| 30 July 1941, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
| Canadian-born Paul Anka first achieved success in the 1950s as a teenage singing star (and, for the times, an unusual one in that he wrote many of his own songs). Although he appeared in several films, and was quite believable as a nervous, hyper young soldier in "The Longest Day" (for which he also composed the theme music), Anka's main interest was music, and he concentrated his efforts into composing (he wrote Frank Sinatra's classic "My Way") and nightclub appearances in Las Vegas. |
| Mr. Anka has a street named after him. |
| Dan Aykroyd (actor, director, writer, producer, singer). Date of birth: 1 July 1952, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Attended Carleton University in Ottawa (1969). Majored in Criminology and Sociology - dropped out to work with SCTV in Toronto. Started his acting career At Carleton University |
| with Sock'n'Buskin, the campus theatre/drama club. Married to Donna Dixon, and they have two daughters. His parents are named Peter and Loraine and his brother (also named Peter) is a psychic researcher. He received an |
| honourary Doctorate from Carleton University in 1994. |
| Alanis Morissette (singer, songwriter, actor). Date of birth : 1 June 1974, |
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Last was reported to be dating Dash Mihok who |
| also appeared in her 1999 Music Video "So Pure". Born to a French Canadian father Alan, (she was named after her father) and a Hungarian mother. |
| Twin brother named Wade who created www.carreerbridge.com. Her parents say she's been a potty-mouth ALL her life, not just recently (in songs |
| performed by her). She also has an older brother named Chad. Alanis appeared on a weekly television show called 'You can't do that on television', she also modeled with her twin brother Wade for Sears Canada. Alanis attended Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, Ontario. She released two albums in Canada prior to her release in the U.S, (remember her hit 'Never too Hot' as a teeny bopper? ). Since the release of her album 'Jagged Little Pill', it has sold more than 13 MILLION copies, making her the highest selling female artist in the world (Madonna saw something in her when she offered Alanis unlimited control over her music and lyrics if she joined Maverick Records). When her first debut single "Fate Stay With Me" and "Now Is The Time" albums were released in Canada she was known only as "Alanis". She was advised to go just by her first name so as not to not cause any name confusion with 'Alannah Myles', another Canadian singer who was popular at the time. |
| Alanis has also appeared as GOD in the movie Dogma, doing what she does well - scream. On her last official visit to Ottawa, Mayor Jackie Holstman declared the day as 'Alanis Morissette Day' giving her the key to the city. Most recently she was spotted doing kitchen duty at the Shepherds of Good Hope. |
| Marlen Cowpland (socialite extraordinair, T.V. host for CTV's Celebrity Pets). French-Canadian Boutique Owner married Michael Cowpland in 1992. Marlen likes to shock with her high publicity outfits designed by live-in designer James Jefferson. |
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| Micheal Cowpland, Dr. (former head of Corel Corporation, Mitel Corporation). British born go-getter who thrives in the fast lane with fast cars and fast women. Started Mitel Corporation with Terry Matthews in the 80's, then left to start Corel Corporation. |
| Lorne Greene (actor, radio personality). Date of birth (location): 12 February 1915, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canadian-born Lorne Greene began acting while attending Canada's Queen's University, and after graduation got a job in radio broadcasting. His rich, deep, authoritarian voice quickly propelled him to prominence as Canada's top newscaster. He left Canada in the early '50s for a film career in Hollywood, and soon began appearing regularly in television, films and on radio. His greatest successes came in two television series, the |
| long-running Western 'Bonanza' in which he played the patriarch of a wealthy frontier family - Ben Cartwright, and in the sci-fi series 'Battlestar Galactica ' in which he played Commodore Adama. He was nicknamed 'The Voice of Doom" as he was the one on the radio who read form a list of names soldiers that had been killed in action. |
| Rich Little (actor, comedic impersonator). Date of birth: 26 November 1938, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
| Margaret Atwood (actress, writer). Date of birth: 18 November 1939, |
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ms. Atwood recently won the prestigious Booker Award for Canadian Literacy. |
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