Notable Alumni of Simon Fraser University [Sorted List]

1. Zabeen Hirji

1960-. (aged 66)

business executive

Zabeen Hirji is a former Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and a former member of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Group Executive in Toronto from 2007 to 2017.

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2. Kate A. Murphy

1985-. (aged 41)

businessperson

Kate Murphy is a co-founder and CEO of Play Magnus, a company previously majority owned by former World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and working to take chess to more people around the world with a focus on youth. Play Magnus was acquired by Chess.com in 2022.

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3. Gordon Hogg

1946-. (aged 80)

politician probation officer

Gordon "Gordie" Hogg is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Surrey—White Rock in the House of Commons of Canada from 2017 to 2019, as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He previously represented Surrey-White Rock in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1997 to 2017 as part of the British...

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4. Angus Reid

1976-. (aged 50)

Canadian football player

Angus Reid is a former offensive lineman who played in the Canadian Football League. Reid went to Simon Fraser University and played for the Simon Fraser Clan. He began his career with the Montreal Alouettes but was traded, along with a 5th round draft pick, to BC for Adriano Belli. In 2004, Reid was selected to the West Division All-Star...

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5. Anne Giardini

1959-. (aged 67)

novelist lawyer journalist

Anne Giardini, OC, OBC, KC is a Canadian lawyer, business executive, university administrator, community advocate, and writer. She is the oldest daughter of late Canadian novelist Carol Shields. Giardini was called to the British Columbia bar in 1985, the Bar of Ontario in 1990, and the Washington State bar in 2009. She served as the 11th chancellor of Simon Fraser...

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6. Jennifer Whiteside

trade unionist politician

Jennifer Whiteside MLA is a Canadian politician and trade unionist who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2020. A member of the New Democratic Party, she was first elected in the electoral district of New Westminster. After the district’s redistribution in 2024, she was re-elected in the newly formed electoral district of New...

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7. Mimi Ajzenstadt

1956-. (aged 70)

criminologist

Mimi Ajzenstadt is an Israeli criminologist who was named the Mildred and Benjamin Berger Chair in Criminology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is the President of the Open University of Israel.

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8. Josie Osborne

1972-. (aged 54)

biologist environmentalist politician

Josie Osborne MLA is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the electoral district of Mid Island-Pacific Rim since 2020. A member of the New Democratic Party, she has served in cabinet under Premier David Eby, and is currently the Minister of Health. Prior to provincial poltics, she served as...

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9. Justina Di Stasio

1992-. (aged 34)

amateur wrestler

Justina Di Stasio is a Canadian wrestler of Italian and Cree descent.

10. Reg Alcock

1948-2011 (aged 63)

consultant businessperson politician

Reginald B. Alcock, PC was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Winnipeg South as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2006 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin. Alcock was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

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11. Brian Brett

1950-2024 (aged 74)

editing staff novelist writer journalist poet

Brian Brett was a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and novelist. Brett wrote and published extensively, starting in the late 1960s, and he worked as an editor for several publishing firms, including the Governor-General's Award-winning Blackfish Press. He also wrote a three-part memoir of his life in British Columbia.

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12. Mark Okerstrom

lawyer businessperson business executive

Mark Okerstrom is a Canadian lawyer and technology executive in the hospitality sector. He was the president and CEO of Expedia Group until December 4, 2019 when he resigned over disagreements on strategy with Barry Diller and the Expedia board. Mark then joined as president and COO of Convoy until the company ceased core operations and was sold to Flexport.

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13. Lemar Durant

1992-. (aged 34)

Canadian football player American football player

Lemar Durant is a Canadian-American former professional football wide receiver who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended Simon Fraser University, where he played college football for the Simon Fraser Clan. He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the second round of the 2015 CFL draft. Durant was also a member of the BC Lions...

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14. Jennifer Gardy

biochemist researcher

Jennifer Gardy is a Canadian scientist, educator and broadcaster, with expertise in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, and bioinformatics. Since February 2019 she has been the Deputy Director, Surveillance, Data, and Epidemiology on the Global Health: Malaria team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She was previously an associate professor at the University of British Columbia's School of...

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15. Jane Channell

1988-. (aged 38)

skeleton racer athletics competitor

Jane Channell is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2011 and was selected to the national team in 2013, joining the Skeleton World Cup squad in 2015. Channell was inspired to try skeleton by Jon Montgomery's gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Before skeleton, Channell played softball and competed in track and field, winning the...

