List of people from Quebec

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This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.

Anchors[]

Artists and entertainers[]

  • Denys Arcand, screenwriter and director
  • Paul Arcand, radio personality and cinematographer
  • Gilles Archambault, novelist and commentator
  • André Arthur, radio personality, independent federal MP
  • Eva Avila, singer
  • Rachid Badouri, comedian
  • Pierre Bouvier, rock singer
  • René Balcer, film and TV writer and producer
  • Raoul Barré, inventor, cartoonist and animator of the silent film era
  • Michel Barrette, stand-up comedian, actor
  • Jay Baruchel, actor, director, writer
  • Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, author
  • Daniel Bélanger, singer
  • Marie-Claire Blais, author
  • Paul Bley, jazz pianist and composer
  • Lothaire Bluteau, actor
  • La Bolduc, singer
  • Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter
  • Isabelle Boulay, singer
  • Gerry Boulet, singer-songwriter
  • Pierre Bouvier, lead singer of Simple Plan
  • Glenda Braganza, actress
  • Michel Brault, cinematographer, pioneer of the esthetic of handheld camera, director, producer
  • Geneviève Bujold, actress
  • Pascale Bussières, actress
  • Win Butler, singer-songwriter
  • Roch Carrier, author
  • Charles Carson, painter
  • Robert Charlebois, singer-songwriter
  • Régine Chassagne, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist from Arcade Fire
  • Coeur de Pirate born Béatrice Martin, pianist, singer-songwriter
  • Leonard Cohen, poet, author and songwriter
  • Marie-Josée Croze, actress
  • Peter Cullen, voice actor
  • Chuck Comeau, drummer and singer
  • Elisha Cuthbert, actress (born in Alberta, raised in Quebec)
  • Sylvia Daoust, sculptor
  • Charles Daudelin, sculptor
  • Esther Delisle, historian and author
  • Yvon Deschamps, author and comedian
  • Céline Dion, singer
  • Xavier Dolan, actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume designer, and voice actor
  • Georges Dor, chansonnier, songwriter, author, playwright
  • Hélène Dorion, poet
  • Fifi D'Orsay, actress
  • Jean Duceppe, comedian
  • Louis Dudek, poet and literary critic
  • Diane Dufresne, singer and painter
  • Roy Dupuis, actor
  • Marcelle Ferron, glazier
  • Jennifer Finnigan, actress
  • Serge Fiori, singer-songwriter
  • Glenn Ford, actor
  • Garou, singer
  • Mitsou Gélinas, pop star, radio and TV host, actress
  • Jean-Claude Germain, playwright, author
  • Huntley Gordon, actor
  • Pierre Granche, sculptor
  • Bruce Greenwood, actor, producer
  • Sylvain Grenier, professional wrestler
  • Anne Hébert, poet and novelist
  • Prudence Heward, painter
  • Pierre Jalbert, actor, champion skier and film editor
  • Will James, artist and writer of the American West
  • René Jodoin, animator, director and producer
  • Oliver Jones, jazz pianist
  • Claude Jutra, director, actor
  • Florence La Badie, actress
  • Éric Lapointe, singer
  • Pierre Lapointe, singer
  • Stéphanie Lapointe, singer
  • Carole Laure, singer, actress
  • Lucie Laurier, actress
  • Daniel Lavoie, singer and songwriter and actor (born in Manitoba, active in Quebec)
  • Louise Lecavalier, dancer
  • Félix Leclerc, poet and songwriter
  • Jean Leloup, singer
  • Félix Lengyel, Twitch streamer and former professional player in the Overwatch League
  • Robert Lepage, playwright, actor and film director
  • Édouard Lock, choreographer
  • Norm Macdonald, actor, comedian
  • Marie-Mai Bouchard, singer
  • Marilou Bourdon, singer
  • André Mathieu, pianist and composer
  • Norman McLaren, director, animator
  • Guido Molinari, abstract painter
  • Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poet
  • Jean-Paul Mousseau, muralist
  • Ben Mulroney, television personality; son of Brian
  • Émile Nelligan, poet
  • Maryse Ouellet, wrestler
  • P. Reign, hip hop artist (born in Quebec, raised in Ontario)
  • Kevin Parent, singer-songwriter
  • Bruno Pelletier, singer
  • Pierre Perrault, documentarist, poet
  • Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
  • Luc Plamondon, songwriter
  • Mordecai Richler, author
  • Jean-Paul Riopelle, painter
  • Michel Rivard, singer-songwriter
  • Michael Sarrazin, actor
  • Anne Savage, painter
  • Mack Sennett, director
  • William Shatner, actor
  • Douglas Shearer, sound director/designer
  • Norma Shearer, actress
  • René Simard, singer, TV show host
  • Devon Soltendieck, television personality
  • Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star
  • Miyuki Tanobe, painter
  • Diane Tell, singer-songwriter
  • Marie-Élaine Thibert, singer
  • Michel Tremblay, playwright, author
  • Roland Michel Tremblay, author, poet, scriptwriter
  • Armand Vaillancourt, sculptor, performance artist, social activist
  • Pierre Vallières, author, political activist
  • Gino Vannelli, singer and composer
  • Gilles Vigneault, poet and songwriter
  • Annie Villeneuve, singer
  • Arthur Villeneuve, painter
  • Denis Villeneuve, director
  • Andrée Watters, singer
  • Hal Willis born Leonald Francis Gauthier, singer

