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QUEBEC
Most Famous People Born in Quebec, Canada
- Notable people
- 1,105
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1937
- Most distinctive
- Hockey 9.1×
Francophone North America's legal and literary capital — the lawyer, judge, writer, and poet over-indexes stack up in a way no English-Canadian city can match. Robert Lepage staged most of his world-touring theatre here before taking it to Cirque du Soleil, and the 9.1× hockey index is, almost single-handedly, Patrick Roy.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Quebec during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Quebec Is Known For
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Politician is Quebec's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (185).
Quebec over-indexes on hockey — 9.1× the global rate.
Quebec under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Quebec's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Music
- Science
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- Filtered to 1790s Clear ×
Peter Skene Ogden
1790 - 1854
Joseph Légaré
1795 - 1855
Thomas David Morrison
1796 - 1856
Thomas Baillairgé
1791 - 1859
Charles Richard Ogden
1791 - 1866
Elzéar Bédard
1799 - 1849
Louis Lagueux
1793 - 1832
Antoine-Charles Taschereau
1797 - 1862
Jean-Joseph Girouard
1794 - 1855
Armine Simcoe Henry Mountain
1797 - 1854
Philippe Panet
1791 - 1855
Henry Black (Quebec judge)
1798 - 1873
Jacques Dorion
1797 - 1877
Louis-Édouard Glackmeyer
1793 - 1881
Robert Wood (timber merchant)
1792 - 1847
Archibald Campbell (notary)
1790 - 1862
Charles Panet
1797 - 1877
Louis Panet
1794 - 1884