Our Most Popular Biographies
GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY
SCOTT, THOMAS (d. 1870)
BROCK, Sir ISAAC
DUPLESSIS, MAURICE LE NOBLET
HALL, WILLIAM (1829-1904)
JOHNSON, EMILY PAULINE
PAPINEAU, LOUIS-JOSEPH
MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER
HEARNE, SAMUEL
RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
DONNACONA
MURRAY, JAMES
PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES
FLEMING, Sir SANDFORD
DUMONT, GABRIEL
MOLSON, JOHN (1763-1836)
MEMBERTOU (baptized Henri)
BENNETT, RICHARD BEDFORD, 1st Viscount BENNETT
GAULTIER DE VARENNES ET DE LA VÉRENDRYE, PIERRE
TILLEY, Sir SAMUEL LEONARD
BETHUNE, HENRY NORMAN
English
French
To view the 100 biographies most frequently read in English or in French, click on the language of your choice
Welcome
Welcome to the online version of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada (DCB/DBC)! Show More
New and Updated Biographies
New Biography FROUDE (FROUD), JOHN WILLIAM
Updated Biography ROUER DE VILLERAY, LOUIS
New Biography BENGLE, MARIE-AVELINE, named Sainte-Anne-Marie
Updated Biography RICHARD dit Lafleur, GUILLAUME (Sieur de La Fleur)
New Biography PLUMMER, JAMES HENRY
Updated Biography ROLET (Rollet), MARIE (Dufeu; Hébert; Hubou)
New Biography MARCHAND, JEAN-OMER (baptized Arthur-Omer; John Omer, J. O. Marchand)
Updated Biography CHABOILLEZ, CHARLES-JEAN-BAPTISTE (Charles)
New Biography SHORT, HARRY BERNARD