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Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

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Douglas Abbott Douglas Charles Abbott, (May 29, 1899 – March 15, 1987) was a Canadian Member of Parliament, federal Cabinet Minister, and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Abbott's appointment directly from the Cabinet of Canada as Finance Minister to ...

* George Oscar Alcorn *

Maurice Allard Maurice Allard (January 2, 1922 – September 14, 1988) was a Canadian politician, as well as a law professor and a lawyer. He was elected in 1958 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party representing the riding of Sherbrooke. He ran a ...

Edmund Tobin Asselin Edmund Tobin Asselin (September 26, 1920 – March 24, 1999) was a Canadian politician, administrator and businessman. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 election as a Member of the Liberal Party representing the riding ...

Patrick Tobin Asselin Joseph Patrick Tobin Asselin (March 29, 1930 – August 31, 2005), known as Patrick Tobin Asselin, was a Canadian politician. A Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of C ...

Josée Auclair Josée Auclair (born May 20, 1962 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian explorer. She lives with her husband Richard Weber (explorer), Richard Weber and their two sons, Tessum and Nansen, in the Outaouais (region), Outaouais region of Quebec, Cana ...

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John Bassett John White Hughes Bassett, (August 25, 1915 – April 27, 1998) was a Canadian media proprietor. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was the son of John Bassett (1886–1958), publisher of the ''Montreal Gazette'', and Marion Avery (née Wright). ...

, started his career as

media baron A media proprietor, media mogul or media tycoon refers to a entrepreneur who controls, through personal ownership or via a dominant position in any media-related company or enterprise, media consumed by many individuals. Those with significant co ...

as co-owner of the ''Sherbrooke Record'' *

Matt Beaudoin Mathieu Beaudoin (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing who played predominantly in the American Hockey League (AHL). On July 3, 2010 Beaudoin was signed as a free agent to a one-year contract by the NHL's ...

Philippe Beaudry Philippe Beaudry (born March 16, 1987) is a Canadian Olympic sabre fencer, twice Pan American champion and eleven-time national champion, both at the junior and senior levels. Career Beaudry's father Paul was a top-level fencer, who qualified t ...

Éric Bélanger Éric Bélanger (born December 16, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played the majority of his professional career as a centre in the National Hockey League (NHL), representing the Los Angeles Kings, Carolina Hurrican ...

, NHL hockey player for the

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...

* Claude Bertrand *

Conrad Black Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born 25 August 1944), is a Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher, businessman, and writer. His father was businessman George Montegu Black II, who had significant holdings in Canadi ...

, started his career as

as co-owner of the ''Sherbrooke Record'' *

Steven Blaney Steven Blaney (born April 8, 1965) is a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician. He served as the Minister of Public Safety Canada (July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015) and previously as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister o ...

* Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu *

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Joseph-Armand Bombardier (; April 16, 1907 – February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman who was the founder of Bombardier. His most famous invention was the snowmobile. Biography Born in Valcourt, Quebec, Joseph-Armand Bombar ...

hailed from the Sherbrooke area. * François Bouchard *

Pierre-Marc Bouchard Pierre-Marc Bouchard (born April 27, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Bouchard played his junior hockey with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and is the older brother of Austr ...

, NHL hockey player for the

Minnesota Wild The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Wild competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference and play their home games at the Xcel Ener ...

Benoît Boulanger Benoît Boulanger (born September 12, 1985) is a former professional Canadian football fullback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Alouettes in the fifth round of the 2009 CFL Draft. He played CIS foo ...

John Samuel Bourque John Samuel Bourque (September 8, 1894 – March 5, 1974) was a Quebec politician, Cabinet Minister, military member and businessman. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sherbrooke for 25 years. Born in Sherbr ...

Kim Boutin Kim Boutin (; born December 16, 1994) is a Canadian short track speed skater. Boutin won silver in the 1,000 m and bronze in the 500 m and 1,500 m events at the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeonchang, Korea. She was the first Canadia ...

* Robert A. Boyd *

Stéphane Brochu Stéphane Brochu (born August 15, 1967) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. Biography Brochu was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1979 and 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hock ...

