This week's focus is on famous persons from Ontario, Canada. Per wikitree.com I am:

20 degrees from Mary Pickford
16 degrees from John Candy
20 degrees from Hume Cronyn
20 degrees from Robertson Davies
25 degrees from Max Ferguson
29 degrees from Frank Gehry
18 degrees from Tim Horton
23 degrees from Ferguson Jenkins
22 degrees from Guy Lombardo
24 degrees from Abram Shadd
18 degrees from Emily Stowe
18 degrees from Alex Trebek

More about them:

Mary Pickford, motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and
one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

John Candy, comedic actor known for roles like Uncle Buck.

Hume Cronyn, stage and screen actor who often appeared professionally alongside
Jessica Tandy, his wife of over fifty years.

Robertson Davies, considered one of Canada's most influential authors. His work has
been translated into seventeen languages.

Max Ferguson, English-born Canadian radio personality and satirist, best known for his
long-running programs "Rawhide" and "The Max Ferguson Show."

Frank Gehry, architect and designer.

Tim Horton, professional ice hockey defenseman and founder of iconic Canadian coffee
and donut chain.

Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitching legend and the first Canadian-born player inducted
into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Guy Lombardo, bandleader, violinist and hydroplane racer.

Abraham Shadd, abolitionist and civil rights activist who became one of Canada's first
Black elected officials.

Emily Stowe, physician and suffragist who led campaigns to provide women access to
medical schools and other professional education.

Alex Trebek, game show host best remembered for "Jeopardy!"

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, Indian chiefs, pro
hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets,
popes, writers, WW I heroes. I guess that I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

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