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16. Nadine Caron

1970-. (aged 56)

surgeon

Nadine Rena Caron FACS, FRCSC,, is a Canadian surgeon. She is the first Canadian female general surgeon of First Nations descent (Ojibway), as well as the first female First Nations student to graduate from University of British Columbia's medical school.

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17. Colin Percival

1994-2000 (aged 6)

computer scientist programmer

Colin A. Percival is a Canadian computer scientist and computer security researcher. He completed his undergraduate education at Simon Fraser University and a doctorate at the University of Oxford. While at university he joined the FreeBSD project, and achieved some notoriety for discovering a security weakness in Intel's hyper-threading technology. Besides his work in delta compression and the introduction of...

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18. Gloria Dawn

1940-. (aged 86)

model erotic photography model

Gloria Dawn was a Canadian model who appeared in numerous softcore men's magazines in the 1960s. She began her career in January 1962, and modeled for photographers Peter Gowland, Ron Vogel, Donald G. Klumpp, Sam Wu, Elmer Batters, and Keith Bernard among others. She retired from modeling in August 1963 but her pictures appeared in publications until 1968. In recent...

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19. Richard Stewart

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Richard Stewart is the mayor for the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia. He was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2005, and became mayor in 2008.

20. Martin Neil Baily

1945-. (aged 81)

university teacher economist

Martin Neil Baily is an economist at the Brookings Institution and formerly at the Peterson Institute. He is best known for his work on productivity and competitiveness and for his tenure as a cabinet member during the Clinton Administration. He was one of three members of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1994 to 1996, and chairman of the council...

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21. Marc Dalton

1960-. (aged 66)

teacher politician

Marc H.J. Dalton MP is a Canadian politician. He is the current Conservative Member of Parliament for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge after the 2019 Canadian federal election. He was a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia following the 2009 and 2013 provincial elections for the riding of Maple Ridge-Mission.

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22. Spencer Chandra Herbert

1981-. (aged 45)

politician

Spencer Chandra Herbert is a Canadian politician who serves in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Canada. Representing the British Columbia New Democratic Party, he won an October 2008 by-election in the electoral district of Vancouver-Burrard. He was re-elected to the Legislature, this time in the newly created riding of Vancouver-West End, in the 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2020...

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23. Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe

1991-. (aged 35)

basketball player

Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe is a Canadian professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.

24. Michael Christie

1976-. (aged 50)

skateboarder carpenter novelist writer social worker

Michael Christie is a Canadian writer, whose debut story collection The Beggar's Garden was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize and a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.

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25. John Yap

1959-. (aged 67)

politician banker

John Yap is a Canadian politician and former banker. He represented the electoral district of Richmond-Steveston in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020, as part of the BC Liberal caucus. During his time in government, he served as Minister of State for Climate Action, Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, and Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology...

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26. Aaron Devor

1951-. (aged 75)

trans activist sociologist

Aaron H. Devor is a Canadian sociologist and sexologist known for his work in transgender studies. Devor has taught at the University of Victoria since 1989 and is the former dean of graduate studies. He is the inaugural Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria, and the founder and subject matter expert of the Transgender Archives at the...

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27. Barry Beyerstein

1947-2007 (aged 60)

psychologist

Barry L Beyerstein was a scientific skeptic and professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. Beyerstein's research explored brain mechanisms of perception and consciousness, the effects of drugs on the brain and mind, sense of smell and its lesser-known contributions to human cognition and emotion. He was founder and chair of the BC Skeptics Society, a...

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28. Frederick Ghahramani

engineer

Frederick Ghahramani is a Canadian businessperson.

29. Jacques Chapdelaine

1961-. (aged 65)

Canadian football player

Jacques Chapdelaine is a Canadian professional football coach and former professional slotback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He most recently served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL. He has also served as the offensive coordinator for four other CFL teams, the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes (2016-17), and the head...

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30. Jim Chu

1959-. (aged 67)

police officer

Jim Chu, COM is a former-Chief Constable of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD). On June 21, 2007, Chu was named as the successor of Chief Constable Jamie Graham. On January 23, 2015, it was announced Chu was planning to retire after a 36-year career with Vancouver Police and he did officially do so on May 6, 2015, upon the swearing-in...

