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Born August 15, 1803 • Demerara • Guyana
Died August 2, 1877 (aged 73) • Victoria • Canada
Title / Office governor (1858-1864), British Columbia • governor (1851-1864), Vancouver Island
Robert Campbell
Canadian trader and explorer
Glen Clark
Canadian politician
Sir John Macdonald
Sir John Macdonald
prime minister of Canada
Donald Smith; Canadian Pacific Railway
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
Canadian financier and statesman
McBride, Sir Richard
Sir Richard McBride
Canadian statesman
Franz Boas
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Pierre-Esprit Radisson
French explorer
George Vancouver
George Vancouver
British explorer
Henry Kelsey
British explorer
Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of
Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of Selkirk
Scottish philanthropist
Lester B. Patrick
Canadian ice-hockey player and coach
Frank A. Patrick
Canadian ice-hockey player, coach and manager
Martha Ostenso
Canadian author
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian-born actor
Jacques Parizeau
Canadian politician
Homer Watson
Canadian painter
Otto Klineberg
psychologist
Yvonne De Carlo
Canadian-American actress
Scott Moir
Canadian ice dancer
Doug Henning
Canadian magician