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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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Guy Laliberté
Born 1888
Charles Gavan Power
1888 - 1968
Percy LeSueur
1881 - 1962
Jack McDonald (ice hockey)
1887 - 1958
Philippe Hamel
1884 - 1954
Lucien-Hubert Borne
1884 - 1954
Léon Trépanier
1881 - 1967
James Power (ice hockey)
1883 - 1920
Joe Power (ice hockey)
1886 - 1935
Maurice Hébert
1888 - 1960
Herb Jordan
1884 - 1973
Lorenzo Robitaille
1882 - 1906
Antonio Masselotte
1887 - 1983
Antonio Létourneau
1885 - 1948
William Gerard Power
1882 - 1940
Charles Delagrave
1881 - 1952
Georges-Henry Duquet
1887 - 1967
Jeff Malone (ice hockey)
1888 - 1981
Walter Rooney
1888 - 1965
Adolphe Marcoux
1884 - 1951
Ed Hogan (ice hockey)
1882 - 1953
Placide Morency
1887 - 1980
Orphée Langevin
1880 - 1920
George Leonard (ice hockey)
1886 - 1917