The Most Famous
PRESENTERS from Canada
This page contains a list of the greatest Canadian Presenters. The pantheon dataset contains 143 Presenters, 2 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 10th most number of Presenters behind Netherlands, and South Korea.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Canadian Presenters of all time. This list of famous Canadian Presenters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Alex Trebek (1940 - 2020)
With an HPI of 46.95, Alex Trebek is the most famous Canadian Presenter. His biography has been translated into 33 different languages on wikipedia.
George Alexander Trebek (; July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He was best known for hosting the syndicated general knowledge quiz game show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020. Trebek also hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, High Rollers, Battlestars, Classic Concentration, and To Tell the Truth. He also made appearances, usually as himself, in numerous films and television series. A native of Canada, Trebek became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1998. For his work on Jeopardy!, Trebek received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host eight times. He died on November 8, 2020, at the age of 80, after a 20-month battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. At the time of his death, Trebek had been contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022.
2. Monty Hall (1921 - 2017)
With an HPI of 40.61, Monty Hall is the 2nd most famous Canadian Presenter. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Monty Hall (born Monte Halparin; August 25, 1921 – September 30, 2017) was a Canadian-American radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. After working as a radio newsreader and sportscaster, Hall returned to television in the U.S., this time in game shows. Starting in 1963, he was best known as the game show host and producer of Let's Make a Deal. He had a conundrum with game theory and psychology aspects named after him: the Monty Hall problem. Behind the scenes, Hall also carried on an active life of philanthropy.
3. Geoff Keighley (b. 1978)
With an HPI of 34.92, Geoff Keighley is the 3rd most famous Canadian Presenter. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Geoff Keighley (; born (1978-06-24)June 24, 1978) is a Canadian video game journalist and television presenter, best known for his role as the host of several video game industry conferences and presentations. He is the executive producer and host of The Game Awards since its inception in 2014, having previously served as the executive producer of the Spike Video Game Awards. He also hosts and produces Summer Game Fest, and has hosted live events for trades fairs Gamescom and the now-defunct E3. He previously hosted the video game show GameTrailers TV, and G4tv.com. Keighley is also a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Kotaku among other publications. His multi-media series The Final Hours, originally an article series published by GameSpot, features in-depth interviews and behind-the-scenes with developers of popular franchises like Portal, Mass Effect and Tomb Raider.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Canadian presenters born between 1921 and 1978. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Canadian presenters include Geoff Keighley. The most famous deceased Canadian presenters include Alex Trebek, and Monty Hall. As of April 2024, 1 new Canadian presenters have been added to Pantheon including Geoff Keighley.
