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    Victor Di Bello

    Victor Di Bello. Conductor, administrator, b Toronto, of Italian parents, 11 Feb 1933, d there 31 May 1997. He studied piano with Jessie Blake and Madeline Bone.

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    Victor Feldbrill

    Victor Feldbrill, conductor (b at Toronto 4 Apr 1924). A versatile conductor with an international reputation, Victor Feldbrill is widely known for his enthusiastic promotion of Canadian music and for his support of young musicians.

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    Victor Feldbrill

    Victor Feldbrill. Conductor, violinist, b Toronto 4 Apr 1924; Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1949, honorary FRHCM 1978, honorary LLD (Brock) 1991.

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    Victor Garber

    Victor Jay Garber, OC, actor, singer (born 16 March 1949 in London, ON). A suave, sensitive and prolific actor, Victor Garber is perhaps best known for his roles in such TV series as Alias (2001–06) and Family Law (2021–) and such films as Titanic (1997), Legally Blonde (2001), Milk (2008), and Argo (2012). Garber has worked extensively in both Canada and the United States, with more than 150 screen credits to his name. He has also had a long, distinguished career in plays and musical theatre on and off Broadway. He has been nominated for multiple Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, Gemini Awards and Canadian Screen Awards. He has been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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    Victor Godfrey

    Victor (John) Godfrey. Bass-baritone, born Deloraine, south of Brandon, Man 10 Sep 1934, died Meerbusch, Germany 26 Sep 2012.

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    Victor John Harding

    Victor John Harding, professor of pathological chemistry (b in Eng 23 Oct 1885; d at Toronto 3 July 1934). Graduating in chemistry from Owen's College, Manchester (DSc, 1912), Harding began an association with McGill in 1910. He became associate professor of physiological chemistry in 1917.

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    Victor Jory

    Victor Jory, actor, director, playwright (b at Dawson City, YT 23 Nov 1902; d at Santa Monica, Ca 12 Feb 1982). Victor Jory specialized in villainous roles, appearing in some 76 films and more than 200 television shows, while also appearing occasionally on stage.

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    Victor Lauriston

    Victor Lauriston, journalist, historian, author (born at Fletcher, Ont, 16 Oct 1881; died at Chatham, Ont, Oct 1973). Born William Edward Park in the small community of Fletcher, Ont, Victor Lauriston adopted his pen name when he began writing, as he considered his birth name too plain.

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    Victor-Lévy Beaulieu

    Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, journalist, novelist, essayist, playwright, publisher, polemicist (born 2 September 1945 in Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix, QC; died 9 June 2025 in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, QC). Victor-Lévy Beaulieu is one of Quebec’s most prolific and groundbreaking writers. In addition to winning three prix Gémeaux for his television writing, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu was awarded several literary prizes over the course of his career, such as the Governor General's Award (1975), the prix Ludger-Duvernay (1982), the prix Belgique-Canada (1982), the prix Athanase-David (2001) and the prix Gilles-Corbeil (2011) from the Fondation Émile-Nelligan for his outstanding contribution to francophone literature in Quebec.

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    Victor Li

    ​Victor Li, business tycoon (born 1 August 1964 in British Hong Kong), studied at Stanford University in California earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and structural engineering. He is the son of business tycoon Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, who has a net worth of US$31.8 billion, according to Forbes (March 2017). Li is best known in Canadian business circles as the co-chairman of Calgary-based Husky Energy, and also for his attempt to bail out Air Canada in 2004. He currently serves as the chairman of CKI, an infrastructure conglomerate with holdings in Canada, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Li holds citizenship in both Canada and China.

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    Victor Prus

    Victor Marius Prus, architect (born 24 April 1917 in Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland; died 21 January 2017 in Montréal, QC). 

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    Victor Martens

    Victor Martens. Tenor, teacher, conductor, b Yarrow, east of Vancouver, 18 Feb 1931; ARCT 1955, BA (Waterloo Lutheran) 1963.

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    Victor Melnikoff

    Victor Michael Melnikoff, lawyer, dance gala impresario (born at Shanghai, China 10 Feb 1944, died at Montréal 6 April 2010). Victor Melnikoff was the second of 3 sons born to Mikhail Melnikoff and Faina Rubin, Russian émigrés in Shanghai, where Mikhail operated a photography studio.

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    Victor Occellier

    Victor Occellier. Baritone, teacher, b Italy, d Quebec City 3 Dec 1916. He studied in France and began his operatic career there. He visited Canada in October 1899 as a member of the Durieu-Nicosias company, to which Salvator Issaurel also belonged.

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    Victor Quijada

    Victor Quijada, dancer, choreographer, director (born at Los Angeles, Ca 15 Apr 1976). Victor Quijada, as a child in the barrios of Los Angeles, was deeply influenced by hip hop culture.

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