Dan Edward Aykroyd is a Canadian actor, writer , producer and a comedian.
He was born on July 1, 1952 at the Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
In 1983, Dan Aykroyd got married to Donna Dixon. The couple have had three children, including Vera Sola.
Aykroyd went to Carleton University to study criminology and sociology but the actor dropped out before he could complete his degree.
Dan Aykroyd parents: Samuel Peter Aykroyd, Lorraine Hélène Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd’s father is Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd. He was a civil engineer who also became a policy advisor to Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.
Samuel Aykroyd was born in 1922 and died in 2020.
Lorraine Marie Helene Arkroyd (née Gougeon) is Dan’s mother. She was born on April 27, 1918 and died in February 8, 2018 (almost 100 years later).
Lorraine was a secretary and of French Canadian Descendent. She has another son with her husband who’s also an actor.