Business[]

  • H. Montagu Allan, businessman
  • Hugh Allan, shipping company operator
  • Laurent Beaudoin, CEO of Bombardier
  • Conrad Black, media mogul
  • Charles Bronfman, investor, developer
  • Edgar Bronfman, Sr., investor, distiller
  • Samuel Bronfman, distiller
  • Donald J. Carty, airline executive
  • André Chagnon, entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Thomas Cleeve, food producer
  • Jean Coutu, retail pharmacy chain
  • Alphonse Desjardins, father of credit unions in America
  • Marie-Josée Drouin, economist
  • Alexander Galt, businessman, statesman
  • Mitch Garber, gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist
  • Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil
  • Bernard Lemaire, businessman and engineer
  • Jean-Louis Lévesque, financier
  • William Christoper Macdonald, tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
  • John Wilson McConnell, publisher, philanthropist
  • James McGill, fur trader, real estate investor
  • Hartland Molson, brewer, sportsman, statesman
  • John Molson, brewer, transportation pioneer
  • Pierre Péladeau, media mogul
  • John Redpath, developer, opened first sugar refinery in Canada
  • Denis Stairs, Chairman, Montreal Engineering Co.
  • Sam Steinberg, grocery store magnate
  • Donald Tarlton, record producer, promoter
  • Colin Webster, industrialist, philanthropist

Politicians[]

  • John Abbott
  • Adrien Arcand
  • André Boisclair
  • Lucien Bouchard
  • Andrée Boucher
  • Henri Bourassa
  • Robert Bourassa
  • Pierre Bourgault
  • George-Étienne Cartier, a father of the Canadian Confederation
  • Thérèse Casgrain
  • Jean Charest
  • Jean Chrétien, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
  • Irwin Cotler
  • Jean Drapeau
  • Pierre Ducasse
  • Gilles Duceppe
  • Maurice Duplessis
  • Ludger Duvernay
  • Francis Fox
  • Steven Guilbeault
  • Lomer Gouin
  • Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada
  • Daniel Johnson, Sr.
  • Régis Labeaume
  • Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
  • Bernard Landry
  • Hector-Louis Langevin, a father of the Canadian Confederation
  • Pierre Laporte
  • Wilfrid Laurier
  • Jean Lesage
  • René Lévesque
  • John Lynch-Staunton
  • Sean Patrick Maloney, Canadian/American politician and U.S. Representative for the state of New York since 2013; naturalized U.S. citizen
  • Pauline Marois
  • Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a father of the Canadian Confederation
  • Honoré Mercier
  • Yves Michaud
  • Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada and father of etalk host Ben Mulroney
  • John Neilson
  • Robert Nelson
  • Wolfred Nelson
  • Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan
  • Louis-Joseph Papineau
  • Jacques Parizeau
  • Claude Ryan
  • Louis Stephen St-Laurent
  • Étienne-Paschal Taché, a father of the Canadian Confederation
  • Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
  • Daniel Tracey
  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada; father of current PM Justin Trudeau
  • François Legault

Sciences[]

  • Sidney Altman, Nobel Prize winner
  • Daniel Borsuk, plastic surgeon, first Canadian to perform face transplant
  • Pierre Dansereau, father of ecology
  • Paul David, cardiologist
  • George Mercer Dawson, scientist
  • Reginald Fessenden, inventor
  • Armand Frappier, researcher in microbiology and immunology
  • Marc Garneau, astronaut, first Quebecer and Canadian in space, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • David H. Levy, astronomer
  • William Edmond Logan, geologist
  • Rudolph A. Marcus, 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Henry Morgentaler, physician, abortion-rights activist, president of Humanist Association of Canada
  • Julie Payette, astronaut, first Quebec woman in space, Governor General of Canada
  • Wilder Penfield, neurosurgeon, medical scientist
  • Simon Plouffe, mathematician and discoverer of the BBP formula
  • Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist
  • Hans Selye, inventor of the concept of physiological stress
  • Henri Wittmann, linguist
  • David Saint-Jacques, astronaut

Sports[]

