This list of Canadian Jews includes notable Canadian Jews or Canadians of Jewish descent, arranged by field of activity.

Academic figures

Biology and medicine

• Eric Berne (1910–1970), psychiatrist

• John Bienenstock (1936– ), immunologist

• Daniel Borsuk (1978– ), plastic surgeon

• Éric Cohen (1958– ), molecular virologist

• Max Cynader (1947– ), ophthalmologist and neuroscientist

• Dorothy Dworkin (1889–1976), nurse and founder of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

• William Feindel (1918–2014), neurosurgeon

• Samuel Freedman (1928– ), clinical immunologist

• Phil Gold (1936– ), medical researcher

• Larry Goldenberg (1953– ), medical researcher

• Carl Goresky (1932–1996), physician and scientist

• Michael Hayden (1951– ), geneticist

• Sara Hestrin-Lerner (1918–2017), physiologist

• Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), physician and psychiatrist

• Charles Hollenberg (1930–2003), physician and medical researcher

• Harold Kaplan (1928–1998), psychiatrist

• George Karpati (1934–2009), neurologist

• Gideon Koren (1947– ), pediatrician

• Gabor Maté (1944– ), physician

• Harry Medovy (1904–1995), paediatrician

• Henry Morgentaler (1923–2013), doctor and abortion activist

• Richard Goldbloom (1924–2021), paediatrician

• Mel Rosenberg (1951– ), microbiologist

• Sydney Segal (1920–1997), pediatrician and neonatologist

• Louis Siminovitch (1920–2021), molecular biologist

• Nahum Sonenberg (1946– ), microbiologist and biochemist

• Ralph Steinman (1943–2011), medical researcher; Nobel Prize in Medicine (2011)

• Karl Stern (1906–1975), neurologist and psychiatrist

• Mark Wainberg (1945–2017), HIV/AIDS researcher

• Zena Werb (1945–2020), cell biologist

Computing and mathematics

• Dror Bar-Natan (1966– ), topologist

• Yoshua Bengio (1964– ), computer scientist

• David Borwein (1924–2021), mathematician

• Jonathan Borwein (1951–2016), mathematician

• Peter Borwein (1953–2020), mathematician

• Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), mathematician and chess master

• Ian Goldberg (1973– ), cryptographer

• Calvin Gotlieb (1921–2016), computer scientist

• Michael Gurstein (1944–2017), computer scientist

• Israel Halperin (1911–2007), algebraist

• Hans Heilbronn (1908–1975), mathematician

• William Kahan (1933– ), computer scientist and mathematician; Turing Award (1989)

• Irving Kaplansky (1917–2006), mathematician

• Yael Karshon (1964– ), symplectic geometer

• Cecilia Krieger (1894–1974), mathematician

• Nathan Mendelsohn (1917–2006), combinatorialist and group theorist

• Pierre Milman (1945– ), algebraic and differential geometer

• Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020), analyst; Abel Prize (2015)

• Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007), applied mathematician

• Robert Steinberg (1922–2014), algebraist

• George Zames (1934–1997), control theorist

Engineering

• Norbert Berkowitz (1924–2001), engineering researcher

• Gregory Chamitoff (1962– ), NASA astronaut and engineer

• Valery Fabrikant (1940–2026), mechanical engineer and convicted murderer

• Charles Hershfield (1910–1990), structural engineer

• Josef Kates (1921–2018), engineer

• Leon Katz (1924–2015), biomedical engineer

• Cyril Leonoff (1925–2016), geotechnical engineer

History

• Irving Abella (1940– ), historian

• Norman Cantor (1929–2004), historian

• Natalie Zemon Davis (1928– ), historian

• David Feuerwerker (1912–1980), historian

• Jan Grabowski (1962– ), historian and writer

• Jack Granatstein (1939– ), political and military historian

• Ronald Hamowy (1937–2012), historian and political theorist

• Gabriel Kolko (1932–2014), historian

• Michael Marrus (1941– ), historian

• David Noble (1945–2010), historian of technology

• Derek Penslar (1958– ), historian

• Harold Troper (1942– ), historian

• Daniel Woolf (1958– ), historian

Humanities

• Gregory Baum (1923–2017), priest and theologian

• Leon Edel (1907–1997), literary critic; Pulitzer Prize (1963)

• Archie Green (1917–2009), folklorist

• Marvin Herzog (1927–2013), professor of Yiddish language

• Norma Joseph (1944– ), professor of Jewish Studies

• Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1942– ), scholar of Jewish studies

• Allan Nadler (1954– ), professor of Jewish studies

• Adele Reinhartz (1953– ), professor of Biblical literature

• David Roskies (1948– ), literary scholar

• Abraham de Sola (1825–1882), professor of Semitic languages and literature

• Ruth Wisse (1936– ), professor of Yiddish literature

Philosophy

• Howard Adelman (1938– ), philosopher

• Gerald Cohen (1941–2009), political philosopher

• S. Morris Engel (1931– ), philosopher

• Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003), philosopher and theologian

• Raymond Klibansky (1905–2005), historian of philosophy

• Lou Marinoff (1951– ), philosopher

• Roger Nash (1946– ), philosopher

• Michael Neumann (1946– ), philosopher

• Jay Newman (1948–2007), philosopher

• Leonard Peikoff (1933– ), philosopher

• Hillel Steiner (1942– ), political philosopher

Physics and chemistry

• Isaac Abella (1934–2016), physicist

• Sidney Altman (1939–2022), molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989)

• Alfred Bader (1924–2018), chemist

• Myer Bloom (1928–2016), physicist

• Jacques Distler (1961– ), physicist

• Ursula Franklin (1921–2016) metallurgist and physicist

• Helen Freedhoff (1940–2017), theoretical physicist

• Stanton Friedman (1934–2019 ), nuclear physicist and ufologist

• Jack Halpern (1925–2018), inorganic chemist

• Shlomo Hestrin (1914–1962), biochemist

• Leopold Infeld (1898–1958), physicist

• Werner Israel (1931–2022), physicist

• Martin Kamen (1913–2002), chemist

• Leon Katz (1909–2004), physicist

• Victoria Kaspi (1967– ), astrophysicist

• Lawrence Krauss (1954– ), theoretical physicist

• David Levy (1948– ), astronomer

• Rudolph Marcus (1923–2026), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1997)

