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Henri-Marc Ami (or Henry Mark Ami) had two careers — as geologist and archaeologist. Biographers disagree on whether he was born in Geneva, Switzerland or Belle-Rivière, Quebec, the son of a Swiss Protestant pastor who emigrated to Canada. Ami studied under J. W. Dawson at McGill where he earned his B.A. in 1882 and M.A. in 1885. He received one DSc. from Queens University in 1892, and another from McGill in 1902.
He became a member of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1882 and worked with them until 1911. From 1899 to 1901 he was president of the Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club and editor of their journal, the Ottawa Naturalist, from 1895 to 1900. He belonged to numerous learned societies, including the Royal Society of Canada; he also was a member of the Royal Geological Society of London, Royal Astronomical Society, as well as various anthropological and archaeological societies. His research produced more than 200 titles total, including a brief biographical sketch of Dawson that went through fifteen English editions between 1900 and 2018. Among his most notable works are “Synopsis of Geology in Canada” (1891) and “Synopsis of the Geology of Montreal” (1896).
His life changed emphasis in 1911 when he resigned from the Geological Survey and moved to France where he began a new career in prehistoric studies, mainly based in the Dordogne. It was there that he founded the École Canadienne de Préhistoire, jointly funded by the French government and the Royal Society of Canada. He began initial excavations at Combe-Capelle where he worked from 1926 to his death in Menton, France, in 1931.

In 1915, Pierre Charles Amos interrupted his freshman studies towards a Bachelor of Applied Science degree at McGill to enlist in the Royal Navy. After the war he graduated from McGill with his B. Arch. degree in 1925. Amos was the architect of the naval supply depot in Lasalle and an associate architect for the Laurentien Hotel. He was a member of the executive council of the Royal Architecture Institute and served as the president of the Province of Québec Association of Architects. For many years he was in architectural practice with his father, L.A. Amos, and served as a commander in the Canadian Navy during the Second World War.

Philip Amsel is a Canadian writer.

Bernard Amtmann was born on July 11, 1907, in Vienna, Austria.

He was an antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer, and publisher. He immigrated to Canada in 1947 to join his brother William Amtmann in Ottawa, where he started a small antiquarian bookselling business, issuing his first catalogue by 1948. He transferred his business to Montreal in 1950 and began to specialize in Canadiana. In 1967, Amtmann founded Montreal Book Auctions Ltd. to further promote Canadiana. Amtmann was the moving force behind the foundation of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada in 1966 and served as its first president. He inspired the preservation of Canada's cultural heritage. He made a significant contribution to the field of Canadian bibliography, publishing several bibliographies and bibliographic tools, most notably his four-volume Contributions to a Short-Title Catalogue of Canadiana (1971–1973), The Arctic Bibliography, and Contributions to a Dictionary of Canadian Pseudonyms (1973). First awarded in 1992 and offered in his memory through the Bibliographic Society of Canada, the Bernard Amtmann Fellowship award is handed out every three years to a scholar in one of four areas of interest: Canadiana, book collecting, bookselling, and bibliography. Following his death on January 9, 1979, Montreal Book Auctions was sold to Canada Book Auctions Ltd. and relocated to Toronto. Amtmann received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan.

Ānanda Āchārya was born on December 29, 1881.

He was an Indian mystic, poet, philosopher, pacifist, and professor known as “the sage on Mt. Tron.” In 1917, he settled in a hut on Mt. Tron, Alvdal, Norway, where he meditated and wrote most of his books. Ānanda Āchārya was the first Indian yogi and sannyasi with an academic background who came to the Nordic countries to present Indian philosophy to the Western World. He wrote more than thirty titles, covering a variety of themes and genres, including lyrics, songs, dramas, allegories, specialist literature dealing with philosophy and spirituality, and a cookery book. He wrote mostly in English, though some works were published in Norwegian and Swedish. He addressed much of his writing to the general reader rather than the specialist. His most prominent idea, which he carried with him from India, is about the University of Peace.

He died on May 8, 1945, in Alvdal Municipality, Norway.