Canada Past Pierre de La Verendrye (explorer) Alexander MacKenzie Anthony Henday (explorer) Jacques Cartier Père Albert Lacombe Giovanni Caboto / Jean Cabot David Thompson Henry Hudson Samuel de Champlain Chief Crowfoot Laura Secord (War Hero) James Macleod (Fort Macleod RCMP) Pierre Radisson (coureur de bois) Nellie McClung (Famous 5- women’s rights) Sir John Franklin (Arctic explorer) Emily Murphy (Famous 5- women’s rights) Sir Wilfred Laurier (Politician) Joyce Fairbairn Sir John Alexander Macdonald (First Prime Minister of Canada) Peter Lougheed (Football) Lester B. Pearson (Politician) Chava Rosenfarb (author and Holocaust survivor) Sam Steel (RCMP) John Ware (Cowboy) Louis Riel (Metis) (Scientist) Viola Desmond (Activist) Alexander Graham bell (Inventor) General Montcalme General Wolfe (Politician- medical care) Joseph Burr Tyrrell (dinosaurs) Norval Morrisseau (First Nation Artist) Emily Carr (Artist) John Mcrea (Soldier and Poet) Queen Victoria Tecumseh (First Nations Leader) Present Paul Brandt Justin Trudeau Jann Arden Wayne Gretzky Chris Hadfield (Astronaut) Michael J. Fox (actor- Back to the Future) Rick Hansen (paraplegic athlete) Paul Gross (actor) Peter Mansbridge (News Anchor) Taylor Hall (hockey player) Celine Dion (Singer) Bret Hart (wrestler) Justin Bieber (Singer) Jarome Iginla (hockey) Micheal Buble (Singer) (politician) Ryan Reynolds (Actor) Tegan and Sara Quin (musician) Jamie Salé (Olympic gold medal figure skater) Theo Tams (singer)