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MIT decides Avril Lavigne most famous Canadian

  • By: Michael Miles
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Researchers at MIT have compiled a list of the top ten most famous Canadians of all time.

The study used data on Canadians from 4000 B.C. to 2010 who had a Wikipedia entry in over 25 languages.

The list:
  1. Avril Lavigne
  2. Jim Carrey
  3. Justin Bieber
  4. Celine Dion
  5. Pamela Anderson
  6. Leonard Cohen
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Bryan Adams
  9. Frank Gehry
  10. Nelly Furtado

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