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Raoul Vennat

Raoul Vennat. Music dealer, flutist, b Clairac, France, 14 May 1869, d Montreal 1 Oct 1962. A Montreal resident after 1903, he established a music store which specialized in French music.
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Raphaëlle de Groot

Raphaëlle de Groot, artist (born 21 October 1974 in Montréal, Québec).
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Rawi Hage

Rawi Hage, novelist, photographer (b Beirut, Lebanon 1964). As a young man growing up in Beirut and Cyprus during the years of the Lebanese civil war, Rawi Hage experienced life in a war zone directly.
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Rawlins Cross

Rawlins Cross. Celtic-rock band formed in St. John's, NL, in 1988 with Ian McKinnon (highland pipes, whistles), Dave Panting (guitar, mandolin), and Geoff Panting (accordion, keyboard).
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Ray Edwin Powell

Ray Edwin Powell, "Rep," business executive (b at Table Grove, Ill 7 Dec 1887; d at Montréal 9 Nov 1973). Educated at University of Illinois, Powell served in the US army during WWI.
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Ray Fletcher Farquharson

Ray Fletcher Farquharson, physician, medical educator (b at Claude, Ont 4 Aug 1897; d at Ottawa 1 June 1965).
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Ray Griff

Ray (Raymond) Griff. Songwriter, singer, pianist, b Vancouver 22 Apr 1942. He was raised in Winfield, Alta, where he took up the piano and played drums with the Winfield Amateurs (a dance group) as a boy, and in Calgary, where he led the Blue Echoes in his teens.
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Ray Lewis

Raymond Gray (“Rapid Ray”) Lewis, CM, sprinter (born 8 October 1910 in Hamilton, ON; died 14 November 2003 in Hamilton, ON). Ray Lewis was the first Canadian-born Black athlete to earn an Olympic medal. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 m relay at the 1932 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. He was also part of the Canadian team that won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 m event at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England. Lewis was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2000.
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Ray Mead

Ray Mead, visual artist (born 22 September 1921 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England; died 5 September 1998 in Toronto, ON). A member of Painters Eleven and the Ontario Society of Artists, Mead was included in the Jubilee Year Canadian Art Show at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario) in 1950 and the Painters Eleven show at the Roberts Gallery in 1954. A formative influence on the development of modernism in Canada, Ray Mead is one of Canada’s most celebrated 20th-century painters.
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Ray Nurse

Ray Nurse. Lutenist, builder and restorer of period string instruments, bass, b New Westminster, BC, 1 Feb 1947.
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Raymond Bouchard

Raymond Bouchard, actor, comedian, theatre director (born 7 March 1945 in Lauzon (now Lévis), QC; died 21 February 2026 in Montreal, QC). A gifted and multi-faceted actor, Raymond Bouchard has been featured in many québécois productions. He left his mark on Quebec culture in television, film and stage. Bouchard’s performance in La grande séduction (2003, trad. Seducing Doctor Lewis) paved his way to international French-language cinema. He won two Prix Gémeaux (1990, 2003) and was nominated at the 2004 Jutra Awards (now Prix Iris) for best actor.
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Raymond Brutinel

Brigadier-General Raymond Brutinel, CB, CMG, DSO, geologist, journalist, soldier and entrepreneur, a pioneer in the field of mechanized warfare (b at Alet, Aude, France 6 Mar 1872; d at Couloume-Mondebat, Gares, France 21 Sept 1964).
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Raymond Burr

Raymond Burr's more memorable roles in higher profile films included the lawyer in A Place in the Sun (1951) with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor, and the murderer threatening Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart in Alfred Hitchcock's classic suspense thriller Rear Window (1954).
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Raymond Chan (Profile)

This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on January 30, 1995. Partner content is not updated.
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Raymond Collishaw

Raymond Collishaw, CB, DSO & Bar, OBE, DSC, DFC, fighter pilot, senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander, businessman (born 22 November 1893 in Nanaimo, BC; died 28 September 1976 in West Vancouver, BC). Collishaw was one of the great aces of the First World War and an important RAF commander in the North African theatre during the Second World War.
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