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    David Douglas

    David Douglas, botanist (b at Scone near Perth, Scotland 25 July 1799; d in Hawaii 12 July 1834). Douglas became an apprentice gardener at age 11; at 20 he moved to the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, and at 23 became a collector for the Horticultural Society of London in North America.

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    David Eagle

    David (Malcolm) Eagle.

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    David Earle

    In 1968 he returned to Toronto and joined Peter RANDAZZO, formerly of the Martha Graham Dance Company, and fellow Torontonian, Patricia BEATTY, in co-founding the TORONTO DANCE THEATRE (TDT).

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    David Eby

    David Robert Patrick Eby, lawyer, BC MLA 2013–present, attorney general 2017–2022, premier of BC 2022–present (born 21 July 1976 in Kitchener, ON). David Eby has been a member of British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly for the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey since 2013. He has served as attorney general, minister responsible for liquor, gambling and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), and minister of Housing. Eby became the premier of BC in 2022 when he was acclaimed as leader of the BC NDP following the resignation of John Horgan. Eby and the NDP were re-elected with a narrow majority government in 2024. Known as a hard-working and ambitious policy reformer, Eby has reorganized the ICBC and combatted money laundering in the gaming, real estate and luxury vehicle sectors.

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    David Ernest Hornell

    David Ernest Hornell, VC, clerk, pilot (born 26 January 1910 in Toronto, Ontario; died 25 June 1944 at sea near the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean). During the Second World War, Hornell was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross (VC) for his heroic actions in sinking a German submarine and encouraging his crewmates after their plane was shot down. He was the first member of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to receive the VC.

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    David Essig

    David (Robertshaw) Essig. Guitarist, mandolinist, kayagum player, singer, composer, record producer, radio host, b Frederick, Md, 2 Dec 1945, naturalized Canadian 1978; BA (George Washington) 1967. He began playing the guitar at 16 in blues and bluegrass styles.

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    David Fennario

    David Fennario (David William Wiper), playwright, political candidate (born on 26 April 1947 in Montreal; died 16 September 2023). Focusing on working-class themes, his most notable piece is Balconville ― Canada’s first bilingual play.

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    David Fife

    David Fife, farmer, wheat breeder (born 1805 in Kincardine, Scotland; died 9 January 1877 near Peterborough, ON). Fife is recognized for introducing Red Fife wheat to Canada. This variety of wheat became the male parent of Marquis wheat.

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    David Fine and Alison Snowden

    Alison Snowden, animator, writer, voice actor, producer (b at Nottingham, UK 4 Apr 1958); David Fine, animator, writer, producer (b at Toronto 13 Sept 1960).

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    David Foster

    David Walter Foster, OC, OBC, record producer, composer, arranger, pianist (born 1 November 1949 in Victoria, BC). David Foster is one of the most commercially successful and influential pop music producers of all time. He has been called “the real king of pop,” the “master of bombastic pop kitsch” and “the Hit Man.” He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Chicago, Barbra Streisand, Natalie Cole, Céline Dion, Whitney Houston, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé, and for the successful charity single “Tears Are Not Enough.” He has produced such international No. 1 hits as “I Swear,” “The Glory of Love,” “The Power of Love,” “Un-break My Heart” and “I Will Always Love You.” Foster is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and the US Songwriters Hall of Fame. An Officer of the Order of Canada and a Member of the Order of British Columbia, he has won five Juno Awards and 16 Grammy Awards.

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    Françoise David

    Françoise David, CQ, community organizer, politician and feminist activist (born 13 January 1948 in Montreal, QC). Chair of the Fédération des femmes du Québec from 1994 to 2001, David was elected member of the National Assembly of Quebecin 2012 and was co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire from 2006 to 2017.

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    David French

    His first stage play, Leaving Home (1972), produced and directed by Bill GLASSCO at Toronto's TARRAGON THEATRE, portrayed with humour and powerful emotion the generational conflict and cultural alienation within a Toronto family of transplanted Newfoundlanders.

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    David Gardner

    David Gardner, actor, director, educator (born 4 May 1928 in Toronto, ON; died 8 February 2020 in Toronto). David Gardner was a theatre professional who brought a passion for Canadian drama to performance, education and political forums. He had a long and distinguished career as an actor, director, teacher and historian, and was a major player in the development of Canadian theatre. He played some 800 roles on stage, radio, film and television and directed for both stage and television. He taught at the University of Toronto and at York University. His work has been published widely in Canadian encyclopedias and journals.

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    David Gilmour

    David Gilmour, novelist, film critic, journalist (born at London, Ont 22 December 1949). David Gilmour grew up in Toronto, where he attended Upper Canada College. 

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    David Gordon Duke

    David (Gordon) Duke. Composer, educator, writer, b Vancouver 20 Aug 1950, B MUS (British Columbia) 1971, MA (North Carolina) 1973. He studied violin 1956-71 with Kenneth Yunke and Douglas Stewart and composition 1970-5 with Jean Coulthard.

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