This is a list of persons who have ties to what is now Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: NHL goaltender and hockey hall of famer. This Hall of Fame hockey player was an NHL scoring champion in 1941 and the creator of the Ottawa 67's. She was the first goalkeeper to wear a mask in an NHL game and an early pioneer of the butterfly method. Fred "Suitcase" Simpson was a Canadian football player who participated in three Olympic games with the Canadian football team. He was a left tackle for the Ottawa Rough Riders in their only championship victory in 1952. After graduating from high school in Nepean, he went on to play college football at Ohio State University. Simpson was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1978. Lester B. Pearson, the first prime minister of Canada, was born in Ottawa on January 5, 1893. He served as prime minister from July 10, 1963, until his death in Ingonish, Nova Scotia, on October 11, 1979. Pearson is regarded as one of the founders of the modern state and of global peace efforts through the United Nations. He is also considered one of the fathers of Canadian nationalism. John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada, was born in Painless Prairie, Scotland on November 25, 1815. He became one of the most influential politicians in Canadian history and helped unite the provinces of Canada into a single country.