Notable Alumni of Concordia University [Sorted List]

1. Lee Mellor

1982-. (aged 44)

singer-songwriter criminologist singer university teacher

Lee Mellor is an Anglo-Canadian author, scholar, criminologist and songwriter.

2. Jordan Canning

1982-. (aged 44)

screenwriter television director film director

Jordan Canning is a Canadian director for film and television. She is known for her independent feature films We Were Wolves and Suck It Up (2017), as well as her work directing on television series Baroness Von Sketch Show, Burden of Truth and Schitt's Creek.

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3. Todd Swift

1966-. (aged 60)

poet

Stanley Todd Swift is a British-Canadian poet, screenwriter, university teacher, editor, critic, and publisher based in the United Kingdom.

4. Kyle Thomas

1983-. (aged 43)

actor screenwriter film director

Kyle Thomas is a Canadian screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. His first feature film, The Valley Below, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. It garnered two Canadian Screen Award nominations in the categories of Best Supporting Actor for Kris Demeanor and Best Original Song for Dan Mangan's "Wants". The film received largely positive reviews from the Canadian...

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5. Mohamed Hashish

1947-. (aged 79)

engineer

Mohamed Hashish is an Egyptian-born research scientist best known as the father of the abrasive water jet cutter.

6. Emily Darlington

politician council member

Emily Catrin Darlington is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes Central since 2024.

7. Meryam Joobeur

screenwriter writer film director

Meryam Joobeur is a Tunisian Canadian film director. She is most noted for her 2018 short film Brotherhood, which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.

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8. David Birnbaum

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

David Birnbaum is a Canadian politician, activist, and former journalist. Birnbaum was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represented the electoral district of D'Arcy-McGee as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party until his retirement from politics at the 2022 Quebec general election. He was the Opposition Critic for Indigenous Affairs, and was formerly...

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9. Denim

1999-. (aged 27)

drag queen

Denim, formerly known as Denim Pussy, is the stage name of Emerson Sanderson, a Canadian drag performer who competed on season 4 of Canada's Drag Race.

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10. Rebecca Blaikie

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

Rebecca Blaikie is a Canadian politician, who served as president of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2011 to 2016.

11. Paul Hartal

1936-. (aged 90)

painter poet writer

Paul Hartal is a Canadian painter and poet, born in Szeged, Hungary. He has created the term "Lyrical Conceptualism" to characterize his style in both painting and poetry, attempting to unite the scientific with the creative, or intuitive.

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12. Yung Chang

1977-. (aged 49)

screenwriter director film director

Yung Chang is a Chinese Canadian film director and was part of the collective member directors of Canadian film production firm EyeSteelFilm.

13. Gordon O'Connor

1939-. (aged 87)

consultant politician

Gordon James O'Connor, PC OMM CD is a retired brigadier-general, businessman, and lobbyist, who served as Conservative Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015.

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14. Joëlle Boutin

1979-. (aged 47)

politician

Joëlle Boutin is a former Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on December 2, 2019. She represented the electoral district of Jean-Talon as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. She resigned on July 19, 2023, to join the private sector. The by-election to replace her was scheduled for October 2, 2023,...

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15. Torill Kove

1958-. (aged 68)

screenwriter film director illustrator animator children's writer

Torill Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator. She won the 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the film The Danish Poet, co-produced by Norway's Mikrofilm AS and the National Film Board of Canada.

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16. Peter Schiefke

1979-. (aged 47)

politician environmentalist

Peter Schiefke MP is a Canadian environmentalist and Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Vaudreuil(formerly Vaudreuil-Soulanges) in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.

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17. Jacques Chagnon

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Jacques Chagnon is a retired Canadian politician who served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 2018. A member of Quebec Liberal Party, he was appointed Minister of Education in 1994, when his party went back on to form government in 2003, he was appointed Minister of Public Security until 2005.

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18. Louise Archambault

1970-. (aged 56)

film director screenwriter

Louise Archambault is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter. She is best known for her films Familia, which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005, and Gabrielle, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture in 2014.

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19. Michael Thompson

politician

Michael Thompson is a Canadian politician who has been a Toronto city councillor since 2003. He currently represents Ward 21 Scarborough Centre.