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31. Craig Larman

1958-. (aged 68)

computer scientist engineer

Craig Larman is a Canadian computer scientist, author, and organizational development consultant. With Bas Vodde, he is best known for formulating LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), and for several books on product and software development.

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32. Nathan Shepherd

1993-. (aged 33)

American football player

Nathan Daniel Shepherd is a Canadian professional football defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Simon Fraser Clan and Fort Hays State Tigers.

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33. Melanie Mark

politician

Melanie Joy Mark, also known by her Nisga'a name Hli Haykwhl Ẃii Xsgaak, is a Canadian politician in the province of British Columbia. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), she served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant from 2016 to 2023. She was Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training from 2017 to...

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34. Stefan Elliott

1991-. (aged 35)

ice hockey player

Stefan Elliott is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).

35. Lui Passaglia

1954-. (aged 72)

Canadian football player

Lui Passaglia is a Canadian former professional football player. He was the placekicker/punter for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for a record-breaking 25 years from 1976 to 2000, and scored more points in that time than any professional gridiron football player in history. He is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Football...

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36. James P. Delgado

1958-. (aged 68)

anthropologist author archaeologist historian

James Preston Delgado FRGS, FRCGS is an American maritime archaeologist, historian, and author. He has participated in shipwreck investigations worldwide, including the USS Independence (CVL-22), USS Monitor, USS Arizona (BB-39), USS Nevada (BB-36), and the slave ship Clotilda.

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37. Joel Bakan

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer writer film director

Joel Conrad Bakan is an American-Canadian writer, jazz musician, filmmaker, and professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.

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38. Darryl Plecas

criminologist politician

Darryl Plecas is a Canadian politician, who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Abbotsford South from 2013 to 2020, and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2017 to 2020. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2013 provincial election as a member of the British Columbia Liberal...

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39. Sut Jhally

1955-. (aged 71)

university teacher film director writer pedagogue film producer

Sut Jhally is a professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, whose work focuses on cultural studies, advertising, media, and consumption. He is the producer of more than 40 documentaries on media literacy topics and the founder and executive director of the Media Education Foundation.

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40. Terry Beech

1981-. (aged 45)

politician teacher adjunct professor building contractor business executive

Terry James Beech PC MP is a Canadian politician and former businessman. A member of the Liberal Party, he has represented Burnaby North—Seymour in the House of Commons since the 2015 federal election. From 2023 to 2025, Beech served as Minister of Citizens' Services.

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41. Fredrik Logevall

1963-. (aged 63)

historian

Fredrik Logevall is a Swedish-American historian and educator at Harvard University, where he is the Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and professor of history in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is a specialist in U.S. politics and foreign policy. He won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for History...

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42. Justin Kripps

1987-. (aged 39)

bobsledder athletics competitor

Justin Kripps is a retired Canadian bobsledder and an Olympic champion in two-man bobsleigh following his gold medal win at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Kripps won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 2017 World Championships and a bronze in the mixed team event at the 2012 World Championships. He has competed in the...

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43. Karen Magnussen

1952-. (aged 74)

figure skater

Karen Diane Magnussen, OC is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1972 Olympic silver medallist and 1973 World champion. She was Canada's Female Athlete of the Year in 1971 and 1972, and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1973.

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44. Carol Huynh

1980-. (aged 46)

amateur wrestler

Carol Huynh is a retired Canadian freestyle wrestler. Huynh was the first gold medalist for Canada in women's wrestling and the first gold medallist for the country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is also the 2010 Commonwealth Games and two-time Pan American Games champion. She has also achieved success at the world championships where Huynh has totaled one silver...

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45. Cary Fowler

1949-. (aged 77)

author agronomist conservationist

Morgan Carrington "Cary" Fowler Jr. is an American agriculturalist who served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security from 2022 to 2025. He was previously executive director of the Crop Trust. Fowler received the 2024 World Food Prize.

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46. Mike Farnworth

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Michael C. Farnworth MLA is a Canadian politician who has served as British Columbia's Minister of Transportation and Transit since 2024. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), Farnworth represents the riding of Port Coquitlam in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, where he is the NDP's house leader, and the dean of the Legislative Assembly.