Edward Towle Brooks Edward Towle Brooks, (July 6, 1830 – August 5, 1897) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and political figure. He represented Town of Sherbrooke in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1882 as a Conservative member. He was born in Lenn ...

* Samuel Brooks *

Alexis Bwenge Alexis Bwenge (born October 19, 1981) is a former fullback. He most recently played for the Canadian Football League's BC Lions. Bwenge was drafted by the Lions (1st round, 8th overall) in the 2005 CFL Draft. Bwenge first signed with the Lions i ...

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Serge Cardin Serge Cardin (born July 2, 1950) is a Quebec politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Sherbrooke electoral district from 2012 to 2014, and was formerly a Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for th ...

, former

Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que ...

MP for

Jacques Chapdelaine Jacques Chapdelaine (born August 24, 1961) is a Canadian football coach and former professional slotback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He most recently served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Toronto Argonauts of ...

Jean Charest John James "Jean" Charest (; born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012 and the fifth deputy prime minister of Canada in 1993. Charest was elected to the House of ...

, federal cabinet minister,

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...

and Progressive Conservative Party leader;

Quebec Liberal Party The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; french: Parti libéral du Québec, PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has always been associated with the colour red; e ...

leader and

Premier of Quebec The premier of Quebec ( French: ''premier ministre du Québec'' (masculine) or ''première ministre du Québec'' (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current premier of Quebec is François Legault of the ...

* Dan Chicoine *

Joseph-Armand Choquette Joseph-Armand Choquette (July 24, 1905 – April 6, 1999) was a farmer and politician. He was the first Member of Parliament to have been elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the Bloc populaire canadien and was also the la ...

Jim Corcoran James Ashley Corcoran (born 10 February 1949 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and former broadcaster. Biography Jim Corcoran was born in Sherbrooke, but went to high school and obtained his B.A. in Boston, Massachusetts ...

, singer-songwriter *

Marc-André Craig Marc-André Craig (born October 21, 1982) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, 2004 Finlandia Trophy bronze medallist, and 2005 Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medallist. He placed fourth at the ...

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* Sylvie Daigle * Éric Dandenault *

Mathieu Dandenault Mathieu Alexandre Dandenault (born February 3, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of the 1997, 1998, a ...

, former NHL ice hockey player for the

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...

and

Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...

* Robert Davidson *

Delaf Delaf (the pen name of Marc Delafontaine, born October 9, 1973, in Sherbrooke, Quebec), is a '' Québécois'' comics creator and illustrator, notable for his work in ''The Bellybuttons'' (''Les Nombrils''), a comics feature that he co-created wit ...

Jayson Dénommée Jayson Dénommée (born March 31, 1977, in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is the 1998 Ondrej Nepela Memorial silver medalist, 1999 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and 2001 Canadian national silver medalis ...

Sonia Denoncourt Sonia Denoncourt (born June 25, 1964) is a retired soccer referee from Canada. She worked for FIFA as head of women's referee development, Director of Refereeing at Concacaf and currently work as the North America Academy Director at You Are The R ...

* Paul Desruisseaux *

Pierre DesRuisseaux Pierre DesRuisseaux (7 July 1945 – 18 January 2016) was a Canadian poet. He was named the fourth Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate on April 28, 2009. DesRuisseaux graduated with a degree in philosophy from the Université de Montréal. DesRu ...

Rita Dionne-Marsolais Rita Dionne-Marsolais (born April 20, 1947) is a former Quebec politician and economist. She was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Rosemont in the Montreal region and represented the Parti Québécois from 1994 to 2008 ...

* Christian Dubé, ice hockey player for

SC Bern Schlittschuh Club Bern (''Ice-skating Club Bern'' in English language, English) is an ice hockey team based in Bern, Switzerland. They play in the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. ...

* Gilles Dubé * Norm Dubé *

Pierre-Luc Dusseault Pierre-Luc Dusseault (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election at the age of 19, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament in the country's history. He was swor ...

, former

NDP NDP may stand for: Computing * Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol * Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP * Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language Government * National ...

MP for Sherbrooke (2011-2019); youngest MP in Canadian history

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* William Henry Pferinger Elkins, commandant of the

Royal Military College of Canada '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...

