| DIONNEBRAND | Member of the Order of Canada who won the Governor General's Literary Award in 1997 for her poetry collection Land to Light On: 2 wds. |
| HELENHUNT | Actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her role in As Good As It Gets (5,4) |
| MILOSFORMAN | This director, who'd won Best Director in 1976 and 1985, was nominated again for the award in 1997 for The People vs. Larry Flynt |
| MIKI | Roy ___ (b.1942 - d.2024 ...Canadian poet who won the Governor General's Literary Award in 2002) |
| MARYSIDNEY | One of the first English women to achieve a reputation for her poetry, sister of fellow poet and scholar Sir Philip (4,6) |
| URBAINS | Mordecai Richler novel, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award in 1971, St. ___ Horseman |
| DOROTHYLIVESAY | Winnipeg-born poet who won the Governor General's literary Award for her work, first in 1944 and again in 1947: 2 wds. |
| JEANAUGUSTINE | The Honourable ___ ___ (Member of the Order of Canada who in 1993 became the first Black woman elected to the House of Commons) |
| KETHERENA | Ms. Vermette, Metis writer who is a Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry winner for North End Love Songs |
| CHARMAINECROOKS | Member of the Order of Canada who is a 5x Olympian in track: 2 wds. |
| TAKAOTANABE | Member of the Order of Canada who features British Columbia landscapes in his paintings: 2 wds. |
| YOST | Elwy ___ (Member of the Order of Canada who hosted "Saturday Night at the Movies") |
| ELWY | Mr. Yost (b.1925 - d.2011... Member of the Order of Canada who loved movies) |
| GEOFFREYRUSH | 2012's award was won by this thespian, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1997 for "Shine" |
| MARTINEZ | Pitcher Pedro who won the NL Cy Young Award in 1997, and the AL Cy Young Award in 1999 and 2000 |
| ADELE | Canadian writer Ms. Wiseman (1956 Governor General's Literary Award winner for Winnipeg-set novel The Sacrifice) |
| NAVIGATING | The Oil Man and the Sea: ___ the Northern Gateway (2014 Governor General's Literary Awards finalist) |
| BEAR | 1976 Governor General's Literary Award - winning novel about a woman and her ursine lover |
| ELTON | Flamboyant pianist who released the tribute album Candle In The Wind 1997 for the late Princess of W |
| SUSANAGLUKARK | Inuk singer/songwriter who is a recipient of Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, the Governor General's Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award: 2 wds. |