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47. Selina Robinson

1964-. (aged 62)

psychologist politician

Selina Mae Robinson is a Canadian politician who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and remained in the legislature until 2024.

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48. Alan Koch

1975-. (aged 51)

association football player association football coach

Alan Koch is a South African soccer coach who is the head coach of Western Suburbs FC and technical director for Olé Football Academy. Koch is a former South African youth national team player, professional player and coach. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University where he earned his bachelor's degree. He earned his master's degree from Midwestern State...

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49. John Oswald

1953-. (aged 73)

musician dancer saxophonist composer sound artist

John Oswald is a Canadian composer, saxophonist, media artist and dancer. He is best known for coining the term "plunderphonics", the practice of making new music out of previously existing recordings.

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50. Gordon Campbell

1948-. (aged 78)

diplomat politician

Gordon Muir Campbell, OC OBC is a retired Canadian diplomat and politician who was the 35th mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993 and the 34th premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011.

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51. Sam Sullivan

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Sam C. Sullivan CM is a Canadian politician who served as the MLA for Vancouver-False Creek. Previously, he served as the Minister of Communities, Sport, and Cultural Development with responsibility for Translink in the short-lived BC Liberal government after the 2017 election, as well as the 38th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and has been invested as a member...

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52. Bill Dow

actor television actor

Bill Dow is an actor, director and writer in theatre, film, and television. He is best known for playing Bill Lee in the Stargate franchise.

53. Kevin Falcon

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Kevin Falcon is a Canadian provincial politician who has been the leader of BC United since 2022 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 2022 to 2024. He was the member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Vancouver-Quilchena, from April 2022, when he won the seat in a by-election until the 2024 provincial election, for which he...

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54. Glen Clark

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Glen David Clark is a Canadian retail executive and former politician who served as the 31st premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.

55. Debbie Brill

1953-. (aged 73)

high jumper athletics competitor

Debbie Arden Brill, OC is a Canadian high jump athlete who at the age of 16 became the first North American woman to clear 6 feet. Her reverse jumping style—which is now almost exclusively the technique of elite high jumpers—was called the Brill Bend and was developed by her when she was a child, around the same time as Dick...

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56. Daniel Ingram

1975-. (aged 51)

lyricist animator composer

Daniel Luke Ingram is a Canadian composer and lyricist, primarily for animated series soundtracks. He has written more than 200 songs for television, in genres ranging from pop and classic rock to large-scale Broadway-style musical theater. His music has been heard in 180 countries. He is mostly known for his work as the songwriter of My Little Pony: Friendship Is...

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57. Madeleine Thien

1974-. (aged 52)

novelist short story writer writer

Madeleine Thien is a Canadian short story writer and novelist. The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature has considered her work as reflecting the increasingly trans-cultural nature of Canadian literature, exploring art, expression and politics inside Cambodia and China, as well as within diasporic East Asian communities. Thien's critically acclaimed novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, won the 2016 Governor...

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58. Jenny Kwan

1967-. (aged 59)

community organizer community worker politician

Jenny Wai Ching Kwan MP is a Canadian politician who is the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver East. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Kwan was first elected to the House of Commons in 2015.

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59. Joyce Murray

1954-. (aged 72)

politician environmentalist

Joyce Catherine Murray PC is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Vancouver Quadra in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party from 2008 until 2025. She was re-elected in the 41st, 42nd, 43rd, and 44th federal elections. Murray was appointed as President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government on March 18,...

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60. Salleh Said Keruak

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Md Salleh bin Md Said, commonly known as Salleh Said Keruak, is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Usukan from February 1994 to March 2004, from May 2013 to May 2018 and again since September 2020. He served as the Minister of Communications and Multimedia in the Barisan Nasional (BN)...

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61. Heather Doerksen

1980-. (aged 46)

actor film actor

Heather Doerksen /ˈdɜːrksɪn/ is a Canadian actress who has appeared on stage and screen. She has also voiced many cartoons and advertising campaigns.

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62. Jay Triano

1958-. (aged 68)

basketball player basketball coach

Howard James "Jay" Triano is a Canadian basketball coach and former professional player who is currently an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as the associate head coach of the Sacramento Kings, and as the head coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns. A former Canada national team player...