20. Jennifer Hollett

1975-. (aged 51)

journalist

Jennifer Hollett is a Canadian media executive and former television personality and political activist. She was the 2015 New Democratic Party's candidate in the new riding of University—Rosedale. Hollett has a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Journalism and Communications from Concordia University in Montreal, and a Masters in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at...

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21. Deragh Campbell

film actor film director

Deragh Campbell is a Canadian actress and filmmaker.

22. Cecil Castellucci

1969-. (aged 57)

musician screenwriter film director writer children's writer

Cecil C. Castellucci, also known as Cecil Seaskull, is an American-born Canadian young adult novelist, indie rocker, and director. She currently lives in Montréal, Canada.

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23. Tim Baker

singer-songwriter

Tim Baker is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The longtime lead singer of the indie rock band Hey Rosetta!, his first solo album Forever Overhead was released on April 19, 2019, on Arts & Crafts.

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24. Charles Sams

director of communications director

Charles F. Sams III, also known as Mocking Bird with Big Heart, is an American conservationist who served as the 19th director of the National Park Service from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Sams is the first Native American to serve as head of the NPS.

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25. Alex Tyrrell

1988-. (aged 38)

politician

Alex Tyrrell is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Green Party of Quebec since 2013.

26. Édouard Lock

1954-. (aged 72)

choreographer photographer

Édouard Lock is a Canadian dance choreographer and the founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps.

27. Jana Sterbak

1955-. (aged 71)

multimedia artist video artist artist visual artist photographer

Jana Sterbak is a multidisciplinary artist of Czech origin.

28. Francis Scarpaleggia

1957-. (aged 69)

political adviser university teacher politician financial analyst business consultant

Francis Scarpaleggia MP is a Canadian politician who has served as the 40th speaker of the House of Commons since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Lac-Saint-Louis since 2004.

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29. Daniel Blaikie

1984-. (aged 42)

political adviser politician trade unionist deputy minister electrician

Daniel Blaikie is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament for Elmwood—Transcona from October 19, 2015 until March 31, 2024. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he was elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. He is currently Deputy Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs of Manitoba.

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30. Wong Yuk-shan

justice of the peace politician

Professor Wong Yuk-shan, SBS, BBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He is the former president of the Open University of Hong Kong, a Hong Kong deputy of the National People's Congress of China and its member of the Committee of the Hong Kong Basic Law.

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31. Nathalie Petrowski

1954-. (aged 72)

critic novelist opinion journalist journalist literary critic

Nathalie Petrowski is a French-born Canadian journalist and writer living in Quebec.

32. Chloé Robichaud

1988-. (aged 38)

film director screenwriter

Chloé Robichaud is a Canadian director best known for her debut film Sarah Prefers to Run. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.

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33. Rawi Hage

1964-. (aged 62)

visual artist novelist photographer writer

Rawi Hage is a Lebanese-Canadian journalist, novelist, and photographer based in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada.

34. Dimitri Soudas

1979-. (aged 47)

Dimitri Soudas is the former Director of Communications to the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, former executive director of the Canadian Olympic Committee and former executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada.

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35. Juliette Gariepy

actor

Juliette Gariépy is a Canadian actress and model from Quebec. She won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023 for her performance in the independent film Red Rooms, and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in...

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36. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

1967-. (aged 59)

painter digital artist architect sculptor new media artist

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer RCA is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist living and working in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He creates interactive works. He emphasizes that his installations are incomplete without public participation, treating audience participation as an essential material in his creative process. His interactive works are "anti-monuments for people to self-represent."

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37. Josh Matlow

1975-. (aged 51)

environmentalist

Josh Matlow is a Canadian politician who has represented Ward 12 Toronto—St. Paul's on Toronto City Council since 2010.

38. Patrick Kwok-Choon

1988-. (aged 38)

film actor actor television actor

Patrick Kwok-Choon is a Canadian actor, best known for his recurring roles as Perry Crofte in the television adaptation of the horror Western comic book miniseries Wynonna Earp and as lieutenant commander Gen. Rhys in the CBS science fiction drama Star Trek: Discovery.

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39. Glen Murray

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Glen Ronald Murray is a Canadian politician and urban issues advocate who served as the 41st Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba from 1998 to 2004, and was the first openly gay mayor of a large North American city. He subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP)...

