Famous Canadians

ianpickering

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20 Jan 04 00:11

mmanuel

popping in...

Durham, UK

Joined: 06 Jul 02
Moves: 19318

20 Jan 04 12:11

Rocky & Bullwinkle?

Eddie Youds
Bryan Adams (retches violently x2)
Gentle Ben

the list is [almost] endless.....

mikado

Maidstone, UK

Joined: 09 Jan 03
Moves: 2260

20 Jan 04 12:44

Greg Rusedski 😵

mmanuel

popping in...

Durham, UK

Joined: 06 Jul 02
Moves: 19318

20 Jan 04 13:17

Lennox Lewis

kyngj

London

Joined: 11 Jun 01
Moves: 92704

20 Jan 04 16:51

Neil young
Michael J Fox
Shania Twain

pradtf

VeggieChess

Joined: 03 Jun 02
Moves: 7483

20 Jan 04 18:04

3 edits

paul watson: greenpeace and sea shepherd society
alexander graham bell: phone
frederick banting: insulin
peter north: -(rh)p star
fuzzyamp: canadian dream

in friendship,
prad

ps if you really want to know see http://www.canadians.ca/ - you may be surprised who shows up there 🙂

bigg

Joined: 31 Oct 03
Moves: 47

20 Jan 04 20:59

Hi!

William Shatner,
Mike Myers,
Kim Carey,
Dan Akroyd etc.

We need a sense of humour to live in this weather 😀

Big G.

pradtf

VeggieChess

Joined: 03 Jun 02
Moves: 7483

20 Jan 04 21:26

Originally posted by bigg
We need a sense of humour to live in this weather 😀

ya but that's only because you're in winnipeg bigG 😵

you and rgoudie have a lot in common - he's in montreal 😵

i'm not 😀

in friendship,
prad

ianpickering

Joined: 14 Nov 03
Moves: 2786

20 Jan 04 23:14

Originally posted by pradtf
paul watson: greenpeace and sea shepherd society
alexander graham bell: phone
frederick banting: insulin
peter north: -(rh)p star
fuzzyamp: canadian dream

in friendship,
prad

ps if you really want to know see http://www.canadians.ca/ - you may be surprised who shows up there 🙂

Alexander Graham Bell? Are you sure?!!

ianpickering

Joined: 14 Nov 03
Moves: 2786

20 Jan 04 23:20

Ok. Take out musicians and Film stars who made their mark in America and Sportsmen and women and you're not exactly left with an impressive list are you? (Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish!).

An even more difficult question. Famous Belgians?

gregoftheweb

The Great Gonzo

Seattle

Joined: 20 Jun 03
Moves: 6115

21 Jan 04 00:41

re belgians: Eddie Merckx

pradtf

VeggieChess

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Moves: 7483

21 Jan 04 00:52

1 edit

Originally posted by ianpickering
(Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish!).

you should not hold the triviality that he was born was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland against him. canajians certainly don't, eh!

he invented the telephone in his father's home in Brantford, Ontario in 1874.

he is listed as a famous canadian on the website i have provided the link to (as well as others).

finally, since he was good enough to expire in Nova Scotia during 1922, obviously he died a 'canadian', which more than makes up for wherever he might have been born.

in friendship,
prad

rwingett

Ming the Merciless

Royal Oak, MI

Joined: 09 Sep 01
Moves: 27626

21 Jan 04 03:02

Billy Bishop (WWI flying ace, 72 kills).

royalchicken

CHAOS GHOST!!!

Elsewhere

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Moves: 17317

21 Jan 04 03:13

Originally posted by rwingett
Billy Bishop (WWI flying ace, 72 kills).

I get the feeling you collect this particular statistic. Wasn't the fellow who killed Manfred von Richtofen also Canadian?

ROOMS2004

St. John's

Joined: 09 Jan 03
Moves: 157792

21 Jan 04 03:14

2 edits

Then there was whathisname from Krinkle Cove who invented that thingamabob used in the whatchimcallits !!! You know what I'm talking about right ????

rwingett

Ming the Merciless

Royal Oak, MI

Joined: 09 Sep 01
Moves: 27626

21 Jan 04 03:21

Originally posted by royalchicken
I get the feeling you collect this particular statistic. Wasn't the fellow who killed Manfred von Richtofen also Canadian?

Yes, military aviation from the World Wars has always been a topic of great interest to me. Richthofen's death has been attributed to Cpt. Roy Brown, also a Canadian.