45.5089° N, 73.5618° W
MONTREAL
Most Famous People Born in Montreal, Canada
- Notable people
- 4,921
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1948
- Most distinctive
- Hockey 8.4×
Bilingual, with a comic streak. Montreal's distinctive profession is hockey at more than eight times the global rate, alongside an unusually thick column of actors, filmmakers, singers, and poets — the city's notables split almost evenly between French and English in every category. Hockey is the constant, but the comedy tradition that runs from the cabarets of Saint-Laurent through the National Film Board to the Just for Laughs festival is the cultural surprise the panel can't quite carry.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Montreal during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Montreal Is Known For
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Actor is Montreal's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (592).
Montreal over-indexes on hockey — 8.4× the global rate.
Montreal under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Montreal's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1770s Clear ×
Denis-Benjamin Viger
1774 - 1861
Jean-Jacques Lartigue
1777 - 1840
Benjamin Hart (businessman)
1779 - 1855
Henri-Antoine Mézière
1771 - 1846
Toussaint Pothier
1771 - 1845
Pierre Beaudry (Montréal)
1774 - 1848