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40. Steven Cojocaru

1962-. (aged 64)

diarist

Steven Cojocaru, is a Canadian television fashion critic. He was born in Montreal, Quebec to Romanian parents. Cojocaru started out as a magazine columnist and eventually began working on American television shows as a correspondent and interviewer, working on Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show, The Insider and Access Hollywood.

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41. Mutsumi Takahashi

television presenter actor journalist

Mutsumi Takahashi CM is a Japanese-Canadian journalist. Since 1986, she has been one of the lead news presenters of CFCF-DT in Montreal, Quebec.

42. Stephen Surjik

1960-. (aged 66)

director film director

Stephen Surjik is a Canadian film and television director, and producer.

43. Nicholas Thorburn

1981-. (aged 45)

singer songwriter

Nick Thorburn, also known by his stage name Nick Diamonds, is a Canadian musician originally from Campbell River, British Columbia. He has fronted numerous bands such as The Unicorns, Th' Corn Gangg, Islands, Reefer, and Human Highway.

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44. Anthony Housefather

1970-. (aged 56)

lawyer mayor politician

Anthony Housefather is a Canadian politician, lawyer, and athlete who has served as a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Mount Royal on the island of Montreal since 2015.

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45. Lorena Gale

1958-2009 (aged 51)

theatrical director actor playwright

Lorena Gale was a Canadian actress, playwright and theatre director. She was active onstage and in films and television since the 1980s. She also authored two award-winning plays, Angélique and Je me souviens.

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46. Geneviève Jeanson

1981-. (aged 45)

sport cyclist

Geneviève Jeanson is a former professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She won the world junior road and time trial championships in 1999 and the Tour de Snowy in 2000. Later that year she won La Flèche Wallonne World Cup race. She joined the Canadian Olympic team that year. She acknowledged in a documentary on Radio-Canada (the French-language CBC) on...

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47. Jonah Keri

1974-. (aged 52)

novelist

Jonah Keri is a Canadian former journalist, sportswriter, and editor. In 2022, he was incarcerated after pleading guilty to multiple counts of domestic violence offences.

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48. Michelle Latimer

actor screenwriter film director

Michelle Latimer is a Canadian actress, director, writer, and filmmaker. She initially rose to prominence for her role as Trish Simkin on the television series Paradise Falls, shown nationally in Canada on Showcase Television. Since the early 2010s, she has directed several documentaries, including her feature film directorial debut, Alias (2013), and the Viceland series, Rise, which focuses on the...

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49. Kim Nguyen

1974-. (aged 52)

screenwriter film director film screenwriter film producer

Kim Nguyen is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film War Witch (Rebelle) which received numerous honours including an Academy Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

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50. Alexandre Bilodeau

1987-. (aged 39)

freestyle skier

Alexandre Bilodeau is a Canadian retired freestyle skier from Rosemere, Quebec, Bilodeau currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. Bilodeau won a gold medal in the men's moguls at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, becoming the first Canadian to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games held in Canada. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he became the first Olympian in...

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51. Spencer Krug

1977-. (aged 49)

singer songwriter

Spencer Krug is a Canadian musician. He is the singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the indie rock band Wolf Parade and has recorded solo under both his own name and the name Moonface. He has also performed with other Canadian bands including Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Frog Eyes, Fifths of Seven, and ska band the Two Tonne Bowlers, playing various...

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52. Leni Parker

1966-. (aged 60)

film actor television actor stage actor

Leni Parker is a Canadian television and film actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the androgynous alien Da'an in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict.

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53. René Balcer

1954-. (aged 72)

screenwriter showrunner film director television producer

René Balcer is a Canadian-American television writer, director, producer, and showrunner, as well as a photographer and documentary film-maker.

54. Craig Button

1963-. (aged 63)

ice hockey player sports commentator sports executive

Craig J. Button is currently an ice hockey analyst for TSN and a former National Hockey League (NHL) executive.

55. Aivaras Abromavičius

1976-. (aged 50)

banker investment banker entrepreneur politician

Aivaras Abromavičius is a Lithuanian-born investor and politician. He was Ukraine's Minister of Economy and Trade starting in December 2014 (Abromavičius announced his resignation on 3 February 2016). He did not retain his post in the Groysman Government that was installed on 14 April 2016. Abromavičius was Director General of Ukroboronprom, Ukraine's largest defense industry enterprise, from 31 August 2019...

