The Most Famous
GAME DESIGNERS from Canada
This page contains a list of the greatest Canadian Game Designers. The pantheon dataset contains 77 Game Designers, 2 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 4th most number of Game Designers behind Japan, and Sweden.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Canadian Game Designers of all time. This list of famous Canadian Game Designers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Sid Meier (b. 1954)
With an HPI of 54.45, Sid Meier is the most famous Canadian Game Designer. His biography has been translated into 38 different languages on wikipedia.
Sidney K. Meier ( MIRE; born February 24, 1954) is an American businessman and computer programmer. A programmer, designer, and producer of several strategy video games and simulation video games, including the Civilization series, Meier co-founded MicroProse in 1982 with Bill Stealey and is the Director of Creative Development of Firaxis Games, which he co-founded with Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds in 1996. For his contributions to the video game industry, Meier was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
2. Chris Taylor (b. 1950)
With an HPI of 40.87, Chris Taylor is the 2nd most famous Canadian Game Designer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Chris Taylor is a Canadian video game designer best known for Total Annihilation and the Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander series and co-founding the now-defunct studio Gas Powered Games. In 2002, GameSpy named him the "30th most influential person in gaming." In 2019, he revealed he has been working on Kanoogi, a cloud-based gaming platform, and developing his next game, Intergalactic Space Empire.
3. Patrice Désilets (b. 1974)
With an HPI of 36.42, Patrice Désilets is the 3rd most famous Canadian Game Designer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Patrice Désilets (born 9 May 1974) is a Canadian game designer best known for creating the Assassin's Creed series. He served as creative director for Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. He is also known for being the director of Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In 2014, he founded the Montreal-based indie studio Panache Digital Games, where he worked on the game Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Canadian game designers born between 1950 and 1974. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Canadian game designers include Sid Meier, Chris Taylor, and Patrice Désilets. As of April 2024, 1 new Canadian game designers have been added to Pantheon including Patrice Désilets.
Living Canadian Game Designers
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Sid Meier
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Chris Taylor
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Patrice Désilets
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.42
