Subj : Canadian Notables
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Sat Jul 20 2024 21:56:28

In celebration of Canada Day, wikitree.com researched persons with roots to Canadian 
notables.

I am:

22 degrees from Donald Sutherland - Canadian actor whose film career spanned over 
eight decades.

17 degrees from Robert Carrall - helped with legislation to make BC part of Canada and 
establish Canada day

16 degrees from George-Etienne Cartier - He is credited with the inclusion of "the 
territory of the whole country...extend(ing) from the Atlantic to the Pacific" in the 
Confederation

20 degrees from Viola Desmond - was a part of the Civil Rights Activist Movement.

28 degrees from Dan George - Chief Dan George was an actor, musician, poet and 
author and chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

16 degrees from Wilfrid Laurier - Sir Wilfrid Laurier, a lawyer, newspaperman, and 
politician He was known as the 8th Prime Minister of Canada after Charles Tupper.

21 degrees from Charles Monck - Charles Monck was a member of the aristocracy in 
Ireland.

19 degrees from Norma Shearer - won the 1929/30 Academy Award for Best Actress

30 degrees from David Suzuki - a Canadian environmental activist and science 
broadcaster.

16 degrees from Gilles Villeneuve - was a Canadian racing driver, who spent six years 
in Grand Prix motor racing with Ferrari, winning six races and finishing 2nd in the World 
Championship in 1979.

19 degrees from Angus Walters - was a sailor and sea captain who skippered Bluenose 
(which appears on the Canadian dime) from 1921 ÿ 1938.

19 degrees from Fay Wray - was an American actress.

WikiTree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving me 
some basic information by going to:
https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm
and click on the 'Request Form' link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history.

Mike Dippel
 
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