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56. Mario Dumont

1970-. (aged 56)

television presenter politician

Mario Dumont is a Canadian television personality and former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), from 1994 to 2009. After the 2007 Quebec election, Dumont obtained the post of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.

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57. Mauro Biello

1972-. (aged 54)

association football player association football coach

Mauro Biello is a Canadian professional soccer assistant coach and former player who was the interim head coach of the Canada men's national team. He played as a forward for several Canadian and American lower division clubs, namely Montreal Supra, Buffalo Blizzard, Rochester Raging Rhinos, and Toronto Thunderhawks. He also spent a total of 16 seasons with the second division...

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58. Richard Parry

1977-. (aged 49)

pianist record producer songwriter

Richard Reed Parry is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, best known as a core member of the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays a wide variety of instruments, often switching between guitar, double bass, drums, celesta, keyboards, and accordion.

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59. Mariloup Wolfe

1978-. (aged 48)

actor film director

Mariloup Wolfe is a Canadian actress and film director. She went to F.A.C.E. School, an art school in Montreal. She holds a major in Film Production from Concordia University (2001) and a minor in Cultural Studies from McGill University (1999). Mariloup Wolfe became famous through her role as Marianne in the popular TV series Ramdam broadcast since 2001 on Télé-Québec.

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60. Maziar Bahari

1967-. (aged 59)

human rights defender film director journalist

Maziar Bahari is an Iranian-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist. He was a reporter for Newsweek from 1998 to 2011. Bahari was incarcerated by the Iranian government from June 21, 2009 to October 17, 2009, and has written a family memoir, Then They Came for Me, a New York Times best seller. His memoir is the basis for Jon...

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61. Arsinée Khanjian

1958-. (aged 68)

stage actor film director actor film actor

Arsinée Khanjian is a Lebanese-Canadian actress and activist. She is widely known for her collaborations with her husband, filmmaker Atom Egoyan. She won the 2003 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Ararat.

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62. Mylène Dinh-Robic

1979-. (aged 47)

film actor actor voice actor

Mylène Dinh-Robic is a Canadian actress.

63. Peter M. Lenkov

1964-. (aged 62)

screenwriter writer showrunner film producer television producer

Peter M. Lenkov is a Canadian television and film writer, producer, and comic book author. He is best known as the developer and showrunner of the CBS reboot series Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, and Magnum P.I., until his firing in July 2020.

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64. Liane Balaban

1980-. (aged 46)

actor screenwriter model

Liane Balaban is a Canadian actress. Her film debut was in New Waterford Girl (1999) as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie. She has since appeared in the films Definitely, Maybe (2008), Last Chance Harvey (2008), and the independent drama One Week (2008). She has guest-starred on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles, Covert Affairs and Alphas, and joined the cast of Supernatural...

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65. Pascale Bussières

1968-. (aged 58)

film actor actor screenwriter

Pascale Bussières is a French Canadian actress. Her credits include Sonatine (1984), Eldorado (1995), When Night Is Falling (1995), August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) (1998), Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) (2004), Afterwards (2008), The Demons (Les Démons) (2015), Death of a Ladies' Man (2020), Bootlegger (2021), and Frontiers (Frontières) (2023).

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66. Jonathan Goldstein

1969-. (aged 57)

novelist radio personality screenwriter

Jonathan Goldstein is an American-Canadian author, humorist and radio producer. Goldstein has worked on radio programs and podcasts such as Heavyweight, This American Life, and WireTap.

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67. Mila Mulroney

1953-. (aged 73)

Milica "Mila" Mulroney is the widow of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. She was notable for taking on a greater role during her husband's tenure than previous spouses of Canadian prime ministers and for her work for children's charities; she was also criticized for her lavish spending habits. She is the chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University...

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68. Barbara Dunkelman

1989-. (aged 37)

television producer podcaster film director actor

Barbara Julie Dunkelman is a Canadian actress and internet personality. She is known for her work with the former production company Rooster Teeth, where she served as a Creative Director and was formerly the Director of Social and Community Marketing and a Program Director for RTX. She also provides the voice of Yang Xiao Long in the web series RWBY...

