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Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.

 
 
Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC, O. Ont, FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian author, poet, critic, feminist and social campaigner. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Prince of Asturias award for Literature, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award seven times, winning twice.

 
 
Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), was the stage name of Lyon Himan Green O.C. , LL.D. , a Canadian actor. His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the long-running western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the original science fiction TV Series Battlestar Galactica. He also worked on the award-winning Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness, and in television commercials as a dog food spokesman.

 
 
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E. P. Taylor

Edward Plunket Taylor, was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. Known to his friends as "Eddie," he is universally recorded as "E. P. Taylor."

 
 
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Denis Potvin

Denis Charles Potvin (born October 29, 1953) is a former defenceman and team captain for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League and cornerstone for the Islanders' four Stanley Cup championship teams in the early 1980s. His brother, Jean Potvin, was also an NHL defenceman and the brothers were teammates for a number of years. He was a cousin of late former NHL player Marc Potvin.

 
 
Rich Little

Rich Little

Richard Caruthers "Rich" Little is a Canadian impressionist and voice actor. Little has long been known as a top impersonator of famous people throughout the world, which has earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices," a name which notable voice actor Mel Blanc once held.