Frank McCourt photo by Chris Buck
Bea Arthur Groundbreaking star of TV's Maude and Golden Girls
J.G. Ballard Author, Empire Of The Sun, Crash
Pina Bausch Choreographer
Rick Bébout Gay historian, intellectual force, chronicler of the city
Ayanna Black Jamaica native and feminist poet
Ronald Bloore Abstract painter
Douglas Campbell Legendary classical actor, at Stratford and elsewhere
David Carradine Kung Fu TV star
Jim Carroll Poet, musician, centrepiece of The Basketball Diaries
Walter Cronkite Legendary CBS news anchor
Merce Cunningham Dance great
Dominick Dunne Novelist and Vanity Fair correspondent
Les Paul Guitar innovator
Farrah Fawcett Charlie's Angel and 70s icon
Gerald Ferguson Conceptual artist and painter
Horton Foote screenwriter, To Kill A Mockingbord, Trip To Bountiful
Marilyn French Author, The Women's Room
Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs Drummer with !!!, the Juan Maclean, MSTRKRFT
Larry Gelbart Creator of M*A*S*H, Tootsie screenwriter
Sam George Native activist who fought for an inquiry into the shooting death of brother Dudley George by the OPP at Camp Ipperwash
Henry Gibson Laugh-In poet and Nashville actor
Titus "Baatin" Glover Rapper, Slum Village
E. Lynn Harris Groundbreaking gay African-American novelist
John Hughes Writer/director/producer, Breakfast Clubber
Michael Jackson King of pop
Lou Jacobi T.O.-born actor, Avalon, Irma La Douce
Maurice Jarre Composer, Lawrence Of Arabia/Doctor Zhivago and more
Ted Kennedy United States senator
Allan King Documentary filmmaker, Warrendale, A Married Couple
Claude Lévi-Strauss Anthropologist
Karl Malden TV and film actor, The Streets Of San Francisco, A Streetcar Named Desire
Dewey Martin Drummer, Buffalo Springfield
Frank McCourt Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes
Patrick McGoohan Creator/star of The Prisoner
Neil Munro Actor, playwright and Shaw Festival director
Brittany Murphy, Actor, Clueless, 8 Mile
Haydain Neale Juno Award-winning Jacksoul frontman
David Pecaut Civic entrepreneur and Luminato co-creator
Irving Penn Fashion photographer
Natasha Richardson Actor
William Safire Word warrior
Martin Streek Radio DJ
Ted Reynolds CBC sports commentator
Goldie Semple Actor, Shaw and Stratford festivals
Budd Schulberg Author, What Makes Sammy Run, screenwriter, On The Waterfront
Ron Silver Stage, film and TV actor, Speed The Plow, Silkwood, Rhoda
Dash Snow Photographer
Nancy Spero Pioneering feminist artist
Patrick Swayze Star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost
Koko Taylor Queen of the blues
Mary Travers Singer, Peter Paul and Mary
John Updike Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Derek Weiler Quill & Quire editor, critic and lover of books
Andrew Wyeth Painter