Top 20 Canadians.

Enter an answer into the box. Name the top 20 Canadians according to a CBC phone in vote. The clues are mine.
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Father of medicare, first social democratic premier, Scottish born, Baptist minister
Tommy Douglas
Tried to run across Canada with an artifical leg, cancer activist, died of cancer
Terry Fox
PM in the 70s and 80s, gave the finger to protestors, dropped the f bomb in the house of commons, swam with Castro, ex-wife partied with the Rolling Stones, generally regarded as the best PM
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Invented insulin, Nobel prize for medicine at 32,
Frederick Banting
"The Nature of Things", science broadcaster, environmentalist, spent time in a BC internment camp during WWII
David Suzuki
PM in the 60s, UN diplomat who created the idea of peacekeepers during the Suez Crisis, Toronto airport is named after him
Lester B Pearson
Minor league hockey player and coach, TV commentator, the John Madden of hockey broadcasting, rock'em sock'em videos
Don Cherry
First PM of Canada, not an American fast food chain - minor spelling difference
Sir John A MacDonald
Born in Scotland, died in the US, invented the telephone while in Canada.
Alexander Graham Bell
The Great One, hockey player with the most records, may be better known in the US for his daughter's twitter posts.
Wayne Gretzky
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Metis rebel leader, founded Manitoba, hung after the North West Rebellion, had religious visions
Louis Riel
Founded L'Arche an international federation of group homes for the developmentally disabled, theologian, has an asteroid named after him, son of a Governor-General
Jean Vanier
Nationalist country singer, "The Hockey Song" "Sudbury Saturday Night" "Bud the Spud", plywood board
Stompin Tom Connors
Singer, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills and Nash, "Cinnamon Girl" "Heart of Gold" "Old Man" "Hey, Hey, My, My" "The Needle and the Damage Done" "Rocking in the Free World"
Neil Young
CBC radio, Morningside, writer and reporter
Peter Gzowski
UN commander, general, Hotel Rwanda
Romeo Dallaire
Leader of Ontario NDP, UN ambassador, special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
Stephen Lewis
Pop-country singer, "The Women in Me" "You're Still the One" "Man I Feel Like a Woman" "Up"
Shania Twain
Greatest hockey defenseman, Boston Bruins, bad knees ended his career, coached by #7
Bobby Orr
Canadian actor, comedian, "Wayne's World" "Austin Powers" "Shrek"
Mike Myers
2 Comments
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Level 78
Jul 10, 2013
Could you please accept 'Gretzky' for Wayne Gretzky?
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Level 86
Jul 11, 2013
Gretzky has been added