• Maya Paczuski (1963– ), physicist

• John Polanyi (1929– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986)

• Juda Hirsch Quastel (1899–1987), biochemist

• Sara Seager (1971– ), astronomer

• Moshe Shapiro (1944–2013), chemist and physicist

• David Shugar (1915–2015), physicist

• Louis Slotin (1910–1946), physicist and chemist

• Joe Schwarcz, science writer and chemist

• Theodore Sourkes (1919–2015), biochemist

• Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), biochemist

• Leo Yaffe (1916–1997), nuclear chemist and university administrator

Social sciences

• Bernard Avishai (1949– ), professor of business

• Ellen Bialystok (1948– ), psychologist

• Paul Bloom (1963– ), psychologist

• Reuven Brenner (1947– ), economist

• Michel Chossudovsky (1946– ), economist

• Stanley Coren (1942– ), psychologist

• Kurt Freund (1914–1996), sexologist

• Rochel Gelman (1942– ), psychologist

• Reva Gerstein (1917–2020), psychologist

• Erving Goffman (1922–1982), sociologist

• Myrna Gopnik, (1935–), linguist

• Ida Halpern (1910–1987), ethnomusicologist

• Samuel Hollander (1937– ), economist

• Gad Horowitz (1936– ), political scientist

• Helmut Kallmann (1922–2012), musicologist

• Ivan Kalmar (1948– ), anthropologist

• James Laxer (1941–2018), political economist

• Daniel Levitin (1957– ), cognitive psychologist

• Ronald Melzack (1929–2019), psychologist

• Henry Mintzberg (1939– ), business theorist

• Sylvia Ostry (1927–2020), economist

• Leo Panitch (1945–2020), political scientist

• Norman Penner (1921–2009), political scientist and historian

• Steven Pinker (1954– ), cognitive psychologist and linguist

• Susan Pinker (1957– ), psychologist and writer

• Frances Fox Piven (1932– ), political scientist

• Gad Saad (1964– ), evolutionary psychologist

• Myron Scholes (1941– ), financial economist; Nobel Prize in Economics (1997)

• Vera Shlakman (1909–2017), economist

• Lionel Tiger, anthropologist

• Jacob Viner (1892–1970), economist

• Kenneth Zucker (1950– ), psychologist and sexologist

• Shlomo Weber (1949– ), economist

University administration

• Isaac Hellmuth (1819–1901), founder of the University of Western Ontario

• Myer Horowitz (1932–2022), president of the University of Alberta

• Sheldon Levy (1949– ), president and vice-chancellor of Ryerson University

• Jack N. Lightstone (1951– ), provost of Concordia University; president of Brock University

• Frederick Lowy (1933– ), president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University

• Arnold Naimark (1933– ), president of the University of Manitoba

• Mordechai Rozanski (1946– ), president of the University of Guelph

• Bernard Shapiro (1935– ), principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University

• Harold Shapiro (1935– ), president of Princeton University

• Daniel Woolf (1958– ), principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University

• Max Wyman (1916–1991), president of the University of Alberta

Activists

• Manuel Batshaw (1915–2016), social worker

• Marjorie Blankstein , community activist

• Judy Feld Carr (1938– ), human rights activist

• Sabina Citron (1928–2023 ), activist and author

• Martha Cohen (1920–2015), community activist

• Betty Dubiner (1912–2008), disabilities activist

• Bernie Farber (1951– ), Jewish community leader and social activist

• Abraham Feinberg (1899–1986), human rights activist.

• Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), radical feminist

• Ruth Frankel (1903–1989), activist

• Howard Galganov (1950– ), political activist

• Saul Hayes (1906–1980), activist

• Goldie Hershon (1941–2020), activist and Jewish community leader

• Lotta Hitschmanova (1909-1990), international development and humanitarian leader

• Kalmen Kaplansky (1912–1997), human rights activist

• Hillel Neuer (1969– ), executive director of UN Watch

• Judy Rebick (1945– ), political activist

• Dorothy Reitman (1932– ), activist

• Léa Roback (1903–2000), social activist and feminist

• Irv Rubin (1945–2002), Kahanist activist

• David Shentow (1925–2017), Holocaust educator

Artists

Architects and designers

• Hans Blumenfeld (1892–1988), architect and city planner

• Benjamin Brown (1890–1974), architect

• Jack Diamond (1932–2022), architect

• Frank Gehry (1929–2025), architect

• Gregory Henriquez (1963– ), architect

• Phyllis Lambert (1927– ), architect and philanthropist

• Cornelia Oberlander (1921–2021), landscape architect

• Peter Oberlander (1922–2008), architect

• Mark Ostry (1960- ), architect

• Moshe Safdie (1938– ), architect

• Arnold Scaasi (1930–2015), fashion designer

Fine arts

• Omer Arbel (1976– ), sculptor and designer

• Aba Bayefsky (1923–2001), artist

• Arnold Belkin (1930–1992), painter

• Barry Blitt (1958– ), illustrator

• Sam Borenstein (1908–1969), painter

• Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005), artist

• Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), photography

• Yehouda Chaki (1938– ), artist

• Sorel Etrog (1933–2014), sculptor

• Albert Gilbert (1922–2019), photographer

• Gerald Gladstone (1929–2005), sculptor

• Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter

• Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), multimedia artist

• Pnina Granirer (1935– ), painter

• Philip Guston (1913–1980), abstract expressionist

• Gilah Yelin Hirsch (1944– ), artist

• Eli Ilan (1928–1982), sculptor

• Gershon Iskowitz (1921–1988), artist

• Sarah Jackson (1924–2004), artist

• Mayer Kirshenblatt (1916–2009), painter

• Sylvia Lefkovitz (1924–1987), painter and sculptor

• Stanley Lewis (1930–2006), sculptor

• Harry Mayerovitch (1910–2004), artist and architect

• Louis Muhlstock (1904–2001), painter

• Henry Orenstein (1918–2008), painter

• Alfred Pinsky (1921–1999), painter

• David Rabinowitch (1943– ), sculptor

• Royden Rabinowitch (1943– ), sculptor

• William Raphael (1833–1914), painter

• Meyer Ryshpan (1898-1985), painter

• Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015), artist

• Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter

• Yechiel Shainblum, (died 1987), painter and sculptor

• Joe Shuster (1914–1992), co-creator of Superman

• Erik Slutsky (1953– ), painter

• Max Stern (1904–1987), art dealer

• Avrom Yanovsky (1911–1979), cartoonist

Business

Finance

• Mitch Garber (1964–), investor and business executive

• Sol Kanee (1909–2007), banker and Jewish community leader

• Alvin Libin (1931– ), investor and co-owner of Calgary Sports and Entertainment

