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    Joey Saputo

    Giuseppe (a.k.a Joey) Saputo, businessman, sports executive, philanthropist (born 25 September 1964 in Montreal, QC). Joey Saputo is the son of Canadian billionaire Lino Saputo, the founder of Montreal-based Saputo Inc., one of the most prominent dairy companies in the world (see also Diary Industry; Cheese and Cheese Making). Joey Saputo is the founding president and chairman of CF Montréal (formerly Montreal Impact), a professional soccer club that plays in Major League Soccer (MLS). Saputo was at the head for the development and construction of Stade Saputo, a soccer-specific stadium, home of CF Montréal. Joey Saputo is also the chairman for the soccer club Bologna F.C. 1909 that plays in the top Italian soccer league Serie A.

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    Joey Smallwood

    Joseph “Joey” Roberts Smallwood, CC, premier of Newfoundland (1949–72), journalist (born 24 December 1900 in Mint Brook, NL; died 17 December 1991 in St. John's, NL). The leading proponent of Confederation in Newfoundland in the 20th century, Joey Smallwood played an important role in bringing the province into Confederation in 1949. He served as Newfoundland and Labrador’s first premier for nearly 23 years, and is sometimes referred to as “the last Father of Confederation.” During his lifetime, he was also called “the only living Father of Confederation.”

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    Joey Votto

    Joey Votto, baseball player (born 10 September 1983 in Toronto, ON). Joey Votto is a Canadian baseball player with the Cincinnati Reds. In 2010, he won the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award and Hank Aaron Award, as well as the Lou Marsh Trophy for Canada’s outstanding athlete of the year. Two years later, he became one of the highest paid baseball players in major league history. In 2017, he was again awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy. He has also won the James “Tip” O’Neill Award seven times.

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    Johan Helders

    Johan (John) Anton Joseph Helders, internationally acclaimed amateur pictorial photographer (b at Rhenen, Netherlands 3 May 1888; d at Homestead, Fla 4 Feb 1956).

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    Johana Harris

    Johana (b Beula) Harris (b Duffey). Pianist, teacher, composer, folksinger, b Ottawa 31 Dec 1912, d Los Angeles 5 Jun 1995. Beula Duffey, a child prodigy, started publicly performing advanced piano pieces and her compositions at age eight.

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    Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason

    Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason, author, poet, teacher (b at Medalnes, Nordur-Mulasysla, Iceland 24 May 1866; d at Elfros, Sask 8 Sept 1945). The greatest and most prolific of Icelandic Canadian novelists, Bjarnason immigrated to Canada in 1875.

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    Johann Olav Koss

    Johann Olav Koss, CM, speed skater, founder of Right To Play International (born 29 October 1968 in Drammen, Norway). 

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    Johanna Skibsrud

    A second collection of poems, I do not Think that I Could Love a Human Being, appeared in 2010. In many ways it reflects the preoccupations of the first; seemingly everyday events can form turning points in outlook or sensibility.

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    Johanne Blouin

    Johanne Blouin. Singer, b St-Hyacinthe, Que, 19 Sep 1955. Her mother, Lena Cushen, was a jazz singer, and her father, Claude Blouin, a trombonist who accompanied Trenet, Sinatra, Liberace, and Garland. She began to sing in night-clubs at 16.

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    Johanne Perron

    Johanne Perron. Cellist, teacher, b Chicoutimi, Que, 13 Apr 1959; premier prix chamber music (CMQ) 1977, premier prix cello (CMQ) 1978, M MUS (Yale) 1981.

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    John A. Flett

    John A. Flett, carpenter, trade-union organizer (b at Hamilton 1860; d there 19 Mar 1941). Flett began a long, distinguished labour career in his local carpenters' union.

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    John A. Hopps

    John Alexander (Jack) Hopps, OC, inventor, research scientist (born 21 May 1919 in Winnipeg, MB; died 24 November 1998 in Ottawa, ON). Early in his lengthy career at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Hopps was recruited to design a cardiac pacemaker with a team of scientists at the Banting Institute in Toronto. His invention of a portable artificial external pacemaker, designed at the NRC, was successfully tested on a dog in 1950. The creation of the device was a significant medical milestone that laid the groundwork for implantable pacemakers in humans.

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    John Adaskin

    John Adaskin, conductor, radio producer, administrator, cellist (born 4 June 1908 in Toronto, ON; died 4 March 1964 in Toronto). 

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    John Alexander Douglas McCurdy

    John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, aviation pioneer (b at Baddeck, NS 2 Aug 1886; d at Montréal 25 June 1961). With F.W. BALDWIN and A.G. BELL he formed the Aerial Experiment Association to test the feasibility of powered

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    John Alexander Lowden

    John Alexander Lowden, "Sandy," pediatrician (b at Toronto 21 Feb 1933). After graduating in medicine from U of T in 1957, Lowden studied for his doctorate at the Montréal Neurological Inst.

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