(1930-1935); commander of Atlantic Command (1940-1943)

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* Carole Facal *

Reginald Fessenden Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-born inventor, who did a majority of his work in the United States and also claimed U.S. citizenship through his American-born father. During his life he received hundre ...

* Yves Forest *

Northrop Frye Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. Frye gained international fame with his first book, '' Fearful Symmet ...

, literary critic

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* Garou, singer * André Gaudette * Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu *

Marc Gervais Marc Gervais, S.J., (December 3, 1929 – March 25, 2012) was a Canadian Jesuit priest, film scholar, writer, and film consultant. Biography Early life Gervais was the second child of Césaire Gervais, a Superior Court judge, and his wife, Syl ...

, Jesuit and film professor * Paul Mullins Gervais * Sam Giguère *

Maurice Gingues Maurice Gingues (8 November 1903 – 27 August 1960) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec and became a knitter, a merchant and a real estate businessman. He was first elected at the S ...

* Susan Goyette

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* Archibald C. Hart * Bill Heindl Jr. *

I. F. Hellmuth Isidore Frederick (I.F.) Hellmuth (1854–1944) was the first champion of what became the Canadian National Tennis Championship, now known as the Canadian Open or the Rogers Cup (tennis), Rogers Cup. He was also a three-time runner-up as well as ...

William Heneker General Sir William Charles Giffard Heneker, (22 August 1867 – 24 May 1939) was a Canadian soldier who served with the British Army in West Africa, India, and then later on the Western Front during the First World War. A notable military str ...

, commander of the 8th Infantry Division in the First World War

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Guy Jodoin Guy Jodoin (born 1966 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Quebec comedian. He is best known as Capitaine Charles Patenaude in ''Dans une galaxie près de chez vous'' and ''Sucré Salé''. In 2020 he appeared in '' Escouade 99'', the Quebec television ad ...

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Yousuf Karsh Yousuf Karsh, FRPS (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was a Canadian-Armenian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. An Armenian ...

, photographer

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Jean-François Labbé Jean-François Labbé (born June 15, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 15 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and the Columbus Blue Jackets between 2000 and 2003. Playing career As a ...

Sarah Lassez Sarah Lassez is a French-American-Canadian actress and author. She was born in Canada to French parents and raised in Australia. At the age of 14, she moved to New York City and currently lives in Los Angeles. Sarah Lassez is best known for h ...

Diane Lemieux Diane Lemieux (born September 22, 1961) is a politician, feminist and Quebec administrator. Her early activist experiences involved advocating for women's rights, first for sexual assault victims, then in her role as president of the Conseil d ...

* Francis Lemieux * André Lussier

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* Olivier Magnan * Annie Martin *

Allan McIver Joseph Allan McIver (17 January 1904 – 15 June 1969) was a Canadian composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor. As a pianist he performed with orchestras in the Quebec region in his early career and was the longtime accompanist and arrang ...

Gord McRae Gordon Alexander McRae (born April 12, 1948) is a Canadian retired professional hockey goaltender. He played in 71 regular season and 8 playoff games for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1972 to 1978. Playing career Aft ...

* Jean-Luc Mongrain *

Sean Patrick Maloney Sean Patrick Maloney (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative from from 2013 to 2023. The district includes Newburgh (city), New York, Newburgh, Beacon, New York, Beacon, and Poughkeepsie, ...

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Frédéric Niemeyer Frédéric Niemeyer (born April 24, 1976) is a Canadian retired, professional tennis player and current tennis coach at Tennis Canada. Career Niemeyer reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 22 March 2004. He a ...

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Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet Joseph Gilles Napoléon Ouellet (August 14, 1922 – August 13, 2009) was the Canadian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rimouski in Rimouski, Quebec, from his appointment on April 27, 1973, until his retirement Retirement is ...

Guy Ouellette Guy Ouellette (born December 13, 1951) is a Quebec politician from Canada, police officer and author. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Chomedey (electoral district), Chomedey in Laval, Quebec, Laval. Elect ...

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Pascal-Pierre Paillé Pascal-Pierre Paillé (born May 30, 1978) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Louis-Hébert in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Bloc Québécois. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebe ...

Marc Parenteau Marc Parenteau (born December 4, 1980 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) was a professional Canadian football offensive lineman who last played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted 36th overall by the Ottawa Renegades ...

