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    Donald William Cameron

    Donald William Cameron, politician, premier of Nova Scotia (b at Egerton, NS 20 May 1946). After graduating from McGill, Cameron operated a dairy farm in Pictou County.

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    Donalda James Dickie

    Donalda James Dickie, educator, author (b at Hespeler, Ont 5 Oct 1883; d at Haney, BC 1972). Educated at Queen's, Columbia, Oxford and Toronto, Dickie was influential in Alberta education as a NORMAL SCHOOL instructor, curriculum reviser and textbook author.

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    Donato Paduano

    ​Donato Paduano (born 28 November 1948 in Ripabottoni, Campobasso, Italy). After competing in the 1968 Olympic Summer Games, Donato Paduano pursued a professional boxing career.

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    Donegani & Delvecchio

    The first professional so-called French theatre troupe that came from outside to settle in the province of Québec consisted, in fact, of 2 Italians, Jean Donegani from Moltrazio in Lombardy, and Thomas Delvecchio from Lake Como.

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    Donn Kushner

    Although he published one collection of short fiction for adults, The Witness and Other Stories (1981), he secured his literary reputation as a children's writer. In 1981 The Violin Maker's Gift won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award.

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    Donna Brown

    Donna Brown. Soprano, b Renfrew, Ont, 15 Feb 1955. Donna Brown studied voice, piano and composition privately in Ottawa, and at McGill University in Montreal, before pursuing further studies with Noémie Perugia in Paris.

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    Donna Grescoe

    Donna Grescoe, violinist, teacher (born 17 November 1927 in Winnipeg, MB; died 17 August 2012 in Richmond, BC). 

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    Donna Morrissey

    Donna Morrissey, novelist, scriptwriter (b at The Beaches, Nfld 13 January 1956). Donna Morrissey was born in The Beaches, an outport community on the northwest coast of NEWFOUNDLAND.

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    Donna Strickland

    Donna Theo Strickland, CC, physicist (born 27 May 1959 in Guelph, ON). Donna Strickland is a pioneering physicist, known for her work on ultrafast lasers. She is currently a professor of physics at the University of Waterloo. She has authored more than 90 publications and has made seminal contributions to the field of laser technology. In 2018, Strickland was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work on the development of laser technology.

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    Donnacona

    Donnacona, leader (died ca. 1539 in France). Donnacona was the St. Lawrence Iroquoian leader of the village of Stadacona, near present-day Quebec City. He was leader during Jacques Cartier's voyages of 1534–36.

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    Donovan Bailey

    Donovan Anthony Bailey, OC, O.Ont., track and field sprinter (born 16 December 1967 in Manchester Parish, Jamaica). Donovan Bailey won the gold medal for Canada in the men’s 100 m at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games, setting a world record with a time of 9.84 seconds. He later won a second Olympic gold medal when he led Team Canada to a first-place finish in the men’s 4x100 m relay. During his athletic career, he also won four medals (three gold and one silver) at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships. He has been inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.

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    Donovan Tildesley

    Donovan Tildesley, Paralympic swimmer, corporate consultant (born 24 July 1984 in Vancouver, BC). Donovan Tildesley is a five-time Paralympic Games medallist and a seven-time medallist at the International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships. He competed in the S11 classification for athletes with a visual impairment and set three world records in that category. At the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, Tildesley was Canada’s flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. He has since become a corporate accessibility consultant. He was inducted into the BC Swim Hall of Fame in 2021.

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    Dora de Pédery-Hunt

    Dora De Pédery-Hunt, sculptor (b at Budapest, Hungary 16 Nov 1913, d at Toronto 29 Sept 2008). Dora de Pédery-Hunt completed her studies in sculpture and design in Budapest in 1943 and immigrated to Canada in 1948.

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    Dora Mavor Moore

    Dora Mavor Moore, actress, teacher (b at Glasgow, Scot 8 Apr 1888; d at Toronto 15 May 1979). After studying elocution at Toronto's Margaret Eaton School of Expression, she became the first Canadian to graduate from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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    Doreen Hall

    Doreen (Foy) Hall. Educator, violinist, b Warrenpoint, County Down, Ireland, 24 May 1921; LRCM 1954, Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1954, FRCMT 1997. Raised in Listowel, near Kitchener, Ont, she studied violin with her father, W.G.

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