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    Alfred Pellan

    Alfred Pellan, painter (born 16 May 1906 in Québec City, Québec; died 31 October 1988 in ​Laval). In the mid-1940s Pellan began illustrating poetry books and designed costumes and sets for the theatre. During this period he developed his mature style.

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    Alfred Rosé

    Alfred (Eduard Emmerich) Rosé, conductor, composer, pianist, music therapist (born 11 December 1902 in Vienna, naturalized Canadian 1955; died 7 May 1975 in London, Ont). His mother was Gustav Mahler's sister.

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    Alfred Strombergs

    Alfred Strombergs. Conductor, opera coach, pianist, teacher, b Liepaja, Latvia, 19 Feb 1922, naturalized Canadian 1954, d Toronto 22 Feb 2006; ARCT 1958, ARCCO 1960.

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    Alfred Sung

    He worked for a Seventh Avenue dress manufacturer, as assistant designer, before moving to Toronto in 1972. After a brief time as a junior designer and freelance artist, Sung opened Moon, a small boutique in Toronto's prestigious Yorkville shopping district.

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    Alfred Tardif

    (Georges) Alfred Tardif (Father Hilaire-Marie, Order of the Friars Minor). Organist, pianist, composer, b Laconia, NH, 7 Feb 1903, d Montreal 16 Mar 1978; lauréat piano (Montreal) 1929, lauréat organ (AMQ) 1934, D MUS (St Louis, Edmunston, NB) 1959.

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    Alfred Whitehead

    Alfred (Ernest) Whitehead. Composer, organist, choirmaster, teacher, b Peterborough, England, 10 Jul 1887, d Amherst, NS, 1 Apr 1974. 

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    Alfred Wicks

    Alfred Wicks, "Ben," cartoonist (b at London, Eng 1 Oct 1926; d at Toronto 10 Sept 2000). His caricatures weren't sophisticated, but his satire was trenchant. "Actually I am rotten at drawing," he cheerfully admitted.

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    Ali Pourfarrokh

    Ali Pourfarrokh, choreographer and ballet director (b at Kermanshah, Iran 27 Nov 1938). As artistic director of the Alberta Ballet Company from 1988 to 1998, he played a major role in giving the troupe a fresh image.

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    Alice Jones

    Alice Jones, writer (b at Halifax 26 Aug 1853; d at Menton, France 27 Feb 1933). Developing international themes and the "New Woman" figure in her novels, Jones counterpointed the superficiality of European life against the vitality of Canadian society and character.

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    Alice Munro

    Alice Munro (nee Laidlaw), short story writer (born 10 July 1931 in Wingham, Ontario; died 13 May 2024 in Port Hope, ON). Alice Munro is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in the English-speaking world. Renowned as one of the best short story authors of all time, she became the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 2013. She won three Governor-General’s Literary Awards, two Giller Prizes, three Trillium Book Awards and the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. She also received the Canada-Australia Literary Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Canada and the Caribbean), the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and three O. Henry Awards for continuing achievement in short fiction, among many other honours. In 2024, Munro’s youngest daughter revealed that she had been sexually assaulted as a child by Munro’s second husband and that Munro chose to stay with and protect him despite knowing about the abuse.

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    Alicia Birkett

    Alicia Birkett. Teacher, soprano, b England, d Consett, County Durham, England, 31 Oct 1965. 

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    Alison Calder

    Alison Calder, poet (born in London, England on 21 Dec 1969). 

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    Alison Pick

    Alison Pick, poet and novelist (born at Toronto, 1975). 

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    Alison Pill

    Alison Courtney Pill, actor (born 27 November 1985 in Toronto, ON). Alison Pill is a versatile character actor who shifts seamlessly between comedy, drama, horror and science fiction. She has worked extensively in theatre, film and television and received a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for her performance in Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the feature films Milk (2008), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Goon (2011) and its sequel, and the HBO drama The Newsroom (2012–14).

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    Alison Ruth Gordon

    Alison Ruth Gordon, novelist, journalist (b at New York, NY 19 Jan 1943). Educated at Queen's University, she worked for CBC radio and television and as a sportswriter for the Toronto Star.

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