46.8173° N, 71.2247° W
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.
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- Writing
- Film & TV
- Music
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- Filtered to 1850s Clear ×
Simon-Napoléon Parent
1855 - 1920
Charles Huot
1855 - 1930
George Comer
1858 - 1937
Henri Julien
1852 - 1908
Victor-Alphonse Huard
1853 - 1929
Honoré Julien Jean-Baptiste Chouinard
1850 - 1928
Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont
1855 - 1902
Olivier Elzéar Mathieu
1853 - 1929
Auguste Tessier
1853 - 1938
Alfred Henry Spink
1854 - 1928
Jules Tessier
1852 - 1934
Eudore Évanturel
1852 - 1919
Georges Tanguay
1856 - 1913
Lawrence John Cannon
1852 - 1921
John Charles Kaine
1854 - 1923
Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin
1857 - 1936
Achille-Ferdinand Carrier
1859 - 1930
Ernest Myrand
1854 - 1921
Joseph Boutin Bourassa
1853 - 1943
Eugène Rouillard
1851 - 1926
Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain
1856 - 1939
Joseph Arthur Paquet
1857 - 1901