• Lazarus Phillips (1895 –1986), director of the Royal Bank of Canada and senator

• Louis Rasminsky (1908–1998), Governor of Bank of Canada

• Jeff Rubin (1954– ), chief economist of CIBC World Markets

• Gerry Schwartz (1941– ), CEO of Onex Corporation

• Alex Shnaider (1968– ), co-founder of the Midland Group

• Lawrence Stroll (1959– ), investor

• Mark Wiseman (1970– ) CEO of the CPP Investment Board

Media

• Izzy Asper (1932–2003), chairman of Canwest Global Communications

• Leonard Asper (1964– ), president and CEO of Canwest Global Communications

• Avie Bennett (1928–2017), chairman of McClelland & Stewart

• Jacques Bensimon (1943–2012), director of the National Film Board of Canada

• Mark Breslin (1952– ), co-founder of Yuk Yuk's

• Edgar Bronfman Jr. (1955– ), CEO and chairman of Warner Music Group

• Paul Godfrey (1939– ), president and CEO of Postmedia Network

• Michael Goldbloom (1953– ), president of Star Media Group

• Ian Greenberg (1942– ), co-founder and CEO of Astral Media

• Michael Hirsh (1948– ), co-founder of Nelvana

• Mel Hurtig (1932–2016), publisher

• Jonathan Kay (1968– ), editor-in-chief of The Walrus

• Ezra Levant (1972– ), political commentator and founder of Rebel News

• David Margolese (1957– ), founder of Sirius XM Radio

• Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957), co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios

• Andy Nulman (1959– ), co-founder of Just for Laughs

• M. J. Nurenberger (1911–2001), founder of the Canadian Jewish News

• Bernard Ostry (1927–2006), chair and CEO of TVOntario

• Robert Rabinovitch (1943– ), president and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

• A. M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), executive editor of The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize (1960)

• Brian Segal (1943– ), president and CEO of Rogers Publishing

• Jay Switzer (1956–2018), president and CEO of CHUM Limited

• Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), president of Warner Bros. Studios

• Moses Znaimer (1942– ), co-founder and head of Citytv

• Mortimer Zuckerman (1937– ), co-founder of Boston Properties and media proprietor

Natural resources

• Robert Friedland (1950– ), founder of Ivanhoe Mines

• Leon Joseph Koerner (1892–1972), philanthropist and industrialist

• Peter Munk (1927–2018), founder of Barrick Gold

• Joseph Rotman (1935–2015), businessman and philanthropist

• Seymour Schulich (1940– ), mining businessman and philanthropist

• Irving Schwartz (1929–2010), entrepreneur and philanthropist

• Levy Solomons (1730–1792), merchant and fur trader

Philanthropists

• Bluma Appel (1919–2007), philanthropist

• Jenny Belzberg (1928– ), philanthropist

• Alfred David Benjamin (1848–1900), businessman and philanthropist

• Lillian Bilsky Freiman (1885–1940), philanthropist and civil leader

• Ruth Goldbloom (1923–2012), co-founder of Pier 21

Real estate

• Marcel Adams (1920–2020), real estate investor

• Sylvan Adams (1958– ), real estate investor

• David Azrieli (1922–2014), real estate magnate

• Samuel Belzberg (1928–2018), businessman

• The Ghermezian family, shopping mall developers

• Mitchell Goldhar (1962– ), founder of SmartCentres and owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.

• Michal Hornstein (1920–2016), businessman and philanthropist

The Reichmann family, real estate magnates

• Edward Reichmann (1925–2005), real estate magnate

• Paul Reichmann (1930–2013), real estate magnate

• Jack Singer (1917–2013), real estate developer

• Allan Zeman (1949– ), developer

Retail

• Aldo Bensadoun (1939– ), founder of the Aldo Group

The Bronfman family, businesspeople and philanthropists

• Charles Bronfman (1931– ), co-chairman of Seagram's

• Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013), head of Seagram's and president of the World Jewish Congress

• Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), founder of Seagram's

  Dov Charney (1969– ), founder of American Apparel

• Lyon Cohen (1868–1937), businessman and philanthropist

• George Cohon (1937– ), founder of McDonald's Canada

• Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), co-founder of Consolidated Foods

• Leslie Dan (1929– ), founder of Novopharm

• Sir Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), tobacco industry executive

• Archibald Jacob Freiman (1880–1944), founder of Freimans

• Hershey Friedman (1950– ), owner of Agri Star

• Daniel Friedmann (1956– ), CEO of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates

• Daryl Katz (1961– ), founder of Katz Group of Companies and owner of the Edmonton Oilers

• Murray Koffler (1924–2017), founder of Shoppers Drug Mart

• Ed Mirvish (1914–2007), founder of Honest Ed's

• Jack Rabinovitch (1930–2017), philanthropist

• Heather Reisman (1948– ), founder and CEO of Indigo Books and Music

• Dani Reiss (1973– ), president and CEO of Canada Goose

• Irv Robbins (1917–2008), co-founder of Baskin-Robbins

• Bruce Rockowitz (1958– ), CEO and vice-chairman of Global Brands Group

• Harry Rosen (1931– ), founder of Harry Rosen Inc.

• Larry Rosen (1956– ), chairman and CEO of Harry Rosen Inc.

