Les Stroud

Les Stroud is a Canadian survival expert, filmmaker and musician best known as the creator, writer, producer, director, cameraman and host of the television series Survivorman. Stroud was named Chief Scout by Scouts Canada on 22 November 2021. After a short career behind the scenes in the music industry, Stroud became a full-time wilderness guide, survival instructor and musician based in Huntsville, Ontario. Stroud has produced survival-themed programming for The Outdoor Life Network, The Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, and YTV. The survival skills imparted from watching Stroud's television programs have been cited by several people as the reason they lived through harrowing wilderness ordeals. ^{Les Stroud, Canadian director, producer, and harmonica player}

20 October 1961

Born on the same birth date (20 October 1961): Audun Kleive • Ian Rush • Kate Mosse • Michie Tomizawa

Born on the same birth day (20 October): Candice Swanepoel • Chen Liting • Derek Ridgers • Diana Gittins • Ed Hale • Edward Hungerford (spendthrift) • Flavio Cipolla • Iain Macmillan • Isabelle de Charrière • Jamie Collins (American football) • Jordan Ridley • Melchior Berri • Nalin de Silva • Robert Craft • Scott Hall • William Russ

Born in the same month (October 1961): Ben Summerskill • Bruce Castor • Dylan McDermott • Ellen Wheeler • Gladstone Small • Ian Rush • Jon Stevens • Kazuki Takahashi • Kurt Neumann (musician) • Larry Mullen Jr. • Ludger Stühlmeyer • Michie Tomizawa • Rico Constantino • Scott O'Hara • Ted Kooshian • Tony Sparano