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    Jon Washburn

    Jon Spencer Washburn, conductor, composer, arranger, teacher (b at Rochelle, Ill 4 Jul 1942).

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    Jon Washburn

    Jon (Spencer) Washburn. Choir conductor, viola da gambist, composer, b Rochelle, Ill, 4 Jul 1942; B SC music education (Illinois) 1965. Jon Washburn studied conducting at the University of Illinois and musicology at Northwestern University and the University of British Columbia.

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    Jonathan Belcher

    Jonathan Belcher, lawyer, chief justice, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia (b at Boston, Mass 23 July 1710; d at Halifax 30 Mar 1776).

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    Jonathan Crombie

    ​Jonathan Crombie, actor (born 12 October 1966 in Toronto, ON; died 15 April 2015 in New York, New York).

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    Jonathan Crow

    Jonathan (Douglas) Crow. Violinist, teacher, b Prince George, BC, 19 Oct 1977; B MUS Hons Performance (McGill) 1998. Jonathan Crow began violin with the Suzuki method at age six and continued his studies at the Prince George Music School.

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    Jonathan David

    Jonathan Christian David, soccer player (born 14 January 2000 in Brooklyn, New York). Jonathan David is a centre-forward who currently plays for Juventus in Italy’s Serie A. In 2021, he helped lead France’s Lille to a Ligue 1 title. David holds the Canadian record for the most international goals scored in men’s soccer with 39. He was named the Canada Soccer Player of the Year in 2019, 2024 and 2025 as well as the CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year in 2025. He is expected to be a major part of the Canadian National Soccer Team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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    Jonathan Goforth

    Jonathan Goforth, Presbyterian missionary (b at Thorndale, Canada W 10 Feb 1859; d at Wallaceburg, Ont 8 Oct 1936). Inspired by G.L. MACKAY's work in Formosa [Taiwan], Goforth left farming to study at Knox College, University of Toronto, graduating in 1886.

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    Jonathan Goldsmith

    Jonathan Goldsmith, film and television composer, musician, arranger, music producer. Jonathan Goldsmith is best known as a prolific and versatile composer of film and television scores. He began his career in the early 1980s and has composed music for over 100 productions, working extensively with such directors as Sturla Gunnarsson and Sarah Polley. Goldsmith has won four Gemini Awards, four Canadian Screen Awards and a BAFTA Award. He is also a Juno-nominated music producer who has produced albums for Bruce Cockburn, Jane Siberry and Sara Slean, among others.

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    Jonathan McCully

    Jonathan McCully, senator, politician, journalist, lawyer, teacher (born 25 July 1809 in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia; died 2 January 1877 in Halifax, NS).

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    Jonathan Odell

    Jonathan Odell, doctor, clergyman, Loyalist, spy, poet, politician (born 25 September 1737 in Newark, NJ; died 25 November 1818 in Fredericton, NB). Odell was the first provincial secretary of New Brunswick (1784–1812). He was designated a National Historic Person in 1959.

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    Jonathan Pedneault

    Jonathan Pedneault, co-leader of the Green Party of Canada (2025–present), human rights activist, reporter, filmmaker (born 19 April 1990 in Longueuil, QC). Politically active from a young age, Jonathan Pedneault has reported on some of the world’s most violent conflicts. A documentary filmmaker, he covered the Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt and Libya. He also worked with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch before becoming deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada in 2022. He left politics for health reasons in 2024 but returned in 2025, when he and Elizabeth May were elected Green Party co-leaders. Pedneault was the first openly gay leader of a federal political party in Canada. He resigned as Green Party co-leader on 30 April 2025.

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    Jonathan (Jon) Riley Montgomery

    Jonathan (Jon) Montgomery, skeleton racer (b at Russell, Man 6 May 1979). Jon Montgomery is an Olympic gold medal winning skeleton racer. 

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    Jonathan Snyder

    Jonathan Sutherland Snyder, SMV, soldier (born 20 December 1981 in Penticton, BC; died 7 June 2008 in Zhari District, Afghanistan). Jonathan Snyder was an officer of 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (1PPCLI) who served in Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates. He received the Star of Military Valour for his bravery during a firefight on 4 June 2008 but died tragically a few days later in an irrigation well in Kandahar Province.

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    Jonathan Torrens

    Jonathan Ormond Torrens, actor, writer, producer, television host, podcaster (born 2 October 1972 in Charlottetown, PEI). Jonathan Torrens’ career began in the 1980s when he was a teenager. He has appeared on several groundbreaking Canadian television programs, including Street Cents (a consumer affairs program aimed at kids), Jonovision (a talk show for teens that included sketch comedy) and Trailer Park Boys (one of the first mainstream mockumentary sitcoms). Torrens is known for his sunny disposition and self-deprecating sense of humour. He has won two Gemini Awards, an ACTRA Award and a Canadian Screen Award and has had memorable roles in such Canadian sitcoms as Mr. D., Letterkenny and Shoresy.

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    Joni Mitchell

    Joni Mitchell, singer, songwriter, guitarist, painter (b at Fort Macleod, Alta 7 Nov 1943). Born Roberta Joan Anderson, Joni Mitchell, as she later called herself, gravitated towards music from an early age.

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