FM, Ottawa) is always playing their stuff...

Anyone have any to add to this list...?

:confused:

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Canadians also known in the UK include:-

Jim Carey
Keanu Reeves
Mike Myers
Matthew Perry
Pamela Anderson
Greg Rudzeski (?)
Owen Hargreaves
Conrad Black (!!!)

Of course there are lots more Canadians who are famous in Canada;)

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Both Sutherlands.

William Shatner.

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There are LOADS - more than peeps realise. If you do a search you'll also find a load of "threads gone by" about them, too!

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Definitely Nickleback - each radio station here is "Death by Nickleback" :eek:

Mike Myers
Jim Carrey
Michael J Fox - I think
Nelly Furtado
Diane Krall
Keanu Reeves
Neil Young
Owen Hargreaves
Shania Twain - I think
Celine Dion

That's me for starters ....

Don't take me out of the world of celebrity though - lots of useless info in my head - I'm sure there are famous scientists or doctors too ... :lol:

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wow, still reeling from the matthew perry revelation! am trying to remember him in 'Friends' and can't picture him saying 'about' ('aboot') etc... he doesn't stand out ('oot!' - hehe) as being apparently canadian...

:blink:

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Conrad Black is no longer Canadian, he renounced his Canadian citizenship in order to get his peerage.

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oh jeez, can't believe forgot mlle dion! (désolée!).

i thought nelly furtado was portuguese...?

oh yeah I've got another - graham bell! (the telephone guy) - or was he scottish?? (similar origins anyway)

:confused:

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leonard cohen
barenaked ladies (not in general - too cold for that - the band)
for those of us from the rock - great big sea
bedouin soundclash (sp?)
ellen page (from the film juno)
natalie and nicole appleton (from all saints) - born in Ontario

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the appletons?? no way!! am v surprised about that - are you sure??

for some reason i want to say 'james taylor' - possibly because he's on Clear FM (Manitoban radio station) at the moment, or possibly because I sub-consciously know he's Canadian...?

PS - no cheating please - anyone can google this but I'm trying to use my brain cell!

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PPS - I meant 'brain cellS' - freudian slip there! :o

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Bob and Doug MacKenzie.

Alex Trebek.

Peter North.

Pamela Anderson.

On edit, sorry you've already had Pamela, I offer Rita McNeill as a similarly breasted substitute.

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John Roberts, formerly of CBS news, now on CNN's American Morning.

I remember when he was the greasy-haired entertainment reporter for CITY-TV in Toronto.

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yup - just double checked the appletons on wikipedia - couldn't remember where i'd gained that useless piece of knowledge (always thought they were born in america), so thought i better check.

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Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish. He spent some time in both the US and Canada. As a result, he is often claimed as a famous Scot and Canadian and American.

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Fair enough. Now I don't want to offend any canadians in saying this, but I always think I'd remember a Canadian by their 'distinguishable' accent, and so if someone says such-and-such is Canadian I try and imagine them saying 'about' or 'out' or 'shout'!

Bless 'em ;)

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Dan Ackroyd ,Paul Anka ,John Candy ,Lorne Greene ,William Shatner ,Wayne Gretsky , Mike Myers , Christopher Plummer ,Neil Young and Yogi Bear

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I thought it was Banting and Best who discovered insulin, but after I googled them it turns out it was Banting and MacLeod.

Of course I have no idea which Canadians are famous in the UK.

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Joni Mitchell
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Mike Weir

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John Kenneth Galbraith

Margaret Atwood
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John McCrae -- the dude who wrote, "In Flanders Fields."

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

I admit to cheating, insofar as I Googled the words of the poem.
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Indeed, as in any country it seems, a bunch of warblers, freaks and spoon-benders.

Why are they famous? 'Cos we're thick, that's why.

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I'm glad someone mentioned the Sutherlands (Kiefer and Donald) But what some of you may not know is Kiefers grandad was Tommy Douglas who was of course the Premier of Saskatchewan who introduced Medicare.

And no I didn't google this, lets just say I have a rather unhealthy obsession for the 24 actor:o

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The Mountie

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Things are looking up. Tommy Douglas gets a mention!

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My favourite famous Canadian:

http://crazyabouttv.com/Images/policesquad.jpg


:wub:

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Karla Homolka.

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Ah yes... 'JD Roberts'. He did that 'new music' music show or Much Music or something too. He always struck me as an asskisser.

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Does anyone outside Canada know who she is? When we moved here in 1999 my OH's family couldn't believe I'd never heard of her.:blink:

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Famous (if you're a nerd) nerds:

Steven Pinker
BirutÄ— Galdikas
Dorothy Smith
Helen Fisher
Erving Goffman

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Surely she's as famous as JD Roberts or Tommy Douglas, people who are famous as Canadians are few and far between .. Pierre Trudeau, Celine Dion, that guy who whined "The needle and the damage done", most everyone else is famous and incidentally Canadian.

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Blimey, even google doesn't know who they were. Were they a curling team?

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Tommy Chong (Cheech & Chong)
Sarah McLachlan
Rick Moranis
Terry Fox
Randy Bachman (BTO)
Steppenwolf
Our Lady Peace
Crash Test Dummies
Martin Short

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Please return your pocket protector: you're not worthy.

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Talking of Karla Homolka, if she posts on here, what to you think her username is?

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Sounds about right. Actually the only one of the above I'd heard of before I got here was Celine Dion :o

Actually it drives my OH nuts when people point out so and so is Canadian (BTW he's Canadian:eek:).

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Sandra Schmerler, Dr. Roberta Bondar, Harry Belafonte.

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MacLeod was the boss; he hired Banting. Charlie Best was a medical student working in the lab for the summer. MacLeod was away on vacation when the critical experiments were performed. The fact that MacLeod and not Best shared the Nobel prize remains controversial.

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