• Calin Rovinescu (1955– ), president and CEO of Air Canada

• Isai Scheinberg (1946– ), co-founder of PokerStars

• Mark Scheinberg (1973– ), co-founder of PokerStars

• Isadore Sharp (1931– ), founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

• Barry Sherman (1942–2017), chairman and CEO of Apotex

• Jeffrey Skoll (1965– ), president of eBay

• Sam Steinberg (1905–1978), president of Steinberg's

• Larry Tanenbaum (1945– ), chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

Law

Judges

• Rosalie Abella (1946– ), Supreme Court Justice

• Harry Batshaw (1902–1984), Quebec Superior Court Justice

• Charles Dubin (1921–2008), Chief Justice of Ontario

• Morris Fish (1938– ), Supreme Court Justice

• Samuel Freedman (1908–1993), Chief Justice of Manitoba

• Constance Glube (1931–2016), Chief Justice of Nova Scotia

• Alan Gold (1917–2005), Chief Justice of Quebec

• Sydney Harris (1917–2009), judge

• Bora Laskin (1912–1984), 14th Chief Justice of Canada

• Herbert Marx (1932–2020), Quebec Superior Court Justice and Minister of Justice

• Michael Moldaver (1947– ), Supreme Court Justice

• Nathaniel Nemetz (1913–1997), Chief Justice of British Columbia

• Marshall Rothstein (1940– ), Supreme Court Justice

• Tillie Taylor (1922–2011), Saskatchewan's first female magistrate

Lawyers

• Monroe Abbey (1904–1993), lawyer

• Maurice Alexander (1889–1945), barrister

• Dennis Beker (1989–present), lawyer

• Louis Bloomfield (1906–1984), lawyer and businessman

• Alan Borovoy (1932–2015), lawyer and human rights activist

• Harold Buchwald (1928–2008), lawyer

• Reuben Cohen (1921–2014), lawyer and businessman

• Martin Friedland (1932– ), lawyer

• Rocco Galati (1959– ), constitutional lawyer

• Edward Greenspan (1944–2014), lawyer

• Adolphus Hart (1814–1879), lawyer and activist

• David Matas (1943– ), human rights lawyer

• Ed Morgan (1955– ), international lawyer

• Harry Rankin (1920–2002), lawyer

• William Schabas (1950– ), professor of international law

• Morris Shumiatcher (1917–2004), lawyer and human rights activist

• Harvey Strosberg (1944– ), lawyer

• Harry Walsh (1913–2011), criminal lawyer

• Benjamin Zimmerman (1862–1923), justice of the peace

Military

• Morris Cohen (1887–1970), Canadian Expeditionary Force officers and adventurer

• Eleazar David David (1811–1887), cavalry officer

• Ben Dunkelman (1913–1997), World War II and 1948 Arab–Israeli War soldier

• Moe Hurwitz (1919–1944), World War II soldier

• Maxwell Kogon (1920–1980), World War II bomber pilot

• Yank Levy (1897–1965), soldier and military instructor

• Gill Rosenberg (1983– ), member of the Women's Protection Units

• Sydney Shulemson (1915–2007), World War II fighter pilot

• Peter Stevens (RAF officer) (1919–1979), German born WWII RAF officer, and RCAF post-war, best known for multiple POW escapes

