Curated category
Canadian emigrants to the United States
- Drake (musician)Aubrey Drake Graham was born on the 24th of October 1986, in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Dennis Graham, is an African-American drummer from Memphis…
- Elon MuskElon Reeve Musk was born on the 28th of June 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. His mother Maye was a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Louis B. MayerLouis B. Mayer was born Lazar Meir on the 12th of July 1884 in the village of Dymer, Ukraine. His family moved to Saint John, New Brunswick when he was a…
- Emi NakamuraEmi Nakamura graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 2001. Her senior thesis carried the title An Economy with Monetary Business Cycles.
- Jack L. WarnerJacob Warner was born in London, Ontario, Canada, on the 2nd of August 1892. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants who spoke mainly Yiddish at home.
- James CameronJames Francis Cameron was born on the 16th of August 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario. He grew up as the eldest of five children with two brothers and two…
- Saul BellowSolomon Bellows arrived in the world on the 10th of June 1915, within the quiet streets of Lachine, Quebec. His parents had fled Saint Petersburg, Russia…
- Ryan ReynoldsRyan Rodney Reynolds was born on the 23rd of October 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father James Chester Reynolds worked as a Royal Canadian…
- Chris Perkins (game designer)On the 1st of May 1988, a writer named Christopher Zarathustra published an adventure called Wards of Witching Ways. This story appeared in Dungeon magazine…
- Joe ShusterJoseph Shuster was born on the 10th of July 1914 in Toronto, Ontario. His father Julius ran a tailor shop in the city's garment district while his mother Ida…
- Lorne MichaelsLorne David Lipowitz entered the world on the 17th of November 1944 in Toronto, Ontario. His parents were Florence and Abraham Lipowitz, a man who worked as…
- William DearWilliam Dear was born on the 30th of November 1943 in Toronto, Ontario. His professional journey began in the early 1970s when he directed industrial films…