Since we seem to hate most Canadians (
), here's my list of famous Canadians that suck...
A
Brian Adams (singer)
Dan Akroyd (comic and actor)
Pamela Anderson Lee (Baywatch actor)
Richard Dean Anderson (Macgyver)
Paul Anka (singer)
April Wine (band)
Jan Arden (musician)
Arrogant Worms (music group)
Margaret Atwood [(1939- ), author]
B
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (band)
Donavan Bailey (track and field)
Carroll Baker (country singer)
Frederick Banting/Charles Best (Nobel Prize for discovering insulin in 1922)
Bass is Base (music group)
Bare Naked Ladies (music group)
Myriam Bedard (biathalon, 2 gold medals in 1994 olympics)
Jean Beliveau (hockey player)
Alexander Graham Bell [(1847-1922), invented the telephone in Brantford, Ontario, in 1874]
Billy Bishop [(1894-1956), WWI flying ace - shot down 72 enemy planes]
Blue Rodeo (band)
J. Armand Bombardier [(1907-1964), invented the "Ski-Doo" (i.e. snowmobile)]
Roberta Bondar (astronaut)
Raymond Bourque (hockey player)
Martin Brodeur (hockey player)
Kurt Browning (figure skater)
Michael Budman (co-founded 'Roots' clothing chain)
Sandra Bullock (actress)
Raymond Burr (actor, "Perry Mason")
Pierre Burton [(1920- ), journalist, author, director]
C
James Cameron (director of "Aliens", "Terminator", "True Lies" & "Titanic")
Rod Cameron (actor)
Neve Campbell (actress)
John Candy (comic and actor)
Jim Carrey (actor)
Emily Carr [(1871-1945), painter and writer]
Kim Cattrall (actress, Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Sarah Chalke (actress)
Thomas Chong (comedian, 1/2 of Cheech & Chong)
William Christie [(1829-1900) founded the Christie biscuit company]
Paul Coffey (hockey player)
Leonard Cohen [(1934- ), poet and singer]
Crash Test Dummies (band)
David Cronenberg (director)
D
Robertson Davies (author)
Celine Dion (singer)
James Doohan (actor, Scotty of Star Trek)
E
Timothy Eaton [(1834-1907), founded Eaton Co. 1867]
Econoline Crush (music group)
David Elliot (actor on Melrose Place)
Rik Emmett (musician, of the band Triumph)
Robert Esmie (sprinter, gold in Atlanta)
F
Ivan Ferguson (developed IMAX and OMNIMAX film systems)
Maynard Ferguson (jazz trumpeter)
Dave Foley (actor)
Glenn Ford (movie Actor)
David Foster (composer)
Michael J. Fox ([1961- ) actor]
Terry Fox ("Marathon of Hope" 1981)
Matt Frewer (actor, Max Headroom)
Fruit de la passion (singer)
G
John Kenneth Galbraith (US economist and diplomat)
Marc Garneau (astronaut)
Glenroy Gilbert (sprinter, gold in Atlanta)
Samuel Goldwyn (of MGM)
Robert Goulet (actor)
Great Big Sea (band)
Don Green (co-founded 'Roots'clothing chain)
Lorne Greene (actor)
Wayne Gretzky [(1961- ), hockey player]
Paul Gross (actor)
Bruce Greenwood, (actor, Nowhere Man on UPN)
Guess Who (band)
Peter Gzowski (author, broadcaster)
H
Monty Hall (game show host)
Rick Hansen (wheelchair athlete "Man in Motion" tour)
Lawren Harris [(1885-1970), painter]
Cory Hart (singer)
Phil Hartman (actor, comedian)
Bret the Hitman Hart
Headstones (music group])
Jeff Healey (musician)
Tim Horton (hockey player, donut mogul)
Gordie Howe [(1928- ), hockey player]
Henry Hudson (explorer; Hudson Bay) in 1611
Bobby Hull (NHL Hall of Famer)
Brett Hull (hockey player)
I
I Mother Earth (band)
Michael Ironside (actor)
J
Ferguson Jenkins (hall of fame pitcher)
Peter Jennings (newscaster)
Ben Johnson (track and field)
Lynn Johnson (cartoonist - For Better or For Worse)
K
Margot Kidder (Psycho\actress)
The Killjoys (music group)
The Kids in the Hall (comics-actors-geniuses)
L
K.D. Lang (punk-country and pop singer, composer)
Margaret Laurence (author)
Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) (humorist)