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69. J. C. MacKenzie

1970-. (aged 56)

film actor actor television actor

John Charles MacKenzie is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Skip Fontaine on the HBO series Vinyl (2016) and Reagan "Normal" Ronald on the Fox series Dark Angel (2000–2002). He has also appeared in several films directed by Martin Scorsese, including The Departed (2006), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and The Irishman (2019).

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70. Dave Reichert

1950-. (aged 76)

politician police officer

David George Reichert is an American retired police officer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2019. A moderate member of the Republican Party, he served as the sheriff of King County, Washington from 1997 to 2005.

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71. Milosh

singer songwriter musician

Mike Milosh, known professionally as Milosh, is a Canadian electronic musician from Toronto, who is currently based in Los Angeles, California.

72. Anna Hopkins

1987-. (aged 39)

film director television actor voice actor actor film actor

Anna Hopkins is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Lilith in Freeform's original series Shadowhunters and documentary filmmaker Monica Stuart in The Expanse.

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73. Clark Johnson

1954-. (aged 72)

film director television actor film producer actor film actor

Clark Johnson is an American-Canadian actor and director, who has worked in both television and film. He is best known for his roles as David Jefferson on Night Heat (1985–88), Clark Roberts on E.N.G. (1989–94), Meldrick Lewis in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99) and Augustus Haynes in The Wire (2008).

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74. Angela Tong

1975-. (aged 51)

film actor actor model

Angela Tong is a Hong Kong actress. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China. She was Miss Chinese Montreal 1995. She was educated in Concordia University.

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75. Patrick Sabongui

1975-. (aged 51)

stunt performer television actor actor film actor

Patrick Sabongui is a Canadian actor, stunt performer, and drama teacher. He is known for playing David Singh in The Flash.

76. Régine Chassagne

1976-. (aged 50)

songwriter pianist singer musician

Régine Alexandra Chassagne is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist, and is a member of the band Arcade Fire.

77. Tasya Teles

1985-. (aged 41)

actor

Tasya Teles is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Echo in The CW's The 100. Teles has also played Kendra in DirecTV's Rogue, Nat in the Crave series Shoresy, and Daniella in BBC America's Intruders.

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78. Gabriel LaBelle

2002-. (aged 24)

film actor actor television actor

Gabriel LaBelle is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his leading role as young aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans (2022), for which he received acclaim and won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.

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79. Emily Haines

1974-. (aged 52)

singer pianist singer-songwriter keyboardist musician

Emily Savitri Haines is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has performed under her own name and as Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. Haines possesses the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano.

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80. Santino Marella

1974-. (aged 52)

judoka professional wrestler mixed martial arts fighter

Anthony Carelli is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Santino Marella. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he works as the on-screen director of authority. He also appears in partner promotion WWE, on its NXT brand. He is the founder of and instructor at Battle Arts Academy, a martial arts and professional...

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81. Melissa Auf der Maur

1972-. (aged 54)

model record producer musician blogger photographer

Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur is a Canadian musician.

82. Kathleen Zellner

1949-. (aged 77)

lawyer

Kathleen Zellner is an American attorney who has worked extensively in wrongful conviction advocacy. Notable clients Zellner has represented include Steven Avery, Kevin Fox (who was falsely accused of murdering his daughter), Ryan W. Ferguson, Larry Eyler, and 19 exonerees who are listed in the National Registry of Exonerations.

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83. Annie Murphy

1986-. (aged 40)

actor

Anne Frances Murphy is a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence for her starring role as Alexis Rose in the sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Critics' Choice Television Awards.

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84. Gavin McInnes

1970-. (aged 56)

film director podcaster entrepreneur pundit talk show host

Gavin Miles McInnes is a Canadian writer, podcaster, far-right commentator and founder of the Proud Boys. He is the host of Get Off My Lawn with Gavin McInnes on his website, Compound Censored. He co-founded Vice magazine in 1996 and relocated to the United States in 2001. In 2016 he founded the Proud Boys, an American far-right militant organization which...

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85. James Tupper

1965-. (aged 61)

film actor actor television actor

James Tupper is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Jack Slattery on the ABC television series Men in Trees, Dr. Chris Sands on the NBC medical drama series Mercy, and David Clarke on ABC's Revenge. He also starred in the post-apocalyptic thriller Aftermath, on Space in Canada and Syfy in the U.S., and in the HBO series Big...