Performing arts

Actors and performers

• Harvey Atkin (1942–2017), actor and voice actor

• Aviva Armour-Ostroff, actress and filmmaker

• Liane Balaban (1980– ), actress

• Jay Baruchel (1982– ), actor, comedian, and screenwriter

• Frances Bay (1919–2011), character actress

• Lani Billard (1979– ), television actress

• Lionel Blair (1928–2021), actor and choreographer

• Ben Blue (1901–1975), actor and comedian

• Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor

• Bobby Breen (1927–2016), actor and singer

• Howard Busgang, comedian

• Neve Campbell (1973– ), film and television actress

• Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), actor

• Boris Cherniak (1964– ), hypnotist

• Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975– ), actress

• Lauren Collins (1986– ), television actress

• Pauline Donalda (1882–1970), operatic soprano

• Barbara Dunkelman (1989– ), actress and internet personality

• Ophira Eisenberg (1972– ), comedian

• Jamie Elman (born 1976 or 1977), actor

• Jake Epstein (1987– ), television actor

• Stacey Farber (1987– ), television actress

• Maureen Forrester (1930–2010), operatic contralto

• Celia Franca (1921–2007), founder of the National Ballet of Canada

• Victor Garber (1949– ), actor

• Jessalyn Gilsig (1971– ), television actress

• Joanna Gleason (1950– ), actress

• Jake Goldsbie (1988– ), television actor

• Anais Granofsky (1973– ), actress

• Lorne Greene (1915–1987), actor

• Nathan Fielder (1983– ), actor and comedian

• Corey Haim (1971–2010), actor

• Monty Hall (1921–2017), game show host

• Melissa Hayden (1923–2006), ballerina

• Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), actor

• Jonathan Keltz (1988– ), actor

• Shane Kippel (1986– ), television actor

• Mia Kirshner (1975– ), actress

• Jack Kruschen (1922–2002), character actor

• Paul Kligman (1923–1985), actor

• Rachelle Lefevre (1979– ), actress

• Sylvia Lennick (1915–2009), actress

• Caissie Levy (1981– ), stage actress and singer

• Eugene Levy (1946– ), actor and director

• Jaclyn Linetsky (1986–2003), television actress

• Mary Livingstone (1905–1983), radio comedian and actress

• Howie Mandel (1955– ), actor and comedian

• Rick Moranis (1953– ), actor and comedian

• Harley Morenstein (1985–), actor and Internet personality

• Irene Pavloska (1889–1962), mezzo-soprano

• Gloria Reuben (1964– ), television actress

• Spencer Rice (1963– ), writer, director and performer

• Seth Rogen (1982– ), film and television actor

• Sasha Roiz (1973– ), actor

• Saul Rubinek (1948– ), actor, director, producer and playwright

• Jonathan Sagall (1959– ), actor

• Mort Sahl (1927–2021), stand-up comedian

• William Shatner (1931– ), actor, director, and writer

• Norma Shearer (1902–1983), actress and Hollywood star

• Frank Shuster (1916–2002), comedian

• Anna Silk (1974– ), actress

• David Steinberg (1942– ), comedian and director

• Stuart Stone (1980– ), actor

• Tara Strong (1973– ), actress

• Kyle Switzer (1985– ), television actor

• Theresa Tova (1955– ), actress and playwright

• Al Waxman (1935–2001), actor

• Johnny Wayne (1918–1990), comedian

• Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), theatre and film actor

• Finn Wolfhard (2002– ), actor

Directors and producers

• Barry Avrich (1963– ), television producer and film director

• Laszlo Barna (1948– ), television producer

• Zack Bernbaum, film director

• Murray Cohl (1929–2008), film director

• David Cronenberg (1943– ), filmmaker and screenwriter

• Garth Drabinsky (1949– ), film and theatrical producer

• Bob Ezrin (1949– ), music producer

• Ken Finkleman (1946– ), television producer

• Jay Firestone (1956– ), film and television producer

• Sidney Furie (1933– ), film director

• Herman Geiger-Torel (1907–1976), opera director

• Jake Gold (1958– ), musician manager

• Harold Greenberg (1930–1996), film producer

• Al Guest (1933– ), animation producer and director

• Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), director

• John Hirsch (1930–1989), theatre director

• Michael Hirsh (1948– ), television producer

• Kenny Hotz (1967– ), producer and entertainer

• Simcha Jacobovici (1953– ), film director

• Estelle Klein (1930–2004), artistic director

• Franz Kraemer (1914–1999), radio producer

• Shawn Levy (1968– ), film director and producer

• Avi Lewis (1968– ), documentary filmmaker and television host

• Benjamin Lumley (1811–1875), opera director

• Francis Mankiewicz (1944–1993), director

• Lorne Michaels (1944– ), television producer

• David Mirvish (1944– ), theatre producer

• Sydney Newman (1917–1997), producer

• Noah Pink, screenwriter and television producer

• Jeremy Podeswa (1962– ), film and television director

• Ivan Reitman (1946–2022), film producer and director

• Jason Reitman (1977– ), film director

• J.R. Rotem (1975– ), record producer

• Albert Ruddy (1930– ), film director

• Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), film producer

• Paul Saltzman (1943– ), film director and producer, founder of Sunrise Films

• Arna Selznick (1948– ), film director and story artist specializing in animation

