Famous Canadians #2

Enter an answer into the box. I tried to avoid the usual hockey players and actors/musicians.
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Last updated: July 16, 2013
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Writer, The Handmaid's Tale, The Robber Bride
Margaret Atwood
Sprinter, held the world record, won gold in Atlanta
Donavan Bailey
Won the Nobel Prize for discovering insulin
Frederick Banting
Invented the snowmobile, name is now a brand.
J. Armand Bombardier
Marathon of Hope
Terry Fox
born and raised in Canada; US economist, diplomat, and professor worked for FDR, Truman, JFK and Johnson
John Kenneth Galbraith
Astronaut, sang Space Oddity in space
Chris Hadfield
Man in Motion tour, took his wheelchair around the world
Rick Hansen
"The best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be" pro wrestler
Bret Hart
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A hockey player now better know for founding a coffee and donut chain
Tim Horton
Baseball Hall of Famer, Cy Young winner, pitched from 1965 to 1983
Ferguson Jenkins
Wrote "In Flanders Fields"
John McCrae
Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Invented basketball
James Naismith
Canadian Prime Minister, won the Nobel Peace Prize
Lester B. Pearson
Co-created Superman
Joe Shuster
Formula F1 Racer, Father and/or Son
Gilles and Jacques Villeneuve
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