Geddy Lee (singer)
Mario Lemieux (hockey player, NHL's leading scorer)
Alex Lifeson (guitarist for RUSH)
Gordon Lightfoot (singer
Eric Lindros (hockey player)
Rich Little (comedian)
Guy Lombardo [(1902-1977), bandleader The Royal Canadians]
Lowinger, Tessa (and Wiebe, Jennifer) (behind the first unionization of a McDonald's)
M
Cluny MacPherson [(1879-1966), invented the gas mask]
Howie Mandel (comedian)
Elizabeth Manley (figure skater)
Amanda Marshall (singer)
John McCrae [(1872-1918), doctor, wrote "In Flanders Field" 1915]
Sarah McLachlan (Singer)
Mark Messier (hockey player)
Joni Mitchell [(1943- ), singer-composer]
Kim Mitchell (musician)
Moist (Music group)
Lucy Maud Montgomery [(1874-1942), author of Anne of Green Gables]
The Moffatts: Dave, Bob, Scott & Clint (band)
Greg Moore (indycar driver)
Rob Moore (very big in the computer industry)
Rick Moranis (actor)
Alanis Morrisette (singer)
Barry Morse (actor, from the original Fugitive)
Farley Mowat (author)
Anne Murray (singer-composer)
Mike Myers (Saturday Night Live actor)
N
Dr. Naismith [(1861-1939),invented basketball in1891]
Cam Neely (hockey player)
John Neville (director)
Leslie Nielsen (actor)
O
Odds (band)
Catherine O'Hara (actress)
Brian Orser (figure skater)
Our Lady Peace (band)
P
Lester B. Pearson (Canadian prime minister, Nobel Prize for Peace 1957)
Neil Peart (of RUSH)
Matthew Perry (actor, Friends)
Stone Phillips (newscaster)
Gordon Pinsent (actor)
Sarah Polley (actress)
Jason Priestly (90210 actor)
Christopher Plummer (actor, Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Q
Paul Quarrington (author)
R
Mark Recchi (hockey player)
Keanu Reeves (actor)
Ivan Reitman (director)
Manon Rheaume (first lady of professional hockey)
Maurice "Rocket" Richard (hockey player)
Mordecai Richler (author)
John Roberts (news anchor)
Spider Robinson (writer)
Patrick Roy (hockey player)
Royal Canadian Air Farce (comedy group)
Tommy Ryan [(1882-1961), invented 5-pin bowling]
Rymes With Orange (Music group)
S
Morley Safer (60 minutes journalist)
Joe Sakic (hockey player)
Devon Sawa (actor)
Paul Schaffer
Barbara Ann Scott (figure skater - gold medal 1948)
Laura Secord (confectioner/stool pigeon)
Mack Sennett (Michael Sinnott) [(1880-1960) launched Charlie Chaplin's career, creator of the Keystone Kops]
Brendan Shanahan (hockey player)
William Shatner (actor and author)
Martin Short (actor)
Joe Shuster [(1914-1992) co-creator of Superman]
Jay Silverheels [(1919-1980),Tonto in The Lone Ranger]
Sloan (Band)
Spirit of the West (music group)
Steppenwolf (rock band)
Emily Stowe [(1831-1903), first Canadian woman to practice medicine]
Elvis Stoyko (figure skater)
Alfred Sung (designer)
Bruny Surin (sprinter)
Donald Sutherland [(1935- ), actor]
Keifer Sutherland (actor - Donald's son)
David Suzuki (environmentalist, geneticist, writer)
T
Ken Taylor (Canadian ambassador smuggled Americans out of Iran, 1980 - called The Canadian Caper)
The Tea Party (music group)
Allan Thicke (actor)
Dave Thomas (actor, comedian)
The Tragically Hip (music band)
Paul Tracy (indycar driver)
Alex Trebek (Jeopardy host)
Shania Twain (singer)
U
Gary Unger (hockey player)
V
Gilles Villeneuve (F1 racing driver)
Jacques Villeneuve (F1 racing driver)
W
Jack Warner (co-founded Warner Bros.)
Larry Walker (baseball player)
The Watchmen (Music Band)
Wiebe, Jennifer (and Lowinger, Tessa ) (behind the first unionization of a McDonald's)
Fay Wray (actress, King Kong)
Michelle Wright (Music)
X
Y
Neil Young (singer-composer)
Z
Zampano
AS YOU CAN SEE, no one good came from Canada.
, Mike Myers, and I can't forget Trebeck... 