Editing Lists of Canadians (section)

==Military figures==
{{Further|List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients}}
[[File:BillyBishop.jpg|thumb|[[Billy Bishop]]]]
[[File:JohnMcCraeportrait.jpg|thumb|[[John McCrae]]]]
* General [[Maurice Baril]] <small>[[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|OMM]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]</small> (born 1943) – military advisor to the [[United Nations Secretary-General]], head of the Military Division of the [[Department of Peacekeeping Operations]] of the [[United Nations]], and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]
* [[Gustave Biéler]] <small>[[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small> (1904–1944) – [[Special Operations Executive]] agent, executed by the Nazis
* [[Louis-Nicolas-Emmanuel de Bigault d'Aubreville]] – head of the nightwatch in Montreal 
* Air Commodore [[Leonard Birchall]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CM]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] [[Order of Ontario|OOnt]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] DMSc (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (1915–2004) – war hero
* Air Marshall [[Billy Bishop]] <small>[[Victoria Cross|VC]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO*]] [[Military Cross|MC]] [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] [[Canadian Efficiency Decoration|ED]]</small> (1894–1956) (commonly known as Billy Bishop) –World War I flying ace
* Brigadier-General [[Jean Boyle]] <small>[[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]</small> (born 1947) – fighter pilot, and businessman
* Major General Sir [[Isaac Brock]] <small>[[Order of the Bath|KB]]</small> (1769–1812) – [[War of 1812]] general
* Captain [[Roy Brown (pilot)|Roy Brown]] <small>[[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC*]] [[Royal Naval Air Service|RNAS]]</small> (1893–1944) – [[World War I]] [[fighter pilot]] officially credited with shooting down the [[Red Baron]]
* Colonel [[Lawrence Moore Cosgrave]] <small>[[Distinguished Service Order|DSO*]]</small> (1890–1971) – Canadian signatory to the [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender]]
* General [[Harry Crerar]] <small>[[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1888–1965) – "leading field commander" in [[World War II]]
* Lieutenant-General Sir [[Arthur Currie]] <small>[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]] [[Order of Saint Michael and Saint George|GCMG]]</small> (1875–1933) – first Canadian commander of the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]]
* Lieutenant-General [[Roméo Dallaire]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]] [[National Order of Quebec|GOQ]] [[Meritorious Service Decoration (Canada)|MSC]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Doctor of Science|ScDHum]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Doctor of Humane Letters|DHL]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (born 1946) – UN peacekeeping General, attempted to prevent the [[Rwandan genocide]]
* [[Guy D'Artois]] <small>[[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[George Medal|GM]]</small> (1917–1999) – SOE agent, recipient of the ''Croix de Guerre''
* General [[John de Chastelain]] <small>[[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] [[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Doctor of Science|ScDMil]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford|FLMH]]</small> (born 1937) – head of the [[Independent International Commission on Decommissioning]]
* [[Peter Dmytruk]] (1920–1943) – WWII Flight Sergeant and member of the [[French Resistance]]
* Brigadier-General [[Charles Drury|Dury, Charles]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]</small> (1912–1991) – soldier, businessman, and politician
* [[John Weir Foote]] <small>[[Victoria Cross|VC]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]</small> (1904–1988) – military chaplain, Ontario cabinet minister, and recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]
* Captain [[Nichola Goddard]] <small>[[Meritorious Service Medal (Canada)|MSM]]</small> (1980–2006) – first female Canadian soldier killed in combat
* [[William Hall (VC)|William Hall]] <small>[[Victoria Cross|VC]]</small> (1827–1904) – first Nova Scotian recipient of the Victoria Cross
* [[John Kenneth Macalister]] (1914–1944) – [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, executed by the Nazis
* Vice-Admiral [[Bruce MacLean]] CMM, CD – Chief of the Maritime Staff 2004–2006
* Captain [[Simon Mailloux]] (born 1983) – first Canadian soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission; recipient of the [[Sacrifice Medal]]
* Lieutenant Colonel [[John McCrae]] (1872–1918) – soldier, poet, author of ''[[In Flanders' Fields]]''
