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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.
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- Filtered to 1860s Clear ×
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
1867 - 1952
Charles Macpherson Dobell
1869 - 1954
Léon Gérin
1863 - 1951
Gaëtane de Montreuil
1867 - 1951
François-Xavier Mercier
1867 - 1932
Thomas Couët
1861 - 1931
Cyrille-Fraser Delâge
1869 - 1957
Henri-Edgar Lavigueur
1867 - 1943
Joseph Lannin
1866 - 1928
Arthur Lachance
1868 - 1945
William Charles Henry Wood
1864 - 1947
Frederick Edmund Meredith
1862 - 1941
Olivier-Napoléon Drouin
1867 - 1943
David Watson (general)
1869 - 1922
George Garneau
1864 - 1944
Louis de Lotbiniere-Harwood
1866 - 1934
Victoria Grace Blackburn
1865 - 1928
François-Louis Lessard
1860 - 1927
Romuald Montézuma Gendron
1865 - 1946
Marion E. Moodie
1867 - 1958
Dolly Swift
Born 1866
Oscar Pelletier
1862 - 1943
Philippe-Jacques Paradis
1868 - 1933
Alfred Thibaudeau
1860 - 1926
Ludger Alain
1865 - 1922