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63. Ujjal Dosanjh

1947-. (aged 79)

community organizer lawyer politician

Ujjal Dev Dosanjh PC KC is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the 33rd premier of British Columbia from 2000 to 2001 and as a Liberal Party of Canada member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011. He was minister of health from 2004 until 2006, when the party lost government. He then served in the Official Opposition from...

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64. Aliza Vellani

1991-. (aged 35)

actor

Aliza Vellani is a Canadian film and television actress based in British Columbia. Vellani is most recently known for her role as Rani Singh in the Netflix series, Sweet Tooth. Her other credits include Layla Siddiqui on CBC's series Little Mosque on the Prairie, Marcy in the CW series iZombie and Sandeep in the revival season of the Fox series...

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65. David Usher

1966-. (aged 60)

singer-songwriter

David Usher is a Canadian musician, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and activist best known as the front man for the band Moist. He has also released a number of solo albums. He is the founder of Reimagine AI, an artificial intelligence creative studio.

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66. Sharon Taylor

1981-. (aged 45)

kickboxer film actor actor karateka

Sharon Taylor is a Canadian actress.

67. Minh Le

1977-. (aged 49)

programmer engineer businessperson

Minh Le, also known by his online nickname Gooseman, is a Vietnamese-Canadian video game programmer who co-created the Half-Life mod Counter-Strike with Jess Cliffe in 1999 and started the Counter-Strike series. He was later employed by Valve, the developers of Half-Life, and worked for 8 years in Korea on the multiplayer first-person shooter Tactical Intervention. He is a contractor on...

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68. Meghan Murphy

journalist blogger

Meghan Emily Murphy is a Canadian writer, journalist, politician, and founder of Feminist Current, a gender-critical feminist website and podcast. She has contributed opinion and feature pieces to Canadian and international media, and has spoken widely on topics related to feminism and women's rights.

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69. Sunny Dhinsa

1993-. (aged 33)

professional wrestler amateur wrestler

Sunny Dhinsa is a Canadian professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Akam.

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70. Helen Maroulis

1991-. (aged 35)

amateur wrestler

Helen Louise Maroulis is an American freestyle wrestler who competes in the women's 55-kg, 53-kg, and 57-kg categories. She has won four gold medals at the World Championships, the first in 2015 and most recently in 2025. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she became the first-ever American to win a gold medal in women's freestyle...

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71. Mahamudu Bawumia

1963-. (aged 63)

minister economist politician

Mahamudu Bawumia is a Ghanaian politician and former central banker who served as the seventh vice president of Ghana from 7 January 2017 to 7 January 2025 under President Nana Akufo-Addo. He was the New Patriotic Party (NPP) nominee for president in the 2024 general election.

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72. Mehdi Sadaghdar

1977-. (aged 49)

television producer YouTuber vlogger electrical engineer

Mehdi Sadaghdar, also known as ElectroBOOM, is an Iranian-Canadian electrical engineer and YouTube personality known for making educational comedy videos centered around electricity.

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73. Sonija Kwok

1974-. (aged 52)

flight attendant actor beauty pageant contestant

Sonija Kwok Sin-nei is a Hong Kong actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who worked with TVB from 1999 to 2015. Since 2015 she has been managed by GAIA Entertainment.

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74. Hayley Wickenheiser

1978-. (aged 48)

ice hockey player softball player

Hayley Wickenheiser OC is a Canadian former ice hockey player, physician and assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional men’s hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser was a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team for 23 years, from 1994 until announcing her retirement on January 13,...

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75. Tony Buzan

1942-2019 (aged 77)

writer psychologist

Anthony Peter "Tony" Buzan was an English author and educational consultant.

76. Enuka Okuma

1976-. (aged 50)

screenwriter stage actor film director actor film actor

Enuka Vanessa Okuma is a Canadian actress, writer and director, best known for her role as detective Traci Nash in the Global/ABC police drama series, Rookie Blue (2010–2015).

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77. Sabrina Dhowre

goodwill ambassador media personality model

Sabrina Hibo, Lady Elba, is a Canadian model, media personality, businesswoman and Goodwill ambassador of the United Nations's International Fund for Agricultural Development.

