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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 1820s Clear ×
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
1820 - 1890
Hector-Louis Langevin
1826 - 1906
Octave Crémazie
1827 - 1879
Louis-Ovide Brunet
1826 - 1876
Charles Baillairgé
1826 - 1906
James Huston
1820 - 1854
James MacPherson Le Moine
1825 - 1912
Jean Langevin
1821 - 1892
Antoine Racine
1822 - 1893
William Evan Price
1827 - 1880
George Irvine (politician)
1826 - 1897
Jonathan Saxton Campbell Würtele
1828 - 1904
Joseph Shehyn
1829 - 1918
Thomas McGreevy
1825 - 1897
Marc-Aurèle Plamondon
1823 - 1900
Jean-Docile Brousseau
1825 - 1908
Philippe Baby Casgrain
1826 - 1917
David Edward Price
1826 - 1883
Pierre-Gabriel Huot
1825 - 1913
Stanislas Drapeau
1821 - 1893
George-Frédéric-Théophile Baillairgé
1824 - 1909
Joseph-Olivier Coté
1820 - 1882
Edmond Langevin
1824 - 1889
Jacques Malouin
1826 - 1901
Joseph-Calixte Marquis
1821 - 1904
Joseph Shea (Jesuit)
1829 - 1881
Elise L'Heureux
1827 - 1896
Léger Brousseau
1826 - 1890
Charles Eusèbe Casgrain
1825 - 1907
William Burns Lindsay Jr.
1824 - 1872