• Dora Wasserman (1919–2003), playwright and theater director

Composers

• Murray Adaskin (1906–2002), composer

• Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), conductor

• István Anhalt (1919–2012), composer

• Louis Applebaum (1918–2000), film score composer

• Milton Barnes (1931–2001), composer and conductor

• Boris Berlin (1907–2001), musical instructor and composer

• David Botwinik (1920–2022), composer

• Alexander Brott (1915–2005), conductor and composer

• Boris Brott (1944– ), conductor

• Percy Faith (1908–1976), bandleader

• Harry Freedman (1922–2005), composer

• Lewis Furey (1949– ), composer

• Srul Glick (1934–2002), composer

• Helmut Kallmann (1918–1985), composer

• Uri Mayer (1946– ), conductor and violinist

• Oskar Morawetz (1917–2007), composer

• Albert Pratz (1914–1995), conductor and violinist

• Paul Shaffer (1949– ), bandleader

• Howard Shore (1946– ), composer

• Ben Steinberg (1930– ), composer and conductor

• Heinz Unger (1895–1965), conductor

• Maurice Zbriger (1896–1981), composer and violinist

Musicians

Classical

• Frances Adaskin (1900–2001), pianist

• Harry Adaskin (1901–1994), violinist

• Ellen Ballon (1898–1969), pianist

• Denis Brott (1950– ), cellist

• Rivka Golani (1946– ), viola player

• Moshe Hammer (1946– ), violinist

• Ofra Harnoy (1965– ), cellist

• Jacques Israelievitch (1948–2015), violinist

• Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), concert pianist

• Anton Kuerti (1938– ), pianist

• Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), cellist

• Isidor Philipp (1863–1958), pianist and composer

• Ari Posner (born 1970), film and television score composer

• Ezra Schabas (1924–2020), musician

• Harold Sumberg (1905–1994), violinist

• Ethel Stark (1910–2012), violinist and conductor

• John Weinzweig (1913–2006), composer

• George Zukerman (1927– ), bassoonist and impresario

Jazz

• Paul Bley (1932–2016), pianist

• Jim Gelcer (1961– ), jazz musician

• James Gelfand (1959– ), jazz pianist

• Moe Koffman (1928–2001), jazz musician

• Sophie Milman (1983– ), jazz musician

• Nikki Yanofsky (1994– ), jazz-pop singer

Popular

• Leonard Cohen

• A-Trak (1982– ), DJ

• Oscar Brand (1920–2016), folk singer

• Drake (1986– ), rapper and actor

• Corey Hart (1962– ), singer

• Paul Hoffert (1943– ), founding member of Lighthouse

• Geddy Lee (1953– ), lead singer of Rush

• Efrim Menuck (1971– ), musician

• Ben Mink (1951– ), songwriter and musician

• Steven Page (1970– ), founding member of Barenaked Ladies

• Peaches (1966– ), electronic musician

• Robbie Robertson (1943–2023), lead guitarist of The Band

• Eddie Schwartz (1949– ), songwriter and music producer

• Sharon, Lois & Bram, children's music group

• Amy Sky (1960– ), singer-songwriter

• Socalled, rapper and producer

• Chaim Tannenbaum, folk singer

• Vanity (1959–2016), singer-songwriter

• David Usher (1966– ), frontman for Moist

• Bob Wiseman (1962– ), composer and founding member of Blue Rodeo

• Zal Yanovsky (1944–2002), rock musician, the Lovin' Spoonful guitarist

• Alissa White-Gluz (1985– ), death metal vocalist

Politics

Diplomats

• Klaus Goldschlag (1922–2012), ambassador

• Allan Gotlieb (1928–2020), ambassador

• Saul Rae (1914–1999), diplomat

• Norman Spector (1949– ), diplomat and journalist

Mayors

• Michael Applebaum (1963– ), mayor of Montreal

• Sidney Buckwold (1916–2001), mayor of Saskatoon

• Martin Dobkin (1942– ), first mayor of Mississauga

• Lumley Franklin (1808–1873), mayor of Victoria

• Philip Givens (1922–1995), mayor of Toronto and Liberal MP

• Lorry Greenberg (1933–1999), mayor of Ottawa

• Jacquelin Holzman (1935– ), mayor of Ottawa

• Sam Katz (1951– ), mayor of Winnipeg

• Leonard Arthur Kitz (1916–2006), mayor of Halifax

• Mel Lastman (1933–2021), mayor of Toronto

• Saul Laskin (1918–2008), mayor of Thunder Bay

• Stephen Mandel (1945– ), mayor of Edmonton and leader of the Alberta Party

• Danny Nathanson, mayor of New Waterford, Nova Scotia

• David Oppenheimer (1834–1897), mayor of Vancouver

• Nathan Phillips (1892–1976), mayor of Toronto

• Harvey Rosen (1949– ), mayor of Kingston

• Morley Rosenberg (1937– ), mayor of Kitchener

• Max Silverman (1906-1966), mayor of Sudbury

Politicians

• Jack Austin (1932– ), senator and cabinet minister

• Dave Barrett (1930–2018), 26th Premier of British Columbia

• George Benjamin (1799–1864), Conservative MP

• Peter Bercovitch (1879–1942), Liberal MP and Quebec Liberal MNA

• Lawrence Bergman (1940– ), Quebec Liberal MNA and cabinet minister

• Harry Blank (1925– ), Quebec Liberal MPP

• Annie Buller (1895–1973), co-founder of the Communist Party of Canada

• Elinor Caplan (1944– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister

• Jim Carr, Liberal MP and Minister of Natural Resources

• Leon Crestohl (1900–1963), Liberal MP

• Saul Cherniack (1917–2018), Manitoba NDP MP and cabinet minister

• Tony Clement (1961– ), Minister of Industry and Minister of Health

• Irwin Cotler (1940– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Justice

• David Croll (1900–1991), senator and Liberal MP

• Julie Dabrusin (1971– ), Liberal MP

• Barney Danson (1921–2011), Liberal MP and Minister of National Defence

• Samuel Factor (1892–1962), first Jewish MP elected in Ontario

• Sheila Finestone (1927–2009), Liberal MP and senator

• Myra Freeman (1949– ), 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

• Linda Frum (1963– ), senator

• Irving Gerstein (1941– ), senator and businessman

• Marc Gold (1950– ), senator and law professor

• Carl Goldenberg (1907–1996), senator

• Victor Goldbloom (1923–2016), Quebec Liberal MNA and doctor

• Yoine Goldstein (1934–2020), senator

• Karina Gould (1987– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Democratic Institutions

• Herb Gray (1931–2014), Liberal MP and Deputy Prime Minister

• Larry Grossman (1943–1997), leader of the Ontario PC Party

• Ezekiel Hart (1770–1843), first Jew elected to a Canadian Parliament

• Solomon Hart Green (1885–1969), first Jew to sit in a provincial legislature

• Stanley Hartt (1937–2018), Chief of Staff

• Sharren Haskel (1984– ), Likud MK

• Chaviva Hošek (1946– ), academic and politician

• Anthony Housefather (1971– ), Liberal MP and mayor of Côte Saint-Luc

• Samuel William Jacobs (1871–1938), Liberal MP and Jewish community leader

• Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario

• René-Joseph Kimber (1786–1843), member of Parliament in Lower Canada and the Province of Canada

• Monte Kwinter (1931–2023), Ontario Liberal MPP and cabinet minister

• Melissa Lantsman (1984—), first Jewish woman elected as a Conservative MP

• Howard Levine, Toronto city councillor

• Michael Levitt, Liberal MP

• David Lewis (1909–1981), NDP leader and MP

• Stephen Lewis (1937–2026), Ontario NDP leader, MP and ambassador

• Jack Marshall (1919–2004), PC MP and senator

• Tom Marshall (1946– ), 11th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Herbert Marx (1932-2020), Quebec Liberal MNA, Minister of Justice, Solicitor-General

• Arthur Mitchell, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party

• Marty Morantz (1962– ), Conservative MP

• Nicolas Muzin, political strategist

• Henry Nathan Jr. (1842–1914), first Jew elected to the House of Commons

• Joe Oliver (1940– ), Conservative MP and Minister of Finance

• Annamie Paul, leader of the Green Party of Canada

• Bob Rae (1948–), Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and 21st Premier of Ontario

• Simon Reisman (1991–2008), civil servant

• Fred Rose (1907–1983), Labour–Progressive MP and Soviet spy

• Jacques Saada (1947– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister

• Hugh Segal (1950– ), senator

• Morton Shulman (1925–2000), Ontario PC and NDP MPP

• Peter Shurman (1947– ), Ontario PC MPP

• Mira Spivak (1934– ), senator

• Sidney Spivak (1928–2002), leader of the Manitoba PC Party

• Maitland Steinkopf (1912–1970), first Jewish cabinet minister in Manitoba

• Hunter Tootoo (1963– ), Liberal MP

• Gerry Weiner (1933– ), PC MP

• Dov Yosef (1899–1980), Israeli minister

Religious leaders

• Reuven Bulka (1944–2021), rabbi and writer

• Jacob Raphael Cohen (1738–1811), rabbi

• Solomon Frank (1900–1982), synagogue rabbinical leader in Winnipeg and Montreal

• Simon Glazer (1876–1938), rabbi

• Elyse Goldstein (born 1955), Reform rabbi

• Joan Friedman, first female rabbi in Canada

• Yitzchak Hendel (1916–2007), Lubavitch rabbi

• Sheea Herschorn (1893–1969), Chief Rabbi of Montreal

• Pinhas Hirschprung (1912–1998), Chief Rabbi of Montreal

• Solomon Jacobs (1861–1920), rabbi

• Israel Isaac Kahanovitch (1872–1945), Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg

• Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Tosher Rebbe

• Gunther Plaut (1912–2012), rabbi and author

• Avraham Aharon Price (1900–1994), Chief Rabbi of Toronto

• Nahum Rabinovitch (1928–2020), rabbi and posek

• Eli Rubenstein (1959– ), rabbi and Holocaust educator

• Erwin Schild (1920–2024), rabbi

• Jacob Immanuel Schochet (1935–2013), rabbi and scholar

• Shmuel Abba Twersky (1872–1947), Makarover Rebbe

• Joseph Weinreb (1869–1943), Chief Rabbi of Toronto

Writers

Authors

• David Albahari (1948– ), novelist

• Sue Ann Alderson (1940– ), children's novelist

• Lisa Appignanesi (1946– ), writer and novelist

• Isidore Gordon Ascher (1835–1914), novelist and poet

• Saul Bellow (1915–2005), writer; Nobel Prize in Literature (1976), Pulitzer Prize (1976)