  • Jennifer Abel, diver
  • Jasey-Jay Anderson, snowboarder
  • Sebastien Toutant, snowboarder
  • Joel Anthony, basketball player
  • Alex Anthopoulos, baseball manager
  • Myriam Bédard, biathlete, Olympic gold medalist
  • Josée Bélanger, soccer player, olympic bronze medalist
  • Tanith Belbin, figureskater
  • Jean Béliveau, ice hockey player
  • Chris Benoît, professional wrestler
  • Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
  • Eugenie Bouchard, professional tennis player
  • Gaétan Boucher, speed skater
  • Ray Bourque, ice hockey player
  • Patrice Bergeron-Cleary, ice hockey player
  • Adam Braz (born 1981), soccer player and Technical Director of the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer
  • Martin Brodeur, ice hockey goalie
  • Marc-Olivier Brouillette, professional football player
  • Hy Buller (1926–1968), All Star NHL ice hockey player
  • Dayana Cadeau, Haitian-born Canadian American professional bodybuilder
  • Gabrielle Carle soccer player
  • Patrick Carpentier, IRL race car driver
  • Samuel Dalembert, basketball player
  • Jason Demers (born 1988), ice hockey player
  • Éric Desjardins, ice hockey player
  • Étienne Desmarteau, Olympic athlete
  • Alexandre Despatie, diver
  • Marcel Dionne, ice hockey player
  • Steve Dubinsky (born 1970), ice hockey player
  • Leylah Fernandez, tennis player
  • Marc-André Fleury, ice hockey player
  • Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), German-Canadian Olympic soccer player
  • Éric Gagné, baseball player
  • Marc Gagnon, short-track speed skater
  • Arturo Gatti, boxer
  • Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, ice hockey player
  • Doug Harvey, ice hockey player
  • Émilie Heymans, diver
  • Alex Hilton, boxer
  • Dave Hilton, Jr., boxer
  • Matthew Hilton, boxer
  • Guy Lafleur, ice hockey player
  • Sébastien Lareau, professional tennis player
  • René Lecavalier, broadcaster
  • Vincent Lecavalier, ice hockey player
  • Cathy LeFrançois, IFBB professional bodybuilder
  • Mario Lemieux, ice hockey player
  • Kris Letang, ice hockey player
  • Roberto Luongo, ice hockey player
  • Joe Malone, ice hockey player
  • Rick Martel, professional wrestler
  • Rick Martin, ice hockey player
  • Russell Martin, baseball player
  • Marie-Eve Nault, soccer player, olympic bronze medalist
  • Maryse Ouellet, professional wrestler, Former WWE Divas Champion
  • Kevin Owens, professional wrestler, Former WWE Universal Champion
  • Cory Pecker (born 1981), ice hockey player
  • Gilbert Perreault, ice hockey player
  • Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair racer
  • Rocco Placentino, soccer player
  • Jacques Plante, ice hockey goalie
  • Manon Rhéaume, ice hockey goalie
  • Henri Richard, ice hockey player
  • Maurice Richard, ice hockey player
  • René Robert, ice hockey player
  • Yvon Robert, professional wrestler
  • Jacques Rougeau, professional wrestler
  • Patrick Roy, ice hockey goalie
  • Eliezer Sherbatov (born 1991), Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player
  • Martin St. Louis, ice hockey player
  • Lance Stroll (born 1998), Formula 1 Driver
  • Georges St-Pierre, former UFC Welterweight Champion of the world
  • Ronnie Stern (born 1967), ice hockey player
  • Donald Theetge, racecar driver
  • José Théodore, ice hockey goaltender
  • Maurice Vachon, professional wrestler
  • Gilles Villeneuve, F1 race car driver
  • Jacques Villeneuve, F1 race car driver; son of Gilles Villeneuve
  • Edson Warner, Olympian, marksman
  • Rhian Wilkinson, soccer player, two times Olympic bronze medalist
  • Bernie Wolfe (born 1951), NHL hockey player
  • Gump Worsley, ice hockey player
  • Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player
  • Larry "Rock" Zeidel (1928–2014), ice hockey player

Other[]

  • Louise Arbour, Supreme Court Justice (The Hague and Canada)
  • André Bessette, thaumaturge and founder of the St-Joseph's Oratory
  • Henri Raymond Casgrain, priest, author, historian
  • Michel Chartrand, union leader and left-wing activist
  • George Comer, polar explorer
  • Ernest Cormier, architect
  • Aurélie Crépeau, nun, founded the Grey Nuns of Nicolet, established the Hôtel-Dieu De Nicolet[1]
  • Louis Cyr, strongman
  • Northrop Frye, academic and literary critic
  • Lionel Groulx, priest, historian
  • René Marc Jalbert, soldier and hero of 1984 shooting at the National Assembly of Quebec
  • Louis Joliet, explorer
  • Jean-Baptiste Kelly, vicar-general
  • Antoine Labelle, priest and builder
  • Régine Laurent, trade unionist
  • Paul-Émile Léger, Roman Catholic cardinal
  • Lyse Lemieux, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
  • René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of Rimouski
  • Bernard Lonergan, SJ, Jesuit priest, philosopher, theologian
  • Simon Mailloux, first Canadian soldier with an amputation to deploy on a combat mission
  • Jos Montferrand, French-Canadian hero
  • Édouard Montpetit, lawyer, economist, scholar
  • Bruno Pauletto, physiologist, shot putter, businessman, coach, author
  • Mélanie Paquin, beauty pageant winner
  • Pacifique Plante, crime-fighting lawyer
  • Joseph-Octave Plessis, archbishop
  • Roméo Sabourin, SOE agent, executed by the Nazis
  • Charles de Salaberry, soldier

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ René, Marie-Carmen (1994). "Aurélie Crépeau". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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