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Friday, September 24th, 2021 12:47 AM

Live Poll: 50 Greatest Canadians

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls506329456/?ref_=otl_2 In 2004 the CBC took a poll of Canadians to try to determine the Greatest Canadian of all time. Which one of these celebrities on the list is your favorite?

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Not on the List ? ?

William Shatner

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Actor | Producer | Writer
Born: March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Actor: TV (168 credits)
Actor: Movie (54 credits)

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This list (the CBC list not yours) is an insult to activists, to scientists, to women, to French-Canadians, to First-Nation, and more. I could open a history book (http://www.biographi.ca/en/) and list you 5000 Canadians more worthy of being on this list than Don Cherry!!! None of these celebrities deserve a spot on that list.

PS: In my opinion "the greatest Canadian of all time" is Frederick Banting.

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Frederick Banting
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1204775/


The Greatest Canadian (2004- )
After listing the top 50 Canadians voted as the greatest,
10 celebrities each state their case to the viewers
why they should select their top 10 member is the greatest of all.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426703/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426703/reference

Frederick Banting ...  Self (archive Footage) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426703/trivia

The 10 greatest Canadians according to the show:
  1. Tommy Douglas
  2. Terry Fox
  3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau
  4. Sir Frederick Banting
  5. David Suzuki
  6. Lester B. Pearson
  7. Don Cherry
  8. Sir John A. Macdonald
  9. Alexander Graham Bell
10. Wayne Gretzky
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Banting

Sir Frederick Grant Banting KBE MC FRS FRSC
was a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, 
and Nobel laureate noted as the co-discoverer of insulin
and its therapeutic potential.

Born November 14, 1891
Alliston, Ontario, Canada

Died February 21, 1941 (aged 49)
Near Musgrave Harbour, Dominion of Newfoundland

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2 years ago

Either Avril Lavigne or Leonard Cohen.

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@Jessica Thanks!

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2 years ago

Great poll! Might I suggest adding Mr. Dressup in brackets next to Ernie Coombs? As some people might be more familiar with that name at first glance.