• David Berman, (1962–), graphic designer, author

• David Bezmozgis (1973– ), author

• Martha Blum (1913–2007), writer

• Matt Cohen (1942–1999), novelist and children's writer

• Cory Doctorow (1971– ), science fiction author and blogger

• Sheila Fischman (1937– ), translator

• Kathy Friedman, poet

• Phoebe Gilman (1940–2002), children's author

• Nora Gold, writer

• Adam Gopnik (1956– ), writer and essayist

• Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009), science fiction novelist

• Charles Yale Harrison (1898–1954), novelist

• Sheila Heti (1976– ), novelist

• George Jonas (1935–2016), writer and journalist

• Guy Gavriel Kay (1954– ), fantasy writer

• Naïm Kattan (1928–2021), novelist and essayist

• Naomi Klein (1970– ), author and filmmaker

• Eric Koch (1919–2018), author, broadcaster and academic

• Gordon Korman (1963– ), children's and young adult fiction writer

• Henry Kreisel (1922–1991), writer and novelist

• Allan Levine (1956– ), historian and novelist

• Norman Levine (1923–2005), writer and poet

• Shar Levine (1953– ), children's author

• Jack Ludwig (1922–2018), novelist and sportswriter

• Seymour Mayne (1944– ), author and poet

• Judith Merril (1923–1997), science fiction writer

• Anne Michaels (1958– ), poet and novelist

• Sarah Mlynowski (1977– ), writer

• Alison Pick (1975– ), novelist

• David Rakoff (1964–2012), author

• Edeet Ravel (1955– ), novelist

• Mordecai Richler (1931–2001), author and essayist

• Nancy Richler (1957–2018), novelist

• Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011), science fiction author

• Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), author and poet

• Devyani Saltzman (1979– ), author

• Gail Simmons (1976– ), food writer

• Mariko Tamaki (1975– ), graphic novelist

• Morley Torgov (1927– ), novelist

• Aren X. Tulchinsky (1958– ), author and screenwriter

• Eleanor Wachtel (1947– ), writer and broadcaster

• William Weintraub (1926–2017), author

• Michael Wex (1954– ), novelist

• Adele Wiseman (1928–1992), author

• Hirsch Wolofsky (1878–1949), Yiddish author

• Shulamis Yelin (1913–2002), writer and teacher

Journalists and broadcasters

• Barbara Amiel (1940– ), journalist

• Sonia Benezra (1960– ), television and radio interviewer

• David Brooks (1961– ), political commentator

• Andrew Cohen (1955– ), journalist

• Nathan Cohen (1923–1971), theatre critic, broadcaster

• Michael Coren (1959– ), columnist and talk show host

• Red Fisher (1926–2018), sports journalist

• Josh Freed, columnist

• Barbara Frum (1937–1992), journalist

• David Frum (1960– ), political commentator

• Eli Glasner, entertainment reporter

• Ian Halperin (1964– ), investigative journalist

• Ken Hechtman (1967– ), journalist

• Ariel Helwani (1982– ), mixed martial arts journalist

• Simma Holt (1922–2015), journalist and politician

• Barbara Kay (1943– ), columnist

• Jonah Keri (1974– ), sports writer

• Karin Kloosterman, journalist

• Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), columnist

• Michele Landsberg (1939– ), journalist and feminist activist

• Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate

• Jonathan Mann (1960– ), journalist

• Peter Newman (1929– ), journalist

• Hal Niedzviecki (1971– ), writer

• Steve Paikin (1960– ), journalist and author

• Abraham Rhinewine (1887–1932), journalist

• Carol Rosenberg, journalist

• Morley Safer (1931–2016), broadcast journalist and reporter

• Percy Saltzman (1915–2007), weather forecaster

• Joe Schlesinger (1928–2019), journalist

• Lionel Shapiro (1908–1958), journalist and novelist

• Dan Shulman (1967– ), sportscaster

• Evan Solomon (1968– ), journalist

• Larry Zolf (1934–2011), journalist

Poets

• Frances Payne Adler, American and Canadian poet

• Elizabeth Brewster (1922–2012), poet

• Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), poet and singer-songwriter

• Adeena Karasick (1965– ), poet

• A. M. Klein (1909–1972), poet and novelist

• Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet and author

• Aaron Kreuter

• Irving Layton (1912–2006), poet

• Eli Mandel (1922–1992), poet

• Ida Maze (1893–1962), Yiddish poet

• Melech Ravitch, (1893–1976), Yiddish poet

• Joe Rosenblatt (1933–2019), poet

• Gregory Scofield (1966– ), poet

• Esther Segal (1895–1974), Yiddish poet

• J. I. Segal (1896–1954), Yiddish poet

• Joseph Sherman (1945–2006), poet

• Sholem Shtern (1907–1990), Yiddish poet

• Mark Strand (1934–2014), poet and essayist

• Miriam Waddington (1917–2004), poet

• Tom Wayman (1945– ), poet

• Yudika (1898–1988), Yiddish poet

Screenwriters and playwrights

• Ted Allan (1916–1995), screenwriter and playwright

• Ben Barzman (1910–1989), screenwriter

• Len Blum (1951– ), screenwriter

• Joel H. Cohen, television writer

• Robert Cohen, comedy writer

• Stan Daniels (1934–2007), screenwriter, director, and producer

• Evan Goldberg (1982– ), screenwriter

• Elan Mastai (1974– ), screenwriter

• Hannah Moscovitch (1978– ), playwright

• Sharon Pollock (1936–2021), playwright

• Oren Safdie (1965– ), playwright

• Rick Salutin (1942– ), playwright

• Adam Seelig (1975– ), playwright

• David Shore (1959– ), television writer

• Beverley Simons (1938– ), playwright

• Sandor Stern (1936– ), screenwriter

• Mel Tolkin (1913–2007), television comedy writer

Sports

Athletics

• Sasha Gollish (1981– ), competitive runner

• Abby Hoffman (1947– ), track and field athlete

• Gordon Orlikow (1960– ), decathlon, heptathlon, and hurdles competitor, Athletics Canada Chairman, Canadian Olympic Committee member, Korn/Ferry International partner