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78. Melissa Roxburgh

1992-. (aged 34)

actor

Melissa Roxburgh is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012), Supernatural (2014), The Marine 4: Moving Target (2015), Star Trek Beyond (2016), Valor (2017–2018), Mindcage (2022), and as Michaela Stone in the NBC/Netflix science fiction drama series Manifest (2018–2023). Since...

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79. Margaret Trudeau

1948-. (aged 78)

writer autobiographer advocate actor photographer

Margaret Joan Trudeau is a Canadian activist and the mother of Justin Trudeau, the 23rd prime minister of Canada. She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971, three years after he became prime minister. They divorced in 1984, during his final months in office. She is also the mother of the journalist and author Alexandre "Sacha"...

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80. Paul Watson

1950-. (aged 76)

activist naval officer environmentalist sailor

Paul Franklin Watson is a Canadian-American environmental, conservation and animal rights activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation activism. The tactics used by Sea Shepherd have attracted opposition, with the group accused of eco-terrorism by both the Japanese government and Greenpeace. Watson is a citizen of Canada and the...

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81. Grace Chan

1991-. (aged 35)

actor television presenter

Grace Chan Hoi-lam is a Hong Kong-born Canadian actress, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the winner of Miss Hong Kong 2013 and Miss Chinese International 2014.

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82. Terry Fox

1958-1981 (aged 23)

activist

Terrance Stanley Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is the world's...

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83. Carin Bondar

1975-. (aged 51)

writer biologist film director orator

Carin Bondar is a Canadian biologist, writer, filmmaker, speaker and television personality. She is a host of Outrageous Acts of Science, Stephen Hawking's Brave New World, and Worlds Oddest Animal Couples.

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84. Baba Brinkman

1978-. (aged 48)

playwright poet rapper

Dirk Murray Brinkman is a Canadian rapper and playwright best known for recordings and performances that combine hip hop music with literature, theatre, and science.

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85. Rachel Marsden

1974-. (aged 52)

journalist

Rachel Marsden is a Canadian conservative political columnist and television commentator based in Paris. Her weekly column is syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. She has hosted talk shows on Fox News and Sputnik News, and has written for the Toronto Sun and several other major news outlets. She is also a regular contributor to the English and French services of...

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86. Kennedy Stewart

1966-. (aged 60)

community organizer policy advisor university teacher columnist clerk

Edward Charles Kennedy Stewart is a Canadian academic administrator and politician who served as the 40th mayor of Vancouver from 2018 to 2022. He previously was the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burnaby—Douglas (2011–2015) and Burnaby South (2015–2018), serving in the House of Commons as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus.

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87. Carla Qualtrough

1971-. (aged 55)

athlete politician lawyer swimmer mediator

Carla Dawn Qualtrough PC is a Canadian politician and former Paralympic swimmer who served as the Minister of Sport and Physical Activity from July 2023 to December 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, Qualtrough represented the riding of Delta in the House of Commons from 2015 to 2025.

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88. Dino Patti Djalal

1965-. (aged 61)

diplomat

Dino Patti Djalal is a former Indonesian ambassador to the United States and Vice Foreign Minister of Indonesia. He resigned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2013 to pursue a presidential primary bid.

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89. Shad

1982-. (aged 44)

singer rapper

Shadrach Kabango, known professionally as Shad or Shad K, is a Canadian rapper and broadcaster. Beginning his career in 2005, has released seven studio albums and three extended plays. He won a Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year in 2011 and five of his albums have been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, the most short-list nominations of...

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90. 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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91. Cam Broten

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

Cameron Paul Broten is a Canadian politician. He represented the constituency of Saskatoon Massey Place in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2007 to 2016 and served as the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2013 to 2016.

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92. Calvin Chen

1980-. (aged 46)

model television actor actor singer

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93. Maryam Sadeghi

1980-. (aged 46)

computer scientist businessperson

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94. Tracy Chu

1988-. (aged 38)

television actor lawyer television presenter film actor

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95. Christy Clark

1965-. (aged 61)

radio personality politician

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96. Álvaro Santos Pereira

1972-. (aged 54)

university teacher politician writer journalist economist

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97. Gábor Máté

1944-. (aged 82)

physician psychotherapist writer

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98. Thomas Strothotte

1959-. (aged 67)

computer scientist university teacher

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99. Pakalitha Mosisili

1945-. (aged 81)

politician minister

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100. Yohana Yembise

1958-. (aged 68)

civil servant

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