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86. Antoni Porowski

1984-. (aged 42)

television personality model television actor chef actor

Antoni Janusz Porowski is a Canadian television personality, cook, actor, model, and author. He is the food and wine expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye (2018–2026).

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87. Austin St. John

1974-. (aged 52)

actor television actor

Jason Lawrence Geiger, professionally known as Austin St. John, is an American actor and martial artist best known for his portrayal of Jason Lee Scott in the Power Rangers franchise.

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88. Will Arnett

1970-. (aged 56)

comedian television actor film actor podcaster voice actor

William Emerson Arnett is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and the titular character in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020). He has received nominations for seven Primetime Emmy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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89. Michèle Audette

1971-. (aged 55)

consultant politician

Michèle Taïna Audette is a Canadian politician and activist. She served as president of Femmes autochtones du Québec (Quebec Native Women) from 1998 to 2004 and again from 2010 to 2012. She was also the president of Native Women's Association of Canada from 2012 to 2014. From 2004 through 2008, she served as Associate Deputy Minister at the Ministry of...

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90. Léa Clermont-Dion

1991-. (aged 35)

researcher film director

Léa Clermont-Dion is a Canadian author, feminist, television and radio host, and body image advocate. She was a co-facilitator, with Jacinthe Veillette, and spokesperson of the Québec Charter for a Healthy and Diverse Body Image. Clermont-Dion came to public attention during an appearance on the television programme Tout le monde en parle in October 2009. She is a doctoral student...

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91. Martin Villeneuve

1978-. (aged 48)

screenwriter writer film director

Martin Villeneuve is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, director, actor, and art director. He was nominated at the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) in 2013 for Best Adapted Screenplay, for Mars et Avril, his feature film debut. He is also known for The 12 Tasks of Imelda, his second feature film released in 2022, in which he portrays his own...

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92. Nadim Kobeissi

1990-. (aged 36)

cryptographer

Nadim Kobeissi is a French-Lebanese computer science researcher specialized in applied cryptography. He is the author of Cryptocat, an open-source encrypted web chat client. Kobeissi is also known for speaking publicly against Internet censorship and Internet surveillance.

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93. Gina Cody

1957-. (aged 69)

engineer

Gina Parvaneh Cody CM is a Canadian-Iranian engineer and business leader.

94. Ann Chiang

1955-. (aged 71)

politician

Ann Chiang Lai-wan, SBS, JP, is the chair of C&L Holdings and a former pro-Beijing member of Hong Kong Legislative Council. She is the second daughter of Chiang Chen who was a Hong Kong entrepreneur.

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95. Sarah Thornton

1965-. (aged 61)

ethnographer researcher sociologist

Sarah L. Thornton is a writer, ethnographer and sociologist of culture. Thornton has authored four books and many articles about artists, the art market, bodies, people, culture, technology and design, the history of music technology, dance clubs, raves, cultural hierarchies, subcultures, and ethnographic research methods.

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96. Nino Ricci

1959-. (aged 67)

writer novelist

Nino Pio Ricci is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Leamington, Ontario to Italian immigrants, Virginio and Amelia Ricci, from the province of Isernia, Molise.

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97. Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

1963-. (aged 63)

writer children's writer novelist civil engineer

Vilborg Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic writer of both crime novels and children's fiction. She has been writing since 1998. Her début crime novel was translated into English by Bernard Scudder. The central character in her crime novels so far is Thóra Gudmundsdóttir (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir), a lawyer. Yrsa has also written for children, and won the 2003 Icelandic Children's Book...

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98. Mireille Gingras

1971-. (aged 55)

neuroscientist entrepreneur neurobiologist

Mireille Gingras Gillings, is a US-based Canadian neurobiologist and entrepreneur. She founded HUYA Bioscience International, a biotech consulting firm in 2004, and is the San Diego, California, company's CEO and Executive Chair. The company has offices in Pudong, Shanghai, China.

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99. Hakim Hajoui

1983-. (aged 43)

diplomat

Hakim Hajoui is a Moroccan diplomat. He was appointed ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom in 2020.

100. Timothy Harris

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Timothy Sylvester Harris is a Kittitian politician who served as the third prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 to 2022. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 10 August 2001 to 25 January 2008, as Minister of Finance from 2008 to 2010, and as Senior Minister and Minister for Agriculture from 2010 to 2013. Originally...

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