Donald Patriquin Donald Patriquin (born October 21, 1938 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian composer, organist, and choral conductor. Known internationally for choral and instrumental arrangements of folk music, Patriquin was a member of the Faculty of Music of Mc ...

Yanic Perreault Yanic Jacques Perreault (born April 4, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League. Playing career As a youth, he played in the 1983 and 1984 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hock ...

, former NHL ice hockey player *

David Perron David Perron (born May 28, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Perron played his junior hockey for the Lewiston Maineiacs of the ...

, NHL hockey player for the

*Michael L. Phelan * Jacinthe Pineau * Gerry Plamondon *

Arch Presby George Archibald Presby (August 27, 1907 – January 22, 2007) was a Canadian-born, American radio and television announcer. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Presby began his announcing career at CFDC in Vancouver in 1925, and remained with the stati ...

* David Price

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* Bobby Rivard * Stéphane Robidas, NHL hockey player for the

Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and were founde ...

* Alfred Rouleau *

Claude Ruel Claude Ruel (September 12, 1938 – February 9, 2015) was a professional ice hockey Coach (ice hockey), coach for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ruel grew up playing hockey in Sherbrooke. He was considered to be ...

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Harry Saltzman Herschel Saltzman (; – ), known as Harry Saltzman, was a Canadian theatre and film producer. He is best remembered for co-producing the first nine of the ''James Bond'' film series with Albert R. Broccoli. He lived most of his life in Denh ...

, film producer * Eric Saucke-Lacelle *

Christian Savoie Christian Savoie (born 25 March 1976) is a leading Canadian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition on multiple occasions. Biography Christian was born in Quebec, known as the "cradle of strongmen", and resides ...

, winner of

Canada's Strongest Man Strength athletics in Canada refers to the various strongman (strength athlete) events throughout Canada and its provinces in the sport of trength athleticsin association with the World's Strongest Man. The roots of strongman in Canada go back lo ...

; entrant to the

World's Strongest Man The World's Strongest Man is an international Strongman competition held every year. Organized by American event management company IMG, a subsidiary of Endeavor, it is broadcast in the US during summers and in the UK around the end of Decembe ...

competition * Reed Scowen * Hollis Smith *

Ralph M. Steinman Ralph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher at Rockefeller University, who in 1973 discovered and named dendritic cells while working as a postdoctoral fellow in the labora ...

, immunologist, 2011

Nobel Prize in Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, according ...

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Guy Tousignant Major-General Guy Claude Tousignant, (born 1941) is a retired senior officer of the Canadian Army. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Tousignant received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1962. He was commissioned with th ...

Maryse Turcotte Maryse Turcotte (born February 23, 1975 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a retired female Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter from Canada, who competed twice for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. A two-time gold medallist at the ...

Mathieu Turcotte Mathieu Turcotte (born February 8, 1977) is a Canadian former short track speed skater. He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Turcotte rose to fame within Canada upon winning the bronze in the men's 1000 m in the short trac ...

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Sarah Vaillancourt Sarah Marie Vaillancourt (born May 8, 1985) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canada women's national team and a member of Montreal Stars (CWHL). 2-time Olympic Gold Medallist / World Championships Gold / 4-time Wo ...

Vincent Vallières Vincent Vallières (born August 8, 1978) is a Canadian singer from Sherbrooke. Career Vallières debut album, ''Trente Arpents'', was released in 1999, followed by ''Bordel Ambiant'' in 2001 . He became popular in Quebec in 2003 with the release ...

* Magdeleine Vallieres, 2001, racing cycliste

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Jimmy Waite James Dean Waite (born April 15, 1969) is a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender. He currently serves as the goaltending coach for the Chicago Blackhawks. Playing career Waite was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec. As a ...

* Stéphane Waite *

Norman Webster Norman Eric Webster (June 4, 1941 – November 19, 2021) was a Canadian journalist and an editor-in-chief of ''The Globe and Mail'' and ''The Gazette''. He was one of the three western journalists in the Chinese capital Beijing during the Cultu ...

Edson Warner Edson Warner (6 March 1930 – 20 August 2019) was a Canadian sports shooter. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He represented Canada at the World Shooting Championships in Oslo (1952), ...

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