* [[Alan Arnett McLeod]] <small>[[Victoria Cross|VC]]</small> (1899–1918) – fighter pilot, youngest Canadian-born winner of the [[Victoria Cross]]
* General [[Andrew McNaughton]] <small>[[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Order of Saint Michael and Saint George|CMG]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1887–1966) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II
* Lieutenant Colonel [[Theodore Meighen]] (1905–1979) – lawyer and philanthropist
* Lieutenant Colonel [[Charles Merritt]] <small>[[Victoria Cross|VC]]</small> (1908–2000) – recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Major General [[Sydney Chilton Mewburn]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1863–1956) – lawyer and politician, Minister of Militia and Defence
* [[Jerri Mumford|Minnie "Jerri" Mumford]] (1909–2002) – serving member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) during World War II
* Rear Admiral [[Leonard W. Murray]] (1896–1971) – Commander-in-Chief of the [[Canadian Northwest Atlantic]] during [[World War II]]
* [[Henry Norwest]] <small>[[Military Medal|MM & Bar]]</small> (1884–1918) – sniper in [[World War I]]
* Lieutenant-Colonel [[George Pearkes]] <small>[[Victoria Cross|VC]] [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Military Cross|MC]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]</small> (1888–1984) – recipient of the Victoria Cross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
* [[Francis Pegahmagabow]] <small>[[Military Medal|MM**]]</small> (1891–1952) – the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of [[World War I]]
* [[Frank Pickersgill]] (1915–1944) – [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, executed by the Nazis
* Rear Admiral [[Desmond Piers]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CM]] [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] [[Doctor of Science|ScDMil]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (1913–2005) – war hero
* [[George Lawrence Price]] (1898–1918) – last soldier killed in [[World War I]]
* [[Tommy Prince]] <small>[[Military Medal|MM]]</small> (1915–1977) – one of [[Canada]]'s most decorated soldiers, member of the [[First Special Service Force|Devil's Brigade]]
* [[James Ralston]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1881–1948) – Co-Minister of Defence during [[World War II]]
* [[Thomas Ricketts (VC)|Thomas Ricketts]] <small>[[Victoria Cross|VC]]</small> (1901–1967) – recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] (Newfoundlander at the time of his award)
* [[Harold A. Rogers]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]</small> (1889–1994) – founder of Kin Canada
* [[Roméo Sabourin]] (1923–1944) – [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agent, executed by the Nazis
* General [[Guy Simonds]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]</small> (1903–1974) – commander of the [[II Canadian Corps]]
* [[Ernest Smith]] (1914–2005) – [[Victoria Cross|VC]], [[Order of Canada|CM]], [[Order of British Columbia|OBC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], Seaforth Highlander Private/ Sergeant, the last living Canadian recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], awarded for gallantry in actions at the River Savio, Northern Italy 1944
* [[Sam Steele]] <small>[[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] [[Royal Victorian Order|MVO]]</small> (1851–1919) – member of the [[North-West Mounted Police]], commander of Yukon detachment
* [[William Stephenson]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Military Cross|MC]] [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]]</small> (1897–1989) (codename: ''Intrepid'') – senior representative of British intelligence for the Western Hemisphere in [[World War II]]
* Lieutenant-General [[Kenneth Stuart]] <small>[[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Military Cross|MC]]</small> (1891–1945) – Chief of the General Staff 1941–1943, educator
* [[Tecumseh]] (1768–1813) – Leader of First Nations British Allies, War of 1812, died defeating American invasion
* Rear Admiral [[Robert Timbrell]] <small>[[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]] [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]</small> (1920–2006) – first Canadian to be decorated with the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]]
* General [[Christopher Vokes]] <small>[[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]</small> (1904–1985) – General Officer commanding the Canadian Army Occupation Force in Europe
* Brigadier Sir [[Edward Oliver Wheeler]] (1890–1962) – Corps of Royal Engineers surveyor
* General [[Ramsey Muir Withers]] <small>[[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (1930–2014) – Chief of the Defense Staff
* Sir [[James Lucas Yeo]] (1782–1818) – commander of Royal Navy forces in Canada during the War of 1812