• Corson Robert Micheal Brown (1904—1969), runner and long Jew

Baseball

• Gabe Cramer (born 1994), baseball player, pitcher

• Goody Rosen (1912–1994), baseball player, outfielder, All-Star

• Adam Stern (1980– ), baseball player, outfielder

Basketball

• Doodie Bloomfield (1918–1950), basketball player

• Julius Goldman (1910–2001), basketball player

• Bennie Lands (1921–2014), basketball player

• Irving Meretsky (1912–2006), basketball player

• Mendy Morein (1926–2003), basketball player

• Cy Strulovitch (1925–2020), basketball player

• Sol Tolchinsky (1929–2020), basketball

• Murray Waxman (1925–2022), basketball

Canadian football

• Sam Berger (1900–1992), president of the CFL

• Noah Cantor (1971– ), CFL player

• Mark Cohon (1966– ), CFL Commissioner

• Sydney Halter (1905–1990), CFL Commissioner

• Lew Hayman (1908–1984), Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes coach

Chess

• Jacob Ascher (1841–1912), chess master

• Mark Bluvshtein (1988– ), chess grandmaster

• Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), chess master

• Selim Franklin (1814–1885), chess master

• Sofia Polgar (1974– ), chess grandmaster

• Daniel Yanofsky (1925–2000), Canada's first chess grandmaster

Combat sports

• Mark Berger (1954– ), judoka, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight)

• Maxie Berger (1917–2000), boxer

• Eddie Creatchman (1928–1994), wrestler and manager

• Al Foreman (1904–1954), boxer

• Sarah Kaufman (1985– ), mixed martial artist

• Sammy Luftspring (1916–2000), boxer, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

• Fred Oberlander (1911–1996), wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion

• Lanny Poffo (1954– ), wrestler

• Irving Ungerman (1923–2015), boxing promoter and manager

• David Zilberman (1982– ), freestyle wrestler

Figure skating

• Ellen Burka (1921–2016), figure skater

• Petra Burka (1946– ), figure skater

• Dylan Moscovitch (1984– ), pairs skater

• Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), world figure skating champion

Hockey

• Murray Bannerman (1957– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)

• Hy Buller (1926–1968), ice hockey, All-Star defenceman (NHL)

• Michael Cammalleri (1982– ), ice hockey, left wing (New Jersey Devils)

• Jason Demers (1988– ), ice hockey defenseman (Arizona Coyotes)

• Steve Dubinsky (1970– ), ice hockey, centre (NHL)

• Oren Eizenman (1985– ), ice hockey centre

• Kaleigh Fratkin (1992– ), ice hockey defenseman (Metropolitan Riveters)

• Mark Friedman (1995– ), ice hockey, NHL

• Cecil Hart (1883–1940), Montreal Canadiens coach and namesake of the Hart Memorial Trophy

• Adam Henrich (1984– ), ice hockey, left wing/centre (Serie A)

• Michael Henrich (1980– ), ice hockey, right wing, first Jewish player drafted in first round to the NHL

• Eric Himelfarb (1983– ), ice hockey centre (HC Thurgau)

• Corey Hirsch (1972– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)

• Josh Ho-Sang (1996– ), ice hockey forward (New York Islanders)

• Zach Hyman (1992– ), ice hockey left wing/centre (Edmonton Oilers)

• Joe Ironstone (1898–1972), ice hockey goaltender (NHL)

• Max Labovitch (1924–2018), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)

• Brendan Leipsic (1994– ), ice hockey left wing (Vancouver Canucks)

• Devon Levi (2001– ), ice hockey, goaltender (Northeastern Huskies, Canada men's national junior ice hockey team)

• Alex Levinsky (1910–1990), ice hockey, defenceman (NHL)

• Jacob Micflikier (1984– ), ice hockey forward (EHC Biel)

• David Nemirovsky (1976– ), ice hockey, right wing (CSKA Moscow)

• Bob Nystrom (1952– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)

• Eric Nystrom (1983– ), ice hockey, left wing (NHL)

• Cory Pecker (1981– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL, Nationalliga B)

• Bob Plager (1943–2021), ice hockey defense (NHL)

• Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987), ice hockey left wing (NHL)

• Eliezer Sherbatov (1991– ), ice hockey, left wing (KHL)

• Max Silverman (1900–1966), ice hockey manager

• Trevor Smith (1985– ), ice hockey, centre (Toronto Maple Leafs)

• Ronnie Stern (1967– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)

• Josh Tordjman (1985– ), ice hockey goaltender (EC Red Bull Salzburg)

• Mike Veisor (1952– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)

• Stephen Weiss (1983– ), ice hockey, forward (Detroit Red Wings, NHL)

• Ethan Werek (1991– ), ice hockey, forward (OHL, NHL)

• Bernie Wolfe (1951– ), ice hockey, goaltender

• Larry Zeidel (1928–2014), ice hockey defenceman (NHL)

Racing

• Tanya Dubnicoff (1969– ), track cyclist

• Leah Goldstein (1969– ), Canadian-Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion

• Yonnie Starr (1905–1990), racehorse trainer

• Lance Stroll (1998– ), Formula One driver

Racket sports

• Sharon Fichman (1990– ), tennis player

• Sherman Greenfeld (1962– ), racquetball player

• Jesse Levine (1987– ), Canadian-American tennis player

• Denis Shapovalov (1999– ), tennis player

• Andrew Sznajder (1967– ), tennis player

Soccer

• Adam Braz (1981– ), former professional soccer player

• Tomer Chencinski (1984– ), Israeli-Canadian soccer player

• Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), soccer (German national team)

• Daniel Haber (1992– ), soccer player

• Samuel Hazan (1983– ), soccer player

• Frederick Stambrook (1929–2005), president of the Canadian Soccer Association

Other

• Josh Binstock (1981– ), beach volleyball player

• Sam Schachter (1990– ), beach volleyball player

• Ben Weider (1923–2008), bodybuilder and entrepreneur

• Joe Weider (1919–2013), bodybuilder and entrepreneur

See also

• History of the Jews in Canada

• Lists of Jews

• Lists of Canadians

References