The Greatest Canadian
The Greatest Canadian was a television show broadcast by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on April 5, 2004. The viewers from Canada should choose their most important compatriots. A similar concept pursued in 2002 the program 100 Greatest Britons of the BBC . Similar programs followed, such as in Germany with Our Best , in the USA the program The Greatest American , in the Netherlands De Grootste Nederlander , in South Africa Great South Africans and in Finland Suuret Suomalaiset .
Results: The Greatest Canadian
Here is the list of the TOP 50 Greatest Canadians in the order chosen by the viewers of the TV show:
- Tommy Douglas (Prime Minister of Saskatchewan , former chairman of the New Democratic Party )
- Terry Fox (athlete, activist)
- Pierre Trudeau (Prime Minister)
- Sir Frederick Banting (medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin )
- David Suzuki (geneticist, environmental scientist, television star, activist)
- Lester Bowles Pearson (Prime Minister, Chairman of the UN General Assembly, Nobel Prize Winner)
- Don Cherry (ice hockey coach, commentator)
- Sir John Macdonald (first Prime Minister)
- Alexander Graham Bell (scientist, founder of the Bell company)
- Wayne Gretzky (ice hockey player)
- Louis Riel (politician, leader of the Métis )
- Jean Vanier (development worker , founder of L'Arche, author)
- Stompin 'Tom Connors (singer, songwriter)
- Neil Young (singer, guitarist, organist)
- Peter Gzowski (TV star , writer, reporter)
- Roméo Dallaire (UN commanding officer in Rwanda, development worker, author)
- Stephen Lewis (politician, diplomat, development worker)
- Shania Twain (singer, songwriter)
- Bobby Orr (ice hockey player)
- Mike Myers (actor, comedian, writer, producer)
- Unknown soldiers
- Harold A. Rogers (Founder, Kin Canada Service Club)
- Maurice Richard (ice hockey player)
- Sir Arthur Currie (Commander, General, Director of McGill University)
- Nellie McClung (feminist, social activist)
- Norman Bethune (doctor, medical researcher, development worker)
- Celine Dion (singer)
- Sir Isaac Brock (Major General)
- Jim Carrey (actor, comedian, writer, producer)
- Rick Hansen (athlete, development worker)
- Pierre Berton (author, historian, television star)
- Michael J. Fox (actor)
- Gordon Lightfoot (folk singer, composer, poet)
- Hal Anderson (TV star)
- Laura Secord (heroin)
- Ernie Coombs (child entertainer)
- Tecumseh (leader of the American indigenous peoples)
- Mario Lemieux (ice hockey player)
- Bret Hart (wrestler)
- Avril Lavigne (singer, songwriter)
- John Candy (comedian, actor)
- Sir Sandford Fleming (engineer, introducer of Universal Standard Time)
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Prime Minister)
- Mary Maxwell ( Baha'i Follower)
- Jean Chrétien (Prime Minister)
- Leonard Cohen (poet, novelist, folk music singer and composer)
- John Diefenbaker (Prime Minister)
- Billy Bishop (flying ace)
- William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister)
- Rick Mercer (Comedian)
Similar shipments from other countries
- 100 Greatest Britons (Great Britain)
- Our best (Germany)
- De Grootste Nederlander (Netherlands)
- The Greatest American (USA)